Supreme Court clears way for Trump tax returns to go to Congress  —  High court again rules against former president Donald Trump in a case involving his finances, requests to withhold information  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for a congressional committee …

Chesapeake Walmart mass shooting: Multiple fatalities, injuries  —  CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Chesapeake police say the suspect behind a mass shooting at a Walmart just off Battlefield Blvd. is dead.  —  It's still unclear just how many people were killed or injured in the shooting …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

McCarthy calls on DHS Secretary Mayorkas to resign, threatens impeachment inquiry  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) called on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border, saying that GOP lawmakers will consider impeachment next year if he does not step down.

Florida Legislature poised to change law to aid a DeSantis presidential run  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida's top Republican leaders say they are willing to change state law to smooth the way for Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president in 2024.  —  Both House Speaker Paul Renner (R-Palm Coast) …

AP fired a reporter after a dangerous blunder.  Slack messages reveal a chaotic process.  —  Your Email addressSign Up  —  A 10-minute miscommunication on Slack between journalists at the Associated Press resulted in an erroneous report last week that appeared momentarily to bring tensions between NATO …

Bolsonaro challenges Brazil election he lost to Lula  —  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has challenged the election he lost last month to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, arguing votes from some machines should be “invalidated” in a complaint that election authorities met with initial skepticism.

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 …

Scoop: U.S. creates special representative post focused solely on Palestinian affairs  —  The Biden administration notified congress on Tuesday that it has appointed Hady Amr as a new special representative for Palestinian affairs, a senior State Department official said.

To Boost Turnout, Some Cities Just Synced Up Their Local Elections With National Cycles  —  Voters across the country approved ballot measures earlier this month that will move their local elections from odd-numbered to even-numbered years.  The changes are primed to send turnout soaring …

After Pushing Conspiracies, Tulsi Gabbard Lectures Special Ops Students on Avoiding Disinformation  —  Former Democratic congresswoman and conservative-media pundit Tulsi Gabbard gave a guest lecture to students at the Army's psychological warfare school last week on several topics, including disinformation, Military.com has learned.

Failures of capital punishment: Alabama, Missouri, and Oklahoma  —  Incompetence, racism, and ... wanting to kill so badly that you set an execution date when the man isn't even in your custody.  —  The death penalty has been in the news a lot in month of November, with three executions carried …

WBTV mourning the loss of meteorologist Jason Myers, pilot Chip Tayag  —  The two people were killed in a helicopter crash.  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - WBTV Meteorologist Jason Myers and Sky3 pilot Chip Tayag were killed in a helicopter crash early Tuesday afternoon.

Mike Pence staffs up with an eye on 2024  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence is building out his political staff, the latest indication that he's prepping a White House bid that will pit him against his former boss, ex-President Donald Trump.  —  Ali Kjergaard, a spokesperson for outgoing Nebraska …

Two new movies, ‘Till’ and ‘U.S. and the Holocaust,’ help us connect the dots between Jim Crow and fascism With Kanye and Kyrie Irving dominating the news, the connections between victims of white supremacy are more relevant than ever  —  In 1937, as a correspondent for the Baltimore Afro-American covering …