Former Anti-Abortion Leader Alleges Another Supreme Court Breach  —  Years before the leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, a landmark contraception ruling was disclosed, according to a minister who led a secretive effort to influence justices.  —  As the Supreme Court investigates …

Trump campaign announcement deepens Republicans' civil war  —  Republicans are now soul searching over how they lost a very winnable Senate and bracing for two tumultuous years in the House - and many blame Trump  —  ike Lindell was full of passionate intensity.

Trump says he 'won't partake' in special counsel investigation, slams as ‘worst politicization of justice’  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed former DOJ official Jack Smith to lead Trump investigations regarding records held at Mar-a-Lago, Jan. 6  —  AG Garland to appoint special counsel in Trump Mar-a-Lago, Jan. 6 probes

Elon Musk's Twitter Teeters on the Edge After Another 1,200 Leave  —  Mr. Musk sent emails on Friday asking to learn about Twitter's underlying technology as key infrastructure teams have been decimated.  —  Elon Musk sent a flurry of emails to Twitter employees on Friday morning with a plea.

Stealthy Kherson resistance fighters undermined Russian occupying forces  —  KHERSON, Ukraine — Ihor didn't even know the first name of the person who contacted him.  The man said he was a member of Ukraine's Special Operations Forces and wanted to know if Ihor was interested in helping fight …

Elizabeth Holmes Brushed Off Patient Risks: 'They Don't Put Pretty People Like Me in Jail'  —  Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes reportedly told a Walgreens consultant that “They don't put pretty people like me in jail,” according to a government filing ahead of the sentencing hearing Friday.

New York Post Takes Aim at Trump, and Hits a Nerve  —  The paper's increasingly harsh coverage has gotten the news media and political worlds talking about whether the Murdoch media empire has broken permanently from the former president.  —  Since Election Day last week …

Tom Petty's estate tells Kari Lake to back down on song  —  Tom Petty, in his famous rock anthem, vowed never to back down.  Now, his heirs are telling Kari Lake to back off from using the song to promote her “failed campaign” for Arizona governor.  —  Petty's estate is threatening legal action …

BREAKING: Judge allows Saturday voting before U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia  —  State law allows Saturday voting after Thanksgiving holidays, judge rules  —  A judge ruled that Georgia law allows Saturday voting before the runoff for the U.S. Senate, finding that polling places can open …

Iranian Protesters Attack Khomeini's Childhood Home as Unrest Spreads  —  The house where the Islamic revolution's founder grew up was set on fire during a fresh surge of anger over the government's killing of children, including three in the city of Izeh.  —  Three months into a nationwide uprising …

'You Didn't Love America That Day': Federal Judge Sends Jan. 6 Rioter to Prison for Obstruction, Stealing Coat Rack and Bourbon from Capitol  —  The Ohio man who stole a bottle of bourbon and a coat rack from the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 — and admitted lying in his trial testimony …

House Republicans announce plans to produce content for Fox News  —  Before we get too far into the incoming House Republican majority's plans for putting pressure on President Biden, consider this tweet from the party's caucus on the House Judiciary Committee.

Michelle Obama: Americans 'weren't ready' for my natural hair  —  Former First Lady Michelle Obama is opening up about the pressures of playing it straight.  —  The mother of two, 58, revealed how she felt Americans “weren't ready” for her natural hair as they were still “getting adjusted” …

Maldives minister: negotiators reach deal on climate fund  —  Negotiators say they have struck a potential breakthrough deal on the thorniest issue of United Nations climate talks, creation of a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich nations' carbon pollution.

Lawsuit Filed to Reverse Approval, Access to Abortion Pill  —  The action was filed by a conservative legal group that helped challenge the Roe v. Wade decision overturned by Supreme Court  —  Medical Abortions: The Science Behind How Abortion Pills Work  —  Created with sketchtool.

Joe Biden, gay icon  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  President JOE BIDEN, on the cusp of his 80th birthday, can sometimes sound like a throwback with his colloquialisms …

Judge punts Psaki social-media subpoena fight  —  A federal magistrate judge in Virginia openly scoffed Friday at White House press secretary Jen Psaki's efforts to escape a deposition in a suit over alleged pressure on social media firms to censor posts on topics like Covid-19 vaccines and election fraud.