Judge grants Trump's request for a special master  —  A federal judge on Monday granted former President Donald Trump's request for a special master to oversee all the evidence the FBI seized last month from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.  —  The request came amid questions over whether …

Russia switches off Europe's main gas pipeline until sanctions are lifted  —  Gazprom previously said it was halting flows through Nord Stream 1 because of a technical fault  —  Russia's gas supplies to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline will not resume in full until the “collective west” …

Israeli Military Admits ‘Highly Probable’ Soldier Mistakenly Killed Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh  —  An Israeli soldier under fire likely erroneously targeted Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, misidentifying her as an armed militant, according to an army probe ■ …

Red wave crashing?  GOP momentum slips as fall sprint begins  —  The possibility of a great red wave still looms.  But as the 2022 midterm elections enter their final two-month sprint, leading Republicans concede that their party's advantage may be slipping even as Democrats confront …

Liz Truss to be Britain's next prime minister after defeating Rishi Sunak  —  LONDON — Liz Truss will be the next prime minister of the U.K. after comfortably seeing off rival Rishi Sunak in the race to lead the governing Conservative Party.  —  Truss, currently the U.K's foreign secretary …

Why I've stopped fearing America is headed for civil war  —  Thomas E. Ricks's latest book, “Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968,” will be published in October.  —  Five years ago I began to worry about a new American civil war breaking out.

Trump Investigations Face a Dilemma Before the Midterm Elections  —  Justice Department officials are debating how an unwritten rule should affect the criminal investigations into Jan. 6 and the former president's handling of sensitive documents.  —  WASHINGTON — As the midterm elections near …

Republicans Seek Path for Constitutional Convention  —  A new book by a former Democratic senator warns of the risks of allowing states to call for a convention.  Some in the G.O.P. see it as the only way to rein in the federal government.  —  WASHINGTON — Representative Jodey Arrington …

POLITICO Playbook: NRCC chief to GOP: 'Don't be measuring the drapes'  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Happy Labor Day!  It's quiet on the news front, so rest up and get ready for the fall: Election Day is nine weeks from tomorrow.

FBI agent Timothy Thibault hid intel from whistleblower on Hunter and the ‘Big Guy’ Joe Biden  —  MORE FROM:  —  Timothy Thibault, the FBI agent alleged to have interfered with an investigation into Hunter Biden, was assigned by the Washington Field Office as “point man” …

OPEC+ cuts oil supplies to the world as prices fall  —  OPEC and allied oil-producing countries, including Russia, cut their supplies to the global economy by 100,000 barrels per day, underlining their unhappiness with crude prices that have sagged because of recession fears.

Donald Trump once tried to pay a lawyer with a horse, new book says  —  New York Times reporter David Enrich also says White House counsel Donald McGahn once called senior Trump aides ‘morons’  —  Donald Trump once tried to pay a lawyer he owed $2m with a deed to a horse.

Trump 2024 could be one of the ‘greatest political comebacks in American history,’ says Sen. Lindsey Graham  — U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said Saturday that former President Donald Trump stands a “pretty good chance” of winning the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

How Old Bad Ideas Become Wonderful  —  We in America are regressing—now returning to the distant neanderthal past, now embracing the worst of what the 19th and 20th century had to offer.  —  There is no end of history.  Instead, civilization is a constant fight to embrace what has worked …

British Pound Falls to Lowest Level Since 1985 as U.K. Economic Pain Mounts  —  Investors see increased odds that the pound will tumble below parity with the dollar, something that hasn't happened in their more than 200-year trading history  —  Inflation Looks Different Worldwide.  Who's Getting It Right?

Russia-Ukraine war: last Zaporizhzhia reactor disconnected after Russian shelling; EU signs deal with Ukraine for further €500m in aid - live  —  Operator Energoatom says last transmission line cut because of a fire caused by shelling; EU and Ukraine sign aid deal  —  Key events