Trump worker told FBI about moving Mar-a-Lago boxes on ex-president's orders  —  Key witness and security-camera footage offer evidence of Trump's actions after government subpoena, people familiar say  —  A Trump employee has told federal agents about moving boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago …

Live Updates: Alex Jones Ordered to Pay Sandy Hook Victims' Families Nearly $1 Billion  —  A jury in Connecticut awarded damages to the families of eight victims killed in the 2012 shooting and an F.B.I. agent who responded to the scene.  Jones had already been found liable for defamation …

NBC reporter's interview with Fetterman draws criticism  —  An NBC News correspondent who interviewed Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman said Wednesday that her reporting should not be seen as commentary on his fitness for office after he suffered a stroke.

Ohio 2022: Ryan and Vance in Dead Heat for Ohio Senate Seat; Gov. DeWine Maintains Double-Digit Lead Over Whaley  —  Home Polls Ohio 2022: Ryan and Vance in Dead Heat for Ohio Senate Seat; Gov. DeWine Maintains Double-Digit Lead Over Whaley  —  The latest Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey …

Why Jan. 6 is mostly absent from the midterms  —  The GOP lawmakers who backed Donald Trump-driven election challenges that metastasized into violence on Jan. 6, 2021, aren't taking much campaign-trail heat for it.  —  Democrats don't lack for material to slam Republicans as election-denying riot boosters …

Fourteen members of Laxalt family endorse Democratic rival, Cortez Masto, in Senate race  —  Fourteen members of Republican Senate candidate and former Attorney General Adam Laxalt's family announced Wednesday that they would collectively endorse his Democratic opponent …

Nury Martinez resigns from L.A. City Council in wake of audio leak scandal  —  Nury Martinez resigned her seat on the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday, days after the release of an explosive leaked audio of a racist, crude conversation.  —  “It is with a broken heart that I resign …

Rare Beijing Protest Channels Covid Frustrations Before Communist Party Meeting  —  A banner unfurled from a highway overpass called for leader Xi Jinping to be deposed  —  BEIJING—Police rushed to a highway bridge in Beijing after a column of dark smoke appeared above protest banners …

Biden says late son Beau ‘lost his life in Iraq’ during monument ceremony  —  President Joe Biden invoked the memory of his late son Beau Biden Wednesday while declaring the Camp Hale Continental Divide a national monument but said the former Delaware attorney general and military reservist “lost his life in Iraq.”

Trump Must Face Grilling in E. Jean Carroll Defamation Suit, Judge Rules  —  FACE THE MUSIC  —  A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that Donald Trump will have to sit for a deposition next week, despite attempts by Trump's attorneys to delay the testimony.

Thousands of Georgia voters' eligibility challenged before election  —  Republicans use Georgia election law to try to cancel registrations  —  While working for the U.S. Navy in California, Gamaliel Turner learned that his right to vote in Georgia had been challenged by the chairman of his home county's Republican Party.

CNN Poll: Voters tilt toward Republicans over Democrats in competitive districts  —  Americans are closely divided over which party's candidate they would support in their congressional districts, with preferences in competitive districts tilting toward Republicans, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka snaps up cheap Russian oil  —  Emerging economies exploit price discounts forced on Moscow over invasion of Ukraine  —  Sri Lanka has begun importing large quantities of oil from Russia in a sharp supply shift that highlights how cash-strapped countries …

The campaign elixir that wasn't  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice and Daniel Lippman.  —  When President JOE BIDEN signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law on Aug. 16 …

A Pair of 1880s Jeans Just Sold for $76,000.  Their Pocket Reveals a Complicated Piece of Levi's History.  —  Inside the sale of a vintage pair of jeans, pulled from a dusty abandoned mineshaft, for nearly six figures to a Gen Z buyer  —  On Oct. 1, in a remote RV park in northern New Mexico …

DHS Announces New Migration Enforcement Process for Venezuelans  —  Venezuelans who seek to enter the U.S. illegally will be returned to Mexico; New lawful pathway created for some Venezuelans  —  WASHINGTON - Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's ongoing work to build a fair …

Who has the edge in the midterms?  Spending data suggest it's the GOP.  —  Pundits have seized on close midterm polling suggesting that Democrats could conceivably retain at least one of their congressional majorities.  But the behavior of the two parties points to a different conclusion …

Judge concerned that juror is flirting with defendant in Whitmer kidnap trial  —  A juror in the third Gretchen Whitmer kidnap trial is under scrutiny over concerns she is flirting with one of the defendants, smiling at him from the jury box and looking at him frequently …

Special Report: U.S. firm supplied networking tech to maker of Russian missiles  —  Since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, American companies have been prohibited from dealing with MMZ Avangard, a state-owned firm that makes missiles for one of Russia's most sophisticated weapons, the S-400 air-defense system.

Maine GOP Congressional Candidate Compares Lobster Regulations To Child Rape  —  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration “wants to rape you and your family,” Republican Ed Thelander told rally attendees Wednesday.  —  At a lobster industry rally Wednesday in Portland …

Republican senators balked at demands from an anti-abortion group.  So the advocates backed down.  —  The anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America issued an ultimatum, but they couldn't bring powerful conservatives along. … On September 19, Republican senators received …

Lake Mead water crisis is exposing volcanic rock from eruptions 12 million years ago  —  Lake Mead's falling water level has exposed several shocking things in recent months - previously sunken boats, old war ships and human remains.  Now scientists are reporting a new discovery on Lake Mead's dry bed …

Oath Keeper testifies about mass of guns allegedly stored near DC on January 6  —  A veteran and member of the Oath Keepers testified Wednesday that the far-right group amassed more weapons outside Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021, than he had seen since his days in the military.

CT governor candidate Bob Stefanowski acknowledges work on scrutinized Saudi-backed project  —  Faced with questions about a meeting with an executive in charge of a highly scrutinized project in Saudi Arabia, gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski for the first time has acknowledged his work …

U.N. members vote overwhelmingly to condemn Russia's annexation in Ukraine  —  United Nations — The United Nations General Assembly Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to condemn Russia's so-called annexation of a large swath of Ukraine, and demanded that Russia withdraw its troops from those areas.