Vivek Ramaswamy's explosive attack ad against Democratic rival Amy Acton in Ohio governor race backfires after horrifying claims from her long-lost stepsister that father also raped another daughter  —  Vivek Ramaswamy's explosive attempt to discredit his Democrat rival Amy Acton's childhood abuse claims …

Inside Democrats' Secret Effort to Stack Alaska's Ballot  —  Operatives aligned with Mary Peltola, the Democratic nominee for Senate, spent months recruiting candidates to peel votes from Senator Dan Sullivan, the Republican.  —  In the summer of 2025, a staffer for Mary Peltola …

What Our New Senate Polls Tell Us About the State of the Midterms  —  South Carolina seems like a serious race; Minnesota may not be; and Florida still appears out of reach for Democrats.  —  How big is the battleground for Senate control?  —  It might be at least one state wider than generally assumed.

ICE Is Running One of the Largest Anti-Left Surveillance Operations in US History  —  ICE's Homeland Security Investigations is engaged in far-reaching spying against left-wing activists that rivals the FBI and CIA crackdowns on the Civil Rights and anti-war movements.

Brazilian judge orders investigation into JD Vance donor network  —  A presidential candidate in Brazil alleged that Vance's Rockbridge Network discussed potential aid to the campaign of Flávio Bolsonaro.  Rockbridge denies involvement.  —  SummaryLoading...

Dolores Huerta, Labor Leader and Force for Civil Rights, Has Died  —  She founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez.  In early 2026, she told The Times that she had been raped by him decades earlier.  She was 96.  —  Dolores Huerta at a women's march in Utah in 2017.By Getty Images

Putin salutes Musk's genius as Russia plays catch-up with Starlink  —  President Vladimir Putin hailed Elon Musk as a genius on Wednesday, acknowledging Russia is only beginning to roll out its answer to his Starlink satellite internet system.  —  The admission was all the more striking …

Federal judge disqualifies Trump-appointed prosecutor for ‘unlawfully serving’ in role  —  Bill Essayli, a former GOP lawmaker and ally of president, has not been confirmed by the Senate in his role  —  A US judge ruled on Tuesday that Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in southern California …

U.S. Warns Gulf of Possible Short, Intense Renewal of Iran War After Midterms  —  There are new signs that the American and Israeli militaries are preparing a potential wave of strikes to muscle Tehran to the negotiating table  —  DUBAI—The U.S. has told several Gulf Arab countries …

Israeli Arab Parties Claim Kingmaker Status in Tight Vote  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent much of election day warning his base that Arab citizens were voting in record numbers.  He was right.  —  Results on Wednesday showed the two Israeli Arab parties are likely …

McMahon Spends $43,000 for New Furniture as She Looks to Close Her Department  —  The education secretary says her old furniture “cannot be configurationally or aesthetically integrated” into new office space.  —  Education Secretary Linda McMahon plans to spend $43,000 on new furniture …

Trump Cannot Be the End of the Story  —  Writing under the pseudonym Publicola in support of the new Constitution, the North Carolina attorney and legislator Archibald Maclaine rebuffed critics who charged that the president was little more than a king.  —  “It is a maxim in the British government …

A US cruise ship suspends a global voyage in Asia due to fuel costs, stranding 200 passengers  —  A U.S. cruise ship on an around-the-world voyage that touted its cabins as floating homes suspended its three-year voyage in Cambodia due to fuel costs, forcing hundreds of passengers to disembark.

Sen. Murkowski endorses Democrat JKT in Alaska's governor's race  —  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Sen. Lisa Murkowski has endorsed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.  —  “JKT is young Alaskan with a view and a perspective that I think Alaska needs right now,” Murkowski told Rebecca Palsha on Tuesday.

Game recognize game  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  POLITICO Named Digiday's Most Innovative Publisher  —  Yesterday POLITICO was named 2026 Most Innovative Publisher by Digiday.  We are proud of this honor and of the incredible efforts of our team around the world.

FBI raids home of Eric Swalwell's billionaire donor  —  The FBI raided the home of Eric Swalwell's billionaire donor on Tuesday as part of the ongoing probe into sexual assault allegations against the former Democratic congressman, a senior law enforcement official told Reuters.

Record Lows Say Congressional Incumbents Deserve Reelection  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, record-low shares of U.S. registered voters say they would reelect their own representative or most members of Congress.  For the first time in a final pre-midterm reading …

Fox's Trump Fatigue … On Wednesday, each of the television news networks will release their October ratings numbers.  Ahead of the midterms, especially with the stakes as high as they are this November, the networks would typically be expected to post viewership gains as audiences tune in for coverage of the consequential races.

Dear Leftists: Shut the Hell Up About Trump ‘Profiting’ From Politics  —  Carrying water for the Democratic Party — especially here in the Year of Our Lord 2026 — is no easy task.  Over the years, the Dems' flying monkeys in the mainstream media have amassed quite a playbook filled …

Trump Plot for Stunning New Gift to Putin Exposed … Donald Trump is weighing a plum new gift to Vladimir Putin that would allow the Russian tyrant to strengthen the Kremlin's influence around the world.  —  Officials are looking at axing measures against the multibillion-dollar Russian …

Classified material missing from Epstein files, documents suggest  —  Attorney General Todd Blanche has long maintained that the so-called Epstein files, even those kept from the public, contain no secret information related to national security.  —  When the document releases began last winter …

The Founder of Arab Americans for Trump Has Some Regrets  —  The Michigan Senate race between the Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and the Republican Mike Rogers has been subsumed in recent days by an endless stream of bigoted, Islamophobic attacks.  A Rogers surrogate—Senator John Kennedy …

Google's AI Chatbot Refuses to Answer Question of Who Won 2020 Presidential Election  —  Maybe Google's AI chatbot is gunning for a place in President Donald Trump's administration.  —  The artificial intelligence would not directly answer the question Wednesday of who won the 2020 presidential election …

Trump jokes $5,000 would buy ‘a hamburger and maybe a small dessert’ at Mar-a-Lago as affordability looms over midterm … President Donald Trump joked Tuesday night that the $5,000 payments he's promised U.S. adults would buy little more than “a hamburger and maybe a small dessert” …

Billionaires shatter spending record to fight California wealth tax  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Billionaire opponents of California's proposed wealth tax have spent more fighting it than they ever have on a political cause in the state, according to a POLITICO analysis.

Trump is using tariffs as a ‘tool for grift,’ Raskin says in demand for donor records … A top House Democrat on Wednesday accused President Donald Trump of using tariffs as a “tool for grift and self-enrichment,” pointing to what he says are suspicious import-tax exemptions for industries whose leaders …

Trump Faces Another Loss in Fight Over Taxpayer-Funded Ads  —  A federal judge in Washington imposed a fresh block against the Trump administration's move to use taxpayer money for television ads praising the president, expanding a temporary ban on the media spots.

Grand jury declines to indict Cassidy Hutchinson over Jan. 6 testimony  —  Hutchinson, a former White House aide, testified before lawmakers about President Donald Trump's actions on Jan. 6, 2021.  —  Loading...  A federal grand jury in D.C. rejected an attempt by the Justice Department …

Senators Demand to Know if Dr. Oz Collaborated With Election Denial Groups  —  A far-right campaign claiming leftists are stealing votes from nursing home residents has centered on changing guidance from Mehmet Oz's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Trump could be a ‘super-lame duck’ if things go badly for the president on Election Day  —  2026 is showing us the future of American politics.  —  Tuesday could mark the end of the Trump era.  That was Nate Silver's read on Ezra Klein's podcast.  —  “He'll still be president for two more years,” Silver said.

We studied 180 voter-fraud cases.  Many charged cite honest mistakes.  —  None of the indictments includes allegations of an organized effort by Democrats or anyone else to draw noncitizens to the polls, as Trump has claimed.  —  Loading...  Jacqueline Wallace, a Jamaican national …