The World and Everything in It: September 30, 2026
Five weeks before Election Day, Hunter Baker is watching five races for signs of a wave—and whether unhappy Trump backers even vote. Also on Washington Wednesday: Iran’s shrinking leverage, the power of the purse, Jack Smith, missile stocks, and voter rolls. On World Tour: renewed fighting in Ethiopia. Plus: America’s adult-literacy crisis, a new account of how the FBI’s anti-Catholic memo came to be, and Austrian yodelers find better acoustics in a parking garage.