California Leaders Erupt After Trump Suggests Letting Iran ‘Take Out’ Cities  —  The president mused about the obliteration of Los Angeles and San Diego at a rally in Nebraska on Monday  —  The midterm elections are weeks away and Donald Trump is on the campaign trail …

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.

Trump says he plans to speak with Putin about possible pneumonic plague case in Russia  —  Trump said the U.S. was willing to help Russia, where the death of a staffer at an anti-plague lab has sparked global public health concerns.  —  President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has a call scheduled …

‘Head on a guillotine’: ABC says Trump's threats are already swaying coverage  —  ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday, but any possible reprieve is still likely weeks away.

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.

Democrats Look Strong in Polls.  They Have These Groups to Thank.  —  Different blocs are moving left.  They could swing key Senate races.  —  Look at the past few weeks of polls surveying the race for control of Congress, and you'll see a sea of blue.  When voters are asked which party …

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 …

Eva Marie Saint, Oscar Winner for ‘On the Waterfront,’ Is Dead at 102  —  A luminous beauty with dramatic depth, she brought a layered intensity to harrowing roles and seduced Cary Grant in the romantic thriller “North by Northwest.”  —  Eva Marie Saint, who won an Academy Award in 1955 …

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 …

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 …

Live Updates: Collins and Jackson Clash in First Debate of Crucial Maine Senate Race  —  Senator Susan Collins and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, faced off on Supreme Court appointees, health care, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and their approach to governing.  —  Here's the latest.

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 …

Inside Bessent's Treasury: Tension, Turnover and Unmet Economic Goals  —  Ahead of midterms that could turn on high prices and borrowing costs, secretary dresses down officials  —  WASHINGTON—Scott Bessent was fuming.  —  President Trump had just asked his Treasury secretary …

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.

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 …

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.

The Iran war's latest price shock could be your heating bill  —  Americans could pay far more to heat their homes with oil this winter than last, a new analysis reviewed by Axios shows, as volatile energy markets and the Iran War deepen the affordability crisis.

House GOP leaders admit redistricting fell short … - That advantage is looking a lot smaller than they envisioned. … - “We're not gonna win all 13 of those redistricted seats. … - Emmer echoed House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), who told Axios last month that Republicans were unlikely to sweep all 13.

Bill Harris Has Died.  He Kidnapped Patty Hearst in 1974.  —  He was a disillusioned Vietnam veteran looking for purpose when he joined a revolutionary group known as the Symbionese Liberation Army.  —  Bill Harris, center, after being captured in 1975, the year after the S.L.A. kidnapped Patty Hearst.

Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades  —  The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.

Washington resident arrested over alleged ties to deadly Canadian school shooting  —  James Cody Bryant of Bellingham, Washington, was arrested by federal authorities for allegedly communicating with Jesse Van Rootselaar, who is suspected of opening fire at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia.

Appeals panel wrestles with block of RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel appointments  —  The Trump administration told a federal appeals panel Tuesday that a lower court erred in blocking Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s handpicked appointees from serving on a key vaccine advisory panel.