Trump team claimed boxes at Mar-a-Lago were only news clippings  —  The 2021 assertion to the National Archives vastly misrepresented the scale and variety of documents, including classified records, later recovered from Trump's property.  —  Months before National Archives officials found hundreds …

DeSantis sending asylum-seekers to Martha's Vineyard divides Venezuelan Americans  —  Migrants caught in border-battle crossfire in Martha's Vineyard  —  After Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent two planes of mostly Venezuelan asylum-seekers to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts …

Trump's Team of Lawyers Marked by Infighting and Possible Legal Troubles of Its Own  —  Several of the former president's lawyers are under scrutiny by federal investigators amid squabbling over competence.  —  To understand the pressures, feuds and questions about competence within former …

Gen Z Never Learned to Read Cursive  —  It was a good book, the student told the 14 others in the undergraduate seminar I was teaching, and it included a number of excellent illustrations, such as photographs of relevant Civil War manuscripts.  But, he continued, those weren't very helpful to him …

Read the weird email Marco Rubio sent after Insider asked him about Lindsey Graham's abortion ban bill he's co-sponsoring  — Marco Rubio's team sent Insider's Warren Rojas a bizarre email after being asked about an abortion bill.  — The email, which looked like an assignment, included a deadline of September 19.

Virginia will block schools from accommodating transgender students  —  In a major rollback of LGBTQ rights, the administration of Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) will require that transgender students in Virginia access school facilities and programs that match the sex they were assigned at birth …

Warnings From Authors Who Track Domestic Extremism  —  Luke Mogelson and Andy Campbell have followed groups like the Proud Boys for years.  They are terrified at what they see as a growing threat.  —  It is rare that a chill runs down my spine when I'm interviewing someone.

Yeshiva University Halts All Student Clubs to Block L.G.B.T.Q. Group  —  Earlier in the week, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a ruling to stand for now that required the university to recognize the group.  —  Yeshiva University abruptly announced on Friday that it had placed …

Klain presses progressives on permitting reforms  —  The White House is privately pressuring House progressives to support Sen. Joe Manchin's (D-W.Va.) permitting reform proposal, people familiar with the matter tell Axios. … - Some 80 House progressives, led by Natural Resources Committee …

Video Reveals How Russian Mercenaries Recruit Inmates for Ukraine War  —  In a video posted on social media on Tuesday, the de facto leader of a Russian mercenary group explained to Russian convicts how they could earn their freedom by fighting in Ukraine.  —  In a video that emerged on Tuesday …

Iran woman's death after morals police arrest sparks protests  —  A young Iranian woman has died after falling into a coma following her detention by morality police enforcing Iran's strict hijab rules, sparking protests by Iranians on social media and on the streets on Friday.

Grifting to Loss  —  I don't need to write a ton here.  I just want to direct you to this piece in the Wall Street Journal.  Blake Masters is losing Arizona, and it should be winnable.  —  But the reality is that Peter Thiel and Donald Trump went to bat for Masters in a crowded primary …

Some Jan. 6 defendants accused of other crimes since Capitol attack  —  The U.S. Capitol attack was a crime unlike any in American history.  But for some of the defendants accused of crimes related to the riot, it's only been the beginning of their legal troubles.

The curious case of the strange man who was nearly attorney general  —  The threat of losing his law license might be the least of Jeffrey Bossert Clark's problems.  Clark is the environmental lawyer who came just one contentious Oval Office meeting away from being installed as attorney general …

India's Leader Tells Putin That Now Is Not an Era for War … Amid Russia's growing international isolation, India's leader tells Putin that today is no time for war.  —  Underlining Russia's increasing international isolation a day after China's leader refrained from offering full-throated support …