Karoline Leavitt, Trump's ‘Machine Gun,’ Has a New Gig at Fox News  —  A fierce and nimble speaker, Ms. Leavitt is the second of Mr. Trump's former press secretaries to join the cable news network.  —  President Trump recruited a fleet of Fox News personalities for his second administration …

White House blocks Politico from Air Force One amid press access lawsuit  —  The White House is refusing to allow Politico on Air Force One on Monday, which means the news organization cannot fulfill its press corps pool responsibilities.  —  A Politico spokesperson confirmed that the publication …

Disgraced former House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84  —  The Illinois Republican, the longest-serving GOP speaker in U.S. history, was sentenced to 15 months in prison after leaving Congress for scheming to cover up child molestation accusations.  —  Former Rep. Dennis Hastert …

Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: 'He's an actor.  He's not a manager'  —  Tillis, who voted to confirm Hegseth last year, said the defense secretary has “not demonstrat[ed] any knowledge of the Department of Defense.”  —  Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. …

Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children  —  Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy.  Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.

Russian lab worker dies of suspected plague as 200 enter medical observation  —  The female staffer at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East died from a “pneumonia of undetermined” origin last week, according to a regional governor.

Palm Beach GOP endorses candidate accused of child sex abuse  —  Suspended Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso said he still “intend[s] to win” the November election and has not abandoned his campaign — nor has the local Republican Party abandoned him — even after his August arrest on allegations he molested a small child.

Trump plans executive order seeking to bring down high diesel costs  —  President Donald Trump plans to announce Monday executive actions aimed at lowering the high fuel costs weighing on Republicans ahead of the midterms, according to three people familiar with the plans.

Some Democrats don't expect to fill a Supreme Court vacancy under Trump  —  Democrats need a net gain of four seats to capture the Senate.  If so, they'd control what happens in a vacancy, as Justice Samuel Alito admits he's thought about retirement.  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader …

Campaign ‘all coming from DC,’ Paxton says  —  Ken Paxton is less than a month out from the conclusion of a D.C.-outsider campaign for a Texas U.S. Senate seat that he privately admitted is being run by Washington.  —  “I've never been in a race where I felt less control over the campaign and …

“You Kidnapped My Son”  —  For several days this spring, trapped inside a Texas immigration detention center, Luis made frantic phone calls, one after the other, to everyone he could think of.  —  Could anyone help him find his 11-year-old son?  —  He'd last seen Andrés …

Democrats add 6 more targets, 2 in districts Trump carried by 20 points  —  Democrats' House campaign arm is expanding its targets even further into Trump country, as the party grows increasingly bullish they will not just win, but win big next month.  —  The Democratic Congressional Campaign …

The Doomsday Scenario  —  Even if Democrats crush the midterms, we're in a world of trouble.  —  1. Blue Tsunami?  —  I am bullish on the prospects of Democrats winning the Senate.  One month out, I'd say the rough outcome distribution looks something like this:  —  Can we agree on that?

A Democratic Senate Should Adopt Secret Impeachment Ballots on a Priority Basis  —  Such a change, requiring no constitutional amendment, would free senators to vote their judgment instead of their fears  —  At the Philadelphia Convention in 1787, James Madison was determined to persuade …

Don't Bet On The Fever Breaking  —  Democrats have to be ready to box Trump in, even if Republicans in Congress close ranks around him, the way they always have.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Let me inject you with a dash of hopium before we spend the next month huffing into a paper bag.

Trump's economic tightrope messaging of strong economy, high prices  —  President Trump's economic officials acknowledge that a strong economy alone will not persuade Americans that they are better off under this president. … - It is a high-wire messaging act just weeks before the midterms …

Job numbers make clear that Trump has a reality problem, not a public relations problem  —  To date, the White House hasn't even tried to explain why the job market worsened after the president's second term began.  —  With public opinion polls showing broad public dissatisfaction with the economy …

A Death.  A Funeral.  And the Trump Rally Down the Block.  —  Let's get into it.  Happy Monday.  —  Join Will Sommer and Sam Stein for MAGA Mondays today at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Substack and YouTube.  —  Grief and Fear in Two Ohios … They buried Pierre Damas Bel on Saturday.

Trump approval at record low; Hispanic voters sour on Republicans, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  President Donald Trump's approval rating held at a record low in recent days, as many Hispanic voters panned his job performance and planned to spurn his Republican Party in next month's midterm elections …

The Trump Administration is a Cesspit of Corruption  —  And fighting it should be at the heart of the Democratic agenda  —  The cesspit of corruption that is Donald Trump's presidency is finally getting the attention it deserves.  It's about time.  And if a massive blue wave sweeps Washington …

RFK Is Gloating That His Changes to HHS Are Permanent  —  “Even if I got hit by a truck tonight, HHS will never go back to what it was.”  —  In remarks delivered before a MAHA audience at the Waldorf Astoria in D.C. last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proclaimed …

CIA Report Warns Israel Could Head Toward Civil War, Total Collapse  —  As a reader-funded independent news outlet, we operate free from the influence of governments, advertisers, and corporate backers.  This is essential to our mission: to report on what matters most, beholden only to the truth.

Trump calls for media outlets to be ‘arrested’ over rally coverage  —  President Trump said Monday that reporters from The New York Times and other media outlets should be “arrested” over their coverage of his Saturday rally in Ohio.  —  “The Ohio Arena was already full to the brim …

Soldiers Wounded in Iranian Drone Strike Say They Aren't Getting Proper Care  —  The shrapnel hit Army Lt. Col. Arturo Lincón's body like shattered glass.  —  One chunk of metal lodged into the left side of his jaw.  Another piece sliced through his salivary gland before bouncing off …

Threat of Iranian Drone Attack Prompted U.S. to Pull Bombers From U.K. Base  —  The planned attack was part of a broader Iranian plot to target the aircraft and kill American pilots at RAF Fairford, officials said  —  The U.S. abruptly moved a dozen B-1 bomber aircraft from a U.K. military base …

New York Declares State of Emergency Over Measles Outbreak  —  New York Governor Kathy Hochul issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency in response to rising measles cases on Monday, as infections skyrocket nationwide.  —  The order allows the state to respond more quickly …

Democratic super PAC pulls down ads in North Carolina as Roy Cooper dominates Senate race polling  —  A super PAC linked to Senate Democratic leadership is pulling down ads this week in North Carolina, including about $500,000 in TV advertising and roughly $50,000 in digital advertising …

Woman sues Trump administration after being shot five times by immigration agent  —  Marimar Martinez, a Chicago woman who was shot five times by an immigration agent, sued the federal government Monday for damages, with her attorneys saying new analysis of the scene will prove the officer shot …

The AfD Emerged From a Respect Deficit  —  West Germans never fully treated Easterners as equal.  Cue the AfD. … I've been traveling through Germany for the past week talking about my memoir In the Realm of the Last Man (Der Letzte Mensch in German), starting in Berlin and continuing through Hamburg, Stuttgart, and Munich.

The surprising, cut-throat race for Los Angeles mayor  —  Karen Bass is fighting for her political life as progressives battle to lead the US's second-largest city  —  Karen Bass has never lost an election.  But this fall, she faces the fight of her political life.

DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms  —  The NAACP sued the Trump administration Friday, seeking records about its plan to deploy roughly 1,000 federal personnel to polling places during the 2026 midterms.

Barack Obama is to appear with Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit  —  DETROIT — Former President Barack Obama will campaign alongside Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit later this month, lending his support to the progressive nominee after a bruising Democratic …

Senator's ‘Zombie’ Campaign Committee Shuts Down 13 Years After His Death  —  More than 13 years after Sen. Frank Lautenberg died, his Senate campaign committee has officially departed as well.  —  Lautenberg for Senate filed termination paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Sunday …

Supreme Court vacates lower court ruling that Washington map discriminated against Latino voters  —  The Supreme Court on Monday reversed two pro-voter decisions in cases related to Washington's legislative redistricting, sending them back to a lower court for new proceedings in light …