Graham's abortion ban stuns Senate GOP  —  Lindsey Graham's anti-abortion legislation once unified the Republican Party.  The 15-week abortion ban he pitched Tuesday had the exact opposite effect.  —  The South Carolina senator chose a uniquely tense moment to unveil his party's …

Ken Starr, prosecutor in Clinton Whitewater probe, dies at 76  — Ken Starr, who led the Whitewater investigation into former President Bill Clinton, has died at 76, his family said.  — Starr died in Houston of complications from surgery, the statement said.

Russia spent millions in secret global political campaign, U.S. official says  —  Russia has secretly funneled at least $300 million to foreign political parties and candidates in more than two dozen countries since 2014 in an attempt to shape political events beyond its borders, according to a new U.S. intelligence review.

Justice Department criminal investigation now touches nearly all efforts to overturn 2020 election for Trump  —  Justice Department criminal prosecutors are now examining nearly every aspect of former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election - including the fraudulent electors plot …

Rensselaer County's Republican elections commissioner arrested by FBI  —  The Times Union reported in June that Jason Schofield had become a focus of an FBI investigation that led to the guilty plea earlier this year of a Troy councilwoman  —  Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate

READ IT: Judge releases less-redacted Mar-a-Lago search affidavit  —  A judge approved Tuesday the release of a less redacted version of the affidavit laying out the legal underpinnings for the FBI's August search-and-seizure of material from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

Former Gov. Phil Bryant helped Brett Favre secure welfare funding for USM volleyball stadium, texts reveal  —  Never-before-seen text messages show former Gov. Phil Bryant tried to shepherd a proposal to use welfare funds on the construction of a new volleyball stadium for retired NFL player Brett Favre …

Liz Cheney says new revelations reveal true ‘danger’ of Donald Trump  —  Cheney is one of the two Republicans on the investigating committee … Congresswoman Liz Cheney said Donald Trump's unwillingness to leave the White House after being defeated in the 2020 presidential election …

Doug Mastriano and the Fifty-Foot Shark  —  He's looking for voters no one is certain exist.  —  A couple weeks ago I suggested that Everything Is Coming Up Brandon.  Axios now has an item on “Biden's Lucky Streak.”  —  What today's Triad presupposes is: What if it's not?  —  Let's go dark.

How Wall Street Is Funding The Culture War  —  Chris Rufo, the pugilistic pundit leading the right's charge against how public schools teach race and sexuality, is backed by billionaires who profited handsomely from the 2008 financial crisis that threw 8.6 million people out of work …

Arizona GOP Chair Shares Post from Racist Account  —  Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward retweeted a video shared by an account run by a self-described “pureblood.”  —  Cameron Joseph  —  WASHINGTON, US  —  Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward shared a tweet …

Jean-Luc Godard, Daring Director Who Shaped the French New Wave, Dies at 91  —  The Franco-Swiss filmmaker and provocateur radically rethought motion pictures and left a lasting influence on the medium.  —  Jean-Luc Godard, the daringly innovative director and provocateur whose unconventional camerawork …

Stock sell-off deepens, Dow drops 800 points after hot inflation report  —  WATCH NOW  —  Four experts react to August's key inflation report  —  Stocks fell sharply on Tuesday after a key August inflation report came in hotter than expected, hurting investor optimism for cooling prices and a less aggressive Federal Reserve.

US soft power grows as the alternatives become clear  —  America is more attractive in the light of Russia's failed aggression and China's domestic troubles  —  In 2020, according to the Pew Research Center, 31 per cent of French people had a favourable view of the US.

EXCLUSIVE: Pennsylvania property war heats up: Senate candidate John Fetterman did not disclose owning eight properties near Pittsburgh worth $100,000, watchdog says in complaint after blasting Dr. Oz for his New Jersey and Florida mansions  — The total value of the properties he left off his disclosure form was $108,800

Nation's Largest Public University Hit With Class Action Suit Over Race-Based Hiring Practices  —  The largest public university in the United States is reserving faculty positions based on race and making six-figure bonuses available exclusively to minorities, programs that are now the subject of a class action lawsuit.

U.S. Senate Debate officially on: Warnock, Walker accept Nexstar broadcasted debate in partnership with other Georgia stations  —  GEORGIA (WRBL) - The debate over the debate in the Georgia U.S. Senate race is over.  Late this afternoon, a representative from Sen. Raphael Warnock's campaign sent …

‘Unless You Stop a Bully, a Bully Will Never Stop’: Sandy Hook Families' Lawyer Tears into Alex Jones as Connecticut Trial Kicks Off  —  As the second trial against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones kicked off, an attorney for eight families of Sandy Hook victims and a former FBI agent told …

Revealed: how UK targeted American civil rights leader in covert campaign  —  Secret Foreign Office unit distributed literature from fake sources to discredit Stokely Carmichael  —  The British government targeted the American civil rights leader Stokely Carmichael and sought to weaken …