The GOP Revolt Against Trump Is More Serious Than You Think … I've been telling people for most of the year that I consider Ron DeSantis to be the odds-on favorite — not a guarantee, not a prohibitive favorite, but the favorite — to win the Republican presidential nomination.

‘They completely f—ked up’: How the GOP lost its grip on the Senate majority  —  Rick Scott has no regrets about his Senate Republican campaign arm's hands-off approach to primaries this year — a move that anointed a motley crew of nominees, some of whom cost the GOP dearly.

GOP senators call for postponing leadership elections  —  A growing number of Senate Republicans are pushing to delay leadership elections after an underwhelming performance in the midterms, creating a new headache for Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.  —  Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Mike Lee …

Top Border Official Says He Was Asked to Resign  —  The commissioner, Chris Magnus, has refused to step down amid criticism over his agency's lack of accountability.  —  WASHINGTON — The Customs and Border Protection commissioner said Friday that he had been asked to step down but was refusing to do so …

Two Weeks of Chaos: Inside Elon Musk's Takeover of Twitter  —  Mr. Musk ordered immediate layoffs, fired executives by email, laid down product deadlines and has transformed the company.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk had a demand.  —  On Oct. 28, hours after completing his $44 billion buyout …

Bankman-Fried's Assets Plummet From $16 Billion to Zero in Days  —  The entire $16 billion fortune of former FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been wiped out, one of history's greatest-ever destructions of wealth.  —  The downfall of his crypto empire — which filed for bankruptcy …

We got Twitter ‘verified’ in minutes posing as a comedian and a senator  —  Twitter has been selling blue check marks to any account for $8, including our test imposter accounts for Blaire Erskine and Sen. Ed Markey.  That makes it mostly worthless.  —  There are now two Blaire Erskines on Twitter.

Jonathan Swan Joins The New York Times  —  The political reporter is joining the Politics team at The Times.  Read more in this note from Politics Editor David Halbfinger and Washington Bureau Chief Elisabeth Bumiller.  —  Our insightful, authoritative and addictive coverage of the election …

Inside the Justice Department's decision on whether to charge Trump in Mar-a-Lago case  —  In February, a week before the National Archives warned the Justice Department that former President Donald Trump had kept Top Secret documents at his Florida compound, Asia Janay Lavarello was sentenced to three months in prison.

Eli Lilly Dives After Fake Twitter Account Promises Free Insulin; Takes Novo Nordisk, Sanofi With It  —  Elon Musk's new pay-for-play verification system on Twitter shook pharmaceutical mainstay Eli Lilly (LLY) — leading LLY stock to skid Friday — after a fake account claimed “insulin is free now.”

Tiffany Trump's wedding assembles a family divided over its patriarch's political future  —  Watch: Why Trump's possible 2024 election bid is causing division in the family Would Kari Lake accept a loss?  Reporter who tracked her campaign answers GOP governor who won in blue state has a message …

Covid-19 Public-Health Emergency Status to Stay in Place  —  Federal health officials didn't give notice to states of an imminent plan to lift designation  —  The Biden administration gave no signal to state officials on Friday of plans to end the Covid-19 pandemic's status as a public-health emergency …