Trump's Latest Dinner Guest: Nick Fuentes, White Supremacist  —  The former president's table for four at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday also included Kanye West, whose antisemitic statements have made him an entertainment-industry outcast.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump on Tuesday night …

A Rising Star in the Biden Administration Faces a $100 Billion Test  —  Gina Raimondo, the commerce secretary, has made a career of tackling increasingly larger challenges.  Could the next one be too big?  —  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Gina Raimondo, the commerce secretary …

One Worrying Sign for Democrats in the Midterm Results  —  This month's midterm results gave Democrats plenty of reasons for optimism about their prospects for keeping the White House in 2024.  —  Despite presiding over 8 percent inflation, the party managed to muster one of the best midterm performances …

Newsom Told the White House He Won't Challenge Biden  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom has won three elections in five years in America's largest state, is apoplectic about his party's messaging defects and follows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the right-wing media ecosystem with a zeal …

Twitter has lost 50 of its top 100 advertisers since Elon Musk took over, report says  —  Half of Twitter's top 100 advertisers appear to no longer be advertising on the website.  A report from Media Matters for America states that these 50 advertisers have spent almost $2 billion …

Western sanctions catch up with Russia's wartime economy  —  When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched last month a new council for coordinating supplies for the Russian army, he seemed to recognize the scale of the economic problems facing the country, and his sense of urgency was palpable.

‘Is Washington still our ally?’:  EU accuses US of PROFITEERING from Ukraine war through sales of guns and gas and threatens trade war - as top diplomats moan Biden's green subsidies mean European businesses are relocating to US  — European Union officials are accusing the United States …

GOP voter turnout at presidential levels, outpaces Democrats in N.Y. governor's race  —  But Zeldin needed substantially more support from unaffiliated voters to defeat Hochul, and didn't find it  —  ALBANY — A last-minute push by top national Democrats to turn out the vote in New York City …

At Protests, Guns Are Doing the Talking  —  Armed Americans, often pushing a right-wing agenda, are increasingly using open-carry laws to intimidate opponents and shut down debate.  —  Across the country, openly carrying a gun in public is no longer just an exercise in self-defense …

Elon Musk and the Narcissism/Radicalization Maelstrom  —  It's a fascinating thing to watch far-right radicalization unfold in real time.  I've been watching the Elon Musk and Twitter drama with a mix of fascination and awe.  He bought Twitter as part of his romance with the “free speech"/anti-"cancel culture" right and Donald Trump.

Former surgeon general faces his wife's cancer — and the ‘Trump Effect’  —  Jerome Adams and his wife, Lacey, want to tell a personal story about melanoma and cancer prevention.  But it is hard to excise the stigma of serving under the former president.  —  Former surgeon general Jerome Adams …

Ukraine war: Facing a harsh winter on the front line  —  Ukraine's energy infrastructure has come under attack from Russia once again this week, leaving millions without power.  As temperatures drop below freezing around the country, there are fears Moscow - struggling to win the war it started - is “weaponising winter”.