Supreme Court denies Trump bid to withhold tax returns from Congress  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for a congressional committee to examine Donald Trump's tax returns, denying without comment the former president's last-ditch effort to extend a legal battle that has consumed Congress and the courts for years.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Student Loan Pause Could Cost $275 Billion  —  Note: (11/22/2022): The Department of Education announced it would extend the pause to the sooner of 60 days after resolution of the student debt cancellation litigation or 60 days after June 30, 2023 (which would be the end of August, based on our understanding).

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.

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) …

Effectiveness of Bivalent mRNA Vaccines in Preventing Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection — Increasing Community Access to Testing Program, United States, September-November 2022  —  Ruth Link-Gelles, PhD1; Allison Avrich Ciesla, PhD1,2; Katherine E. Fleming-Dutra, MD1; Zachary R. Smith, MA3 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

'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.

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.

Elon Musk is unilaterally reinstating banned Twitter accounts, despite assuring civil rights groups and advertisers that he wouldn't  —  Musk has reinstated at least 11 previously banned right-wing accounts, including Donald Trump, Project Veritas, and Marjorie Taylor-Greene

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …