REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BIDEN ON THE CONTINUED BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THE NATION  —  THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans, please, if you have a seat, take it.  I speak to you tonight from sacred ground in America: Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Trump-aligned Pa. governor nominee Mastriano sues Jan. 6 committee  —  State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, is suing the Jan. 6 select committee, setting up a legal fight between one of the most prominent congressional investigations in recent memory …

Putin declines to honor Gorbachev with state funeral  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's funeral and will not designate it a state funeral, the Kremlin announced on Thursday.  —  The Kremlin's top spokesman said that Putin's …

Ex-NYPD cop who assaulted D.C. officer on Jan. 6 gets record-setting sentence  —  WASHINGTON — A retired New York City Police Department officer who was convicted of several felonies for attacking a D.C. cop with a flag pole and then tackling the officer to the ground and attempting to rip off …

A Mar-a-Lago Showdown in Federal Court  —  It is 1:07 p.m. ET at the federal courthouse in Palm Beach, Florida, and it's time for the first big courtroom showdown between former President Trump and federal prosecutors over the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago.  —  Judge Aileen Cannon enters the courtroom …

Trump's Tastes in Intelligence: Power and Leverage  —  President Donald J. Trump's interests during classified briefings have a new resonance amid the Justice Department's criminal investigation into his handling of sensitive documents.  —  WASHINGTON — As president, Donald J. Trump showed …

The nation's poorest state used welfare money to pay Brett Favre for speeches he never made  —  Brett Favre earned nearly $140 million as a star NFL quarterback over two decades and millions more in product endorsements.  —  But that didn't stop the state of Mississippi from paying Favre $1.1 million …

January 6 committee seeking voluntary cooperation from Newt Gingrich  —  The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol has sent a letter to former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich seeking his voluntary cooperation to discuss his role …

The Ukrainian Offensive Must Come in Stages  —  Deliberate offensive operations must be conditions-based, and the Ukrainian military need assurances if they are to most effectively allocate the resources they have in order to liberate their territory.  —  On 29 August, Ukrainian forces …

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: arrest after attempted shooting of Argentina vice-president  —  Fernández de Kirchner was greeting supporters when man approached her and raised handgun to her face  —  A man has been arrested after a handgun was aimed at point-blank range …

Grassley Tells DOJ To Keep Their Hands Off Whistleblowers  —  BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland in response to Garland's August 30 memorandum to Department of Justice …

Jury finds Seminole GOP chair guilty in ‘ghost’ candidate case  —  A jury of six people found Seminole County GOP Chairman Ben Paris guilty on Thursday of a misdemeanor charge that he arranged to put his cousin's name on independent “ghost” candidate Jestine Iannotti's campaign contribution forms in 2020.

Fox's Jeanine Pirro warns of violent “retaliation” from Republicans in reaction to Joe Biden's speech  —  Donald Trump may have confessed to a crime on Truth Social.  Legal experts are discussing the ramifications of his self-incriminating post.

Vicky Bowman: UK former ambassador jailed in Myanmar  —  The UK's former ambassador to Myanmar and her husband have each been sentenced to one year in prison by the country's military authorities.  —  Vicky Bowman and Htein Lin, a former political prisoner, were charged with breaching immigration laws.

US wholesale gas prices drop to lowest point since before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but prices at the pump remain 21% higher than last year  — US wholesale gasoline prices dropped to $2.41 Thursday, dipping further below the level it was at before Russia invaded Ukraine.