Republican Sen. Moreno tells a Trump rally Michigan’s Muslim Senate candidate El-Sayed belongs “nowhere near Washington” for not grasping that “Jesus came here for our salvation.”
Pentagon inspector general refuses nine senators’ bipartisan request to investigate Musk’s Starlink slowdowns that Ukraine says hampered its interception of Russian attack drones.
Senators Wyden and Schiff and 23 groups demand the administration release a secret court ruling faulting warrantless searches of Americans before Congress renews Section 702.
Grand jury refuses the Justice Department’s bid to indict Jan. 6 committee star witness Cassidy Hutchinson over her testimony about Trump, a US official says.
Pentagon tells Congress the Iran war has cost the military $47.1 billion, not counting damage from Iranian strikes on US bases.
Former Miss Switzerland tells House Judiciary Democrats Trump raped her in a Plaza Hotel suite in 1993, in their report on his Epstein ties.
Illinois man charged with mailing salt he said looks like anthrax to four members of Congress, in envelopes bearing his own name and address.
North Carolina Republican Sen. Tillis says California is “guilty” of ballot harvesting when asked whether the Justice Department’s pre-election moves trouble him.
Democratic Rep. Beatty asks a judge to force release of about 180 Kennedy Center texts with Commerce Secretary Lutnick, withheld as privileged presidential communications.
Justice Department charges two ex-FBI officials with lying to Congress about their role in the bureau’s 2020 Hunter Biden laptop response, 11 days before midterms.
Trump replaces Canadian tariffs Maine Sen. Collins says she got lifted with new ones, the White House reveals less than an hour after her announcement.
Trump signs law making Arizona’s Chiricahua the 64th national park, the first since 2020, though the Interior Department won’t say if staff or money follow.
Wisconsin GOP governor nominee Rep. Tiffany says Zuckerberg’s election grants were one reason he backed overturning Trump’s 2020 loss, and vows to certify 2028.
Democratic leaders Schumer and Jeffries sue to block federal voter-fraud probes in California and Nevada, calling them a pretext to seize control of the midterms.
AP finds racial slurs and Nazi sympathies on the fan forum Trump-endorsed Nevada House candidate O’Donnell runs and taps for campaign cash.
Maryland GOP Rep. Harris declines to apologize to student reporter he threatened with prosecution, saying it’s “not very newsworthy” when liberal media badger conservatives.
White House claims executive privilege over Trump’s Kennedy Center communications in Democratic Rep. Beatty’s suit, which says he’s sued as board chair, not president.
Democratic Rep. Omar’s lawyers say agents ignored a judge’s limits on searching her DC home, demanding the return of her seized phone and passport.
Trump waives the Russia sanctions law he signed last month, citing “national interest,” a week after announcing a deal with Putin for Russian diesel.
Envelopes of suspicious white powder hit election offices in Louisiana and Oklahoma and Capitol Hill offices, with Ohio’s intercepted, three weeks before the midterms.
Maryland GOP Rep. Harris tries to eject student reporter and threatens prosecution for recording his post-forum press conference, after lecturing audience on the First Amendment.
South Carolina police arrest GOP Rep. Mace’s ex-fiancé and two men she called predators on the House floor, on 2018 sexual assault and voyeurism charges.
Probe behind search of Democratic Rep. Omar’s home targets her birth date on teenage citizenship papers, sources say, raising possibility of stripping her citizenship.
Homeland Security agents search Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home three weeks before her reelection, after DHS Secretary Mullin said last month “something’s going to happen.”
Seven senators, four of them Republicans, demand Trump reverse his Russian diesel deal, saying it defies the 2022 law banning Russian energy imports.
Iran-backed Houthis strike Riyadh’s airport again and Dammam’s a day after killing an American, as Democratic Sen. Murphy warns the war is “spiraling out of control.”
Trump urges Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Fetterman to become a Republican weeks before midterms that could cost the GOP its Senate majority.
ProPublica finds Texas Attorney General Paxton took nearly 1,000 trips with $3.3 million in state-paid security, only one in six for documented state business.
Democratic Sen. Wyden demands the White House drug office release a withheld privacy review of its program funneling cities’ license plate data to federal databases.
Senate Democrats’ inspectors find 445 government workers and zero jailed immigrants at Guantánamo in August, after more than $100 million spent on the operation.
Justice Department presents evidence against Jan. 6 committee witness Cassidy Hutchinson to a grand jury, weighing a civil rights charge over her testimony about Trump.
ICE’s deputy director accuses Pennsylvania Democrat Janelle Stelson without evidence of hiring an immigrant arrested for indecent exposure in her House race against Rep. Perry.
Trump promises no attacks on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterms as a congressional report counts 81 US military aircraft lost or damaged in the war.
Trump urges San Antonio rally to “pretend that I’m on the ballot” as his hand-picked Senate nominee Paxton trails Democrat Talarico in Texas polls.
Supreme Court Justice Alito, 76, rules out retiring in the lame-duck Senate session, saying he’ll serve through at least next summer even if Democrats win the chamber.
Trump says he and super PAC MAGA Inc. will pay for TV ads promoting himself after bipartisan outcry over spending $20 million in diverted border funds.
988 crisis line restores its LGBTQ+ youth option with $33 million from Congress, more than a year after the Trump administration cut it.
Trump posts Arkansas Sen. Cotton’s cellphone number, telling Arkansans to call him over his opposition to permanent daylight saving time.
Tennessee Sen. Blackburn sues former special counsel Smith over her phone records his Trump election probe obtained, a day after his Senate testimony.
Senate confirms acting Labor Secretary Sonderling 47-41 along party lines, filling a Cabinet seat officially empty since his predecessor resigned in April.
Trump says AI leaders signed a voluntary “constitution” to police themselves that’s “morally” binding, a day after House Speaker Johnson called AI fears a “Chinese psyop.”
Government Accountability Office tells Congress Trump’s cancellation of $810 million lawmakers approved is unconstitutional, but the watchdog, without a confirmed head since December, hasn’t sued.
White House funds pro-Trump TV ads with Customs and Border Protection money, WSJ reports, after budget chief Vought shifted $20M to Homeland Security, Democrats say.
Former special counsel Smith tells senators he had proof beyond a reasonable doubt of Trump’s “serious crimes,” as Missouri Sen. Schmitt calls him a “dirtbag” and suggests perjury.
Senate passes college sports overhaul 77-22, reining in athlete pay and limiting transfers, before recessing until the midterms.
Trump won’t rule out more strikes on Iran before the midterms, saying “it’s possible” a day after rejecting Iran’s plan to reopen Hormuz.
Whistleblowers say Kennedy Center director halted repairs in April to the leaks Trump now cites to close it, despite $9.3 million from Congress.
US intelligence tells Congress Saudi Arabia hasn’t ruled out nuclear weapons, as Trump’s civilian nuclear deal could let it enrich uranium to 20%, officials say.
Trump moves to cancel $810 million Congress approved by running out the clock, as Republican Appropriations Chair Collins calls it a “clear violation” of law.
Kansas Republican Sens. Moran and Marshall urge DHS Secretary Mullin to coordinate with local police after unannounced ICE stops in southwest Kansas.