House Overview: 10 Rating Changes as Democrats' Blue State Problems Grow  —  Two weeks out, Republicans have the momentum in the race for House control.  Last week, the GOP regained the lead in FiveThirtyEight's generic ballot average for the first time since August amid worsening economic news.

Bernie Sanders: House progressives were wrong on Ukraine  —  Dave is a Political Reporter for Semafor, joining us from the Washington Post.  Sign up for Americana to get his coverage of the national political scene in your inbox twice a week.  —  THE SCOOP

DOJ asks judge to force Trump White House lawyers to testify in Jan. 6 probe  —  ‘Deep trouble’: Consultant during Trump's impeachment gives his take on DOJ move  —  Ex-GOP adviser examines the ‘Marjorie Taylor Greene phenomenon’  —  Woman confronts armed man near ballot drop box

Fetterman's painful debate … Capitol Hill's reaction to the Pennsylvania Senate debate was brutal for Democratic nominee John Fetterman, from Democrats and Republicans alike. … Fetterman struggled at times to respond to the moderators' questions, even with the assistance of a closed captioning device.

Billionaire No More: Kanye West's Antisemitism Obliterates His Net Worth As Adidas Cuts Ties  —  The superstar rapper no longer has a place on the Forbes Billionaires' list now that his lucrative deal with Adidas is over.  —  Just days ago, the rapper-cum-fashion entrepreneur Kanye West challenged Adidas …

Pennsylvania debate or political charade?  Voters weigh in ahead of Oz-Fetterman showdown  —  Dr. Oz, Fetterman prepare for first and only debate, but will it influence Pennsylvania voters?

No, Latinos aren't abandoning the Democratic Party  —  LAS VEGAS — Is the Latino voter abandoning Democrats, as this year's incessant media narrative would have it?  —  Not on Catherine Cortez Masto's watch.  —  At the East Las Vegas Community Center, the Nevada Democrat …

Exclusive: Twitter is losing its most active users, internal documents show  —  “Is Twitter dying?” billionaire Elon Musk mused in April, five days before offering to buy the social media platform.  —  The reality, according to internal Twitter (TWTR.N) research seen by Reuters …

‘My son has never voted’: Mom rejects Rubio's claim that politics motivated Hialeah attack  —  Diana Rosa Lopez isn't sure exactly what started the fight between her son and an ex-white supremacist canvassing for Sen. Marco Rubio outside her home in Hialeah Sunday.

A Secret Deal, Wishful Thinking: How the U.S.-Saudi Relationship Ruptured  —  Ahead of President Biden's trip to Saudi Arabia this summer, his administration thought it had secured pledges of increases in oil production throughout the year.  The opposite happened.

Scoop: National Republicans jump back into New Hampshire Senate race  —  The National Republican Senatorial Committee is recommitting resources into the New Hampshire Senate race, according to an NRSC official, just days after the Senate GOP's top super PAC cancelled its spending on behalf of nominee Don Bolduc.

Mike Davis: 1946-2022  —  A brilliant radical reporter with a novelist's eye and a historian's memory.  —  Mike Davis, author and activist, radical hero and family man, died October 25 after a long struggle with esophageal cancer; he was 76.  He's best known for his 1990 book about Los Angeles, City of Quartz.

Biden Debt-Ceiling Gaffe Could Destroy His Presidency … Last week, a reporter asked President Biden if he would support a repeal of the debt ceiling.  “A permanent repeal of the debt ceiling? ...  Just say we don't have a debt limit?” he asked with a laugh, as if the notion were fantastical.

Remembering Ashton Carter  —  He devoted his life—and brilliant intellect—to the defense of the country.  —  Ashton Carter, the 25th secretary of defense, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Monday evening, October 24.  His passing is, of course, a stunning loss for his family and friends …

Harris will announce awards for electric school buses for all 50 states  —  Vice President Kamala Harris will announce rebate awards for school districts across the country that will support the purchase of nearly 2,500 school buses - most of which will be electric, the White House said.

Dodge, deny or fib: Candidates stay vague on 2024 plans  —  They dodge.  They hedge.  And, yes, they sometimes even fib — or at least flip-flop.  —  Presidential aspirants dreaming of the White House while running for reelection to congressional or state posts often face an uncomfortable question …

Right-Wing Operatives Plead Guilty in Voter-Suppression Scheme  —  Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman arranged thousands of robocalls that prosecutors said were intended to discourage residents of minority neighborhoods from voting by mail in 2020.  —  Two right-wing political operatives …

Steve Bannon threatens Dr Fauci and his family will be ‘hunted’ after midterms: ‘Paybacks across the board’  —  Former Trump adviser says Dr Fauci's entire family will be ‘hunted’ after the midterms  —  Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon says Dr Fauci's entire family will be ‘hunted’

Justice Alito says leak of abortion opinion made majority ‘targets for assassination’  —  Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said Tuesday that the leak of his draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade made his colleagues in the majority on the U.S. Supreme Court “targets for assassination.”

Biden Job Approval Back Down to 40%  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden's job approval rating is 40%, a step down from the 44% measured in August but still above his term-low 38% from July.  In all other months in 2022, his approval rating has been in the 40% to 42% range.  —  ###Embeddable###