Trump Was Warned Late Last Year of Potential Legal Peril Over Documents  —  A former White House lawyer sought to impress on him the need to return material he had taken with him upon leaving office.  —  A onetime White House lawyer under President Donald J. Trump warned him late last year …

Texas sheriff will investigate Florida flying Venezuelan migrants to Martha's Vineyard  —  Authorities in Texas have opened a criminal investigation into Gov. Ron DeSantis' operation to fly roughly 50 Venezuela migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard last week.

AJC poll gives Republicans the edge in most races  —  The latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll paints a bleak picture for Georgia Democrats in November, with every statewide candidate aside from U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock facing a sizable deficit less than two months before the election.

Trump discovers he's not in Cannon-land anymore  —  Donald Trump put the Justice Department on its heels, courtesy of a single federal judge who gave him the benefit of almost every doubt as he fought against the FBI's probe of documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate.

Donald Trump Is More Deranged Than Ever  —  J.D. Vance didn't invite Donald Trump to Ohio, where the former president gave a lengthy, rant-filled speech at a rally on Saturday—and it's easy to see why.  “J.D. is kissing my ass.  Of course, he wants my support,” Trump said to those who gathered …

Scoop: McConnell's closed-door confidence  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) expressed cautious optimism in closed-door remarks Monday to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that the GOP can win back control of the Senate, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: McConnell …

Arrests at Southwestern Border Exceed 2 Million in a Year for the First Time  —  The historic pace of undocumented immigrants entering the country continued as the Biden administration tried to steer clear of immigration issues with the midterm elections approaching.

Donald Trump mocks Joe Biden over seating position at Queen's funeral  —  Former president claims if he was still in the White House he would have been sat nearer the front  —  Donald Trump has mocked Joe Biden over his seating position at the late Queen's state funeral.

Revenge?  Republicans weigh tanking Manchin's permitting plan  —  Senate Republicans say Joe Manchin can't count on them to save his energy permitting deal with Democratic leaders, potentially upending efforts to attach the centrist's proposal to a must-pass government funding bill.

Republicans' choice for 2024 should be abundantly clear  —  Whatever debate there is about the 2024 presidential race, and about whether Republicans should nominate former President Donald Trump or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, it is not much of a debate at all.

Men are leading a movement to lock up women for getting abortions  —  A businessman turned state representative from rural Oil City, Louisiana, and a Baptist pastor banded together earlier this year on a radical mission.  —  They were adamant that a woman who receives an abortion should receive …

Beyond Meat COO arrested for biting man's nose near Razorback Stadium  —  FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A food company executive was arrested on a pair of charges after reportedly biting a man's nose in a parking garage in Fayetteville on Saturday night.

Judge Vacates Murder Conviction of Adnan Syed of ‘Serial’  —  Mr. Syed, 41, had been serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of his high school classmate Hae Min Lee.  The judge gave prosecutors 30 days to proceed with a new trial or drop the case.  —  Michael Levenson reported …

Former staffer accused Democrat Mike Franken of assault; police closed case as ‘unfounded’  —  Brianne Pfannenstiel George ShillcockDes Moines Register  —  A former staffer accused Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mike Franken of kissing her on the mouth without her permission …

Biden is right.  The pandemic is over.  —  President Biden's off-the-cuff comment during a “60 Minutes” interview that “the pandemic is over” has sparked outrage from all sides.  Republicans are accusing Biden of hypocrisy as he asks Congress for more covid-19 funding …

What the numbers really say about abortion and Democrats in the midterms  —  Democrats have been on a voter registration tear since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.  There's just one problem for them — they are digging out from under major Republican gains in the previous 18 months.

The Cheney 2024 conundrum  —  Liberals who lavish praise on Liz Cheney for her defiance of Donald Trump are making one thing crystal clear: Don't expect us to support her for president, or any other political office, for that matter.  —  The Wyoming Republican's anti-Trump maneuvers …

Scientists have calculated how many ants are on Earth.  The number is so big it's ‘unimaginable.’  —  A new estimate for the sheer number of ants on Earth comes to an “unimaginable” sum, one researcher said  —  It's the ants' world, and we're just visiting.