Trump Wanted I.R.S. Investigations of Foes, Top Aide Says  —  John F. Kelly, who was White House chief of staff, said that as president, Donald J. Trump wanted investigations into perceived enemies like James Comey, the former F.B.I. director.  —  While in office, President Donald J. Trump …

Midterms Live Updates: Democrats Keep Senate Control as Republicans Weigh Party's Future  —  Here's the latest on the election results.  —  Democrats are celebrating retaining control of the Senate, which they clinched with the victory of Senator Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada …

Court files show evidence Trump handled records marked classified after presidency  —  Justice department filing claims former US president kept secret documents in drawer at Mar-a-Lago with other files from after his time in office  —  Donald Trump retained documents bearing classification markings …

Sam Bankman-Fried had plans for a Matt-and-Nate-heavy Substack competitor  —  The spectacular collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto exchange FTX has rippled into the news business, ending a stream of funding that backed nonprofit news organizations including ProPublica and the Law and Justice Journalism Project.

SpaceX just bought a big ad campaign on Twitter for Starlink  — Elon Musk's aerospace business SpaceX just ordered one of the larger advertising packages available from Twitter, which Musk recently took over in a contentious, $44 billion deal.  — The campaign is to promote …

Bore!  Donald Trump has gone and lost his swing  —  For Donald Trump, politics and entertainment are intertwined and often synonymous.  His remarkable success at both makes his latest missteps especially puzzling because Trump is committing the cardinal sin of both: He's become boring.

This flu season is looking really scary, in one chart  —  Here's how to prepare for it.  —  Flu season is here — and early red flags suggest it's on track to be very, very bad.  The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Flu View report show extraordinarily high numbers …

‘We need to have a real discussion’: GOP leaders brace for tense talks after disappointing election results  —  House and Senate Republicans are gearing up for a tense series of closed-door meetings this week as the GOP grapples with what went wrong in the midterms and decides the political fate …

Rep. Zeldin taking supporter calls about running for RNC chair, longtime adviser says  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., who lost a surprisingly close race for governor last week, has spoken with GOP elected officials and party activists who want him to run for the chairmanship …

The Threat of Far-Right Extremism in Law Enforcement and the Military  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.

How Catherine Cortez Masto clinched the Nevada seat — and the Senate  —  SPARKS, Nev. — In a backyard on a sunny afternoon in late October, a smattering of former office holders, donors and prominent Nevada families surrounded Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and offered their endorsements.

Pelosi Urges Debt-Ceiling Vote in Lame-Duck Session to Avoid Risk  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled that Democrats will seek to extend the federal debt ceiling during the lame-duck session of Congress, avoiding a potential fight with Republicans that she said could threaten the US's credit rating.