F.B.I. Director Casts Doubt on Decision to Relocate Its Headquarters to Maryland Christopher Wray’s comments could have serious implications for a long-awaited plan whose announcement seemed to mark the end of a hotly contested debate over the past decade.

Israel Agrees to Pause Daily Fighting in Gaza for Civilians to Flee, the White House Says Fighting in northern Gaza will

At Least 2 Million Children Have Lost Medicaid Insurance This Year Many of the children were eligible for federal aid, experts said, but errors have been common as states “unwind” assistance from earlier in the coronavirus pandemic.

Heat Pump Installations Slow, Impeding Biden’s Climate Goals The devices can heat and cool homes more efficiently than furnaces and air-conditioners, but their sales have slowed because of higher interest rates and a slow rollout of federal incentives.

Democrats Dominated Suburbs on Election Night, a Potential Preview of 2024 Republicans had hope after 2022 that the nation’s residential redoubts were coming back to the G.O.P. But aside from New York, the suburbs on Tuesday swung back to the Democrats.

Biden to Celebrate Auto Plant Reopening in Illinois The trip, including a meeting with the head of the United Automobile Workers, offers the president a chance to shore up critical union support.

Houthi Rebels Shot Down a U.S. Drone Off Yemen’s Coast, Pentagon Says The downing of a Reaper drone, the mainstay of the American military’s aerial surveillance fleet, was the latest escalation of violence between the U.S. and Iran-backed groups in Yemen, Iraq and Syria.

Who Won the Third Republican Debate? Nikki Haley stood out, absorbing attacks and doling out many of her own. But political observers wondered how any of the candidates onstage cut into former President Donald J. Trump’s dominance.

Can the U.S. Handle China While Supporting Israel and Ukraine Wars? To U.S. allies in Asia, the sudden focus on Gaza risks progress on America’s long-delayed pivot to the Indo-Pacific region.

Third Republican Debate: Key Takeaways Nikki Haley staked out a clear, hawkish vision. Ron DeSantis avoided risks. And the night’s glaring absentee, Donald Trump, again emerged untouched.

Ramaswamy Seemed to Call Zelensky a Nazi. His Campaign Says That’s Not What He Meant. A spokeswoman for Mr. Ramaswamy acknowledged that, without context, his remark could be easily misunderstood.

GOP Candidates Accuse Student Protesters of ‘Siding With Hamas’ Asked how they would address antisemitism, Republicans promised punishments for college activists. Only Vivek Ramaswamy dissented, describing pro-Palestinian protests as a free-speech issue.

3 Charged With Running Prostitution Service Used by Politicians and Others The Justice Department did not name the clients of what it called the “high-end brothel network,” who were also said to include military officers, executives and government contractors.

Ramaswamy Compares Republican Rivals to Dick Cheney ‘in Heels’ One of the first clashes at the Republican debate in Miami was about footwear.

Who Are the Moderators for Wednesday’s Republican Debate? Hugh Hewitt, Lester Holt and Kristen Welker will ask questions of the candidates, a familiar role for each of them.

Trump Asks Appeals Court to Throw Out Election Case Gag Order The former president’s lawyers claimed he was being muzzled in the midst of a campaign, but their filing exaggerated the constraints put on him by the order.

Minnesota Justices Rebuff Attempt to Bar Trump From Ballot Under 14th Amendment In rejecting a petition arguing that former President Donald J. Trump was ineligible, the Minnesota Supreme Court did not rule on the merits and said the claims could be filed again later.

Nuclear Energy Project in Idaho Is Canceled Technical challenges, higher costs and rising interest rates hurt the project that NuScale Power and Western utilities had developed.

Blinken Says Palestinian Authority Could Lead Gaza After War The United States is under growing pressure to use its leverage to push for sustainable, long-term goals in the region and minimize civilian casualties in Gaza.

Danica Roem Will Become the First Transgender State Senator in the South A Democrat in her third term in the Virginia House of Delegates and a former journalist, she won a competitive race in the northern part of the state in Tuesday’s election.