Trump worker told FBI about moving Mar-a-Lago boxes on ex-president's orders  —  Key witness and security-camera footage offer evidence of Trump's actions after government subpoena, people familiar say  —  A Trump employee has told federal agents about moving boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago …

Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook families  —  A Connecticut jury ordered Infowars founder Alex Jones to pay $965 million in damages to the families of eight victims of the Sandy Hook shooting for the suffering caused by years of lies that the massacre was a hoax.

NBC reporter's interview with Fetterman draws criticism  —  An NBC News correspondent who interviewed Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman said Wednesday that her reporting should not be seen as commentary on his fitness for office after he suffered a stroke.

I'm a lifelong Republican but sometimes party loyalty asks too much.  I'm voting for Mandela Barnes and Tony Evers.  —  In his book about President John F. Kennedy, “A Thousand Days,” the historian Arthur Schlesinger wrote about Kennedy's disappointment with the Massachusetts Democratic Party's nominee for Senate, Gov. Foster Furcolo.

Georgia Senate Race Unchanged: Warnock Leads Walker 52% - 45%, Quinnipiac University Georgia Poll Finds; Gov Race Between Kemp And Abrams Remains Too Close To Call  — mail_outline  —  In the wake of a controversy that's landed Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker in the national spotlight …

Fourteen members of Laxalt family endorse Democratic rival, Cortez Masto, in Senate race  —  Fourteen members of Republican Senate candidate and former Attorney General Adam Laxalt's family announced Wednesday that they would collectively endorse his Democratic opponent …

New evidence to show Trump was warned of violence on Jan. 6  —  The Jan. 6 select committee's hearing this week is expected to corroborate parts of the more-startling accounts of that day  —  The probably final public hearing of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 …

Trump Must Face Grilling in E. Jean Carroll Defamation Suit, Judge Rules  —  FACE THE MUSIC  —  A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that Donald Trump will have to sit for a deposition next week, despite attempts by Trump's attorneys to delay the testimony.

Nury Martinez resigns from L.A. City Council in wake of audio leak scandal  —  Nury Martinez resigned her seat on the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday, days after the release of an explosive leaked audio of a racist, crude conversation.  —  “It is with a broken heart that I resign …

Oath Keeper testifies about mass of guns allegedly stored near DC on January 6  —  A veteran and member of the Oath Keepers testified Wednesday that the far-right group amassed more weapons outside Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021, than he had seen since his days in the military.

Trump Threatened to Out Confidential Sources from Russia Investigation  —  The former president is still itching to compromise the intelligence sources he blames for the investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 campaign  —  DONALD TRUMP IN the final days of his presidency repeatedly threatened …

“There's no secular argument against adult incest”  —  QAnon and white nationalist-linked media provide friendly platform for Arizona GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake  —  Spotify's Joe Rogan has repeatedly spread the baseless conspiracy theory that January 6 was a false flag orchestrated by the FBI

A Pair of 1880s Jeans Just Sold for $76,000.  Their Pocket Reveals a Complicated Piece of Levi's History.  —  Inside the sale of a vintage pair of jeans, pulled from a dusty abandoned mineshaft, for nearly six figures to a Gen Z buyer  —  On Oct. 1, in a remote RV park in northern New Mexico …

Tim Ryan's Alpha Maneuver  —  If Trump insists on being the ultimate alpha male, what does that make all of his supporters?  —  At least one Democrat has started to figure out how to exploit a GOP weakness.  He's Tim Ryan, who is running against J.D. Vance for Ohio's open U.S. Senate seat.

Republican senators balked at demands from an anti-abortion group.  So the advocates backed down.  —  The anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America issued an ultimatum, but they couldn't bring powerful conservatives along. … On September 19, Republican senators received …

Scoop: Peter Thiel offers to double down on Arizona Senate race  —  Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel has told the McConnell-aligned Senate Leadership Fund he is willing to make a multimillion-dollar investment in the Arizona race on the condition the super PAC finds matching funds, Axios has learned.

Russia's ‘irrecoverable losses’ in Ukraine: more than 90,000 troops dead, disabled, or AWOL  —  More than 90,000 troops make up Russia's “irrecoverable” military losses in Ukraine, as reported by the Russian media project iStories (or Vazhnye Istorii).  One of the two sources of this information works …

Some of Katie Hobbs' supporters are concerned MAGA firebrand Kari Lake is outshining her low-key campaign  —  Katie Hobbs: Debating Kari Lake 'doesn't do any service to the voters'  —  PHOENIX — In the homestretch of Arizona's high-stakes contest for governor, Democratic Secretary …

Treasury Department to probe DeSantis' use of COVID relief money to fund migrant lights  —  “We plan to get this work underway as quickly as possible,” Treasury said.  —  Ron DeSantis speaks during the 2022 Victory Dinner in Hollywood, Fla., July 23, 2022.  —  Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE

Apple to Withhold Its Latest Employee Perks From Unionized Store  —  Apple Inc. is withholding its latest employee benefits from staff who work at its sole unionized retail store, a move that could potentially inflame labor tensions at the technology giant.  —  The company told retail …

The Media Can't Gaslight the Public about John Fetterman's Health  —  Like it or not, voters are going to discuss Fetterman's condition, and trying to browbeat them into silence won't work.  —  Herewith, some news for those within the press who are attempting to bat away scrutiny …

Historically, Toss Up Races Break Decidedly Toward One Party  —  In the Cook Political Report vernacular, the classification of “Toss Up” is used to refer to races that are the most competitive of the cycle, and which either party stands a reasonable chance of winning.

Thousands of Georgia voters' eligibility challenged before election  —  Republicans use Georgia election law to try to cancel registrations  —  While working for the U.S. Navy in California, Gamaliel Turner learned that his right to vote in Georgia had been challenged by the chairman of his home county's Republican Party.

Who in the World Is Still Answering Pollsters' Phone Calls?  —  Response rates suggest the “death of telephone polling” is getting closer.  —  We're already in the field with our next New York Times/Siena College national survey, so it's a good time to go through some of the poll-related reader mail we've received recently.

U.S., Allies to Help Ukraine Build Air Defense Against Russian Attacks  —  Pentagon envisions technically complicated project stitched together from different countries' missile systems  —  The U.S. and its allies plan to help Ukraine field an integrated air-defense system to protect …

Mayorkas alerted that no Haitian migrants were ‘whipped’ hours before WH press conference  —  Mayorkas would go on to describe the incident as ‘horrifying’  —  Flashback montage: Media pushed false narrative about Border Patrol whipping migrants  —  EXCLUSIVE: Homeland Security Secretary …