Ron DeSantis fires roughly a dozen staffers in a campaign shake-up  —  The Florida governor has struggled to break into Trump's lead and his campaign has been burning through money.  —  Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign has fired roughly a dozen staffers — and more are expected …

RFK Jr. says COVID was ‘ethnically targeted’ to spare Jews  —  Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dished out wild COVID-19 conspiracy theories this week during a press event at an Upper East Side restaurant, claiming the bug was a genetically engineered bioweapon that may have been …

7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes near Alaska Peninsula, prompting tsunami advisory  —  A tsunami advisory was in effect in some coastal areas, NWS officials said.  —  A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck near the Alaska Peninsula late Saturday.  —  The quake prompted the National Weather Service …

Democratic Lobby Group Airs Steamy Sex Scene Takedown of GOP: ‘Keep Republicans Out of Your Bedroom’ (Video)  —  The political ad comes from Progress Action Fund and asks Ohioans to vote no on the controversial State Issue 1  —  In what might be the subjectively raciest political ad ever …

At least 4 killed in mass shooting in small Georgia city outside Atlanta, spokeswoman says  —  The shooting occurred at around 10:40 a.m. in Hampton, a city south of Atlanta, officials said.  —  HAMPTON, Ga. — A county government official in Georgia says at least four people have been killed …

The Electoral College is the big factor in a third-party nightmare for Democrats  —  Battleground states may actually be the least likely places for non-major party candidates to draw support.  —  Democrats are rightly spooked by the prospect of credible third-party candidates this cycle.

DeSantis asked by GOP officials in Florida to ban vaccine as ‘biological weapon’  —  The Brevard County Republican Executive voted by a supermajority this week to call upon Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to ban sale and distribution of Covid “and all related vaccines” in the state, Florida Today reported.

Personal debts said to scuttle nomination of Biden's acting cyber director  —  The rationale for not permanently nominating Kemba Walden to be national cyber director has stunned colleagues  —  The acting White House national cyber director was told in recent weeks that she would not be considered …

Marianne Williamson campaign is deep in debt  —  The longshot's fundraising reports lay bare what has become apparent from volunteer staffing calls in recent days.  —  Democratic primary challenger Marianne Williamson raised $920,000 in her latest quarterly disclosure — but her campaign is on the hook for a fair bit of money.

Pence says abortion should be banned for nonviable pregnancies  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence said abortions in the case of nonviable pregnancies should be banned, taking a hard stance on abortion policy, which has served as an emphasis of his campaign.  —  “I'm pro-life.

A gay couple ran a rural restaurant in peace.  Then new neighbors arrived.  —  Deep Reads features The Washington Post's best immersive reporting and narrative writing.  —  As soon as she spotted the lifeless vermin, Tiffany Foster had a hunch about how it appeared near the trash bins behind …