Ken Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Ahead of High-Stakes Texas Senate Race  —  Trump backed the scandal-plagued Paxton in one of the riskiest bets of the midterms  —  As President Trump weighed endorsing Ken Paxton over incumbent Texas Sen. John Cornyn this spring …

Pete Hegseth's Firing Squad Livestream Is Finding Fans in the Defense Industry  —  Co-founders of Palantir and defense tech firm Anduril are defending “public and brutal” executions.  —  “I have been outspoken on wanting public executions for over a decade.”

Trump's Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear  —  The president's actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.  —  In the past 72 hours, Donald Trump has dropped all pretense, torched a couple decades of American policy, and undermined 18 months of his own diplomacy.

GOP readies for an underwhelming lame duck  —  IN TODAY'S EDITION:  — Johnson scrambles leadership outlook  — Emmer endorses Trump's raid on Omar  — Dems gear up for trade oversight  —  Republicans' dreams of a productive lame-duck session are dimming.

Republicans Promoted a False Rumor That James Talarico Was in Ohio  —  The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu.  His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely before it was debunked.

Trump Says He Is ‘Looking at’ Firing Kimberly Guilfoyle  —  President Trump made the remark in response to a question about the U.S. ambassador to Greece, who faces accusations that she asked a G.O.P. donor to pay off her credit card.  —  President Trump said on Monday that he was “looking at” …

Selma Blair Arrested, Attacks Flight Crew In Mid-Air  —  SELMA BLAIR ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY BITING FLIGHT ATTENDANT … 11:25 AM PT — TMZ has also obtained audio from an eyewitness of when Blair was exiting the plane at JFK Airport ... and you can hear her screaming bloody murder as an alarm rings.

GOP ad buyer mixes up Portlands, spends money meant to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins in Oregon  —  An outside group mistakenly spent nearly $25,000 to boost Collins in Portland, Oregon, rather than Portland, Maine.  The buyer admitted to the error and refunded the PAC.

Democrats Need a Plan for Supreme Court Reform.  Here's a Start.  —  The Supreme Court justices took the bench last week to hear oral arguments, but the start of this term feels different from previous ones.  For one thing, with the sharp increase in activity on the shadow docket …

Air Force Major Who Called for Trump's Impeachment is in Solitary Confinement 24 Hours a Day: Attorney  —  Maj. Jason Watson has been jailed since August after publicly opining on the president and his administration, drawing a big legal battle.  —  Add us on

AI data centers are coming for federal land.  They are roiling the Nevada governor's race  —  Janelle Sorenson loves the clear night skies in Boulder City, less than an hour's drive from the bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip.  It's a small, quiet town, and she thinks …

Top G.O.P. Groups Pull Support From First House Incumbents  —  Two major Republican super PACs are said to be withdrawing cash from the races of the incumbent Representatives Thomas H. Kean Jr. of New Jersey and Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa in an effort to triage the midterm map.

New White House press secretary has a history of conspiracy-laced social media posts  —  Donald Trump Fighting disinformation Social media Epstein files  —  President Donald Trump's incoming White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, repeatedly made baseless accusations of pedophilia …

Trump says he cares for Americans.  They think he's more focused on his wealth, an AP-NORC poll finds  —  Most Americans think Donald Trump is profiting off the presidency in unethical or illegal ways and is focused more on his wealth than helping people like them, a new AP-NORC poll finds.

Mary Peltola raises $17M in Q3 in Alaska's Senate race  —  Former Rep. Mary Peltola raked in $17 million over the last three months, her campaign shared first with POLITICO, a sizable haul for the Democratic challenger in one of the biggest Senate battlegrounds.

House Dems launch ads in four more Trump districts  —  House Democrats' campaign arm is expanding its target list just three weeks ahead of Election Day, going on the air for the first time in four more districts with coordinated ad buys with the candidates.

Republicans Spend Big to Defend Nebraska Senate Seat  —  In latest sign of GOP's Midwest angst, Senate Leadership Fund plans to pour $8 million into race to help Sen. Pete Ricketts  —  WASHINGTON—The big-donor group aligned with Senate Republicans disclosed that it plans to spend heavily …

Dems' red-state showings raise prospect of a bigger 2028 map  —  Move over Wisconsin and Arizona. … Sure, this could be a blip — or a reminder that it's a 50-50 moody nation, even in a bunch of red states.  — The conditions that helped Barack Obama carry conservative states like Indiana …

Medicare for All Is the Big Policy Fight Splitting Democrats  —  Plus, Ken Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice, and federal agents searched Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's home  —  Good morning.  I'm Aaron Zitner, a reporter and editor in our Washington Bureau …

Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients.  Congress Could Fix It — but Won't.  —  Reporting Highlights  — Lamborghinis and Food Stamps?  Trump officials claim many SNAP recipients are scammers, even as statistics show they're far more likely to be victims.

Trump census plan to cut noncitizens from 2030 count spurs critics toward legal fight … Congressional Democrats and civil rights groups are concerned about a proposed Trump administration change to the U.S. census that would exclude noncitizens without permanent resident status …

After surging troops to the border, US Army showcases a quieter Rio Grande  —  Standing on a high bank of the Rio Grande, Army Lt. Col. Ray Richards points to a stretch of river that was, until recently, one of the busiest spots for illegal border crossings from Mexico.  But on a recent afternoon, the area is quiet.

The Biggest Pro-AI Super PAC Network Has Poured Millions Into Nevada Shell Companies  —  Backed by Silicon Valley titans, Leading the Future has raised huge sums to promote pro-AI candidates on both side of the aisle.  —  The Spanish Springs shopping center in Sparks, Nevada, hosts many businesses …

I Went Home to South Carolina to Ask Young Voters About Trump and the Economy  —  Watch as a WSJ reporter visits his college town—where the University of South Carolina is booming, but students are worried about their futures  —  This is an episode of Rooted In, where our reporters …

Archbishop of the US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad  —  Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees the Catholic Church's pastoral services to Catholics in the U.S. military, is condemning the proposed livestream of the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan.

FIFA's Trump Tower Deal: 7 Years, $4 Million, One Mostly Unused Office  —  The deal is another sign of how Gianni Infantino, the leader of soccer's global governing body, has sought closer ties to President Trump.  —  About a year before the World Cup, FIFA held a splashy opening for its latest office …

Judge Yells at Trump Administration for Cutting Down Golf Course Trees  —  Several government officials called to testify about hasty removal on Washington site where president dreams of building championship-level course  —  An angry federal judge overseeing litigation challenging President Trump's plan …

Billionaire Elon Musk has already funneled at least $366 million into the midterms to try to make sure voters elect Republicans.  Theodore Schleifer of the New York Times reported today that Musk has put more than $276 million of that money into groups and political action committees just since July.

‘Compelling evidence’ of criminal activity drove feds to raid Rep. Ilhan Omar's home: sources  —  A raid on controversial Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, DC, home signifies law enforcement has already amassed compelling evidence of criminal activity and are nearing the end of a long investigation, a source told The Post.