Math Scores Fell in Nearly Every State, and Reading Dipped on National Exam  —  The results, from what is known as the nation's report card, offer the most definitive picture yet of the pandemic's devastating impact on students.  —  U.S. students in most states and across almost …

NY-17 Rating Change: DCCC Chair Maloney Moves From Lean Democrat to Toss Up  —  When Republicans' top Super PAC started spending against Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-17) in mid-September, many assumed it was a gambit to troll or distract the DCCC chair.

Scoop: Tucker Carlson lashes out at GOP campaign chief in irate private call  —  An irate Tucker Carlson phoned Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), chairman of the House Republican campaign committee, with an ultimatum on Friday:  — Either reveal which staff member took a swipe at Carlson's son …

The Trump Tapes: 20 interviews that show why he is an unparalleled danger … In more than 50 years of reporting, I have never disclosed the raw interviews or full transcripts of my work.  But after listening again to the 20 interviews I conducted with President Donald Trump during his last year …

Georgia Voters Shatter Second Presidential Turnout Record on Saturday  —  (Atlanta) - Georgia voters continued to hit record breaking turnout on the first mandatory Saturday of Early Voting.  As of Sunday morning, approximately 740K Georgia voters have cast their ballot during in-person Early Voting …

More antisemitic hate seen in L.A. after Kanye West's remarks  —  Fears that antisemitic remarks by Kanye West would spur additional bigotry came to fruition in Los Angeles on Saturday when a well-known hate group held a demonstration in support of the rapper on a 405 Freeway overpass.

Sunak confirms PM bid as Rees-Mogg says Johnson will run  —  Summary  — Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirms he is in the race to be the next Conservative leader - and prime minister - saying he wants to “fix our economy”  — Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg tells the BBC Boris Johnson …

Russian war in Ukraine: P3 statement  —  The Foreign Ministers of the UK, USA and France have issued a statement rejecting Russia's transparently false allegations about Ukraine.  —  We, the Foreign Ministers of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States, reiterate our steadfast support …

Their America Is Vanishing.  Like Trump, They Insist They Were Cheated.  —  The white majority is fading, the economy is changing and there's a pervasive sense of loss in districts where Republicans fought the outcome of the 2020 election.  —  When Representative Troy Nehls of Texas voted …

Potential mass layoffs at Twitter could cripple content moderation, some experts say  —  Prospective owner Elon Musk reportedly wants to cut 75% of its workforce.  —  In this Feb. 10, 2022, file photo, Elon Musk speaks at an event in south Texas.  —  The Washington Post via Getty Images, FILE

Top Fox lawyer's “big screw up” could reveal Lachlan Murdoch's secrets  —  Ben is the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Semafor, coming over from the New York Times.  Max is Semafor's media reporter, and joined us from Politico.  Sign up for their media newsletter, out every Sunday night!

The 2022 Elections in Ohio  —  Marist Ohio Poll  —  Vance & Ryan Competitive in Ohio Senate Race... DeWine Outpaces Whaley in Governor's Contest  —  Only one point separates Republican J.D. Vance and Democrat Tim Ryan in the race for U.S. Senate in Ohio among registered voters.

Abrams' campaign chair collected millions in legal fees from voting rights organization  —  ATLANTA — The voting rights organization founded by Stacey Abrams spent more than $25 million over two years on legal fees, mostly on a single case, with the largest amount going to the self-described boutique law firm …

Andrew Wylie, ‘The Jackal’ of books: ‘Amazon is like ISIS; it takes no prisoners’  —  The world's leading literary agent speaks about Salman Rushdie, Stephen King, Donald Trump and the e-commerce giant  —  Among the literary giants included under the letter B on Andrew Wylie's endless client list …

Florida's Hispanic voters back DeSantis over Crist, support Martha's Vineyard migrant flights  —  Florida's Hispanic voters back Gov. Ron DeSantis over Democrat Charlie Crist, and they even support the Republican's decision to fly migrants to Martha's Vineyard, according to a new Telemundo/LX News poll.

U.S. economy likely grew a lot last quarter.  Most people didn't notice.  —  Upcoming GDP report is expected to show an economic rebound just before the midterms, though families and businesses continue to struggle with inflation  —  The U.S. economy is expected to have grown robustly …

Three New Yorkers Ordered Cocaine From the Same Delivery Service.  All Died From Fentanyl.  —  Cocaine, long popular among New York professionals, is now often tainted with fentanyl, catching users unprepared and driving drug fatalities  —  NEW YORK—Ross Mtangi, a trading executive …

Ted Cruz Hid in Supply Closet During Jan. 6, New Book Reveals  —  Senator Ted Cruz has revealed he was in a “a supply closet with stacked chairs” during part of the January 6 storming of Congress.  —  On that day in 2021 hundreds of Donald Trump supporters broke into the Capitol Building …

Missouri's extreme abortion ban is un-American  —  As a nurse, I have helped care for people during the most difficult moments of their lives, including women who had just lost pregnancies.  But no matter whose bedside I was at, I knew that every patient deserved the same fundamental thing …

The big recession risk that no one is talking about  —  President Joe Biden is cheering a record plunge in the federal budget deficit, but the numbers belie a troubling trend that could come back to haunt him: The cost of government debt is skyrocketing.  —  The Federal Reserve's relentless campaign …

Most children who think they're transgender are just going through a ‘phase’, says NHS  —  Doctors told not to encourage young people to change their names and pronouns  —  Most children who believe that they are transgender are just going through a “phase”, the NHS has said …

Lawsuit reveals vast censorship scheme by Big Tech and the federal government  —  MORE FROM:  —  A little noticed federal lawsuit, Missouri v. Biden, is uncovering astonishing evidence of an entrenched censorship scheme cooked up between the federal government and Big Tech that would make Communist China proud.

House GOP's 2023 forecast: Fiscal warfare  —  As the GOP prepares to take back the House, its right flank is raring to gut spending, upend the federal safety net and make Trump-era tax cuts permanent — ambitions that threaten to give leadership a two-year headache.

Netanyahu poised for possible return to power, dividing Israel again  —  JERUSALEM — The unusual Israeli government that was formed last June had one job: to pry Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu from the prime minister's office.  —  Netanyahu was clinging to power after four inconclusive elections …

Florida Puts Raging MAGA Moms on Book-Banning Council  —  Florida's Education Department has quietly selected right-wingers for a book-banning council that'll re-train public school librarians. … In the name of “curriculum transparency,” Florida's Republican-controlled state government …