We polled Kansas.  Democrats wanted to talk.  Republicans, not so much.  —  The Post is publishing results of its Kansas Senate poll in the interest of transparency and to highlight the challenges the poll faced.  —  SummaryLoading...  The Washington Post and George Mason University began …

Judge opens East Potomac Park probe into potential DOJ misconduct  —  A federal judge has opened an investigation into concerns that the Trump administration lied to her in the ongoing legal battle over President Trump's desire to redevelop East Potomac Golf Links.

Binance Suspends Withdrawals After Crypto Hackers Steal $6.3 Billion  —  The world's largest crypto exchange said it was compromised in a “complex hack” that could be the biggest crypto heist ever.  One research lab attributed the theft to “North Korea's elite hacking unit.”

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 …

Even Republicans Want Ken Paxton to Lose  —  Texas's corrupt Senate candidate is the crude end point of Trump's war against the GOP Establishment.  —  That picture of him on the boat off Mar-a-Lago where he's pointing at his junk.  You remember that one?" a senior Republican lawmaker in Texas asks. "

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 …

Trump tried not to roil the economy before midterms.  He's about to be unleashed.  —  Voters are expected to send a very clear message on Tuesday that they want the U.S. to stop fighting wars — on the military and economic front.  President Donald Trump is unlikely to listen.

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 …

Trump Resurrects Canceled Rallies in Iowa and Kansas  —  A source familiar with the situation told The Washington Sun that the rallies were “rearranged for scheduling purposes.”  — Copy  —  President Donald Trump will attend midterm rallies in Kansas and Iowa on Sunday …

Top Oversight Democrat defends Mary Peltola: ‘Nothing illegal was done in Alaska’  —  Here's the latest midterm news, with four days to go.  —  Top Oversight Democrat defends Mary Peltola: ‘Nothing illegal was done in Alaska’  —  Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Cook Political Report shifts 12 more House races toward Democrats  —  The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper, on Friday shifted a dozen more House races toward Democrats in the final stretch of the midterm cycle.  —  The handicapper has shifted dozens …

Corporate America's Trump trap  —  America's corporate titans greeted President Trump's 2024 victory with open checkbooks, 12-figure investment pledges and fawning tributes to his coming “Golden Age.”  — Two years later, on the eve of a potential blue wave, Democrats are preparing to greet …

Inside Donald Trump's Secret Plan To Restart The Iran War After The Election  —  In the summer of 2026, Donald Trump received a bleak update: The Islamic Republic of Iran had claimed sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.  The fragile, on-and-off ceasefire he'd raced into effect just weeks earlier, had collapsed altogether.

The Real Stakes of the Ilhan Omar Case  —  In seeking to revoke the citizenship of a sitting congresswoman, the Trump Administration has sent a chilling message about dissent, loyalty, and who gets to be an American.  —  All the way back in 2015, as Donald Trump was ascending onto the political stage …

Reid Hoffman gives millions to Dems in late spending spree as Epstein fight spills into election … Billionaire venture capitalist Reid Hoffman has put $8 million into the Democratic Party of Wisconsin over the past five weeks to help the party's gubernatorial nominee David Crowley in his race against Republican Tom Tiffany.

Trump Media will earn $350K for ads by Freedom 250, which is part of the National Park Foundation, the official charity partner of the National Park Service  —  Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the company that owns Truth Social, filed a new Registration Statement related to the stockholder vote …

G20 diplomats, including from China and Russia, face deep rifts as they prepare to meet in Atlanta  —  The U.S. scrapped plans for a photo of top diplomats of the Group of 20 largest world economies on the opening day of talks Friday as several Europeans objected to being photographed …

It's Not ‘Dual-Use,’ It's Terrorism.  —  As Washington weighs strikes on Iranian civilian infrastructure, a warning from Sen. Chris Murphy raises grave questions about the laws of war.  —  Get MeidasTouch in your Google feed  —  Preferred Source … Speaking to the Middle East Institute yesterday …

A Colorado Congressional Candidate Has a ‘Principal Residence’ in Maryland  —  Democrat Jessica Killin is running against Republican Rep. Jeff Crank in a tight race.  — Copy  —  Jessica Killin, the Democratic candidate for Colorado's 5th Congressional District, has a “principal residence” …

Ilhan Omar's Ex-Husband, Rumored to Be Her Brother, Says He's Gay  —  LLHAN OMAR EX-HUBBY RUMORED TO BE HER BROTHER REVEALS HE'S GAY  —  Ilhan Omar's ex-husband — who has long been rumored to be her brother — says he's gay ... adding a new wrinkle to allegations that the Minnesota congresswoman married …

Websites pretending to be local news are boosting Democratic candidates  —  📲 Get the latest on the midterms & more in the NPR App  —  Ahead of the midterms, some voters are turning to ChatGPT to help them decide who to vote for.  When asked for information about candidates …

What Josh Shapiro Could Lose by Winning … In a side room of a historic railway station in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Gov. Josh Shapiro took off his glasses and wiped his eyes.  I'd been teeing up a question about the geographic diversity of the enormous state he governs …

The Wild Rise of a Trump-Backed Drone Company  —  How ex-soldier turned presidential social-media shout-out into $300 million drone startup  —  Last July, drone pitchman Brett Velicovich joined Fox News to praise the Trump administration's plans to invest more than a billion dollars in America's military drone industry.

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This land is your land.  This land is my land.  But it's not a DEI land  —  We keep finding more woke insanity, from debanking scandals to United's biased hiring  —  Recently, I was on an extended business trip across the United States that ultimately touched upon planes, trains, automobiles, ships, bridges and majestic skyscrapers.