Why Donald Trump will soon be indicted  —  What will his defense be?  —  COMMENTARY  —  OPINION:  —  It gives me no joy to write this piece.  —  Even a cursory review of the redacted version of the affidavit submitted in support of the government's application for a search warrant …

House Rating Changes: Five Races Move in Democrats' Direction, Including Alaska  —  Republican strategists express optimism that the Inflation Reduction Act and President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan will help them shift the spotlight away from abortion and Donald Trump and back onto Democrats' spending measures and inflation.

The Pandemic Erased Two Decades of Progress in Math and Reading  —  The results of a national test showed just how devastating the last two years have been for 9-year-old school children, especially the most vulnerable.  —  National test results released on Thursday showed in stark terms …

Democratic Midterm Prospects Improve as Races Heat Up, WSJ Poll Finds  —  Independent voters, a key to victory in competitive general elections, are now tilting toward Democrats  —  Midterms 2022: Where Republicans and Democrats Stand on the Issues  —  Created with sketchtool.

Ginni Thomas pressed Wisconsin lawmakers to overturn Biden's 2020 victory  —  The conservative activist and wife of the Supreme Court justice emailed lawmakers in two states in the weeks after the election  —  Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court …

Defiant Rick Scott explains ‘strategic disagreement’ with McConnell over battle for Senate  —  Mitch McConnell is among the myriad Republicans questioning the Senate GOP's quality of candidates in the midterms.  Rick Scott wants everyone to stop doubting his recruits.

Republicans are readying lawsuits to block Biden's student debt plan  —  GOP attorneys general, top lawmakers and conservative groups are discussing legal options, alleging the White House's move to cancel student debt is illegal  —  Republican state attorneys general and other leading conservatives …

How many tanks does Russia really have?  —  Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is already going down in history as the biggest tank slaughter Europe has seen since World War II.  —  The Kremlin's reckless and unsuccessful blitzkrieg on Kyiv resulted in the loss of over 1,000 tanks - within just a few weeks after Feb. 24.

Will I Ever See the $36 Million Oberlin College Owes Me?  —  My family was falsely accused of racism by a powerful school in a small town.  Our business was destroyed.  We won our case.  But the school is refusing to pay.  —  OBERLIN, OHIO — On the night of November, 8, 2016 …

Cipollone, Philbin expected to appear Friday before federal grand jury probing Jan. 6: Sources  —  The two former top Trump White House lawyers were subpoenaed earlier.  —  Pat Cipollone in Washington, D.C. on July 8, 2022.  —  Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE

Brian Kemp's Running Mate Is a Fake Elector  —  Georgia's governor makes nice with MAGA by embracing the election deniers who think he cheated Trump.  —  Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp gets a lot of credit for resisting pressure from former President Donald Trump to “find the votes” …

‘Gender Queer’ Author ‘Relieved’ After Court Rules Book's Sale Can't Be Restricted in Virginia  —  Maia Kobabe felt a wave of relief on Tuesday morning.  Waking up on the West Coast, an early morning peek at emails revealed a Virginia court had dismissed a lawsuit seeking to label Kobabe's book Gender Queer …

Cortez Masto and Sisolak hold slim leads, are losing Hispanic support, AARP poll finds  —  In Nevada's high-profile races for governor and U.S. Senate, Democratic incumbents Gov. Steve Sisolak and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto hold narrow leads over their Republican challengers …

'What's this about?': bodycam footage shows confusion as Florida man arrested for voter fraud  —  Byron Smith registered to vote after a key amendment, but didn't know he was ineligible - now he faces up to five years in prison  —  yron Smith was standing outside his house …

Tech tool offers police ‘mass surveillance on a budget’  —  Jason is a national investigative reporter.  —  JHDearen  —  jdearen@ap.org  —  Local law enforcement agencies from suburban Southern California to rural North Carolina have been using an obscure cellphone tracking tool …

Oath Keepers attorney Kellye SoRelle arrested on Jan. 6 charges  —  An attorney for the Oath Keepers who was with the group's founder, Stewart Rhodes, outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was arrested Thursday in Texas on charges related to the attack on Congress, federal prosecutors announced.

Biden called Trumpism ‘semi-fascism.’ The term makes sense, historically.  —  A scholar of fascism weighs in.  —  Perspective by Federico Finchelstein  —  Federico Finchelstein is professor of history at the New School and author of the new book, “A Brief History of Fascist Lies.”