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 …

NYPD cop who assaulted police receives longest Jan. 6 sentence yet: 10 years  —  The punishment for Thomas Webster is the stiffest so far for a Capitol riot defendant.  —  A former New York City police officer and Marine Corps veteran, who swung a flagpole at police before tackling one officer …

Judge considers temporary limit on DOJ access to Trump documents  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A federal judge indicated Thursday that she's giving serious consideration to temporarily barring Justice Department investigators from reviewing material seized from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.

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.

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 …

Lukoil Chairman Ravil Maganov Dies After Falling From Hospital Window  —  Lukoil PJSC Chairman Ravil Maganov died after falling from a window in a Moscow hospital, according to Russian media reports.  —  Maganov died by suicide, Tass news agency said Thursday, citing an unidentified law enforcement official …

Chairwoman Maloney's Statement on Oversight Committee Securing Agreement to Obtain Former President Trump's Financial Records  —  Agreement with Trump and Accounting Firm Mazars USA Follows Committee's Subpoena and Successful Litigation  —  Washington, D.C. (Sept. 1, 2022)—Today …

Donald Trump Is Still a Lunatic  —  Whether Trump's belief that he won in 2020 and will soon be reinstated as president is genuine or not, it makes him unfit for office.  —  On Truth Social this week, Donald Trump, in response to the news that the FBI had disgracefully put pressure on Facebook …

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.

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.

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 …

Thousands of Xcel customers locked out of thermostats during ‘energy emergency’  —  22,000 people lost control of temperatures in their homes for hours Tuesday  —  DENVER — During the dog days of summer, it's important to keep your home cool.  But when thousands of Xcel customers …

A Trump lawyer's ludicrous spin on ‘Hannity’ unmasks the Fox News ruse  —  Even as the legal battle over Donald Trump's hoarding of national security secrets at Mar-a-Lago unfolds in court, a very different trial involving Trump is unfolding in another arena entirely.  —  Call it Trial by Fox News.

New Mexico governor commits $10 million to building new abortion clinic near Texas border  —  Algernon D'Ammassa Wyatte Grantham-PhilipsUSA TODAY NETWORK  —  New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an executive order Wednesday committing $10 million to build a new reproductive health care clinic near …

Arkansas Senator's Election Rigging Claim Dissolves on Contact With Sanity  —  ‘SCAM’  —  Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) managed to go viral on Wednesday night with a dubious claim about the election for Alaska's U.S. House seat.  Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich lost out to Democrat Mary Peltola …

Judge again rejects Graham bid to throw out subpoena in Atlanta-area Trump probe  —  A federal judge has for the second time rejected Sen. Lindsey Graham's effort to block a grand jury subpoena issued by the Atlanta-area district attorney investigating former President Donald Trump …

Oath Keepers lawyer Kellye SoRelle charged in Jan. 6 conspiracy case  —  WASHINGTON — Kellye SoRelle, the general counsel for the far-right organization the Oath Keepers, was arrested in Texas on Thursday after being indicted on four charges in connection with the Jan. 6 attack, the Justice Department said.

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 …

Ron Johnson rebukes Robin Vos for canceling Gableman election subpoenas, signaling ongoing Wisconsin GOP rift  —  Molly Beck Lawrence AndreaMilwaukee Journal Sentinel  —  MADISON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson blasted Wisconsin's Republican Assembly speaker this week for withdrawing subpoenas issued …

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 …

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

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 …

How an SF Housing Nonprofit Blew Almost $500K on a Flawed Effort To ‘Tax Jeff Bezos’ Ass'  —  John Elberling's face is unshaven.  His hair: unshorn.  And his heart: unrepentant.  —  The longtime boss of TODCO—the South of Market affordable housing organization that's morphed into a power player …

Trump Megadonor Adelson's Republican Spending Spree Is Ending  —  Republicans aren't seeing as many big checks from one of their most generous benefactors, creating a financial hole for the GOP just as Democrats get a fundraising windfall tied to abortion.  —  Miriam Adelson along …

Why Do Some People in New Jersey Suddenly Have Bags and Bags of Bags?  —  A ban on single-use plastic and paper bags in grocery stores had an unintended effect: Delivery services switched to heavy, reusable sacks — lots of them.  —  Nicole Kramaritsch of Roxbury, N.J., has 46 bags just sitting in her garage.