James Talarico announces record-breaking $64M haul  —  Texas Democrat James Talarico raised a staggering $64 million this summer — the largest third-quarter haul of any Senate candidate in history.  The national Democratic darling raised more than $134.3 million since launching his campaign …

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 …

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?

The GOP's midterm lifeline: Maybe the polls are wrong  —  Republicans nervous about the midterms are increasingly turning to the same salve: The polling will be wrong.  —  They aren't suggesting Republicans will have a good night come Nov. 3 — or that the party will hold the House.

Russia Was Losing.  Enter President Trump.  —  It's horrible to have to type these words, but the president of the United States is throwing Vladimir Putin a lifeline.  He is turning the American government against Ukraine, funding Russia and — perhaps worst of all — playing directly into Putin's theory of victory.

Nasty email fight between 2 top Trump appointees spills into the open  —  Two top appointees of President Donald Trump, including the deputy secretary of State, have been embroiled in a monthslong fight that include accusations of leaks to the media and “bizarre” threats of defamation …

Trump Blames Biden for High Prices Hours After News of Rising Inflation  —  President Donald Trump told an Arizona crowd Wednesday that President Joe Biden is to blame for inflation, hours after the government reported that consumer prices had climbed again — with gas prices driving the increase.

Wide majority of Americans oppose livestreaming Nidal Hasan's execution: ABC/Post/Ipsos poll  —  A slim majority support the Fort Hood shooter's execution by firing squad.  —  This undated photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff's Department shows former Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan.

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: US considering using ‘mother of all bombs’ against Iran, sources say  —  Donald Trump The Middle East US military Federal agencies  —  The US military has developed new strike plans that include potentially using the so-called “mother of all bombs” to target Iranian energy infrastructure …

Glitch Delays 600,000 Voter Registrations in Texas as Early Voting Looms  —  Voting rights groups sued the Texas Department of Public Safety and the secretary of state over delayed voter registrations that overwhelmed local election workers.  —  A computer error caused a backlog of hundreds …

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.

Bonus 257: Hard Questions About Court Expansion  —  Those who maintain that any Supreme Court reform *must* include Court expansion should have to answer some difficult questions about the precedent it would set and the effects it would produce.  —  ∙ Paid

Over $600 Million in Polymarket Election Trades Took Place After Races Ended  —  Contracts tied to elections in Ethiopia and Romania saw massive trading volumes after the outcomes were decided.  “It's obviously some form of volume manipulation,” one expert says.

YOLO Chuck: Schumer's final fight  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is on the cusp of leading his party to midterm victory and reclaiming his title as Senate majority leader.  — Winning the majority isn't guaranteed. … You can't beat someone with no one.

Republicans brace for three-way leader fight if they lose … - Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) has widely been viewed as a top contender for the job — and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) did not seek a waiver to remain Judiciary chair, fueling speculation that he's preparing to run for leader.

Jack Smith's FBI Probe Obtained Personal Data Of 640,000 Everyday Republicans, MAGA Hat Buyers  —  A new memo sheds light on the extraordinarily long arm of the FBI as it investigated President Donald Trump — showing that the bureau gobbled up the personal data of at least 639,000 Republican donors, voters and supporters.

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.

AOC makes case for El-Sayed in Michigan  —  In a show of progressive strength, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is hitting the trail in Michigan for campaign stops with Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.  She'll join El-Sayed for town halls in redder, more rural parts of the state's Upper Peninsula on Thursday.

Scoop: FTC subpoenas OpenAI, Anthropic over consumer harms … - The FTC sought documents from Anthropic and OpenAI with the scope of the probe focused on potential consumer protection violations, a person familiar told Axios. … - They are more than 50 pages long each and ask …

Sen. John Kennedy Is So Hot Right Now (On the Campaign Trail)  —  HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Addressing a group of a dozen or so reporters at his campaign event here last week, Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate for Senate in Michigan, joked he might not be the main attraction.

Pelosi's Potential Successor Is Pushing the Limits of Super PAC Coordination  —  In the race to replace Nancy Pelosi, the congressional campaign of California state Sen. Scott Wiener has forged an unusual arrangement with a federal super PAC: They are directly coordinated with one another.

Democratic Donor Emerges to Blitz Red-State Senate Races With Late Ads  —  Steve Pajcic, a lawyer and philanthropist in Florida, started a group that is airing ads in Kansas and South Carolina.  Florida and Mississippi are next.  —  A surprise Democratic donor has emerged as a financier …

Trump Says the Border Is Secure.  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Keeps Declaring an Emergency.  —  Last month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott repeated a claim he's made for the past five years.  He stated that the number of people crossing the Texas-Mexico border illegally “posed an ongoing and imminent threat” across the state.