Inside Trump's Dark Plot to Keep Senate in GOP Hands Even If Dems Win  —  On Thursday night, the Republican governor of Alaska refused to commit to certifying the outcome in the Senate race if Democrat Mary Peltola wins.  Which means that if she does triumph, refusing to seat Peltola …

El-Sayed Clashes With Former Primary Rival Who Demanded His Apology  —  Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Representative Haley Stevens traded sharply critical comments Friday, escalating intraparty tensions in Michigan's pivotal Senate race.  —  It looked on Thursday night as if feuding Democrats …

Trump adds weekend rallies back after canceling a day earlier  —  The president will travel to Iowa and Kansas on Sunday after spending Friday and Saturday in Florida.  —  SummaryLoading...  President Donald Trump has now rescheduled two weekend rallies a day after canceling them …

Appeals court rejects Justice Department request for California to set aside disputed ballots  —  The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday rejected the Justice Department's request for California to set aside disputed ballots received in the midterm election.

Judge orders inquiry into whether DOJ lawyers misled court on Trump's golf plan  —  U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes opened another heated hearing by reading the D.C. Bar rules about truthfulness in court.  —  SummaryLoading...  A federal judge on Friday opened a formal inquiry …

North Korea Steals USD 6.36 Billion From Binance in the Largest Hack in History  —  Key takeaways  — On October 29, 2026, an attacker moved approximately USD 6.36 billion out of Binance wallets on ten blockchains, most of it in about 20 minutes starting at 20:05 UTC.

U.S. to Send Dozens Back to Afghanistan, Despite Risk of Persecution  —  The Trump administration plans to fly the Afghan immigrants from Louisiana to Pakistan, where they are expected to be expelled over the border to Afghanistan.  —  The Trump administration has detained dozens …

Alina Habba's Husband Ignited a White House Drama.  Now His Background Is Under Scrutiny.  —  Turhan Mildon, who married Alina Habba this summer, presents himself as a 29-year-old billionaire with ties to global leaders.  His story has inconsistencies.  —  President Trump's former lawyer …

Obamacare Policies Hit Again With Steep Premium Increases for 2027  —  Premiums will increase an average 13 percent next year for millions of Americans, on top of an earlier steep increase.  It adds to the problems facing the program, which the Trump administration has weakened.

Daniel J. Sullivan left his Alaska hometown before Senate election, sources say  —  Petersburg, Alaska — Daniel J. Sullivan, the independent candidate running for Senate in Alaska whose name is almost identical to the Republican senator running for reelection, left his hometown of Petersburg earlier …

Trump plans to resume strikes on Iran day after midterm elections  —  President Donald Trump is planning to resume strikes on Iran after the midterm elections, with his domestic political power set to wane during his final two years in office, and his attention expected to shift to foreign policy.

Polish president turns back mid-flight amid court ‘coup d’état' claims  —  Police were deployed outside Poland's Constitutional Tribunal following security warnings.  Tribunal President Bogdan Święczkowski was suspended from his duties, while Polish President Karol Nawrocki cut short his trip to Senegal.

DOJ dangles legal threats over state election officials days before the midterms  —  The Department of Justice on Thursday sent letters to elections officials in multiple states threatening potential prosecution if they fail to preserve election records, an unusually aggressive posture toward …

DOJ Urges Judge to Allow a Third Comey Charge  —  A federal judge in Washington on Friday sounded open to allowing the Trump administration's third and latest criminal case against James Comey to proceed so a grand jury can decide whether to indict the former FBI director.

Houston Grand Jury Indicts ICE Agent on Charges of Ramming Man in Chase  —  The agent is facing charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, officials said Friday.  —  A grand jury on Friday indicted an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who struck and injured a Mexican construction worker …

Pressed on affordability at town hall, JD Vance says all the wrong things  —  A young conservative voter asked the vice president a sincere question about one of the most pressing issues facing her generation.  It did not go well.  —  With time running out in the election cycle …

U.S. Oil Industry Earned Over $130 Billion in Profit During Iran War  —  That was almost three times as much as what businesses producing and refining oil in the United States made in the same period in 2025.  —  The war with Iran has been very lucrative for American oil companies …

Tony-Winning Broadway Director Daniel Sullivan Announces Retirement After 55-Year Career; Jonathan Kent Steps In For Upcoming ‘Montauk’  —  Daniel Sullivan, the Tony-winning Broadway director of Proof, The Heidi Chronicles, Glengarry Glen Ross and numerous other acclaimed productions …

Bloomberg drops $36M more for Dems  —  Here's the latest midterm news, with four days to go.  —  Bloomberg drops $36M more for Dems  —  Michael Bloomberg is making another big splash in the final days of the election.  —  One of Democrats' most important megadonors …

EXCLUSIVE: Data center utility execs maxed out donations to Dan Sullivan  —  Campaign cash flowed to Sullivan after he helped open up military bases to data centers; more details in exclusively obtained documents.  —  Within a nine-day period last spring, executives tied to a data center utility investor …

Bessent alleges anti-fraud guardrails are ‘loosest’ in blue states  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accused Democratic-led states Friday of having poor fraud prevention mechanisms while at a Minnesota press conference.  —  The state has been at the center of a healthcare fraud scandal …

Pentagon tells Europeans to cool their rhetoric on Russia, sources say  —  Antoni Slodkowski, Gram Slattery and Andrius Sytas, Reuters  —  Pentagon officials have in recent weeks asked several NATO countries to tone down their rhetoric regarding the threat posed by Russia …

Justice Dept. Confirms Alaska Inquiry Even as Its Focus Remains Unclear  —  Democrats and former officials have accused the department of pursuing a political goal in the guise of a legal one: to publicize a scheme, sordid but not illegal under state law, damaging to Democrats.

US approves $2.1 billion Patriot missile sale to Ukraine  —  The US State Department said on Friday it had approved the sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles to Ukraine for an estimated $2.1 billion, in what would be one of the most significant steps to supply defensive weapons to Kyiv since the start of the second Trump administration.