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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Full Fetterman interview: 'I believe I'm going to be able to serve effectively' after stroke  —  In an exclusive broadcast interview with NBC News taped Friday at his home, John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee in a crucial Pennsylvania Senate race, tells NBC News correspondent Dasha Burns …

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.

“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

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 …

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.

We Are On a Path to Nuclear War  —  In war, nothing is inevitable and not much is predictable.  But the war in Ukraine has a direction that observers can see and that we should name.  What began as a criminal Russian aggression against Ukraine has become a proxy war between Washington and Moscow.

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.

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 …

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

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

How Far Would a Republican Majority Go?  —  In 2011, the new House Republican majority, egged on by Eric Cantor and Kevin McCarthy and led by radical Tea Party rightists such as Jason Chaffetz, brought the U.S. to the brink of a default.  The disaster was headed off by a last-minute compromise …

Nury Martinez announces resignation 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 …

How to Make a Semi-Fascist Party  —  The hostile, paranoid, and increasingly authoritarian path ahead for American conservatism.  —  In mid-September, I attended the National Conservatism Conference in Miami, where Republican politicians, right-wing thought leaders, and various party apparatchiks …

Liz Truss doubles down on tax cuts at £1,500-a-head Tory fundraising dinner  —  Prime Minister among a host of Cabinet ministers to attend the Carlton Political Dinner at The Dorchester this week  —  Liz Truss gave a private speech outlining her economic approach and doubling …

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 …