The New York Times invents a Democratic scandal while ignoring a new Trump rape allegation  —  America is four days out from the end of an election in which America's deeply unpopular fascist ruling party is trying to retain control of Congress.  The week began with yet another new rape allegation …

DOJ pushes to isolate Alaska ballots in Peltola probe  —  The Department of Justice (DOJ) pushed to isolate some Alaska ballots as part of a probe into whether the presence of two candidates with the same name could confuse voters in the state, a Friday court filing shows.

Iran's supreme leader orders “maximum” response to any U.S. attack  —  Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei told the country's top three military commanders that a renewed attack by the U.S. and Israel ״must be met with an immediate and effective response, without geographical limitations״ …

D.C. and Virginia sue to block Trump's proposed triumphal arch  —  The lawsuit increases legal pressure against the president's planned 250-foot-tall project.  —  SummaryLoading...  The D.C. government and the commonwealth of Virginia sued Saturday to block construction …

Trump rallies in Kansas and Iowa are back on after RNC said they were canceled: Source … President Donald Trump will host campaign rallies in Iowa and Kansas after all, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC on Friday, hours after the Republican Party said those events would be scrapped in lieu of a series of tele-rallies.

Republican Leads Independent in Nebraska Senate Race, Poll Finds  —  Voters see Dan Osborn, the independent seeking to unseat Senator Pete Ricketts, as more like a Democrat than an independent, a Times/Siena poll found.  —  Senator Pete Ricketts of Nebraska, a Republican …

Video shows ICE agent pointing handgun in face of North Hollywood bystander  — 6 min Click here to listen to this article  —  A federal immigration agent pulled out a handgun and pointed it just inches from the face of a bystander during an apparent operation in North Hollywood on Friday morning …

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 …

El-Sayed campaign wants Stevens to stay away after day of back-and-forth sniping  —  Michigan's Democratic coalition is fragmenting in real time days before a critical Senate election.  —  After it seemed like former primary rivals Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens might finally appear together …

How Trump Is Dismantling America's Scientific Research Machine  —  The system that has driven life-altering discoveries and helped make the United States a superpower is now under intense strain.  —  The warning, buried in an obscure government report this summer, was unflinching.

Prediction Markets Keep Whiffing on Elections.  Will They Miss on the Midterms?  —  Polling data remains at issue after Brazil, Serbia and Wisconsin elections markets were upset by supposed long shots  —  The day Israel voted in its consequential election this week, Kalshi Chief Executive Tarek Mansour …

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.

Move fast, break things  —  The failures of Trump 2.0, encapsulated in a broken globe. … Become one ⬇️  —  Last week, the Washington Post reported that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wanted Dwight D. Eisenhower's WWII-vintage globe moved into his office.

A Super PAC Army Is Spending Millions on ‘Spoiler’ Candidates  —  Congressional hopefuls with little hope have been surprised by the sudden help from shadowy sources.  — Copy  —  Last week, a tsunami of outside spending surged onto Bill Redpath's ultra-longshot campaign for Ohio's U.S. Senate seat.

Carney says he can wait out Trump for trade deal  —  Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday that if his government could not successfully negotiate a suitable trade pact with the Trump administration, he was prepared to wait for a new American president to close the deal.

The US Military Is On A Precipice  —  The US military is standing on a precipice, and it is not clear which way it will jump.  It has been used, tragically, for a series of appalling and in some cases criminal campaigns over the last few years.  It has been and is being purged of talent …

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.

Tucker Carlson Gets Personal on ‘Sad, Greasy’ Ted Cruz: ‘His Personal Life Is a True Disaster’  —  Tucker Carlson got personal on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), claiming that the senator is a “sad, greasy” man who “doesn't know how absurd he is.”  —  On his show Friday, Carlson was asked by a viewer …