Statement of President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on the Death of Queen Elizabeth II  —  Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was more than a monarch.  She defined an era.  —  In a world of constant change, she was a steadying presence and a source of comfort and pride for generations of Britons …

Trump Pushed Officials to Prosecute His Critics, Ex-U.S. Attorney Says  —  Geoffrey S. Berman, who headed the Manhattan office, says in a book the Justice Department pushed cases, against John Kerry and others, to help Mr. Trump.  —  A book by a former top federal prosecutor offers new details …

Bannon charged with money laundering, conspiracy in ‘We Build the Wall’  —  Just weeks after being convicted of contempt of Congress, the longtime Trump ally faces a state indictment in New York. … NEW YORK — Stephen K. Bannon arrived to surrender to prosecutors Thursday morning to face …

Trump's Postelection Fund-Raising Comes Under Scrutiny by Justice Dept.  —  A federal grand jury has issued subpoenas seeking information about Save America PAC, which was formed as Donald J. Trump promoted baseless assertions about election fraud.  —  A federal grand jury in Washington …

David Shor, a Data Guru for Democrats, Throws One Last Bash  —  Political operatives, techies and the nightlife crowd mix at a Burning Man-style party hosted by an influential strategist who gained new friends and enemies after a tweet.  —  At 7 p.m. on Saturday, the political consultant David Shor …

A publisher abruptly recalled the “2,000 Mules” election denial book.  NPR got a copy.  —  For months, the conservative provocateur Dinesh D'Souza teased that the book version of his widely debunked film “2,000 Mules” would provide compelling new evidence that the 2020 election was “stolen.”

Most Americans see Trump's MAGA as threat to democracy: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  Days after Democratic President Joe Biden gave a fiery speech attacking former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies as an extremist threat, a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Wednesday found a majority …

Manchin under water in new WMOV/Triton poll  —  CHARLESTON — A new poll released Wednesday by Jackson County radio station WMOV 1360 AM and Oregon-based Triton Polling and Research found that U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin is vulnerable after his support for the Inflation Reduction Act.

Justice Department to appeal judge's ruling on special master in Trump search  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will appeal a judge's ruling for a special master to look at the documents seized during the search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, according to a notification filed Thursday.

There's No Escaping the Truth About Trump  —  That Donald Trump has acted recklessly and lawlessly, without empathy, as if he lives in a world devoid of moral rules, should surprise no one.  Some of us warned back in the summer of 2016 that Trump was erratic, unstable, and temperamentally unfit for office.

DC councilmember: Abbott and Ducey have “turned us into a border town”!  —  But was it turned into a newt?  And did it get better?  —  The arrival of eight thousand or so illegal immigrants over the last five months have turned our nation's capital into a “border town,” DC council member Brianne Nadeau declared today.

Ukrainian hit squads target Russian occupiers and collaborators  —  KYIV, Ukraine — For anyone contemplating a top administrative position in the Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine, Kyiv authorities have a message: Be afraid.  Very afraid.  —  Since Russian forces invaded in late February …

CNN anchor Bernard Shaw dead at 82  —  Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw died Wednesday of pneumonia unrelated to Covid-19, Shaw's family announced in a statement Thursday.  Shaw was 82.  —  Shaw was CNN's first chief anchor and was with the network when it launched on June 1, 1980.

Why Disney didn't buy Twitter  —  Bots were fine.  Nastiness wasn't.  —  Elon Musk wanted to buy Twitter.  Then he decided he didn't.  —  Bob Iger can relate.  —  In 2016, Iger, then the CEO of Disney, had convinced himself that his company should own Twitter because it would be an excellent …

NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll: The 2022 Midterm Elections, Sept. 2022  —  Democrats +4 Over Republicans in the Battle for Congress, Inflation Top Voting Issue  —  Democrats have a four-point advantage over the Republicans, among registered voters, in this November's midterm elections despite concerns about the U.S. economy.

Police arrest county official in reporter's stabbing death  —  Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was arrested on suspicion of murder Wednesday evening in the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, whose investigation of the politician contributed to his primary election loss in June.

Trump posted private photo with Pa. troopers without authorization: police  —  Gov. Tom Wolf's administration is “looking into the matter” after former President Donald Trump published a photo of himself posing with dozens of uniformed State Police troopers on his social media website when the picture was supposed to be private.

Evan McMullin is showing how to fight rabid Trump sycophancy  —  Evan McMullin, the conservative, independent candidate for the U.S. Senate in Utah, is determined to prove there is a pro-democracy coalition of traditional Republicans, Democrats and independents who can team up to defeat a rabid MAGA incumbent, Sen. Mike Lee.