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.

The House: GOP Hits 218 in Ratings as Battle Rages Across Big Playing Field  —  Five rating changes, all benefiting Republicans  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — We now rate 218 House seats — the magic number for winning a majority — as at least Leans Republican in our House ratings.

Mark Meadows ordered by court to testify in Georgia 2020 election meddling probe  —  A South Carolina judge on Wednesday ruled that former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows must appear for testimony in the Atlanta-area grand jury 2020 election meddling investigation.

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 …

Here's what changed in Dinesh D'Souza's ‘2,000 Mules’ book after it was recalled  —  After an abrupt recall and a two-month delay - along with the threat of possible legal action - the election denial book 2,000 Mules has reached bookstores, though with a few significant changes.

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.

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

3 men convicted of providing aid to terrorists in Whitmer kidnapping plot  —  Jackson — Three men have been found guilty by a Jackson County jury of materially aiding a terrorist and being a member of a gang as part of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Air Force takes ‘full responsibility’ for Jennifer-Ruth Green sexual assault leak, GOP congressmen say  —  Indiana Reps. Jim Banks and Larry Bucshon said the records were provided to ‘an opposition research firm’ ahead of the state's Nov. 8 election  —  Jennifer-Ruth Green takes aim …

Attorney who fought Florida helmet laws died in motorcycle crash while not wearing one  —  Ron Smith, 66, and his girlfriend, 62-year-old Brenda Jeanan Volpe, were on their way to a funeral with a group of riders from the American Legion.  —  In the late 1990s, when Florida bikers …

If I Emailed My Parents Like Democrats Email Me  —  Mom, did you see this?!?  —  FIRST: I got a $300 traffic ticket because I forgot about alternate side parking.  —  THEN: I saw this really cute shirt and it was $95, but that's actually a good deal because I'm definitely going to wear it a lot.

Why Are Florida Republicans Paying a White Supremacist Goon? … Monday morning, Senator Marco Rubio sent out a tweet with the horrifying news that “one of our canvassers wearing my T-shirt and a Desantis hat was brutally attacked by 4 animals who told him Republicans weren't allowed in their neighborhood.”

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.

Bloomberg pumps $10 million more into House campaigns as red wave looms  —  House Democrats scrambling to keep pace with the onslaught of late-arriving Republican super PAC dollars are again turning to billionaire Mike Bloomberg for help in the closing days of the midterms.

Pro-China Disinformation Blamed US for Nord Stream Explosion  —  An disinformation campaign that aligns with Beijing's interests alleged the US was behind the recent explosions of the Nord Stream gas pipelines and that the US is backing a prolific hacking group, according to a report published Wednesday …

Second Woman Set to Reveal Herschel Walker Abortion Claim  —  High-profile attorney Gloria Allred is holding a press conference with the accuser.  —  Attorney Gloria Allred announced that she is holding a press conference Wednesday with another woman who says she was in a relationship …

As mayor trying to revive crumbling town, Fetterman shunned local government  —  The Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate used a family-funded nonprofit to circumvent a city council he viewed as broken and intransigent.  —  BRADDOCK, Pa. — The website promoting this gutted steel town …

Parents Differ Sharply by Party Over What Their K-12 Children Should Learn in School  —  But majorities of both Republican and Democratic parents are satisfied with the quality of their children's education  —  But majorities of both Republican and Democratic parents are satisfied with the quality of their children's education

Far-right skeptics of GOP may soon have a state's worth of Senate power  —  An underappreciated aspect of Donald Trump's rise to the presidency was how he co-opted the Republican Party's power as his own.  He had flirted with independent bids in the past, back in the era when Ross Perot had made that seem something close to viable.