Fury in California After Trump Suggests Iran ‘Take Out’ L.A. or San Diego  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom called the president “dangerous and deranged” after his remarks at a political rally, where Mr. Trump said the Iran war was necessary to “keep the world safe.”  —  California leaders condemned …

Three Senate races shift toward Democrats in Cook ratings  —  The latest changes reflect growing worries for Republicans.  —  Loading...  The Cook Political Report shifted its rating of three Senate races toward the left Tuesday, upgrading the chances that Democrats will win control of the Republican-held chamber in November.

Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump's commerce secretary to seize voting machines  —  With Election Day less than a month away, anti-voting lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines …

Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads  —  A day after the president said his super PAC would pay for the ads, which had drawn bipartisan backlash, officials said that he meant moving forward.  A new taxpayer-funded ad aired Tuesday.

More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump's Immigration Crackdown  —  Experts have long warned that immigration dragnets and the erosion of civil rights for immigrants will inevitably result in the erosion of rights for citizens.

Amid Midterm Crunch, Trump Advisers Took Time to Help Russia-Aligned Government  —  James Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are leading the president's congressional campaign operation, traveled to Republika Srpska to provide election advice.  —  As President Trump crisscrossed the country …

A private company invited Gov. Wes Moore to a Baltimore event.  Trump had him removed as a speaker.  —  President Donald Trump blocked Maryland Gov. Wes Moore from speaking at a White House event marking the unveiling of a new manufacturing investment in the Baltimore area, reigniting an ongoing partisan tiff between the leaders.

FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protesters  —  The former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration pushed the FBI …

Christa Pike Regains Consciousness After Her Failed Execution  —  The death row inmate in Tennessee received two doses of a lethal injection drug last week, but lived.  She was taken from the execution chamber in an ambulance.  —  Christa Pike, who survived two doses of a lethal injection drug …

Cornell brings in ex-Justice official Sally Yates to review school's handling of sex assault claims  —  A former high-ranking Department of Justice official will look at how Cornell handles sexual misconduct complaints, university trustees announced Tuesday as they tried to address an outpouring …

Alito calls same-sex marriage a ‘decisive’ turn ‘against religious liberty’ in new book  —  In a new book, the Supreme Court justice reflects on his “pet issue” of faith.  —  Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, the devout Catholic conservative who has long warned of animus against religion in America …

Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks  —  The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said.

Trump's Meme Coin Firm Wants You to Buy.  Insiders Are Preparing to Sell.  —  President Donald Trump's meme coin saw a brief price spike as the crypto firm behind it promoted a major perk for investors: a “gala dinner” attended by the president himself.  —  But as the company encouraged …

Brendan Carr's ABC license fight meets a skeptical judge  —  A federal judge appeared skeptical Tuesday of the Federal Communications Commission's attempts to haul in ABC's eight broadcast licenses for an unprecedented early review.  —  U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan of Washington, D.C. …

Trump administration unveils plan to tie high birth and marriage rates to transit funding  —  Communities with high birth and marriage rates could soon gain an advantage in securing federal transit money — a long-sought goal of the Trump administration but one that a top Democratic appropriator calls “bizarre and dystopian.”

Fever should part with Sophie Cunningham.  She's too turbulent to be paired with Caitlin Clark  —  This season, Royce White showed up to an Indiana Fever game while wearing a long blond wig.  Enes Kanter Freedom, in a shirt that defined the word “Woman,” got into a yelling match with an opposing player at another Fever game.

Former Federal Employee Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the Federal Government of Approximately $194 Million  —  For Immediate Release  —  Scheme Included the Fraudulent Acquisition of Tens of Millions of Dollars in Gold Bars and Luxury Properties in Florida  —  David J. Rush, 49, of Ashburn …

How Chris Coons has changed in the 3 years since the Oct. 7 attacks  —  Chris Coons is a longtime supporter of Israel who could be months away from taking the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  But if his fellow Democrats win the midterms, Coons wants a “thorough reexamination” …

This Lawsuit Could Make Big Oil Pay for the Harm It's Caused  —  The question is whether the Supreme Court will let it.  —  Pocket  —  The Supreme Court began its new term on Monday by hearing oral arguments in Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County.

SCOOP: Dem Senators Press Trump Over Engraved Diamond Ring Gift  —  Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.  —  Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal sent a letter Monday night to key Trump Administration and government officials asking …

Will Trump's diesel order do anything?  —  Why red-dye diesel probably isn't the fix the White House needs. … On Monday evening, Trump signed an executive order intended to lower diesel prices by temporarily expanding access to red-dye diesel.

Russia's plague mystery: What we know about the suspected outbreak  —  The White House is monitoring a suspected outbreak of pneumonic plague in Russia, raising immediate concerns for scientists, researchers and health officials worldwide. … Without treatment, it is nearly always fatal …

‘Mike Rogers Is Watching You’: New Ad Blitz From Abdul El-Sayed Attacks Surveillance Support  —  Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is leaning into one of the major complaints about surveillance from voters this election cycle.  —  Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate in the Michigan Senate race …

Jim Bakker, Television Preacher Felled by Sex and Financial Scandals, Dies at 86  —  With his wife, Tammy Faye, Mr. Bakker built a broadcasting juggernaut around the gospel of prosperity.  —  Jim Bakker, a television evangelist who lost his popular and prosperous ministry in a 1980s sex scandal …

Inside Trump's Plan to Fence Off a Historic Protest Site  —  The president's proposal to enclose a park in Washington could alter how the space has been used for generations.  —  This is Lafayette Square, where you can be within earshot and view of the president.

AfD wins state parliament speakership in Saxony-Anhalt with far-left backing  —  Far-right lawmaker Tobias Rausch won the presidency of Saxony-Anhalt's state parliament Tuesday, backed by the left-populists.  —  Rausch secured 48 votes, with 29 lawmakers voting against him and five abstaining.

If the polls end up missing, this may have been our early warning sign  —  “Low-effort” survey respondents vote very differently than other poll-takers, and that could be biasing polls by up to 3.5 points against  —  The biennial freak-out over potential error in election polls is now in full force.

Justice Alito says he is ‘not pleased’ with what Trump has been saying about the Supreme Court  —  Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said he was not happy about some remarks from President Donald Trump and his administration about the court, in a rare expression of disagreement with the executive branch.

DOJ dispatched criminal prosecutors, FBI agent to monitor Arizona's primary, documents reveal  —  President Donald Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) tapped criminal prosecutors and an FBI official to watch voters in Arizona's primary elections earlier this year in a major break from past norms …

Sen. Chris Murphy Was Denied Entry to a U.S. Military Base in Qatar  —  Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy was barred from entering a U.S. military base in Qatar, the Connecticut lawmaker told reporters on Tuesday.  —  The senator is currently on a congressional delegation to the Middle East …