Stunning developments dog Herschel Walker's campaign at pivotal time  —  Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker has weathered crises that have leveled other campaigns and still remained within striking distance of Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock thanks to relatively unshakable support from many in the GOP base.

Poll Update: Republicans Gain in the Senate  —  A closer look at Pennsylvania and Nevada, and some Democratic leads that seem vulnerable.  —  Two weeks ago, we noted early signs that Republicans were making gains in the race for the Senate.  —  Now it's clear the race has shifted toward Republicans in important ways.

Lawyer Declined Trump Request to Tell Archives All Material Was Returned  —  When asked to say the former president had no more government documents after the return of 15 boxes in January, the lawyer, Alex Cannon, would not do so, uncertain of whether it was true.

Russia's Nuclear Bluster Is a Sign of Panic  —  Margarita Simonyan, the editor in chief of RT and one of Russia's top propagandists, has in the space of seven months gone from supreme confidence that Kyiv would fall in days to something like despair at Russia's shambolic mobilization and battlefield defeats.

Roger Waters: I'm on a Ukrainian ‘Kill List’  —  In an explosive, wide-ranging interview, the Pink Floyd co-founder discusses his controversial views on Ukraine — and Russia, and Wikileaks, and Israel, and so much more.  —  ROGER WATERS DOES not want you to ignore his politics.

Michigan Republicans beg Whitmer to zip it on abortion rights  —  Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gives the keynote address at the 2022 Mackinac Policy Conference on June 2, 2022 |  Susan J. Demas graphic using Allison R. Donahue photo  —  When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gave her keynote address …

Ukraine hammers Russian forces into retreat on east and south fronts  —  Ukrainian troops on Tuesday accelerated their military advances on two fronts, pushing Russian forces into retreat in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions to the east and Kherson region to the south.

Obama Charges Netanyahu as a World Leader Who Fueled ‘Putinism’, Report Reveals  —  The Justice Department released the transcript of the off-record conversation, which took place between Obama and reporters three days before Trump assumed power  —  WASHINGTON - Former U.S. President Barack …

Irony Meter Explodes as Migrants Lured TO Florida for Hurricane Ian Cleanup  —  OH, NOW YOU NEED THEM  —  Migrants are reportedly being transported from New York City to Florida for work supporting cleanup efforts in the wake of Hurricane Ian—weeks after the governor put migrants on a flight to Martha's Vineyard.

Election officials confront a new problem: Whether they can trust their own poll workers  —  Election officials are growing concerned about a new danger in November: that groups looking to undermine election results will try to install their supporters as poll workers.

McConnell saw killing Manchin bill as personal  —  For Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), killing Sen. Joe Manchin's (D-W.Va.) permitting reform bill was personal.  —  McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, looked like he'd been hoodwinked when Manchin announced a deal with Senate Majority …

Saudi prince has immunity in Khashoggi killing lawsuit, say lawyers  —  Lawyers for Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, facing a U.S. lawsuit over the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, told a court on Monday the crown prince's appointment as prime minister last week ensured him immunity from prosecution.

Truss finally admits defeat on tax benefit for the wealthy  —  Prime minister cuts her losses and abandons plan to ditch top rate of income tax after outcry  —  Prime minister Liz Truss sought to hold her nerve during the course of a fraught Sunday at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham …

There Is Absolutely Nothing to Support the ‘Independent State Legislature’ Theory  —  The Supreme Court will decide before next summer the most important case for American democracy in the almost two and a half centuries since America's founding.  —  In Moore v. Harper …