How the 2022 Midterms Became a Squeaker  —  Interviews with more than 70 current and former officials show the outside forces — and miscalculations and infighting — that led to an improbable, still-undecided election.  —  Late one mid-September evening, the leaders of the House Democratic campaign arm …

U.S. intel report says key gulf ally meddled in American politics  —  The United Arab Emirates steered U.S. foreign policy in its favor through a series of legal and illegal exploits, according to an unprecedented U.S. intelligence document  —  U.S. intelligence officials have compiled …

Exclusive: At least $1 billion of client funds missing at FTX  —  At least $1 billion of customer funds have vanished from collapsed crypto exchange FTX, according to two people familiar with the matter.  —  The exchange's founder Sam Bankman-Fried secretly transferred $10 billion …

Mail Ballots Around Las Vegas Are Likely to Put Democrats Ahead  —  Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is within 1,000 votes of overtaking her Republican opponent, Adam Laxalt, and the ballots remaining in Clark County are expected to favor her.  —  Democrats appeared on the cusp of securing control …

Two aircrafts collide at air show in Dallas, Texas, condition of pilots unknown  —  Two planes collided during an air show in Dallas on Saturday, causing officials to respond and investigate what happened.  —  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement that a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress …

Ron DeSantis has a messiah complex.  Will it do him in?  —  By Jill Lawrence, author of “The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock”  —  In 2008, when he clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama said he wanted to bring about …

No water, power or internet - only euphoria in newly liberated Kherson  —  ‘Absolute euphoria’: CNN on the ground as Kherson celebrates liberation  —  Ukrainians celebrate liberation as Russia pulls out of Kherson  —  UK swelters in what could be hottest day ever Field tool for female Ukrainian soldiers amazes Amanpour

The Bike Thieves of Burlington, Vermont  —  A hunt for stolen goods has put citizens and business owners in the center of a debate about policing and a growing, sometimes violent, problem with crime.  —  Reporting from Burlington, Vt.  —  Burlington, Vt., is a bike-friendly city.

How Virginia's Abigail Spanberger pulled off another thriller victory  —  Call it a nail-biter, but Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) wasn't nervous.  —  In fact, “this was my calmest election,” Spanberger said, a bit over 36 hours removed from what, at least on the outside …