Ilhan Omar Investigation Aims to Build Case for Stripping Her Citizenship  —  Authorities have subpoenaed members of the Democratic congresswoman's family as part of a broader look at their immigration paperwork  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration's investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar …

Ukraine's Starlink restrictions raise suspicions of Musk, Trump retaliation  —  The rupture between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over last week's diesel deal deepened Wednesday after an Elon Musk-owned satellite system used by Ukraine unexpectedly restricted service …

House control all but gone, top Republicans privately concede  —  Some top congressional Republicans have privately concluded that it is likely impossible for them to keep control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, and they are now focused on limiting the scale of the defeat …

Exclusive: White House probes claims of missing Kennedy Center money in “MAGA blood feud”  —  President Trump has directed his White House counsel to examine explosive allegations dropped on him Friday in the Oval Office:  — Former Trump attorney Alina Habba told the president that another …

Trump's New Press Secretary Faces Bar Complaint in California  —  A watchdog group filed a complaint with the State Bar of California on Wednesday asking authorities to investigate whether White House press secretary Katie Zacharia practiced law without a license.

Trump doubling down on Russian diesel deal as Republicans run from it  —  President Donald Trump is pushing ahead with his deal to import Russian diesel, blowing past his party's growing complaints about taking help from Vladimir Putin.  —  “The president's main priority and commitment …

Trump adviser sees ‘a whole bunch of good news’ in inflation report  —  Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council (NEC), said Wednesday he sees a “bunch of good news” in the latest inflation report, which measured prices as up 3.7 percent year over year in September.

'I'm Not Going to Have Blood on My Hands'  —  Why Nicole Noren, a decorated ESPN producer, quit in protest.  —  For years, ESPN wanted nothing to do with sports gambling.  That stance had softened a bit as of 2018, when the Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on bookmaking …

Trump says leakers should be shot: 'They're the scum of the earth'  —  President Trump suggested Wednesday at a campaign rally in Arizona that leakers should be shot, in an apparent reference to leaks surrounding U.S. airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.  —  “Somebody leaked, some sleazebag.

ICE balks at automatic body-cams amid accountability concerns  —  ICE is rejecting a Government Accountability Office recommendation for technology that automatically activates body cameras when weapons are drawn and safeguards to ensure agents record arrests, searches and detentions when required.

Albania's capital burns as protests escalate  —  Police have been criticized for alleged use of excessive force against protestors and journalists.  —  TIRANA — Student demonstrations in Tirana spiraled out of control Wednesday as protesters clashed with police for over 10 hours …

U.S. Is Sending Hundreds of Troops to Latin America  —  The Pentagon is expanding its fight against drug traffickers, even as the plans recall a long and bloody history of U.S. intervention in the region.  —  The United States is sending several hundred Army soldiers to train and conduct exercises …

Ramaswamy Campaign Ad Accidentally Featured a Sex Offender  —  PROPERTY TAXES ARE A HOT-BUTTON ISSUE in Ohio, where Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is trying to run as a change candidate for governor in a state long run by Republicans.  And in his latest campaign ad, he tried to press the button hard.

Whatley campaign is currently dark on TV as GOP groups retreat from North Carolina  —  Michael Whatley's campaign has temporarily gone dark in North Carolina.  The Republican Senate nominee does not currently have future linear TV ad reservations booked in the race, a highly unusual move less …

Freedom Caucus Chair Freaks Out Over Being Recorded in Public  —  Republican Rep. Andy Harris demanded that police remove a journalist from a press availability he was holding Tuesday night after a campaign forum with a Democratic challenger in Maryland, erroneously citing the state's wiretap law.

Fox News: Where Ken Paxton partying with fugitives is much less interesting than James Talarico getting the flu  —  Just a minute and a half of coverage after days on Talarico's campaign trail absence  —  Fox News barely covered Monday's report that Texas attorney general and GOP nominee …

Trump Didn't Know Fort Hood Killer is Paralyzed as He Weighs Execution Livestream: CNN  —  President Donald Trump reportedly did not initially know convicted Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan was paralyzed from the waist down as his administration moved toward livestreaming his execution by firing squad.

2 Senate Republicans tell Supreme Court to review John Eastman's disbarment over Jan. 6  —  Two prominent Senate Republicans are asking the Supreme Court to review the disbarment of John Eastman for helping orchestrate the plot to overturn the 2020 election for President Donald Trump.

Iran-backed Houthis strike Saudi oil company Aramco's headquarters, officials say  —  Iran-backed Houthi rebels hit the headquarters of the Saudi state-owned oil company Aramco in an overnight strike, two regional officials said Wednesday, damaging the offices of the firm's chief executive and other top officials.

Senate Dems will send over 100 election observers to nine states for midterms  —  With the threat of federal election interference looming large over the midterms, Senate Democrats plan to send more than 100 congressional staff to observe voting sites in nine states — the first program of its kind for the upper chamber.

Americans are losing faith in their fellow voters  —  Americans' trust in their fellow citizens' democratic judgment has fallen to its lowest recorded level in more than five decades, according to a new Gallup survey. … - That's the lowest reading since Gallup began tracking the measure in 1974.

Supreme Court Again Sides With Republicans in Political TV Ad Fight  —  The Trump administration had filed an emergency application asking the justices to intervene in a long-running dispute over political ad rates.  —  The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the Trump administration …

Kimberly Guilfoyle's burn book revealed.  Her MAGA secrets kept in a journal so potent it has nervous Trump insiders fearing revenge: ‘She knows where the bodies are buried’  —  Trump advisers had been wrangling to save Kimberly Guilfoyle's job as US ambassador to Greece before she was asked …

AI killed the climate star  —  With help from Benjamin Storrow and Sara Schonhardt in the U.S., Brian Dabbs in Singapore, Charlie Cooper in the United Kingdom, Zia Weise in Belgium, Elena Giordano, Alexandre Léchenet and Nicolas Camut in France, and Mike Blanchfield in Canada.  —  SURGE PREVIEW

Ohio early in-person voting nearly quadruples from 2022 midterms  —  Nearly 195,000 Ohioans have voted in person as of Oct. 13, compared with about 50,000 at the same point in 2022.  But mail ballot requests are down as Ohio's closely watched Senate and gubernatorial races draw national attention.

A Judge Wants Hegseth to Answer for Transgender Troop Comments  —  A federal judge gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth three weeks to answer 10 written questions about his personal feelings and thoughts about the U.S. military's transgender ban.  —  At a court hearing Wednesday …

Tillis OKs Trump judges  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond.

Nancy Mace's Ex-Fiance Charged With Sex Crimes She Detailed in a House Speech  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace's former fiance and two of his business associates were charged with sex crimes and voyeurism on Wednesday over an episode the South Carolina congresswoman described …

Washington girls walk off cross country meet in protest of male athlete, parents reveal how it came to this  —  About a dozen Camas High School runners sat out after learning a competitor had switched from the boys' team  —  Holly Burns and about a dozen other girls walked away from a cross-country race in Washington on Tuesday.