Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say  —  The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter.

Trump's Midterm Mission: Turn Out Republicans  —  Democrats have the energy, but Republicans have the numbers — if they show up. … Adding Up  —  For years, one of the most reliable features of US politics has been Donald Trump's unbreakable hold on Republican voters.

4 killed, including 3 children, in Oregon elementary school shooting, source says.  Teen shooter is also dead, sources say  —  Three children and one adult were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, according to preliminary information from a law enforcement source.

He Joined the Military.  They Reported His Wife to ICE.  —  Giovanna Perez loaded her four kids into the car on September 21 and drove from their home in Weslaco, Texas, to Naval Air Station Corpus Christi.  She had a 9:30 a.m. appointment to pick up the ID cards that would allow …

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and Washington Post photographer in West Bank  —  The settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and beat Heidi Levine, a veteran photojournalist.  Witnesses said Israeli soldiers did nothing to halt the violence.  —  SummaryLoading...

Elon Musk Spends Heavily to Back Ken Paxton's Senate Bid in Texas  —  The world's richest person, who has become the biggest known midterm donor, gave $158 million to a group that quickly spent that much to help Mr. Paxton's Senate bid in Texas.  —  If Ken Paxton wins in Texas, he may have Elon Musk to thank.

El-Sayed's missing piece  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  Good Friday morning.  We've got on-the-ground reports from Michigan and Alaska today — it must be 18 days until Election Day.  Get in touch.  —  In today's Playbook ...

Trump officials scrutinized Omar in 2019.  They didn't find citizenship issues.  —  The earlier review of Omar's immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now.  —  SummaryLoading...  Seven years ago, a political appointee in the first Trump administration …

Kristi Noem no longer serving as Trump envoy to Shield of the Americas  —  Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is no longer serving as the Trump administration's special envoy for the Shield of the Americas initiative, a State Department official said Thursday …

Power struggle erupts in Trump's White House as midterm losses loom  —  Top personnel are jockeying for position as some expect Chief of Staff Susie Wiles to step down after the elections.  —  SummaryLoading...  White House aides, who have kept clashes muted during President Donald Trump's second term …

Takeaways from the Alaska Senate debate between Mary Peltola and Dan Sullivan  —  The battleground Senate race is key to deciding which party controls the chamber.  —  SummaryLoading...  Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and former congresswoman Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) clashed on their efficacy in Congress …

'It's time for a change': Susan Collins split-ticketers seem to move on  —  Experts caution that a “secret weapon” could elevate turnout for Collins in Republican strongholds in Maine, but the president and the national environment may be too much for her to overcome.

Trump's MAGA allies openly discuss martial law  —  MAGA activists are pushing for President Trump to resort to extraordinary measures — including martial law — if they believe the midterm elections are “rigged.” … But people in this orbit have close access to the president.

Teen Arrested Over Plan to Attack Hindu Temple, Officials Say  —  The suspect in suburban Chicago was in the parking lot of the temple on Sunday and told a co-worker that his gun had jammed, the authorities said.  —  A teenager in suburban Chicago was arrested before carrying out what was planned …

How Claims of Widespread Noncitizen Voting Fall Apart  —  In 2024, Iowa officials said they had found 2,176 suspected noncitizens on their voter rolls.  —  Months later, officials revised the claim to 277 people after comparing their list to a federal database.

Judge dismisses Maryland's bid for records on Baltimore immigration hold rooms  —  A federal judge in Baltimore has dismissed Maryland's lawsuit seeking records on conditions in the immigration holding rooms at the George H. Fallon Federal Building, in a ruling made public on Friday.

Trump invokes executive privilege in Kennedy Center court fight  —  In a court filing, a lawyer for the White House said information about the president's management of the center, including efforts to add his name to it, should be off limits. … In a court filing late Wednesday, Joshua Hoyt …

Why America's Political Divide Is Also an Economic Divide  —  Plus, the Justice Department sues California to block mail-in ballots from 20,000 people, and Trump nixes the planned livestream of a military execution  —  Good morning.  One of the most telling data points from the 2020 election …

Democrats eye a ‘once in a generation’ opportunity to flip state legislative chambers  —  With the national political winds at their backs, Democrats are targeting eight states for potential state government trifectas.  —  National Democrats have been growing increasingly confident …

Skydance's Market Value Is Currently Less Than Half What Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Combined Were Worth  —  David Ellison's freshly formed Skydance Corp. is off to a rocky start on Wall Street.  —  He won Warner Bros. Discovery after a yearlong battle.

Watching for a Blue Wave in South Carolina  —  Nancy Lacore found out she was fired as the chief of the Navy Reserve almost a year to the day after she got the job.  On a Friday morning in August 2025, Admiral James Kilby, then the acting chief of naval operations, called Lacore to his office in the Pentagon.

Nebraska Went First With Its Medicaid Cuts.  Now It's Resonating in the Midterms.  —  When Republicans passed their mega tax-cut bill more than a year ago, they timed most of its more than $1 trillion in health care cuts to kick in after the midterm elections, perhaps staving off possible electoral impacts.

ICE Agents Who Rammed Worker Were Chasing Man Dead 9 Years, Family Says  —  An ICE operation in Houston left a Mexican man struck and injured by an S.U.V., but a bulletin of the target shows a man who died in 2017, his daughter said.  —  When immigration agents struck a man with an S.U.V …