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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

BREAKING: Police Report: Mike Franken's Former Campaign Manager Accused Candidate of Assault  —  Former Campaign Manager Alleges Franken is a Serial Perpetrator of Unwanted Advances Toward Women … According to a Des Moines Police Department incident report filed in April …

Some People Are Finally Getting Their First Dose of a Covid-19 Vaccine  —  Job mandates and easing safety concerns are among the reasons newly vaccinated people say they got their shots  —  FDA Authorizes New Covid Boosters Aimed at Omicron Subvariants  —  Created with sketchtool.

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 …

Trump ally Mike Lindell must face defamation suit over election-rigging claims  —  MyPillow Inc. Chief Executive Mike Lindell must face a defamation lawsuit brought by a voting machine company that the Trump ally falsely accused of rigging the 2020 U.S. election, a Minnesota federal judge ruled on Monday.

Judge holds gun ban for felony defendants unconstitutional  —  A U.S. law banning those under felony indictments from buying guns is unconstitutional, a federal judge in West Texas ruled Monday.  U.S. District Judge David Counts, whom then-President Donald Trump appointed to the federal bench …

Trump Is Making Love to QAnon and We Should All Be Terrified  —  Fierce differences over politics is a sign of a healthy democracy.  Pushing an unhinged conspiracy theory to fire up the base is a sign of the apocalypse. … I didn't think it was possible, but Donald Trump is more dangerous than ever.

UWS Synagogue Refuses to Rent Space to Republican Club for Speech by Election Denier  —  The Society for the Advancement of Judaism had rented to the Upper West Side Republican Club before the pandemic, but after Jan. 6 they weren't interested in letting the group return for an event with Dick Morris.

The Right to Not Be Pregnant  —  I've never wanted to be pregnant, and I've been pregnant three times.  Each time I learned the news, my commitment to what I'd already known was confirmed viscerally and instantaneously—with the unshakable certainty of no. I say “no” often.  I think “no” frequently.

Regarding comments made by US President Joe Biden during a CBS 60 Minutes interview that US forces would assist Taiwan's defense in the event of an attack by China, MOFA responds as follows:  —  During a CBS 60 Minutes interview broadcast on September 18, US President Joe Biden said that the United States had committed to defend Taiwan.