‘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 …

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 …

We reviewed $1.6 billion of campaign ads.  Here are the takeaways.  —  Everyone's talking about the economy, but Republicans and Democrats can't agree on what other issues will mobilize midterm voters.  —  Campaign ads are all about the economy.  Republicans highlight immigration and social issues in commercials more than Democrats.

Trump Is Considering a Plan to Strike Iran Before the Midterms  —  Pentagon planners are weighing options though no final decision has been made.  —  After months of on-again, off-again fighting, the United States hasn't struck Iran in several weeks.  The stretch of relative tranquility …

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.

Kennedy Plans Federal Vaccine Injury Initiative, Drawing Wary Eye From Experts  —  Vaccine safety experts say more research into the side effects would be welcome yet question whether the health secretary's effort will be grounded in science.  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …

Mamdani booed, berated by anti-Israel protesters waving Hamas flags at NYC Oct. 7 memorial: ‘Shame on you’  —  Mayor Zohran Mamdani was berated and booed at an Oct. 7 candlelight vigil in Union Square on Wednesday night by anti-Israel protesters who believe he turned his back on Palestinian causes.

Trump says ‘we protect our cities’ after saying Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego  —  The president recast his earlier incendiary statements at a San Antonio rally meant to galvanize voters behind Texas Republicans ahead of the midterms. … After having faced fierce backlash …

Trump to Honor Elon Musk, Nvidia's Huang With Science Awards  —  President Donald Trump is set to award billionaire Elon Musk and other tech titans with medals celebrating science and technological innovation at a summit on Thursday, underscoring the close ties between his administration and Silicon Valley.

Transgender Washington State Resident Arrested for Alleged Involvement in Canada Mass School Shooting  —  U.S. authorities on Tuesday arrested a man in Washington State accused of allegedly providing assistance to the teenage perpetrator of the February mass school shooting in Canada.

Disaster relief funding is creeping into Trump's midterm rhetoric.  Critics say it has no place there  —  President Donald Trump has turned emergency relief into a campaign talking point in the final sprint to the midterm elections, approving disaster declarations in consequential states …

WHO seeks details from Russia on media reports of a second lab worker with pneumonia  —  Russia's health regulator said on Wednesday there were no risks of an epidemic breaking out in Siberia after a plague institute worker there died, as the World Health Organization pressed Moscow for more information about her cause of death.

Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90  —  Over two decades at MIT, Hamilton forged new paths in computer science and engineering.  Her groundbreaking work included leading the team that programmed the first computers that took humans to the moon.

CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study  —  “It's a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn't be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit  —  Two months after the Senate confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

Maine Senate Race Heats Up as Collins, Jackson Debate Trump, Abortion  —  Maine Senator Susan Collins sought to distance herself from President Donald Trump in her first debate with Democratic challenger Troy Jackson in a pivotal US Senate race.  —  After Trump indicated he may come to Maine for a rally …

Inside Trump's push to bring Christopher Columbus to the White House  —  A statue of the explorer installed at the White House has a long back story, and the president is banking on it resonating with Italian American voters.  —  SummaryLoading...  President Donald Trump has a midterm message …

Toss-ups, triage and targets: How to read the wide-open 2026 House map  —  With just under a month to go until Election Day, financial decisions made by both parties appear to suggest the question being asked is not if Democrats take control of the House, but how large the majority may be.

Exclusive: Mike Johnson raises record $156 million for House GOP  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson raised $30 million in the third quarter, bringing his total haul this cycle to $156 million as Republicans fight to hold on to their increasingly endangered majority, Axios has learned.

Democrats think they can beat Republicans with a new pitch: Washington is corrupt  —  Across the country, Democrats running to flip some of the nation's most high-profile House seats this cycle are offering a similar pitch: Vote for me to clean up corruption in Washington.

Schumer's Leadership Chances Are Looking Better Than Ever  —  Despite a rocky tenure as Democratic leader, Schumer doesn't face a challenge, but most Senate Democrats don't want to talk about his political future yet.  — Copy  —  It wasn't long ago that Chuck Schumer was the most vilified man …

Trump Says He'll Award Roger Clemens the Presidential Medal of Freedom  —  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that he would award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to fireballer Roger Clemens, calling the seven-time Cy Young winner “maybe the greatest pitcher of all time.”

Federal Judge Rules DHS Must Bring Back Gay Arizona Man Imprisoned in Africa  —  A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return Ahmed Soliman to the United States, five months after he was expelled to Equatorial Guinea, a country where he has no ties …

Man Arrested and Charged for Role in Plotting to Conduct a Mass-Shooting Event in Support of ISIS at the Mall of America  —  For Immediate Release  —  Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, 18, of Richfield, Minnesota, was charged today by complaint with one count of knowingly receiving a firearm …

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.

Democrats Expect to Win the House.  Here's Their To-Do List  —  Hakeem Jeffries, possible next House speaker, says party will try to restore healthcare spending, push back against Trump on tariffs, Iran war  —  WASHINGTON—House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats would move swiftly …

Trump administration paving way for temporary sale of some unapproved peptides  —  Food and Drug Administration scientists and some medical experts have raised concerns about increasing access to certain peptides.  —  SummaryLoading...  The Trump administration is crafting plans that would allow …

Trump announces ‘historic’ enrollment of 70 million children into Trump Accounts  —  “They'll end up being quite rich by the time they're 18,” Trump said.  —  Children hold a banner as President Donald Trump makes an announcement regarding personal investment accounts for children …