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 …

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.”

Trump cancels weekend rallies in Iowa and Kansas in favor of holding numerous tele-rallies  —  Senate races in both states are considered toss-ups and could be key in either party's path to control of Congress.  —  President Donald Trump announced Thursday he is canceling his rallies in Kansas …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 Erupted After Learning of Alina Habba's $50 Million Deal  —  Angry about the scale of a contract signed by one of his former lawyers with the family of a wealthy pardon seeker, the president told allies he wanted some of the money to go to his future presidential library.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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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 …

GOP lawmakers start contemplating a diminished Donald Trump  —  Donald Trump will have his ironclad grip on congressional Republicans tested like never before if the party loses one or both chambers Tuesday.  —  Trump already appears to be gearing up to blame others if Democrats retake the House or the Senate.

James Comey team in court seeking to toss out third DOJ case against longtime Trump foe  —  Attorneys for the former FBI director contend the third case isn't valid on its face because it wasn't presented to a federal grand jury within the statute of limitations.

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 …

‘A wave can hide a lot of weaknesses’: Dems question if they'll learn anything … Democrats are poised for a good night next Tuesday.  That doesn't mean they've figured out how to win.  —  More than a dozen lawmakers, campaign operatives, strategists and pollsters warned in interviews …

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.

The proof Putin used Starlink blackout to blitz Ukraine  —  Russia launched an unprecedented onslaught of drones and missiles after the US cut access to satellite data, figures show  —  Vladimir Putin exploited a lapse in US support for Ukraine with an onslaught of missile and drone strikes, Telegraph analysis has found.

Medicare Drug Plans Are Hiking Premiums While Trump Claims Victory on Medicine Prices  —  Millions of Medicare enrollees who buy stand-alone prescription drug plans will see their average monthly premiums rise by 50% in 2027, a new analysis finds.  —  But enrollees can avoid the average increase …

Democrats Are Ready to Run Hegseth ‘Out of Town’  —  Many Democrats have a post-midterm dream that goes something like this: Pete Hegseth, the push-up-loving, beardo-mocking former Fox News host who has led the Pentagon for almost two years with bombast and theatrics, is either fired or hauled …

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 …

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 …

Pope Leo will vote from the Vatican, by mail, in Illinois' midterm election  —  That mail ballot had to travel a long way — from Joliet to the Vatican City, where Pope Leo XIV has led the Catholic church since white smoke appeared from the Sistine Chapel in May 2025.

‘Slopaganda’ has taken over the midterms  —  Generative AI makes content that looks real enough to fool people, is accessible to everyone and can be deployed at scale.  MS NOW tracked the ways slopaganda is affecting elections.  —  Call it the slop election.

Trump Administration Halts Funding for Key Ukraine Security Programs  —  The Trump administration has halted future aid to Ukraine through the International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement program, even as Russia intensifies attacks on the country's energy infrastructure ahead of winter.