Catholic, evangelical leaders condemn public execution plan of Fort Hood gunman  —  Get RNS' thoughtful, essential religion reporting every morning.  Sign up for free!  —  (RNS) — Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is joining evangelical faith leaders …

Katie Zacharia Picked as the New White House Press Secretary  —  Ms. Zacharia is a conservative commentator who briefly worked at the Department of Homeland Security.  She succeeds Karoline Leavitt.  —  Katie Zacharia, a conservative commentator who briefly worked at the Department of Homeland Security …

Mullin says ICE didn't know 5-year-old boy was in car when officer fired  —  Federal authorities said Oscar Belgal used his car to ram government vehicles and endanger officers.  —  SummaryLoading...  Federal authorities on Friday strongly denounced the reaction of New York officials …

Trump strikes deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global markets … President Donald Trump said Friday that Russia will supply more than 4 million tons of diesel to the global market under a deal he struck with President Vladimir Putin during a phone call.

International Criminal Court ‘firmly rejects’ new US sanctions  —  The International Criminal Court (ICC) strongly pushed back on Friday after the U.S. imposed new sanctions on its financial assets, slamming the move as “an assault on the rule of law.”  —  ICC President Tomoko Akane …

Establishment of a Committee of Inquiry to Investigate Allegations of False Statements by Lisa DeNell Cook  —  MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT  —  THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR ECONOMIC POLICY  —  THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS …

If Dems Win, Inscribe This Chart on Trump-MAGA's Political Gravestone  —  With a bit of luck, this midterm election could finally break what we might call the Myth of Multiracial MAGA.  That pervasive notion held that Trump's 2024 gains with Latinos heralded the birth of a new multiethnic …

How Trump's Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil  —  The president's allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry.  It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence.

House Republicans are bracing for catastrophe in once safe red seats  —  In late September, top Republicans across House GOP leadership, leading political operations and individual campaigns received a trove of internal polling.  It sparked a new level of panic.

Ken Paxton's Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions.  Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.  —  In the summer of 2023, after he was impeached on charges of abusing his office for personal gain, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was suspended and barred from conducting …

Rep. Max Miller's Girlfriend Was Just Indicted  —  A grand jury formally charged Jaclyn Alatrash, the congressman's partner of nearly two years, with grand theft.  —  On Thursday, the woman Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) has been dating for nearly two years was indicted by a grand jury on three criminal counts:

Scoop: AI companies plot “the day after” … - The first example of significant real-world harm caused by unsafe AI would turn an already wary public further against the technology and its leaders, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, as well as President Trump for his reluctance to regulate it.

Katie Miller Throws Wild House Parties After Fleeing to Military Base … Katie Miller, the wife of American deportation czar Stephen Miller, has reignited the convivial traditions of Washington's elite by throwing grandiose bashes at the military base where her family abruptly moved.

Chris Murphy plans midterm travel blitz, fundraising for Nixon in Florida  —  Sen. Chris Murphy wants Democrats to go big for Angie Nixon in Florida's Senate race — and he's pushing to raise some “serious money” to help.  “I do believe that we'd make a big mistake if we slept on Florida,” …

As Putin Wages Shadow War, Europe Looks for a Way to Hit Back  —  Moscow has used tactics of fear and ambiguity to try to divide NATO and limit support for Ukraine.  But how should Europe retaliate?  And how hard?  —  Russia is escalating its campaign of sabotage in NATO countries …