Good Wednesday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.

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• President Trump said he was preparing an executive order to end the long-accepted constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship in the United States. Read about his latest immigration-focused maneuver days before the midterms.

• Despite Mr. Trump’s proposal, past Supreme Court decisions and constitutional scholars say that the 14th Amendment is clear: Any child born in the United States is automatically a citizen.

• Frustrated that other topics have come to dominate the news, the president has sought to seize back the national stage with a series of ad hoc ideas in the last stretch of midterm campaigning.