Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs  —  Embarrassed, she initially didn't want to report attack.  Maricopa County Sheriff's Office's investigation is ongoing.  —  Add New Times  —  as a preferred source on Google  —  It was just after 2 a.m …

Exclusive: Paxton privately blames woes on Iran war, gas prices  —  Texas Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton privately lamented the impact of the Iran war and gas prices on his campaign in a meeting last month, telling a group of donors and lobbyists, “I don't make the decisions,” according to audio obtained by Axios.

Transcript: Trump Spirals Into Fury as GOP Pollsters Deliver Bad News  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 7 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.

‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account  —  Text messages with a MAGA ally show her seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials ahead of her confirmation as ambassador to Greece  —  Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing …

DNC sues Trump administration, alleging taxpayer-funded ads violate propaganda law  —  The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday sued President Donald Trump's administration for recent television advertisements that promoted his political message while costing taxpayers millions of dollars.

Trump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his election  —  The contract for a new plant in Baltimore is the latest linked to the brothers.  —  President Donald Trump and his sons Eric Trump, back left, and Donald Trump Jr., back, second right, and granddaughter Chole Trump …

FBI Arrests Somali Terrorist Plotting Attack on Mall of America  —  In another persuasive example of how diversity increases our strength, the FBI conducted what appears to have been a sting operation that netted a Minnesotan Somali man who was planning a terrorist attack at the Mall of America later this month.

Mamdani draws heat over Oct. 7 statement: ‘Cannot give Jewish New Yorkers even a single day to mourn’  —  New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has drawn backlash from several pro-Israel political pundits and officials in response to his statement on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 …

WHO seeks clarity on second pneumonia case in Russia amid plague fears  —  Donald Trump will speak with Vladimir Putin about the situation after the U.S. urged Russia to share more information following the death of a lab worker.  —  The World Health Organization is looking into reports …

Naked statue of Trump named ‘Orange Plague’ unveiled at European Parliament  —  The creator of the sculpture said it was a ‘satirical outcry’ against Trump's volatile climate and foreign policies  —  Become an Independent member to bookmark this article  —  Want to bookmark your favourite articles …

Trump wants to turn his West Palm Beach golf club into the new Camp David  —  The plan calls for the federal government to be granted part of the property, with the rest maintained as a private course.  —  SummaryLoading...  Much of President Donald Trump's second term has focused on changes to the nation's capital.

Woman ‘posed as substitute teacher to insult students because she hates kids’  —  A woman who has been accused of posing as a substitute teacher and causing mayhem in a class full of students did so because she ‘hates kids’, according to authorities in Milwaukee.

ICE probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote, according to new records analyzed by Democracy Docket.

Trump says Reflecting Pool will be refilled this week, but work is ongoing  —  Material was still being applied to the bottom of the pool on Wednesday.  —  Loading...  On Tuesday, President Trump told reporters that the second round of renovations for the Reflecting Pool …

Millions saved by blocking dead people payouts as Trump Treasury drops hammer on federal fraud  —  The ‘Do Not Pay’ program screened more than 1.1 billion federal payments totaling roughly $3.7 trillion in FY2026  —  FIRST ON FOX: The Treasury Department blocked $175 million in federal payments tied …

Fox News at 30: Even the pretense of impartiality is all but gone  —  Fox News' role as a Republican propaganda machine is clear to anyone who has bothered to peruse its programming — President Donald Trump knows it, Fox co-founder Rupert Murdoch knows it, disgraced network co-founder Roger Ailes knew it …

Trump threatens to ‘terminate’ top campaign advisers after revelation of work for pro-Russia Bosnia party  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump threatened Wednesday to “terminate” two key advisers after they were revealed to have raked in “hundreds of thousands of dollars each” …

Hillary Clinton Endorses Her First Candidate of 2026  —  Hillary Clinton endorsed her first candidate of the 2026 election cycle this week.  —  The former first lady and secretary of state endorsed Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a Democrat, in her Senate run against Michele Tafoya, a former NFL sideline reporter and commentator.

Wednesday Update: Camp Mar-a-David  —  It's Wednesday and we are just 4 weeks out from Election Day, though many states have already begun to vote.  —  Here's what we are tracking today:  — Trump's top campaign advisers took money from a pro-Putin government in Bosnia

Trump administration plans to charge international students $70,000 for work authorization  —  The US Department of Homeland Security has proposed that international students pay at least $70,000 in training fees if they want to work in the country, according to a government notice posted online on Wednesday …

Fed Sees Higher Rates Ahead Even as Borrowing Costs Climb  —  Money is going to be even more expensive. … Hardly a day goes by without Americans feeling the sting of near-term inflation.  —  Today was another one of those days.  The latest data showed that both mortgage rates …

Airbnb co-founder writes $8M check to California Voter ID campaign  —  Joe Gebbia, a co-founder of Airbnb and White House official, has given $8 million to the campaign for a November ballot measure to require government-issued identification to vote in California.

Congress' Watchdog Finds Trump Illegally Withheld More Than $1 Billion in Federal Funds  —  Congress's watchdog arm has found that the Trump administration illegally withheld federal funds last year from federal government programs at the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services.

PA Governor's Race: Shapiro 59%, Garrity 34%, Quinnipiac University Pennsylvania Poll Finds; Voters Favor Dems To Win Control Of U.S. House By 15 Points  — mail_outline  —  In the final weeks of Pennsylvania's gubernatorial race, 59 percent of likely voters support incumbent Governor Josh Shapiro …

A Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI's Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government Workers  —  The National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE.  A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI's general counsel.

Rubio warns Europe faces ‘inflection point’  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Europe to “wake up from its long slumber” in an address in Athens on Wednesday, leaning hard into the combative stance that President Donald Trump has taken with the continent.

Could Democrats Win the Texas Governor's Race?  The Party Is Starting to Spend There.  —  Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and the Democratic Governors Association are each sending $1 million to back Gina Hinojosa in a bid for Texas governor that appears increasingly competitive.

No Emergency Exception: The Ban on Troops at the Polls Was Built for Crises  —  With the mid-term elections approaching, questions have arisen over whether the Trump administration might attempt to station federal troops at polling places.  As the Brennan Center and many others have pointed out …