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.

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.

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

Senator Robert Menendez is under investigation again  —  Kadia is a Political Reporter for Semafor, joining us from BuzzFeed News.  Sign up for the daily Principals newsletter to get our insider's guide to American power.  —  Senator Robert Menendez, D-N.J. faces a new federal investigation …

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

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.

Ye, Adidas and the trap of celebrity anti-Semitism  —  Prejudice against Jewish people won't be stamped out in America because the German sportswear company dropped Kanye West.  —  WASHINGTON DC - Adidas has announced that it will sever its partnership with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West …

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?

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 …

That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial  —  A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.  —  Co-published with Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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 …

‘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.

Climate Pledges Are Falling Short, and a Chaotic Future Looks More Like Reality  —  With an annual summit next month, the United Nations assessed progress on countries' past emissions commitments.  Severe disruption would be hard to avoid on the current trajectory.

Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Marco Rubio hold big leads over Democratic opponents  —  TALLAHASSEE — Less than two weeks before the November 8 election, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican Sen. Marco Rubio hold double-digit leads over their Democratic opponents, a new poll shows.

Dems hit Republicans from the right with “Trump traitor” ads  —  Democrats are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars attacking Republican House candidates from the right, with efforts to boost spoiler Libertarian candidates and portray a Republican who voted to impeach Donald Trump as a traitor to the former president.

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.

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.”

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.

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 …

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 …