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.

House progressives retract Russia-diplomacy letter amid Dem firestorm  —  House progressives on Tuesday retracted a letter calling on President Joe Biden to engage in direct diplomacy with Russia, less than 24 hours after it sparked intense backlash from other Democrats.

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 …

DOJ overcomes Trump's privilege wall in Jan. 6 investigation, pushing deeper into former President's inner circle  —  The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to force the top two lawyers from Donald Trump's White House counsel's office to testify about their conversations with the former President …

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.

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.

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 …

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?

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.

In 14 days, the American people face a choice  —  Editor's Note: Joe Biden is the President of the United States.  The views expressed here are his own.  Read more opinion on CNN.  —  CNN —  Over the past nearly two years, we have made enormous progress.

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.

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 …

The Desecrations of Michael Flynn  —  A prayer at a “ReAwaken America” event in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a few days ago, at which Michael Flynn appeared, captured the sensibilities of this moment: “Father God, we come to you in the name of Jesus.  We're asking you to open the eyes …

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.

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###

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 …

Russia's Recruiting Afghan Commandos  —  Abandoned special forces veterans are getting job offers for a very different kind of battlefield.  —  Members of Afghanistan's elite National Army Commando Corps, who were abandoned by the United States and Western allies when the country fell …

New York Supreme Court reinstates all employees fired for being unvaccinated, orders backpay  —  State Supreme Court found that being vaccinated ‘does not’ stop the spread of COVID-19  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for October 25  —  The New York state Supreme Court has reinstated …

As midterms near, Trump shifts focus to 2024 and his own political future  —  Donald Trump is accelerating his plans for another presidential campaign, buoyed by a belief that Republicans are on the precipice of significant gains in next month's midterm elections and that many of his handpicked candidates will prevail.

LA police investigating if racist recording taped illegally  —  Los Angeles detectives are investigating whether a recording last year that captured city councilmembers' racist remarks was made illegally, the police chief said Tuesday.  Disclosure of the recording earlier this month unleashed …

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’

How the Mountain Jews of Azerbaijan Endure  —  By a river in the hills near the Russian border, a 300-year-old community of multilingual Jews keeps 'Europe's last shtetl' alive  —  Deep in the Azerbaijani foothills of the southern Caucasus Mountains lives one of Europe's most interesting communities, the Red Village Mountain Jews.

Raskin Restates the Fundamental Importance of the Ukrainian Struggle for National Sovereignty, Democracy and Freedom  —  WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Jamie Raskin today released the following statement.  —  “I am glad to learn of the withdrawal of the letter of October 24, 2022, which …