F.B.I. Found 48 Empty Folders That Had Contained Classified Documents at Trump's Home  —  A detailed inventory of items seized in the F.B.I.'s search of Mar-a-Lago raised the question of whether the government had fully recovered the documents or any remained missing.

MAGA Republicans are seething with rage because Biden hit his target  —  Republicans are in a rage over President Biden's speech in Philadelphia, in which he flatly declared that the American democratic experiment is in serious danger due to Donald Trump and the Republicans who remain allied with his political project.

Farewell to Hot Air  —  Last night I got to thinking about how many posts I've written for Hot Air.  I've looked at the total before but it never sticks in my mind.  Big numbers seldom do.  —  My guess was 15,000.  The reality: 36,590.  That's six per day, every day.  For 16 years.

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 …

Biden climate chief Gina McCarthy to leave White House  —  Gina McCarthy, President Joe Biden's top domestic climate adviser, will leave the White House on Sept. 16, just weeks after Congress passed the largest-ever U.S. law to tackle climate change — legislation that her office helped craft.

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 …

Labor market added 315,000 jobs in August, a bright spot in the economy  —  A stellar 20 consecutive months of sustained job growth more than recovered the millions of jobs lost during the pandemic  —  The U.S. labor market added 315,000 jobs in August, hitting a 20-month streak …

Don't Believe the Generals  —  A T-shirt that was popular with veterans for much of America's nearly 20-year war in Afghanistan showed a helicopter in flight with the caption We Were Winning When I Left.  U.S. generals seem to be the only ones who didn't get the joke.

Veterans Affairs to offer abortions in limited cases, even in states where banned  —  The Department of Veteran Affairs plans to offer abortion access in cases of rape, incest, or if the health of the mother is in jeopardy to veterans or eligible dependents after the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade.

The most-regretted (and lowest-paying) college majors  —  Almost half of humanities and arts majors regret their choice — and enrollment in those disciplines is shrinking rapidly  —  Nearly 2 in 5 American adults have major regrets.  —  That is, they regret their college major.

Why Sarah Palin's loss is a warning for the GOP  —  Everyone who could read a poll or a room in Alaska knew Sarah Palin was unpopular in her home state.  What was jarring to Republicans about her defeat in a U.S. House race there was that so many conservatives were unwilling to vote for her, anyway.

Deep inside bustling Mar-a-Lago, a storage room where secrets were stashed  —  FBI agents were directed to windowless storage room when they came looking for classified documents in June  —  The ornate centerpiece of the historic Mar-a-Lago estate that Donald Trump bought for cheap in 1985 is an expansive …

Biden's Catastrophic Speech  —  Conflating their own interests with the country's, Democrats have talked themselves into the idea that their entire agenda is synonymous with ‘democracy.’  —  R  —  eally, who thought that was a good idea?  —  Leave aside the diabolical staging …

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 …

Trump Embraces Conspiracy Theories He Only Winked at Before  —  The former president's activity on his social network, Truth Social, openly promotes far-right and conspiratorial ideas that are usually confined to corners of the internet.  —  In a 24-hour period this week …

There's no bad time to get a new COVID booster if you're eligible, CDC director says  —  Americans will now have access to updated COVID booster shots after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on reformulated versions of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines Thursday night.