How Trump's terrible day went from bad to worse  —  See Trumps reaction to New York attorney general's lawsuit  —  Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) is a CNN legal analyst and a professor at the University of Texas School of Law.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.

Russia's military divided as Putin struggles to deal with Ukraine's counteroffensive, US sources say  —  Russia's military is divided over how best to counter Ukraine's unexpected battlefield advances this month, according to multiple sources familiar with US intelligence …

Operatives linked to DeSantis promised to fly migrants to Delaware — but left them stranded  —  A black, luxury SUV with tinted windows pulled into a parking space along the side of a drab, two-story La Quinta motel planted on the northwestern edge of 12 lanes of highway that loop around downtown San Antonio.

Stacey Abrams has a surprising problem with Black voters  —  As Stacey Abrams took the stage at a recent campaign stop, one person at the crowded Atlanta event was at the top of her mind.  “Daddy, stand up,” Abrams said as her father, Robert Abrams, was showered with applause before an audience of several hundred people.

Trump Support Remains Unmoved by Investigations, Poll Finds  —  Even during peak crises during his presidency, views of him were static.  Post-presidency polls have continued the trend.  —  The American public's views of former President Donald J. Trump have remained remarkably stable across …

Treasury Sanctions Iran's Morality Police and Senior Security Officials for Violence Against Protesters and the Death of Mahsa Amini  —  WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating Iran's Morality Police for abuse and violence …

South Korean president overheard insulting U.S. Congress as ‘idiots’  —  South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was caught on a hot mic Wednesday insulting U.S. Congress members as “idiots” who could be a potential embarrassment for President Biden if they did not approve funding for global public health.

Man admits fatally striking 18-year-old with vehicle after ‘political argument,’ police say  —  A man in North Dakota was charged with felony vehicular homicide after he fatally struck a teenager with his SUV following what he said was a “political argument,” authorities said.

Over 1M Teslas recalled because windows can pinch fingers  —  Tesla is recalling nearly 1.1 million vehicles in the U.S. because the windows can pinch a person's fingers when being rolled up.  Tesla says in documents posted Thursday by U.S. safety regulators that the automatic window reversal system …

The third rail Republicans can't stop touching  —  For two decades, campaign after campaign, Republican politicians have floated the idea of privatizing government entitlement programs including Social Security and Medicare.  And campaign after campaign — from Paul Ryan to George W. Bush — it's been a loser.

OOPS: McCarthy Accidentally Posts & Frantically Hides Extreme MAGA Agenda (But We Have Screenshots...)  —  From the Speaker's Press Office:  —  OOPS.  Looks like Leader McCarthy fumbled his agenda rollout by accidentally posting the webpage of House Republicans' “Commitment to America” …

Air Force Academy diversity training tells cadets to use words that ‘include all genders,’ drop ‘mom and dad’  —  Air Force Academy also tells cadets to be ‘Color Conscious’ instead of ‘Colorblind’  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for September 21  —  EXCLUSIVE: A diversity and inclusion training …

World Bank Leader, Accused of Climate Denial, Offers a New Response  —  David Malpass touched off a furor, including calls for his removal, when he refused to acknowledge that fossil fuels are warming the planet.  On Thursday, he restated his position.  —  The president of the World Bank …

Post Primary: Hassan Leads Bolduc For U.S. Senate; CD1 & CD2 Close 9/22/2022  —  Democratic incumbent Senator Maggie Hassan holds a slim lead over Republican Don Bolduc in the race for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire.  Incumbent Democratic Representatives Chris Pappas and Ann Kuster are closely matched …

Senate Republicans to Force Vote on Ending Covid-19 Emergency Declaration  —  Move by Sen. Roger Marshall comes after Biden said pandemic was over  —  WASHINGTON—A Republican senator is moving to force a vote on ending the yearslong national emergency declaration on Covid-19 …

FBI hero paying the price for exposing unjust ‘persecution’ of conservative Americans  —  Bombshell allegations by FBI Special Agent Steve Friend contained in a whistleblower complaint filed late Wednesday with the Department of Justice inspector general reveal a politicized Washington, DC …

Republicans spend millions on TV ads for midterms, but why doesn't Trump?  —  Fundraising groups tied to Republican Party leaders are sharply increasing spending on campaign ads to help the party win control of Congress in the Nov. 8 general elections.  —  But not Donald Trump's Save America …

Toomey is backing a bill to change how Electoral College votes are counted — and avoid the chaos of 2020  —  Sen. Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) will cosponsor a bipartisan bill to reform how Electoral College votes are certified, adding more Republican weight to the push to avoid a repeat of the attempt …

‘You funded this’: DePerno left a trail of comments about tabulator ‘operation’  —  Matt DePerno and his closest allies repeatedly and publicly discussed examining voting tabulators last year and, on one occasion, the future Republican attorney general nominee described his team's efforts as …

Republicans and Democrats Differ on Rewards of Work, American Greatness in WSJ Poll  —  Voters from the two parties also differ on whether their generation will do better than the one before and whether they feel looked down upon  —  Midterms 2022: Where Republicans and Democrats Stand on the Issues

GOP congressional candidate said US suffered from women's suffrage and praised organization trying to repeal 19th Amendment  —  A Michigan candidate for the US House backed by former President Donald Trump once railed against giving women the right to vote, arguing that America has “suffered” since women's suffrage.

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Nazi sympathizer and Jan. 6 rioter who claimed he didn't know Congress met at Capitol to be sentenced Thursday  —  WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 rioter who has dressed up as Adolf Hitler and held a security clearance is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court judge Thursday.

Neptune and rings shine in photos from new space telescope  —  Neptune and its rings haven't looked this good in decades.  NASA released new glamour shots of our solar system's outermost planet Wednesday taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.  The pictures taken in July show not only Neptune's thin rings …