Trump Search Live Updates: Justice Dept. Releases Redacted Affidavit Used for Warrant  —  The document describes the government's push to recover highly classified materials taken from the White House by the former president.  The affidavit was heavily redacted to protect witnesses …

The Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Plan: Budgetary Costs and Distributional Impact  —  Print to PDF Summary: President Biden's new student loan forgiveness plan includes three major components.  We estimate that debt cancellation alone will cost up to $519 billion, with about 75% …

Arizona GOP Senate candidate attempts to soften anti-abortion stance in pivot to general election  —  Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters attempted to tone down his position on abortion Thursday, scrubbing his website of his support of a “federal personhood law” and a host …

DeSantis suspends four Broward County School Board members, appoints replacements  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday suspended four Broward County School Board members for engaging in what the governor described as “incompetence, neglect of duty, and misuse of authority.”

Revealed: leaked video shows Amy Coney Barrett's secretive faith group drove women to tears  —  Wife of founder of People of Praise says members ‘were always crying’ during discussions about women's subservience to men  —  The People of Praise, a secretive Christian faith group that counts …

NBC Considers Cutting Back Programming Hours in Prime Time  —  Network has discussed giving 10 p.m. hour to local station partners, a cost-cutting move as interest in broadcast TV wanes  —  NBC is considering reducing the number of hours it programs in prime time, people familiar with the matter said …

Jared Kushner's memoir is only inadvertently revealing  —  All memoirs are self-serving — it's just a matter of degree.  But Jared Kushner's memoir, “Breaking History,” is, at its core, an extended news release that exists primarily to exculpate its author after his role …

Abortion issue has deflated Republicans' hopes for November; question now is how badly  —  The Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade and ending the nationwide guarantee of abortion rights achieved a goal the Republican Party had pursued for more than four decades.

The Jolt: Judge rips fake electors' claims they shouldn't have to testify in Trump probe  —  Somewhat lost during a newsy day at the Fulton County special grand jury was a scathing order from Judge Robert McBurney that could have significant implications into the ongoing investigation …

Document reveals identity of donors who secretly funded Nikki Haley's political nonprofit  —  Many of the GOP's biggest donors are among those who funneled anonymous contributions to former U.N ambassador Nikki Haley's nonprofit as she lays the groundwork for a prospective 2024 presidential bid …

Defendants targeted in DeSantis' voter fraud crackdown were told they could vote  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Several people who were arrested last week as part of Gov. Ron DeSantis' voter fraud crackdown were notified by official government entities they were eligible to vote, according to court documents and interviews.

RNC fires national spokesperson  —  Paris Dennard had been serving as the Republican National Committee's national spokesman and director of Black media affairs for the committee.  —  The Republican National Committee has fired Paris Dennard as its national spokesman, according to two people familiar with the move.

Dr. Oz shifts strategy as campaign ails  —  PHILADELPHIA — Mehmet Oz sees an opening to rescue his floundering Senate campaign: After largely refraining from making his opponent's health an issue, the celebrity doctor has decided to go there.  —  Oz's Democratic opponent, John Fetterman …

Socialite, Widow, Jeweller, Spy: How a GRU Agent Charmed Her Way Into NATO Circles in Italy  —  Three minutes before midnight on 14 September 2018, the cell phone of Andrey Averyanov began to ring.  Despite the late hour, phone records show Maj. General Averyanov, the commander …

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Privately Blew Up Biden Nominee Needed to Enact Regulatory Agenda … Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema was the one to scuttle President Joe Biden's choice to head the obscure but all-important Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, according to sources familiar with the standoff.

Everything's Coming Up Schumer … Chuck Schumer had the ease of someone already on summer vacation.  “I'd much rather be in New York than Washington any day of the week,” he said during a Zoom conversation from his Manhattan office in mid-August.  The Senate Democrats had just passed …