Trump administration files lawsuit to block possible Democratic win in Alaska Senate race  —  The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit to block certification of the Senate race in Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses the contest while another candidate with the same name is on the ballot …

The Meaning of the Republican War Over Ramaswamy's Vile Ad  —  It's quite a feat, in this numb and debased era, to create a political advertisement so shocking and indecent that people from across the political spectrum feel the need to denounce it.  The Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy …

Poll: Low-information voters have turned hardest against Trump and the GOP  —  Trump voters who can't answer two basic questions about politics are three times as likely as other Trump voters to back Democrats for the House.  This is a big change since 2024.

First Lady Melania Trump Secures Ceasefire Between Russia and Ukraine, Localized to Oleshky  —  First Lady Melania Trump successfully secured a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, localized to the city of Oleshky.  Both nations agreed to temporarily stop all military action in Oleshky …

October 22, 2026  —  Alexander Ward and Lara Seligman of the Wall Street Journal reported today that Trump called Elon Musk yesterday to ask him to stop throttling Starlink's military-grade communications system, Starshield, in Ukraine.  Slowing down the system degrades Ukraine's defenses …

‘If Anything Happens to This Guy ... Everyone Is Screwed’  —  Ondřej Surý was a relatively anonymous volunteer working on PHP security.  Then the internet exploded.  —  On Tuesday, the world found out about two massive security vulnerabilities in PHP, a programming language …

Bird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm.  It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won't Act.  —  The strain of bird flu that's ripped through American barns for the last four years has killed two people who caught it from sick animals.  But as far as anyone can tell, humans can't spread it.

2 ex-FBI officials charged with making false statements about Hunter Biden's laptop  —  Two former FBI intelligence officials who specialized in foreign election interference were charged Friday with making false statements about their roles in investigating the origins of Hunter Biden's laptop …

Hegseth Barred Trans Troops.  Military Boards Are Rejecting Those Orders.  —  The service members at Navy and Marine Corps hearings are finding ways to keep trans troops in uniform.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a slur to proudly announce to an auditorium of Marines in September …

Top GOP Operative Let Out-of-State Voters Vote From His PA Home  —  Legal experts say Scott Presler's houseguests could run afoul of election law.  —  ONE OF THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE grassroots organizers in the Republican party purchased a home in Beaver County, Pennsylvania in April 2024.

The Trump Administration May Have Just Lied to Judge About an ICE flight to Equatorial Guinea  —  Read the top story of the day in your inbox.  Sign up for the Daily Prospect newsletter here.  —  This is a breaking story and will be updated.  —  An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer …

A Truth-Teller at Newsmax  —  A Truth-Teller at Newsmax  —  “My role is to report on what's unfolding here and explain what decisions made in Washington actually mean for the people living through this war,” Shelby Wilder says from Kyiv.  Plus: Biases and absurdities.

Ken and Angela Paxton invested $600,000 in a convicted fraudster's business  —  The blind trust's investment in Wildcatter offers a new, unreported look at the attorney general's financial ties with the very type of business executives whose prosecutions he typically celebrates.

Comey Tries to 86 the Seashells Case: Part I  —  As comical as the prosecution's case appears, it may well go to trial.  —  annabower.bsky.social  —  EricColumbus  —  ericcolumbus.bsky.social  —  Meet The Authors  —  In May 2025, former FBI Director James Comey …

Russian diesel tanker heads to the U.S., the first since Trump's deal with Putin  —  The impact on prices would likely be “limited,” oil industry analysts said. … A tanker loaded with diesel fuel set sail Friday from Russia for the United States, the first shipment since President Donald Trump agreed …

In the Wisconsin Governor's Race, Another Case of Trump Avoidance Syndrome  —  The Republican candidate for governor, Tom Tiffany, is best known as a staunch ally of the president.  He's trying to change that.  —  President Trump has been urging Republican voters to pretend that he is on the ballot for the midterm elections.

Oil hits $115 for first time since May as global stocks knocked by AI fears  —  Markets face twin threats of surging crude prices and concern over durability of AI boom  —  Ian Smith in London, Leo Lewis in Tokyo, Song Jung-a in Seoul and Kate Duguid in New York

The Michigan Senate Race Keeps Getting Nastier  —  Supporters of Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate, have described his Democratic opponent, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, as un-American and worse.  —  Mike Rogers snickered as his surrogate smeared his opponent.  —  At a recent campaign stop …

The Man in the Middle of Trump's Deeply Conflicted Ukraine Policy  —  CIA Director John Ratcliffe leads an agency that's at war with Russia, even as Trump makes nice with Putin.  —  Donald trump and volodymyr zelensky have never enjoyed a warm relationship, or even a stable one.

There Are Solutions to This Crazy Economy.  Voters Will Hate Them.  —  Ahead of the midterms, Natasha Sarin and Catherine Rampell unpack the state of the economy — and how much responsibility the president bears for it.  —  One of the biggest issue driving the midterm elections?  The economy.

Trump Consistently Touts the Economy.  The Internet Isn't Buying It.  —  Pocketbook issues top the president's talking points, but on TikTok, videos critical of his claims far outnumber supportive ones.  Vulnerable Republicans are steering clear.  —  WASHINGTON—In the final weeks before the midterms …