Judge rules Trump lawyers don't have to clarify Mar-a-Lago document claims  —  Special master Raymond Dearie had told Donald Trump's attorneys to address whether documents were, as Trump has claimed, planted or declassified  —  Judge Aileen M. Cannon told Donald Trump's lawyers Thursday …

DeSantis, Once a ‘No’ on Storm Aid, Petitions a President He's Bashed  —  The Florida governor, who as a congressman opposed aid to victims of Hurricane Sandy, is seeking relief from the Biden administration as Hurricane Ian ravages his own state.  —  As a freshman congressman in 2013 …

Major in the United States Army and a Maryland Doctor Facing Federal Indictment for Allegedly Providing Confidential Health Information to a Purported Russian Representative to Assist Russia Related to the Conflict In Ukraine  —  Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned …

Berkeley Develops Jewish-Free Zones  —  https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/ uploads/speaker/post-351854.mp3?cb= 1664388288.mp3  —  If it wasn't so frightening, one might be able to recognize the irony in the sight of campus progressives trying so hard to signal progressive virtue that they fall victim to a deeper moral shame.

Biden administration scales back student debt relief for millions amid legal concerns  —  The Biden administration is scaling back its debt relief program for millions of Americans over concerns about legal challenges from the student loan industry as well as a new lawsuit from Republican-led states.

Two Migrants Shot Along Roadway in Rural Texas  —  A local jail warden in Hudspeth County is one of two men arrested in connection with the attack south of El Paso, a law enforcement official said.  —  HOUSTON — Two unauthorized migrants were shot, one of them fatally …

Why is the Senate race between J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in red state Ohio so close?  —  Former President Trump won this state twice, each time by more than 8 percentage points.  —  Judging by that record, you might think that J.D. Vance, the Republican venture capitalist and author Trump endorsed …

Conservatives Very Offended by Lizzo Twerking With Slave Owner's Crystal Flute  —  Conservative men online are mad about a lot of things right now: Black people getting cast as mermaids.  Black people getting cast as mythical elves.  And now, a Black woman playing a crystal flute owned …

A Prominent Federal Judge Declares He Will No Longer Hire Clerks From Yale Law School  —  And he's trying to get his fellow judges to join his boycott of YLS clerks—will it work? … Actions have consequences.  And the problematic actions of Yale Law School when it comes to free speech …

Section of Sanibel Causeway wiped out by Hurricane Ian  —  On the ground in southwest Florida, a Tampa Bay Times reporter and photographer bring eyewitness accounts.  —  Photojournalist Douglas R. Clifford and I left our hotel room in Fort Myers late Wednesday night and have been searching …

Labour surges to 33-point lead over Tories in YouGov poll … Labour has surged to a 33-point poll lead over the Conservatives after a week of market turmoil triggered by Liz Truss's tax-cutting budget.  —  The YouGov poll for The Times finds Tory support has fallen by seven points …

Two Dem stars struggle to recapture the magic  —  COVER STORY — Just a few short years ago, Beto O'Rourke and Stacey Abrams were among the Democratic Party's shiniest stars, two youthful candidates who electrified their parties even in defeat.  While they came up just short in their longshot 2018 bids …

How the War in Ukraine Might End  —  In recent years, a small group of scholars has focussed on war-termination theory.  They see reason to fear the possible outcomes in Ukraine.  —  Hein Goemans grew up in Amsterdam in the nineteen-sixties and seventies, surrounded by stories and memories of the Second World War.

Ginni Thomas Repeats False 2020 Election Claim in Jan. 6 Interview  —  In a closed-door interview with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, Ms. Thomas reiterated her false assertion that the 2020 election was stolen from President Donald J. Trump.

Court orders production of Seth Rich laptop  —  Today, a federal judge ordered the FBI to “produce the information it possesses related to Seth Rich's laptop.”  —  This case involves a multi-year fight by attorney Ty Clevenger to obtain records relating to the FBI/DOJ investigation of Seth Rich …

Why Iran's Leading Women's Rights Defender Thinks the Protesters Could Topple the Regime  —  The protests in Iran are leaderless.  They broke out spontaneously across the country after images appeared on social media of a 22-year-old woman named Mahsa Amini, unconsous in the hospital bed …

Justices shield spouses' work from potential conflict of interest disclosures  —  A year after Amy Coney Barrett joined the Supreme Court, the boutique Indiana firm SouthBank Legal opened its first-ever Washington office in Penn Quarter, a move the firm hailed in a 2021 press release as an “important milestone.”

Trump's paid-speeches organizer is struggling financially  —  A company that puts on for-profit Trump rallies, including an upcoming Mar-a-Lago gala and multimillion-dollar fees for the former president, is having trouble paying its bills  —  A company that organized a lucrative series …

Sen. Dianne Feinstein chides staffers as they race to prep her for stopgap government funding vote: 'I don't even know what that is'  — Dianne Feinstein got angry with aides trying to debrief her about a pending vote on Thursday.  — “I don't even know what that is,” …

The Dads Who Got Woke After Roe Fell  —  John barely slept in the days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade this summer.  When he first saw the news, he immediately thought of his daughter, who had just turned 8, and how he'd do anything to protect her.

In a Reversal, New York City Tightens Admissions to Some Top Schools  —  The city loosened selection criteria during the pandemic, policies some parents protested as unfair and others hoped would reduce racial disparities.  —  New York City's selective middle schools can once again use grades …

Remember the Time Trump Wanted the Navy to Hide the USS John McCain?  —  It's a thing that happened.  —  TNB tonight: Me.  Tim-O. Turn up the dark, motherforker.  —  1. He Is Who We Thought He Was  —  Before we get started: The damage from Hurricane Ian in Florida looks very bad.

Vice President Harris mistakenly touts US ‘alliance with the Republic of North Korea’  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris mistakenly touted the U.S. “alliance with the Republic of North Korea” in remarks Thursday from Korea's Demilitarized Zone that sought to reaffirm America's commitment to the security of its Asian allies.

America's Throwaway Spies  —  The spy was minutes from leaving Iran when he was nabbed.  —  Gholamreza Hosseini was at Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran in late 2010, preparing for a flight to Bangkok.  There, the Iranian industrial engineer would meet his Central Intelligence Agency handlers.

Declaration on U.S.-Pacific Partnership  —  We—the governments of Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and the United States of America …

Russian Oligarch Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska And Associates Indicted For Sanctions Evasion And Obstruction Of Justice  —  New Jersey Resident Olga Shriki Arrested for Her Role in Facilitating Illicit Travel by Deripaska's Girlfriend and in Real Estate Transactions

Former NSA Employee Arrested on Espionage-Related Charges  —  A Colorado Springs man will make his initial appearance in federal court today on charges that he attempted to transmit classified National Defense Information (NDI) to a representative of a foreign government.