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Exclusive: To secure Trump’s access to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison, Marco Rubio promised to give up several informants central to a US investigation focused in part on the Bukele government By John Hudson Jeremy Roebuck Samantha Schmidt Free link wapo.st/4nbNiM4

Exclusive: In order to deport immigrants to El Salvador’s most notorious prison, Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised President Nayib Bukele to betray arrangements protecting some U.S. informants. wapo.st/4qk3Hkn

Much of the White House's East Wing was torn down to make way for President Trump’s planned ballroom. “They’re wrecking it,” said political scientist Martha Joynt Kumar. “And these are changes that can’t be undone. They’re destroying that history forever.”

Helping Argentina and its embattled president -- a political ally -- has appeared at odds with Trump's “America First” platform. It's raising rare objections from some in his base. via Natalie Allison Abha Bhattarai & Riley Beggin washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Dead soldiers’ teeth reveal diseases that doomed Napoleon’s army wapo.st/3Wmixcs The researchers used AI to make this song about their study finding. Love a song with Paratyphi C 🎶in the chorus?

SCOOP: Average ACA benchmark premiums will rise 30 percent next year, gov't documents show. This will be the second-largest annual premium hike since the marketplaces started 12 years ago. washingtonpost.com/health/2025/10…

The Pentagon accepted a $130 million anonymous donation to pay active-duty troops -- a move that experts say raises legal questions about private money funding military salaries, via Brianna Tucker washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

After holding out for months, Hakeem Jeffries says he's finally endorsed Zohran Kwame Mamdani. It's a move that GOP hopes to exploit in negative ads for the upcoming election, via Marianna Sotomayor washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

How Trump’s ballroom will dwarf the White House washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

An amazing visual story showing what's happening.

Both Republicans and Democrats are engaged in an arms race to redraw House districts in a dozen state legislatures. But the 2026 midterm pickups could be more rooted in history, writes Paul Kane washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Kamala Harris tells BBC she may run for president again. “I am not done,” she says in an interview to air on Sunday, via Naftali Bendavid washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Trump will slap 10% more levies on imports from Canada, claiming an anti-tariff ad that features Reagan is a 'misrepresentation'. The Ontario government has canceled the ad, but not soon enough to avert Trump's ire, via Maegan Vazquez washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

After Trump gains in the state, New Jersey governor’s race offers a test for Democrats. GOP candidate Jack Ciattarelli hopes for improved Black and Latino support against Democratic rival Mikie Sherrill, by Karen Tumulty washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

How Japan as the economic juggernaut of the 1980s, seemingly on the cusp of overtaking the U.S., was the genesis of Trump's tariff-led approach to reshaping the global economy. That Japan is gone, writes Michelle Ye Hee Lee washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/…

Scoop: During a trip to DC last week, CNN CEO Mark Thompson made a visit to the White House, where he promoted the network’s new streamer Staffers were taken aback the next morning when Thompson urged to ease up on East Wing renovation coverage status.news/p/mark-thompso…

NEW: ICE says it no longer has to provide Congress access to detention facilities — thanks to the shutdown. That requirement was part of the appropriations law that expired last month — and now operations are funded by Trump’s megabill. w/ Myah Ward politico.com/news/2025/10/2…

Elon Musk launched an early version of Grokipedia, an online encyclopedia written by AI that the billionaire is touting as a less biased alternative to Wikipedia. When it first went live, it appeared more right-leaning in how it framed some articles. wapo.st/43FVEoh

Here’s more on the minor quake that hit Columbia, Maryland at 517p: washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/…