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 …

Starlink Suspicions and a Frantic Warning: Inside Trump's Turn on Zelensky  —  Limitations on Ukraine's access to military-grade Starlink terminals sparked panic among its officials and several U.S. lawmakers  —  In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Denys Sienik, the top Ukrainian diplomat …

White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Didn't Pass Bar Exam  —  Zacharia has previously referred to herself as a lawyer in public appearances  —  When President Trump announced that Katie Zacharia would serve as the next White House press secretary, he referred to her as an attorney.

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 Says Leakers Should Be Shot in Remarks at Arizona Rally  —  President Donald Trump called for executing individuals who leak information to the media during a campaign rally as he railed against what he saw as critical coverage of the Iran war.  —  “In my opinion, leakers should be shot.

Fox News Poll: Cost-of-living concerns weigh on GOP in midterms  —  When voters rate the economy and the president negatively just weeks before Election Day, the incumbent party is vulnerable, and that's certainly the case in the latest Fox News survey.  —  The economic landscape is stark.

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.

The Disappearing Women of the Trump Administration … New York Times photographs by Tierney L. Cross, Eric Lee, Kenny Holston & Haiyun Jiang.  —  The ouster of Kimberly Guilfoyle, who until this week was the U.S. ambassador to Greece, was surprising in its particulars.

How the House landscape is evolving: From the Politics Desk  —  Plus, Trump's latest moves leave Ukraine on the defensive. … Republicans shift funds in the battle for the House  —  By Ben Kamisar  —  Facing a stormy political forecast, Republican groups are making hard choices about which candidates may get left out in the rain.

ICE rejects suggestion that its officers wear body cameras that automatically activate  —  Federal immigration officials need to ensure that body cameras worn by officers are uniformly activated when needed, a government report released Wednesday said, following a series of contentious shootings and aggressive arrests by ICE officers.

'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 …

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.

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.

'I think Alaska's turning blue': Republicans fret Sullivan's path to reelection  —  WASILLA, Alaska — Three weeks out from Election Day, President Donald Trump took a helicopter to a plane to another helicopter to a motorcade to an ice hockey rink in Alaska's Matanuska-Susitna Valley …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

Senate Democrats to deploy more than 100 election observers for midterms  —  The deployment of Senate staffers comes amid the Trump administration's push to reshape election rules, including efforts to remove people it deems ineligible from voter rolls and restrict mail-in and absentee voting.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

White House calls Charlie Kirk a ‘Christian martyr’ in birthday tribute  —  Charlie Kirk would've been celebrating his 33rd birthday Wednesday, as the White House called him a “Christian martyr” and a “titan” in a tribute online.  —  “Today, on what would have been his 33rd birthday …

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.

DOJ faces legal threats after pushing California to match voter list with USB drive  —  A voting rights group warned the Department of Justice (DOJ) that it plans to sue if the department doesn't back away from a demand made to various California voting authorities which ordered them to cross-reference …

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 …