POLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring access  —  A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump administration overnight to immediately restore access for news organizations …

No president has gone into a midterm election this unpopular.  Not even George W. Bush in 2006.  —  Democrats hit new midterm high as Trump's approval rating reaches a new low  —  Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump stood in front of a crowd of supporters at a first-of-its-kind midterms convention …

The blue wave is mostly in red states.  That's a little weird.  —  Still Counting Episode 3 is out.  Video version above, audio below.  We'll be publishing these each week here at the newsletter.  But for faster access, please subscribe on YouTube or follow us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Trump, 80, Mocked for Telling Choice of Clothing at Xi Jinping Meet  —  HIDING SOMETHING?  —  A photographer revealed what the president was hiding.  —  President Donald Trump has been mocked after pulling out his winter wardrobe to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in pleasant fall weather.

Mary Peltola's Campaign in Alaska Senate Race Is Rocked by Tumult, With Angry Outbursts and Slurs  —  Democrats hope that Mary Peltola can flip a Republican Senate seat in Alaska.  Former aides describe a campaign and congressional office marked by chaos.  —  National Democrats cheered …

Carney Lays Out His Vision for Breaking Canada's Reliance on U.S. … Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada during an interview with The New York Times on Wednesday.Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times  —  Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said that he had prepared over the past year for the …

Kyrsten Sinema's ex-bodyguard accused of causing $200K in damage at her Cave Creek home  —  Matthew Ammel allegedly threw artwork into pool  —  CAVE CREEK, AZ (AZFamily) — The former bodyguard accused of having an affair with former Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is facing felony charges …

Donald the Deadbeat Does Diesel  —  Trump gets ready to stiff more contractors  —  There's a strong whiff of desperation coming off the Republican Party these days, and it smells a lot like diesel fumes.  All indications are that the G.O.P. is headed for a huge defeat in the midterms …

Texas counties are receiving tens of thousands of unprocessed voter registration applications due to state error  —  Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Texas' free newsletter here.

You should be skeptical of JD Vance's claims about Obamacare fraud  —  A government task force led by Vice President JD Vance announced on Tuesday that it will remove 760,000 allegedly improper enrollments from the Affordable Care Act's marketplaces.  The move is the latest in the administration's efforts …

Iowa Judge Dismisses Trump's Lawsuit Against The Des Moines Register  —  The suit challenged a poll that showed Trump trailing Kamala Harris in the final weeks of the 2024 race.  A judge warned that similar legal challenges could have a chilling effect on news reporting.

Young men are swinging away hard from Republicans, pessimistic about economy, new poll finds  —  Republicans' 2024 gains among young men have evaporated — and that could have instant ramifications this November, according to a new Cygnal poll.  —  President Donald Trump narrowly carried young men in 2024 …

Sen. Tommy Tuberville claims ‘many’ airline pilots, air traffic controllers are ‘part of the furry community’  —  Fly the furry skies.  —  Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville claimed the airline industry is full of members of the “furry” subculture in a bizarre speech from the Senate floor connecting transgenderism to mental illness.

Classified Estimates Show the NSA Is Paying Billions to Test AI Models  —  The National Security Agency told lawmakers that it is spending billions of dollars in taxpayer funds this year evaluating and testing advanced artificial intelligence models, according to two sources familiar with classified intelligence estimates.