Chesapeake Walmart mass shooting: 7 dead, including the shooter  —  7 dead, including the gunman  —  CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Authorities say 7 people, including the suspect, are dead following a mass shooting Tuesday night at a Walmart just off Battlefield Blvd. in Chesapeake, Virginia.

Accountant testifies Trump claimed decade of huge tax losses  —  Donald Trump reported losses on his tax returns every year for a decade, including nearly $700 million in 2009 and $200 million in 2010, his longtime accountant testified Tuesday, confirming long-held suspicions about the former president's tax practices.

LGBTQ club shooting suspect's troubled past was obscured by a name change, records show  —  After suffering online bullying as a boy, Anderson Lee Aldrich altered his identity, documents confirm  —  Years before he allegedly walked into a Colorado LGBTQ bar with an assault-style rifle …

Buffeted by Economic Woes, U.K. Starts to Look at Brexit With ‘Bregret’  —  Stung by inflation and bracing for tax increases, the country is in the midst of its gravest slump in a generation, leading many to wonder how much the split with the European Union is to blame.

Elon Musk's Twitter Reinstates Anti-Trans Activists on Same Weekend as Club Q Attacked  —  As the LGBTQ community mourned the people killed in the Colorado attack, the social media site brought back influencers who had previously run afoul of its anti-trans harassment policy.  —  Mack Lamoureux

Drones over D.C.: Senators alarmed over potential Chinese spy threat  —  Hundreds of Chinese-manufactured drones have been detected in restricted airspace over Washington, D.C., in recent months, a trend that national security agencies fear could become a new means for foreign espionage.

Ukrainian energy systems on brink of collapse after weeks of Russian bombing  —  KYIV, Ukraine — After just six weeks of intense bombing of energy infrastructure, Russia has battered Ukraine to the brink of a humanitarian disaster this winter as millions of people potentially face life …

UK's Top Court Quashes Scotland's Bid for New Independence Vote  —  The UK's top judges threw out an attempt by the Scottish government to bypass Westminster and call a second independence referendum, thwarting nationalist leader Nicola Sturgeon's plan for a vote next year.

How SBF Created the New Playbook for Manipulating Washington, D.C.  —  Disgraced FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried bent Washington to his will using “every mechanism available,” with sophistication and speed.  “He played D.C. like a fiddle.”  —  In late May, Sam Bankman-Fried joined a roundtable put …

Kanye West Used Porn, Bullying, ‘Mind Games’ to Control Staff  —  Former Yeezy team members claim West showed them explicit images of Kim Kardashian and used fear and manipulation to assert dominance.  A scathing open letter to Adidas claims execs “turned their moral compass off”

Appeals court is dubious of Trump's arguments for special master review of Mar-a-Lago search  —  A panel of federal appeals court judges - all appointed by Republican presidents - on Tuesday were dubious of former President Donald Trump's arguments for why the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago required …

White House Extends Pause on Student Loan Payments  —  The Biden administration said it will hold off on collecting payments to give courts time to rule on lawsuits that have blocked the president's debt cancellation plan.  —  The Biden administration extended the years-long pause …

Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker getting tax break in 2022 on Texas home intended for primary residence  —  Republican Herschel Walker is getting a tax break intended only for a primary residence this year on his home in the Dallas, Texas, area, despite running for Senate in Georgia.

The educational divide between voters is growing  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  As we approach Thanksgiving, THANK YOU to all of our readers and for your thoughtful emails.  We're grateful you're taking this journey with us.  —  PROGRAMMING NOTE: To celebrate Thanksgiving …

Judge Upholds $49 Million Verdict Against Alex Jones, Despite Cap  —  Texas law limits punitive damages to far below what a jury awarded in a lawsuit brought by the parents of a Sandy Hook victim, but the judge called it “a rare case.”  —  A Texas judge said on Tuesday that she would order …

Joe Manchin Charted a Better Course for House GOP  —  There are roughly two dozen House Republicans who, based on the midterm results or their districts' makeup, are likely to face difficult re-election battles in 2024.  While these Republicans typically get far less attention …