“Axios on HBO” exclusive: Christie taunts Trump for losing  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, lacing up for a possible presidential run in 2024, told “Axios on HBO” he won't back down from a fight with former President Donald Trump, taunting his longtime friend for losing the last election.

Pressure builds on Meadows to cooperate with Jan. 6 committee as White House rejects his executive privilege claims  —  The House Select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and the White House are ramping up the pressure on former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows …

BLM leader says there will be ‘bloodshed’ after spat with Eric Adams over police reform  —  A Black Lives Matter leader said there will be “bloodshed” after debating police reform with Mayor-elect Eric Adams during a contentious sit-down with the incoming Democrat at Brooklyn Borough Hall Wednesday.

Obama adviser: Bidenflation is real and it's spectacular — and directly tied to Biden's stimulus  —  I hate to say we told you so back in February — so let's let one of Barack Obama's economists say it instead.  “They poured kerosene on a fire,” former Obama administration economic adviser …

Iran-Backed Militants Storm US Embassy in Yemen, Seize Hostages and Equipment  —  The State Department is working to secure the release of several kidnapped hostages taken by Iran-backed terrorists just a day after the militant group stormed the U.S. embassy facility in Sana'a, Yemen …

Michigan's AG got drunk before a football game and wrote about it on Facebook  —  Two Bloody Marys on an empty stomach, it turns out, was a bit too much for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.  —  In a post on her personal Facebook page Wednesday, the state's top prosecutor acknowledged drinking …

Have Democrats reached the limits of White appeasement politics?  —  There is a flip side to the White grievance of the right — and it's one of the most important but under-discussed aspects of American politics.  —  In the decades since the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts in the 1960s …

Retiring Alabama Sen. Shelby said to plan $5 million campaign to boost former aide as replacement over Trump-endorsed candidate  —  Retiring Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.) has said he plans to spend $5 million of his campaign funds to help his former chief of staff in the Republican primary to replace him …

Bolduc: I Drove ‘Communist Sympathizer’ Sununu Out of Senate Race  —  During a conspiracy-spinning interview with radio host Jack Heath Tuesday retired Brig. Gen. Donald Bolduc called fellow Republican Chris Sununu a “Chinese Communist sympathizer” whose family business “supports terrorism …

Speier and Congressional Colleagues to Introduce Resolution Calling for Censure of Rep Gosar  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14), co-chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC), and Representatives Jim Cooper (TN-5); Brenda Lawrence (MI-14), co-chair of the DWC …

Embattled GOP Senator Says a Staffer Messed Up His Campaign Reports and Vanished.  We Found Him in Minutes.  —  Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) is accused of a number of major campaign-finance violations.  The campaign blames it on one particular staffer who it says “vanished.”  Not quite.

London's River Thames, now home to sharks, seals and seahorses, is no longer ‘biologically dead’  —  Some 60 years ago, parts of the River Thames were declared biologically dead.  But the famous waterway that cuts through London has been revived and it is now home to hundreds of wildlife species, such as seahorses and sharks.

Texas schools can again set their own face mask rules after federal judge overrules Gov. Greg Abbott's ban  —  The judge said the governor's order impedes children with disabilities from the benefits of public schools' programs, services and activities, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Contract lawyers face a growing invasion of surveillance programs that monitor their work  —  The attorneys worry that if law firms, traditionally the defenders of workers' rights, are turning to the programs, why wouldn't every other business?  —  Camille Anidi, an attorney on Long Island …

Kyle Rittenhouse shooting a clear case of self-defense  —  It was hard to watch Kyle Rittenhouse break down during almost five hours in the witness box Wednesday.  —  Over and over, he was forced to relive the traumatic evening of August 25, 2020, when he was chased by a murderous antifa mob …

Facebook's Vast Wasteland  —  Infinite channels but nothing on. … I've been thinking a lot lately about programming dead zones on TV.  I distinctly remember being sick and home from school in the early aughts and lying on the couch aimlessly trying to find something, anything, to watch on TV.

We Have Moved Swiftly On to the Book-Burning Portion of the Proceedings  —  Remember how so many of those Concerned Moms in Virginia kept couching their Concerns by making the point that, hey, we're not book-burners or anything?  Problem is, if you start down the road that Glenn Youngkin took …

Man accused of setting fire to Austin synagogue on Halloween arrested  —  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Arson investigators with the Austin Fire Department arrested a man Wednesday who is accused of intentionally setting fire to an Austin synagogue on Halloween night.  —  Franklin Barrett Sechriest …

Lawsuit Threats, Empty Seats, and a “COVID Mobile”: Trump's Disastrous Tulsa Rally Was Even More of a Train Wreck Than Originally Thought  —  The rally made headlines for its empty seats, but things were even worse behind the scenes, writes Jonathan Karl.  The president feuded with advisers …

Steady Support for Vax Mandates  —  Majority give Biden good marks on pandemic  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Despite intense protests at board of education meetings, Covid vaccine and mask mandates in the nation's schools remain popular with a majority of Americans.

U.S. Warns Europe That Russia May Plan Ukraine Invasion  — Officials briefed EU, didn't share information, people say  — U.S. says it's watching Russian military buildup near Ukraine  —  The U.S. is raising the alarm with European Union allies that Russia may be weighing …

Democrats Are Profoundly Committed to Criminal Justice Reform — For Everyone But Their Enemies  —  Principles of rehabilitative justice, reform of the carceral state, and liberalized criminal justice evaporate when Democrats demand harsh prison for their political adversaries.

ABC News documentary challenges Pentagon's claims of rogue Green Berets  —  “3212 UN-REDACTED” probes the mystery behind the deaths of four Green Berets.  —  Four Americans gunned down in a withering, four-hour firefight in the Sahara — part of a 10-man Green Beret team said to have gone rogue …

Facebook Employees Found a Simple Way To Tackle Misinformation.  They ‘Deprioritized’ It After Meeting With Mark Zuckerberg, Documents Show  —  In May 2019, a video purporting to show House Speaker Nancy Pelosi inebriated, slurring her words as she gave a speech at a public event, went viral on Facebook.

After weeks of declines, U.S. Covid cases have stalled at a high level: ‘The ERs are packed’  — New infections have dropped to an average of more than 74,000 per day over the past week, a 57% fall from the delta wave's peak level of 172,500 new cases per day on Sept. 13.

Perfecting the New York Street An achievable, replicable plan for a city that's embracing public space as never before.  —  When automobiles first appeared on the streets of New York, quickly and decisively transforming the city into an early center of car culture, those streets bent to their needs.