InsiderAdvantage/FOX 29 poll: Fetterman, Oz neck and neck as Shapiro's lead over Mastriano narrows  —  PHILADELPHIA - As Election Day nears, a new InsiderAdvantage/FOX 29 poll shows Republican nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz has gained ground on Democratic nominee John Fetterman in Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race.

Loeffler's texts post-2020 election go public, raising new investigative questions  —  A log of text messages sent and received by former Sen. Kelly Loeffler during the weeks leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack is raising questions about potentially unauthorized access to investigative material relevant …

Documents detail plans to gut Twitter's workforce  —  Previously unreported details shed new light on Twitter's motivations for selling the company — and Elon Musk's plans to transform it  —  Twitter's workforce is likely to be hit with massive cuts in the coming months, no matter who owns the company …

Liz Truss resigns as prime minister — follow latest … Liz Truss has announced she is resigning after 44 days in office, becoming the shortest-serving prime minister in British history.  —  She announced that she would stand down after losing the confidence of Tory MPs and cabinet ministers.

We Need To Stop Calling Ourselves Conservatives  —  The conservative project has failed, and conservatives need to forge a new political identity that reflects our revolutionary moment.  —  Given the state of America in 2022, conservatives should stop calling themselves conservatives.  —  Why?

TikTok Parent ByteDance Planned To Use TikTok To Monitor The Physical Location Of Specific American Citizens  —  The project, assigned to a Beijing-led team, would have involved accessing location data from some U.S. users' devices without their knowledge or consent.

With GOP skeptics of Ukraine aid poised to gain seats in Congress, lawmakers look to lock in a huge military assistance package  —  Amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, lawmakers from both parties are looking to lock in billions of dollars …

Parler was jubilant about Kanye West buying it.  Then the problems started.  —  On the afternoon that Parler, a social media platform popular with conservatives, announced its acquisition by Ye, better known as Kanye West, the site emailed hundreds of VIP members to excitedly share the news.

Kevin Spacey found not liable in sex abuse suit brought by Anthony Rapp  —  Spacey flatly denied Rapp's allegations, saying under oath that “they are not true.”  His lawyers argued that Rapp “created a story” in large part because he was jealous of their client's success in the entertainment industry.

Lindsey Graham must testify in 2020 election investigation, court rules  —  Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) must appear before a Georgia grand jury investigating possible attempts by former president Donald Trump and his allies to disrupt the state's 2020 presidential election, a federal appeals court said Thursday.

Saudis Sought Oil Production Cut So Deep It Surprised Even Russia … The Saudi-led oil cartel OPEC+'s announcement earlier this month that it was cutting 2 million barrels of oil per day — a move that would drive up the price of oil just a month before midterm elections — rankled Democrats in Washington.

Trump taps firm to handle his Jan. 6 committee subpoena  —  Former President Donald Trump has hired a firm to engage with the Jan. 6 select committee on its forthcoming subpoena of him, POLITICO has learned.  —  The firm, The Dhillon Law Group, already represents multiple witnesses …

‘Gaffes’ aside, I once assumed GOP goodwill on race.  I was wrong.  —  What does the return of unvarnished racism to the center of our political culture mean?  —  For decades, the Martinez model of scandal has been the (more or less) typical response to gaffe-revealed racism in both parties.

A Crypto Titan Hinted He'd Spend $1 Billion to Elect Democrats.  You'll Be Shocked—Shocked!  —What Happened Next.  —  Billionaire FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said he'd spend lavishly to elect Democrats in the coming years.  But with midterms looming, his wallet is suddenly shut.

Cleta Mitchell Is Training Thousands of Trump Loyalists to Monitor the Polls on Election Day … I don't care what anybody says.  You can tell me I'm ‘the Big Lie.’ Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.  Cleta Mitchell had just gotten into her car from her home in central North Carolina for a long drive east.

Anti-'woke' school board candidate facing furious backlash for suggesting that all Nazis weren't bad  —  A candidate for an Indiana school board in under fire over a Facebook comment where he seemed to suggest that not all Nazis during World War II were bad, WTHR reports.

Why I'm supporting Mike Lee  —  Everyone in Washington knows that Utah's senior senator is guided by the Constitution, no matter who the president is and what party is in charge  —  I first met Utah Sen. Mike Lee after I left the George W. Bush administration.  We were both practicing law at the time.

Afghan couple accuse US Marine of abducting their baby  —  The young Afghan couple raced to the airport in Kabul, clutching their baby girl close amid the chaotic withdrawal of American troops last year.  —  The baby had been rescued two years earlier from the rubble of a U.S. Special Forces raid …

Okla. governor mocks Democratic challenger for accurately noting state's crime rate  —  In a debate Wednesday night between Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) and his Democratic challenger, Joy Hofmeister, the governor took issue with Hofmeister pointing out — accurately — the state's violent crime problem.

A Fed President Spoke at an Invite-Only, Off-the-Record Bank Client Event  —  James Bullard, who leads the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, appeared at a Citigroup forum last week in Washington.  Reporters were not invited.  —  James Bullard, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis …

Barrett denies emergency bid to block Biden's student debt forgiveness plan  —  Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday denied an emergency bid by a group of Wisconsin taxpayers to block the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program.  —  Barrett, who handles emergency matters arising …

EXCLUSIVE POLL: Race for NY governor tightens as midterm election approaches  —  ROCHESTER, N.Y. A new exclusive poll by SurveyUSA and News10NBC shows the race for New York governor continues to tighten.  —  It shows a six-point difference between Democrat incumbent Kathy Hochul and Republican congressman Lee Zeldin.

Military suicide rate among active forces has ‘gradual’ increase over past decade  —  The number of military suicides among active forces has increased marginally over the last decade.  However, the rate in 2021 was lower than that of the previous year, according to new data from the Department of Defense .