The US House Was Biased Toward Democrats in 2022: Why Republicans Are Developing a Geography Problem  —  In the 2012 Presidential Election, Democrat Barack Obama decisively defeated Republican Mitt Romney.  Obama won 332 electoral votes and the national Presidential popular vote by nearly 4%.

The inside story of Trump's explosive dinner with Ye and Nick Fuentes  —  Just two days before Thanksgiving, Donald Trump was planning to have a private, uneventful dinner with an old friend: Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.  —  The two had arranged to break bread Tuesday night …

RNC commissions ‘review’ of party tactics after disappointing midterm  —  The Republican National Committee is launching a review of the party's performance in the midterm election and bringing on a team of outside advisers to help guide strategy, as the GOP reckons with its disappointing performance in the election.

Aren't You Embarrassed? … It's become immensely embarrassing to be a conservative in the United States.  —  Many of us have coped with that embarrassment by reregistering as independents.  A few found it so intolerable that they changed their views on policy altogether.

New York City Will Hospitalize More Mentally Ill People Involuntarily  —  Mayor Eric Adams directed city agencies, including the Police Department, to take people who appear mentally ill and seem likely to harm others to hospitals for psychiatric care.  —  Mayor Eric Adams announced …

With Intimidation and Surveillance, China Tries to Snuff Out Protests  —  Communist Party officials are using decades-old tactics, along with some new ones, to quash the most widespread protests in decades.  But Xi Jinping is silent.  —  After China's boldest and most widespread protests in decades …

Democrats prepare to upend presidential primary calendar  —  The list of states with the biggest say in Democratic presidential contests could get a big shake-up this week.  —  A flurry of public and private lobbying to reformat the longtime early-state lineup of Iowa, New Hampshire …

A Letter to the DeSantis Fan-Boys From a Real Never Trumper  —  Level-setting on the New Precious.  —  In 2024, the chosen one will be Gov. Ron DeSantis.  It has thus been decreed by the old-guard members of Conservative Inc. Or at least the ones calculating enough to have survived the MAGA takeover.

Russian Retreat Reveals Signs of an Atrocity in a Ukrainian Village  —  In the southern Kherson region, the pattern seen in eastern Ukraine is repeating: The withdrawal of Russian forces yields evidence of possible war crimes.  —  PRAVDYNE, Ukraine — First came small pieces of bone.

Layoffs Have Gutted Twitter's Child Safety Team  —  Just one person remains to enforce the company's ban on child sexual abuse content across Japan and the Asia Pacific region.  —  Removing child exploitation is “priority #1”, Twitter's new owner and CEO Elon Musk declared last week.

Congressional Leaders Say They Will Act to Prevent Rail Strike  —  President Biden said that the prospect of a strike next month had put the U.S. economy “at risk.”  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress vowed on Tuesday to pass legislation averting a nationwide rail strike …

The yuan's the new dollar as Russia rides to the redback  —  Chinese entrepreneur Wang Min is delighted about Russia's embrace of the yuan.  His LED lights company can price contracts to Russian customers in yuan rather than dollars or euros, and they can pay him in yuan.  It's “win-win”, he says.

Anthony Ornato, a Key Jan. 6 Witness, to Speak With House Panel  —  Mr. Ornato, a former Secret Service agent and White House aide, is at the center of a dispute over competing accounts of President Donald J. Trump's actions.  —  WASHINGTON — Anthony M. Ornato, the former Secret Service agent …

Elon Musk says Apple threatened to remove Twitter from App Store  —  In a series of tweets, the billionaire says Apple also has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter  —  Elon Musk on Monday went on a tear against Apple, Twitter's top advertiser, after he said the company threatened to block …

US courts ruling in favor of justice department turns legal tide on Trump  —  The ex-president's supporters will no longer be able to avoid testifying before grand juries in Washington DC and Georgia  —  spate of major court rulings rejecting claims of executive privilege and other arguments …

‘The Godfather, Saudi-style’: inside the palace coup that brought MBS to power  —  Not long ago, Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Nayef, was all set to assume power.  But his ambitious young cousin had a ruthless plan to seize control for himself  —  he Saudi prince was detained all night.

Twitter is no longer enforcing its Covid misinformation policy  —  New York CNN Business —  Twitter said it will no longer enforce its longstanding Covid misinformation policy, yet another sign of how Elon Musk plans to transform the social media company he bought a month ago.

Arizona secretary of state sues GOP-controlled county over refusal to certify election results  —  Cochise County has repeatedly refused to certify its results from the Nov. 8 election.  The deadline for certification is Nov. 28.  —  Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs sued …

Was She Ready to Be a Mother?  A Judge Got to Decide.  —  As abortion access dwindles, America's ‘parental involvement’ laws weigh even more heavily on teenagers — who may need a court's permission to end their pregnancies.  —  To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.