Resignations Roil Twitter as Elon Musk Tries Persuading Some Workers to Stay  —  Mr. Musk, Twitter's new owner, had given employees a Thursday deadline to decide whether to leave or stay “to build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0.”  —  Hours before a Thursday deadline that Elon Musk …

Nancy Pelosi, the first female speaker of the House, says she'll step down as Democratic leader  —  Pelosi, 82, has been the Democratic leader for two decades.  She is expected to remain a member of the House, at least temporarily.  —  WASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi, the first female speaker of the House …

GOP operative found guilty of funneling Russian money to Donald Trump  —  A Republican political strategist was convicted of illegally helping a Russian businessman contribute to Donald Trump's campaign in 2016.  —  Jesse Benton, 44, was pardoned by Trump in 2020 for a different campaign finance crime …

Cheney hits back as Pence says January 6 committee has ‘no right’ to testimony  —  Panel vice-chair issues statement with chair Bennie Thompson after Trump vice-president gives interview to CBS  —  The chair and vice-chair of the January 6 committee hit back after Mike Pence said they had …

Trumps had role in fraud scheme, Allen Weisselberg testifies at company's trial  —  Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg testified in court Thursday, describing how Donald Trump and two of his children allegedly participated in a scheme to defraud tax authorities.

House Republicans plan investigations and possible impeachments with new majority  —  WASHINGTON — House Republicans' majority will be smaller than expected, but they're eager to use their new oversight powers and pass a spate of bills to draw contrasts with Democrats and give the Biden administration heartburn.

Trump would act ‘like a little elementary schoolchild,’ former spiritual adviser says  —  IRVING, Tex. — A televangelist who served as a spiritual adviser to Donald Trump says the former president has the tendency to act “like a little elementary schoolchild” and suggests that Trump's focus …

Let crypto burn  —  Just say no to legitimacy-inferring regulation … In the aftermath of the collapse of FTX, authorities should resist the urge to create a parallel legal and regulatory framework for the crypto industry.  It is far better to do nothing, and just let crypto burn.

Webb telescope spots earliest galaxies yet, and they are cosmic oddballs  —  The two bundles of stars formed shortly after the big bang, offering a long-anticipated window into the origins of the universe  —  From its perch a million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope has sighted …

‘Momentous:’ US advances largest dam demolition in history  —  U.S. regulators approved a plan Thursday to demolish four dams on a California river and open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat that would be the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the world when it goes forward.

John Mearsheimer on Putin's Ambitions After Nine Months of War  —  The realist political scientist explains why Russia's move to annex four Ukrainian provinces isn't imperialism.  —  Back in February, a few days after Russia launched its war in Ukraine, I spoke with the political scientist John Mearsheimer.

Republicans Barely Won the House.  Now Can They Run It?  —  A thin margin, ideological differences and competing pressures could make managing the “people's House” virtually impossible.  But the G.O.P. majority, however slim, will still be a challenge for President Biden.

GOP plans to punish ‘woke’ Wall Street  —  Wall Street loves Republican tax cuts and deregulation.  It's going to hate the GOP's plans for 2023.  —  Republican lawmakers, who will be in the House majority come January, are pressing party leaders to send a message to big financial firms …

Los Angeles Voters Ousted Their Sheriff—and Then Just Kept Going  —  Alex Villanueva lost re-election, one in a series of victories for local organizers seeking accountability from the sheriff's office and alternatives to policing and punishment.  —  A coalition of LA activists seeking …

Meta Employees, Security Guards Fired for Hijacking User Accounts  —  Some workers allegedly accepted thousands of dollars in bribes  —  Meta Platforms Inc. META -1.82%decrease; red down pointing triangle has fired or disciplined more than two dozen employees and contractors over the last year whom …

Rep. Lauren Boebert race too close to call, with margin inside recount threshold  —  With nearly all votes counted, the Republican incumbent led Democrat Adam Frisch by a small margin  —  Rep. Lauren Boebert, a far-right Republican from Colorado, was locked in a race that was too close …

Bankman-Fried parts ways with Paul Weiss lawyers  —  Liz is Semafor's Business & Finance Editor and you can sign up for her scoops here.  Reed is Semafor's Technology Editor and his newsletter sign up is here.  —  THE SCOOP  —  Sam Bankman-Fried has parted ways with the white-shoe lawyers helping …

US moves to shield Saudi crown prince in journalist killing  —  The Biden administration declared Thursday that the high office held by Saudi Arabia's crown prince should shield him from lawsuits for his role in the killing of a U.S.-based journalist, a turnaround from Joe Biden's passionate …

Starbucks Workers Strike at Dozens of Stores Nationally  —  Workers said they were protesting the company's refusal to bargain in good faith and other anti-union activity.  —  Starbucks employees went on strike on Thursday at dozens of unionized locations nationwide, citing …

Election Day Problems Inflame Voter Fraud Conspiracies in Houston  —  Republicans have seized on issues that voters encountered at the polls in Texas's largest county last week to push for state intervention and more policing of elections.  —  Election officials in Harris County (Harris County Elections/Facebook)

Knife-wielding man entered New York Times building, demanded to speak to politics section: cops  —  A knife-wielding man walked into the New York Times building in Manhattan on Thursday and demanded to speak to “the politics section,” police said.  —  The deranged man — who had …