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Fact-checking Trump's macho talk on birthright citizenship, military at the border

With the midterms coming up, the president has been exaggerating what he can do to deter illegal immigration.

By Salvador Rizzo • Read more »

Power Up: Trump's birthright citizenship comments just made life harder for Republicans in tight races

Nothing like a constitutional debate to liven up the last days of a campaign.

By Jacqueline Alemany • Read more »

Trump, self-described 'nationalist,' turns midterms into a forum on American identity

After weeks of warnings about the migrant caravan from Central America, Trump escalates the issue with a call to end birthright citizenship.

By Matt Viser • Read more »

Trump's visit to Pittsburgh after synagogue massacre creates tensions in grieving city

The White House invited the top Republicans and Democrats in Congress and some local leaders. The city's mayor had urged Trump not to visit until after the funerals for the victims.

By Seung Min Kim, Josh Dawsey and Mark Berman • Read more »

A mass shooting in Pittsburgh and a Trump visit expose a divided America

In the wake of tragedy, Pittsburgh residents — and a father and daughter — wrestle with the country's poisonous politics.

By Greg Jaffe • Read more »

'Pushing every button': Trump mobilizes the government in campaign's final days

The president is using his office to stoke the anxieties of his supporters on immigration and other issues in hopes of motivating GOP voters.

By Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker • Read more »

Analysis

The Trailer: Why are red states about to adopt Obamacare?

In this edition: The ballot initiatives that actually matter, garbage time for attack ads, and jitters in Republican suburbs.

By David Weigel • Read more »

Rep. Clyburn will campaign for candidate he denounced after abuse allegations

Republicans called on the third-ranking House Democrat to cancel an event with Archie Parnell, who admitted that he hit his ex-wife 45 years ago.

By David Weigel • Read more »

Mueller probes Roger Stone's interactions with Trump campaign and timing of WikiLeaks release of Podesta emails

The special counsel interviewed Stephen Bannon, Trump's former chief strategist, about alleged claims Stone made privately about WikiLeaks, according to people familiar with the session.

By Robert Costa, Carol D. Leonnig, Rosalind S. Helderman and Manuel Roig-Franzia • Read more »

Republican mailer depicts a Jewish candidate gripping cash and grinning. The GOP is defending it.

Critics say the mailer employed age-old anti-Jewish tropes to attack Democratic state Senate candidate Matthew Lesser in Connecticut.

By Eli Rosenberg • Read more »

In Minnesota, two Senate candidates try to avoid being dragged down by the men of their party

For Sen. Tina Smith, a Democrat, and Republican Karin Housley, the politics of #MeToo are inescapable.

By Julie Zauzmer • Read more »

Republicans turn Kavanaugh into an election-year rallying cry

Trump and the GOP have cast the Supreme Court justice as a wrongly accused family man and victim of Democratic aggressiveness in hopes of energizing Republican voters.

By Elise Viebeck and Robert Barnes • Read more »