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 …

Exclusive: Trump adviser Kash Patel has appeared before grand jury in Mar-a-Lago document probe  —  Kash Patel, a top adviser to former President Donald Trump who has been deeply involved in disputes over classified records Trump kept from his presidency, appeared recently …

Parents stunned by Zionsville school board candidate's comment on Nazis  —  Dr. Matt Keefer commented on a Facebook post that, “All Nazis weren't ‘bad’ as you specify.  They did horrible things.  They were in a group frenzy.”  —  ZIONSVILLE, Ind. — Hilary Heffernan is paying close attention to the school board race in Zionsville.

Rick Scott: Senate Republicans have path to 55-seat majority  —  GREENSBORO, N.C. — National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott (Fla.) says Republicans will likely control 52 Senate seats next year and have a pathway to a 55-seat majority, given how recent polls show GOP candidates picking up momentum.

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.

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.

Ahead of Midterms, Disinformation Is Even More Intractable  —  Ahead of the midterm elections, the proliferation of alternative social media sites has helped cement false and misleading information as a defining feature of American politics.  —  On the morning of July 8 …

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.

A high school student's mural angers parents over what they say are hidden messages  —  School district officials and a high school student in Michigan have drawn the ire of parents who allege that a painted mural contains LGBTQ propaganda, a depiction of Satan and a message of witchcraft.

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.

Daniel Smith, one of the last children of enslaved Americans, dies at 90  —  He grew up hearing stories from his father, who was born into bondage during the Civil War.  Decades later, he marched in Washington and Selma with fellow civil rights activists.  —  Growing up in the 1930s …

Covid-19 Vaccines Should Be Among Regular Immunizations, CDC Advisers Say  —  Shots would be part of agency's lists of recommended measles, tetanus and other inoculations  —  Covid Vaccines Could Mirror the Flu Shot Process.  Here's What That Means  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.

Liz Truss's resignation is a warning for Republicans  —  The resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday morning puts an end to a month of economic and political turmoil.  Republicans should take note of her mistakes if they want to avoid a similar debacle after the midterms and in 2024.

Semafor Is The Problem  —  All around the world, and especially in the United States, widening economic inequality, deep sociological divides, pathetic political systems, rapacious capitalism, and failing public institutions have stripped concepts like the common good, democracy, and progress of any broadly shared meaning.

Newsmax Bans Lara Logan After She Goes Full QAnon, Spews Blood Libel on Network  —  “Newsmax condemns in the strongest terms the reprehensible statements made by Lara Logan,” the network said in a statement.  “We have no plans to interview her again.”  —  Nearly a year after she was kicked …

Kevin McCarthy's ugly new Ukraine threats should prod Democrats to act  —  We learned this week that a Republican-controlled House could very well move to oppose continued U.S. military aid to Ukraine.  In response, a few voices have arisen — including ones from inside the Biden administration …

‘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.

Putin's war crimes victims are joining forces — and they want him behind bars  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces have committed countless war crimes over the past decade in Syria.  Now, he is putting the very same people, weapons and tactics implicated in those atrocities to fresh use in Ukraine.

The ‘most important person’ on Kari Lake's campaign mocked Native Americans in racist tweet  —  Kari Lake at a campaign event in Scottsdale on Oct. 19, 2022.  Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy |  Arizona Mirror  —  Kari Lake's campaign manager likened all Native Americans to bloodthirsty savages …

‘Bless His Heart’: Jeb Bush Responds to Trump's False Allegation About His Father's Handling of Government Documents  —  Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush (R) shrugged off former President Donald Trump's suggestion that his father George H.W. Bush mishandled government documents upon leaving office.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 20  —  Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report.  —  Russia is likely continuing to prepare for a false flag attack on the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP).

HISTORIC RELEASE: Dr. Anthony Fauci's Official Work Calendar (November 2019 - March 2020)  —  An hour-by-hour timeline of who Dr. Fauci was talking to, what he was doing, and where his meetings were in the months before and after the public disclosure of the pandemic.

Alleged voter intimidation at Arizona drop box puts officials on watch  —  Secretary of State Katie Hobbs referred to federal and state authorities a report from a voter claiming harassment  —  PHOENIX — The report landed in the Arizona secretary of state's online portal Monday night, around dinnertime.

McCarthy In The Middle: How The Last ‘Young Gun’ Sought To Rebuild Conservative Trust As Pelosi Went Scorched Earth  —  Pelosi's band of Democrats burned down the House.  But Kevin McCarthy is standing in the rubble, and he's making plans to rebuild.  —  It's mid-September and Kevin McCarthy has baseball on the brain.

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.

What the US Can Learn from the Fall of Liz Truss  —  We're even less ready than Britain for a conversation about fiscal austerity.  —  Dear readers,  —  Liz Truss's term as UK prime minister and head of the Conservative Party did not outlast the head of lettuce.1 Her economic plan …