President Joe Biden: The 2022 60 Minutes Interview  —  Summer was going so well for the president; the White House threw a party last week with a concert by James Taylor.  Mr. Biden's streak began in June when he signed a bipartisan gun safety law.  Then, in August, over Republican objections …

Trump Fumes: DeSantis Stole My Plan for Shipping Migrants  —  Conservative pundits are fawning over DeSantis' cruel political stunt to fly immigrants to Massachusetts.  Trump thinks the “credit” should be his  —  IN RECENT DAYS, Donald Trump has privately voiced his anger over Florida Republican …

Family of American says he was freed by Taliban in swap  —  An American contractor held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years by the Taliban has been released, his family said Monday, as a Taliban drug lord jailed by the United States was also freed and returned to Kabul.

We Have a Bill to Help Prevent Another Jan. 6 Attack  —  It's past time to reform the Electoral Count Act to make clear Congress can't overturn an election result.  —  WSJ Opinion: Inflation Reduction Act Not Working So Far  —  Skip Ad  —  in 15  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.

Pentagon opens sweeping review of clandestine psychological operations  —  Complaints about the U.S. military's influence operations using Facebook and Twitter have raised concern in the White House and federal agencies.  —  The Pentagon has ordered a sweeping audit of how it conducts …

Proud Boys memo reveals meticulous planning for ‘street-level violence’  —  Document of 23 pages shows the lengths to which the far-right group goes to prepare for potentially violent encounters and exposes the militaristic structure and language it has adopted

Trump ally goes on trial for ‘espionage lite’ and obstruction  —  Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of a former Donald Trump adviser whom authorities allege was involved in a two-year effort to try to influence the policy decisions of the Trump campaign and administration to benefit the United Arab Emirates.

POLITICO Playbook: What two new polls tell us about the midterms  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  HAPPENING NOW — The funeral of QUEEN ELIZABETH II is underway.  Watch live via BBC ... WaPo: World watches Britain lay its longest-reigning monarch to rest …

Kevin D. Williamson Joins The Dispatch  —  And we have a special membership offer for the occasion.  —  We've written to you in recent weeks about some big things coming down the pike here at The Dispatch:  — Our post-election What's Next conference will feature Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey …

Iran's president rails against Israel and U.S. sanctions  —  The United States first placed financial sanctions on Iran back in 1979, during the hostage crisis.  For nearly four decades the U.S. State Department has designated Iran one of the world's leading state sponsors of terrorism.

Most-Complained-About NYPD Cop Retires, Avoiding Penalties  —  Lt. Eric Dym faced discipline on 52 allegations, but he won't be terminated for misconduct.  Only one CCRB probe in the past decade has led to that outcome — for the officer who killed Eric Garner.

Putin's new Ukraine problem: Even the war's biggest supporters are growing dissatisfied  —  LONDON — Russian President Vladimir Putin has a problem.  —  For more than two decades now, Putin's expanding grip on power has been predicated on his portrayed strength and justified as essential to Russia's existence.

Congress Blows Its Shot to Stop Trump's ‘Deep State’ Revenge  —  Lawmakers know that Trump, if he is elected again, wants to give himself the power to fire key federal workers.  They're running out of time to stop him.  —  In the final days of his presidency, Donald Trump quietly attempted …

John Durham's final act: exposing the FBI  —  Russiagate special counsel John Durham is in the homestretch.  His grand jury wrapped up work last week, apparently with no new indictments on the horizon.  Attorney General Merrick Garland is said to anticipate receiving his final report by the end of the year.

All of Puerto Rico without power after Hurricane Fiona makes landfall  —  Hurricane Fiona wipes out Puerto Rico's power  —  Puerto Rico was without power as nightfall approached Sunday amid catastrophic flooding, hurricane-force winds and the destruction of at least one bridge …