The fight for the House and Senate: Where things stand  —  Will both chambers flip?  Congress may once again have to work under the strain of divided government.  —  Congress may be headed for an Election Day double flip.  —  With less than four weeks to go, Republicans appear poised to win the Senate …

Playbook: Mike Johnson's Trump charm offensive  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BEFORE THE STORM — Latest forecasts continue to show Hurricane Milton as a Category 5 storm, striking west-central Florida overnight tonight and pushing …

Howard Stern endorses Kamala Harris during interview that touches on therapy, sexism and Trump  —  Stern revealed he is voting for the Democratic nominee halfway through an interview with the vice president  —  Vice President Kamala Harris has Howard Stern's vote, he announced during her appearance on his Sirius XM radio show Tuesday.

Kremlin Says Trump Sent Putin Covid Tests While President  — Kremlin denies phone calls took place after Trump left office  — Trump campaign pushed back on claims in Bob Woodward's book  —  The Kremlin confirmed that former US President Donald Trump while in office sent Russian …

Trump has long blasted China's trade practices.  His ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles were printed there  —  Thousands of copies of Donald Trump's “God Bless the USA” Bible were printed in a country that the former president has repeatedly accused of stealing American jobs and engaging in unfair trade practices — China.

The Moment of Truth … Last november, during a symposium at Mount Vernon on democracy, John Kelly, the retired Marine Corps general who served as Donald Trump's second chief of staff, spoke about George Washington's historic accomplishments—his leadership and victory in the Revolutionary War …

Trump is not women's “protector”: New Brett Kavanaugh report shows MAGA protects predators  —  Republicans believed the allegations against Trump's Supreme Court pick — and knew Trump would still defend him  —  In a recent Pennsylvania stemwinder that raised eyebrows even by MAGA standards …

Walz: ‘The Electoral College needs to go’  —  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee, suggested Tuesday night that the Electoral College should be abolished during two West Coast campaign stops.  —  Walz mentioned the concept during fundraisers in Seattle …

Florida threatens TV executive with jail time for airing ad in support of abortion rights  —  This November, Florida residents will decide whether to amend their state constitution to protect reproductive rights, overturning the state's near-total abortion ban after six weeks of pregnancy.

Trump's new strategy for the election interference case  —  Plan A: Win in November.  Plan B: Delay until 2028. … 🥳  —  The election interference case is back from its gap year at the Supreme Court, and Trump is back on his BS.  —  Trump's lawyers have resumed spewing unsupported allegations …

Republicans threaten to punish colleges that allow pro-Palestinian protests  —  Exclusive: in video, House majority leader outlines plan of attack on universities that fail to quash criticism of Israel  —  Top Republicans are threatening to pull billions of dollars of federal funding …

Elon Musk Is Now Seizing Other People's Twitter Accounts To Promote Donald Trump  —  How quickly do you think we'd be having Congressional hearings about “election interference” if Mark Zuckerberg so much as posted a “Harris/Walz” lawn sign in front of his house?

FBI arrests Afghan man who officials say planned Election Day attack in the US  —  The FBI has arrested an Afghan man who officials say was inspired by the Islamic State militant organization and was plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds in the U.S., the Justice Department said Tuesday.

Trump Holds Up Transition Process, Skirting Ethics and Fund-Raising Rules  —  Donald J. Trump has so far opted out of the official planning for a government handover, a move that allows him to avoid disclosing his donors to his transition effort.  —  Less than a month before Election Day …

Emmanuel Macron Gives Rare Sit-Down Interview About France's Cultural Boom, #MeToo Reckoning, the Need to Regulate AI and Getting ‘Emily in Paris’ Back From Rome  —  French President Emmanuel Macron apologizes for being late.  But one could forgive the tardiness.

Vance and Walz press corps revive a tradition on their campaign planes  —  Candidates answered questions rolled up the aisle to them on an orange.  —  US Senator and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance (L) and Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz shake hands …

Right-Wing Influencers Claim ‘They’ Defeated Physics, Geoengineered Hurricane Milton  —  Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and a whole host of conspiracy theorists are claiming the hurricane was planned in order to harm Republicans.  Climate experts tell WIRED that's impossible.

Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy, hospitalized after suffering stroke, family says  —  Ethel Kennedy, a social justice advocate and the widow of late U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, is recovering in a hospital after suffering a stroke last week, her grandson said in a statement.