Why fewer states than ever could pick the next president  —  The results of this month's election point toward a 2024 presidential contest that will likely be decided by a tiny sliver of voters in a rapidly shrinking list of swing states realistically within reach for either party.

Ukraine Launches Assault to Oust Russia From Key Black Sea Peninsula  —  Kinburn Spit, occupied by Russia for months, lies at maritime choke point and is coveted prize for Kyiv  —  Ukraine's military said it launched an operation to push Russian forces from a strategic peninsula …

Trump's Jan. 6 supporters feted at his Mar-a-Lago campaign launch  —  When Donald Trump plunged into the 2024 presidential race last week at his Mar-a-Lago club, he was surrounded by sidekicks, superfans and self-described sycophants.  —  Among them was another subset of Trump world figures …

New AARP Georgia Poll: Voters 50+ May Tip Scales in Runoff Election  —  ATLANTA-Today, AARP Georgia released key findings from a 2022 runoff election survey that shows candidates should pay close attention to Georgians age 50 and older, with issues such as inflation and rising prices …

Exclusive: Naomi Biden On Her White House Wedding  —  On the Tuesday evening before her wedding, under the watchful eye of a Secret Service agent, Naomi Biden, 28, and her soon-to-be husband, Peter Neal, 25, came downstairs from their living quarters on the third floor of the White House residence to practice their first dance.

Mike Pence's Day-By-Day Account of Trump's Pressure Campaign Against Him  —  When Pence finally spoke out, it was too late.  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence has a lot to say in his new book, So Help Me God, about what he witnessed in the White House during the run-up to January 6th.

Musk's ‘free speech’ agenda dismantles safety work at Twitter, insiders say  —  Amid the wider turmoil since his takeover last month, Musk has moved rapidly to undermine Twitter's deliberative content-moderation system.  —  Hours after Elon Musk took control of Twitter in late October …

Sam Bankman-Fried, Elon Musk, and a secret text  —  Elon Musk used Twitter, the platform he now owns, to gleefully mock the meltdown of the crypto exchange FTX.  His “bullshit meter was redlining” when he met the crypto exchange's founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, Musk has said.

Elon Musk's 2022 Wealth Loss Exceeds $100 Billion for First Time  —  Elon Musk's losses for 2022 topped $100 billion as shares of Tesla Inc. dropped to the lowest level in two years.  —  The Tesla co-founder is still the world's richest person with a fortune of $169.8 billion …

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer makes historic pick for Michigan Supreme Court vacancy  —  Lansing — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has chosen state Rep. Kyra Harris Bolden to fill a seat on the Michigan Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman to serve on the state's high court.

Why Trump and Kevin McCarthy should fear a Warnock victory  —  If Sen. Raphael G. Warnock wins the runoff election in Georgia, the biggest losers might prove to be not just Herschel Walker and Mitch McConnell, but also Donald Trump and Kevin McCarthy.  —  Trump and House Minority Leader McCarthy appear …

Iran Arrests 2 Actresses for Participating in Protests  —  World Cup soccer players, movie personalities and other prominent Iranians have shown support for the protests that have engulfed the country.  —  At the World Cup in Qatar, Iran's soccer players on Monday declined to sing their country's national anthem.

Ian was one of the most lethal hurricanes in decades.  Many of the deaths were preventable.  —  Hurricane Ian killed at least 148 people in Florida, most of them in coastal communities where the danger of storm surge is well documented but not widely understood.

A broken soul: Adam Kinzinger  —  Neither Adam Kinzinger nor Liz Cheney interests me that much.  —  They seem to be driven by a monomania: hatred of Donald Trump.  It takes about 2 minutes to get their point, and there is nothing left to consider.  So I don't.

Turnout was down in the 2022 midterms, but not in these key states  —  Arizona, Pennsylvania, Nevada and New Hampshire all saw an increase in turnout from 2018.  —  Nearly 110 million American voters cast ballots in the 2022 midterms — with votes still being counted in Arizona and California.

Ralph Norman announced he will oppose Kevin McCarthy for speaker, the fifth GOP lawmaker to threaten his bid.  —  News and analysis from Capitol Hill for when you only have a few minutes, from POLITICO.

How one man quietly stitched the American safety net over four decades  —  Robert Greenstein isn't a household name.  But his career lobbying for the poor has changed the lives of millions of Americans.  —  When it comes to poverty in America, we have to hold two contradictory thoughts in our heads at the same time.

'I'm Done With You!'  Karine Jean-Pierre Blows Up at Reporter for Interrupting Colleague in Explosive Briefing Room Clash  —  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre admonished Today News Africa correspondent Simon Ateba for speaking out of turn in his attempt to ask a question of Dr. Anthony Fauci.