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...

FIFA Peace Prize could be scrapped a year on from Donald Trump win  —  FIFA's controversial Peace Prize could be scrapped at the end of the year — only 12 months after U.S. President Donald Trump received the inaugural award.  —  At a FIFA Council meeting in Zurich on Thursday …

Hero who ran into Oregon elementary school to end teen's mass shooting was 'student's dad': dispatch audio  —  The heroic bystander who rushed into an Oregon elementary school to end a crazed teen's deadly mass shooting is believed to be a student's dad, according to radio dispatch audio.

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.

Ocasio-Cortez Transfers $1 Million to Help El-Sayed in Final Sprint in Michigan  —  The transfer represents an unusually large amount for a House member to give to a Senate race.  —  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, who is campaigning in Michigan this week for Dr. Abdul El-Sayed …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

Russian Bots Manipulate View Counts on Fake Videos Ahead of US Midterms  —  State-backed Matryoshka campaign targeting Democrats inflates view counts of fabricated stories, creating illusion of popularity.  —  Russian disinformation operators are deploying an army of bots to inflate view counts …

$137 Million in A.I.-Generated Ads Flood the Midterms  —  Republicans have used A.I.-generated content more often than Democrats, ranging from subtle enhancements to convincing deepfakes.  —  It was an unlikely scene: New York's mayor and governor appeared to be strolling through a park …

Where are all the polls?  —  Welcome to The Trendline, the FiftyPlusOne.news weekly polling roundup.  Subscribe to get it delivered straight to your inbox and get bundled access to our polling website.  —  Subscribe now  —  We're less than three weeks out from the midterm elections …

Trump's October Surprise Is a Pivot to Putin  —  No one thinks Russian diesel can save the Republicans, so why is the President doing it?  —  At a time when Donald Trump's party is struggling to hold both houses of Congress and his own approval ratings are cratering to historic lows …

Gaps in the Deep: How the Law of the Sea Fails the Undersea Kingdom  —  A review of Elisabeth Braw, “Undersea War: The Battle to Control the Cables and Pipelines That Connect Our World” (Public Affairs, 2026).  —  Meet The Authors  —  Elisabeth Braw, a journalist and the leader …

Democrats post “mind-blowing” numbers ahead of 2026 midterms  —  If money is momentum, Democratic Senate candidates are poised for a monumental Election Day.  — “Oh my god, holy crap,” said Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) when informed of Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico's $64 million haul …

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.

The Tigers-Eating-Faces Party Is Real  —  And it's way creepier than you think.  —  October Surprise: 30% OFF Bulwark+ for a year.  Upgrade now.  —  Before we start: Katie Zacharia got turned inside out by Sean Hannity last night.  This morning she bombed on . . . Fox & Friends.

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 …

El-Sayed says a Netanyahu loss may not change his view of Israel  —  Michigan's Democratic Senate nominee said a change in Israeli leadership wouldn't necessarily ease his doubts about whether Israel is a true U.S. ally.  “The government of Israel has done nothing but use us,” he said.

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.

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 …

Trump admits ‘I have some very severe problems’ in Biden-like ramble at White House  —  Trump's latest lengthy soliloquy in the Rose Garden evoked memories of the last octogenarian to occupy the Oval Office. , Andrew Feinberg explains why  —  Become an Independent member to bookmark this article

A vulnerable Republican takes on both parties over immigration  —  NEW YORK — One of the most vulnerable Republicans in the House is running on immigration — and taking on both parties over it.  —  Rep. Mike Lawler is hammering Democrats over “sanctuary” policies while criticizing …

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 …

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.

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