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 …

Trump's New Press Secretary: Not-Quite Attorney at Law  —  Katie Zacharia told The New York Times that the confusion over her legal credentials is the result of one big misunderstanding.  —  Is President Trump's new press secretary a lawyer — or did she just play one on TV?

Talarico debates Texas voters in CNN-Jubilee town hall amid tight Senate race  —  Texas Democrat James Talarico on Wednesday took questions from voters in a town hall hosted by CNN and Jubilee, appearing on stage solo as he calls for rival Republican Ken Paxton to debate in their closely watched Senate race.

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.

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 People Who Leak to News Outlets ‘Should Be Shot’  —  President Donald Trump called for executing individuals who leak information to the media during a campaign rally as he railed against what he cast as critical coverage of the war in Iran.  —  “In my opinion, leakers should be shot.

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.

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.

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.

Candidates Are Increasingly Icing Out Reporters on the Campaign Trail  —  From the White House grounds to town halls across the country, politicians and candidates have been attempting to block members of the media from covering them — and advocates say it's raising serious press freedom concerns.

'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 …

'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's Truth Social faces a sharp decline in traffic  —  The platform averaged about 260,000 daily users last month, down from a peak of 420,000 in June 2025.  —  Loading...  President Donald Trump uses Truth Social daily to shape the course of the war in Iran, announce new policies and share AI-generated videos of himself.

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 …

A Watchdog Group Is Challenging Jared Kushner's Foreign Policy Role  —  An ethics watchdog organization filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Jared Kushner and the White House, seeking to bar the president's son-in-law from acting as a political envoy unless he's confirmed by the Senate and files public financial disclosures.

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 …

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.

Cait Conley tells Rep. Mike Lawler not to ‘mansplain’ about domestic abuse  —  Democrat Cait Conley told Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) during a televised debate Wednesday night not to “mansplain” to her about domestic abuse as the pair discussed an alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity in 2024.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.