House Passes Historic Infrastructure Bill in Win for Biden  — Passage came after day-long negotiations among Democrats  — Progressives conceded leverage on social spending bill  —  The House on Friday passed the biggest U.S. infrastructure package in decades …

People Tied to Project Veritas Scrutinized in Theft of Diary From Biden's Daughter  —  The F.B.I. carried out search warrants in New York as part of a Justice Department investigation into how pages from Ashley Biden's journal came to be published by a right wing website.

Virginia Gov.-elect Youngkin's underaged son tried to vote in Tuesday's election, elections officials said  —  The 17-year-old son of Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) tried to cast a ballot in Tuesday's gubernatorial election twice despite being too young to vote, Fairfax County officials said in a statement released Friday.

Clinton Operative Linked to Steele Dossier Did Not Disclose Work for Russia to Justice Department  —  Charles Dolan's involvement in the dossier saga flips Democrats' allegations of Russian collusion on their head  —  The Clinton operative who provided information for the infamous Steele dossier worked …

Retiring GOP lawmaker warns Trump will try to steal the next election  —  Programming note: A new CNN documentary, “Trumping Democracy: An American Coup,” reported by Jake Tapper about former President Donald Trump's attempts to subvert the 2020 election, premieres at 9 p.m. ET on Friday, November 5.

Trump DOJ official who aided effort to overturn election declines to answer Jan. 6 questions  —  A top Trump Justice Department official who aided the former president's quest to overturn the 2020 election refused to answer substantive questions in a meeting with congressional investigators on Friday.

Cuomo Sex-Crime Charge May Be ‘Defective,’ D.A. Says  —  A judge granted the Albany County district attorney's request for an adjournment, after prosecutors cited potentially “exculpatory” mistakes in the investigation.  —  The sex-crime case against former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was thrown …

Reversing Trump, Biden administration restores reproductive rights assessment to State Dept. report  —  The U.S. State Department has restored assessments of global reproductive rights to its annual human rights report, another move by the Biden administration to roll back decisions made under President Donald Trump.

They Just Keep Closing Schools and Mandating Masks  —  Given this week's surprise drubbing at the polls—not just in Virginia, New Jersey, and Long Island, but also in many of the estimated 117 school districts where board seats were contested on the issues of COVID-19 response, race-based policies …

Dana White says he won't mandate vaccines for fighters: ‘This is a free country, do what you want’  —  White spoke with Brian Kilmeade ahead of UFC 268 at Madison Square Garden.  —  Dana White explains why he opposes vaccine mandates  —  UFC president Dana White said his business saw …

University of Florida Reverses Course to Allow Professors to Testify Against State  —  Facing a storm of protest, the university said three professors could testify as expert witnesses in a voting-rights lawsuit against the state.  —  Acceding to a storm of protest, the University …

Trump left a $7 million mess after delaying census workers' payroll taxes  —  The U.S. Census Bureau has been stuck with a $7 million accounting mess after former President Donald Trump's administration ordered the federal agency to pause payroll taxes last year for certain employees …

CIA director dispatched to Moscow to warn Russia over troop buildup near Ukraine  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden dispatched CIA Director Bill Burns to Moscow earlier this week to warn the Kremlin that the US is watching its buildup of troops near Ukraine's border closely, and to attempt to determine what is motivating Russia's actions.

They executed people for the state of South Carolina.  For some, it nearly destroyed them.  —  From hanging pirates to firing squads, pictures reveal 303-year history of SC executions  —  The first time Craig Baxley executed a man for the state of South Carolina, he wasn't sure it was the right thing to do.

John Eastman Is Not Good With Computers  —  The legal scholar who advised Trump on his Jan. 6 strategy is making a lot of mistakes.  —  John Eastman is having a rough go of it.  The 61-year-old attorney, founding director of the Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence …

State Dept. Report on Missing Gifts Finds Poor Oversight  —  The gift vault was “in a state of disarray,” and tens of thousands of dollars of items remain unaccounted for, including a $5,800 bottle of whiskey.  —  The State Department's inspector general has found in a new report that tens …

Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, Know What Happened to Pols Who Did What They're Doing  —  It's a core principle of economics that people do what they are incentivized to do.  That may be why Senators Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., haven't hesitated to oppose popular progressive policies …

Republicans make Florida history, pass Democrats in voter registration  —  Gov. DeSantis said on Friday morning that the GOP had struck the milestone they'd been approaching since 2012.  —  Published Earlier today  —  Florida Republicans have officially reached a milestone they've …

Jury Convicts Chinese Intelligence Officer of Espionage Crimes, Attempting to Steal Trade Secrets  —  A federal jury today convicted Yanjun Xu, a Chinese national and Deputy Division Director of the Sixth Bureau of the Jiangsu Province Ministry of State Security, of conspiring to and attempting …