Trump Embraces Extremism as He Seeks to Reclaim Office  —  As he gets his presidential campaign underway, Donald J. Trump has aligned himself with forces that used to be outside the mainstream of American politics.  —  WASHINGTON — The conviction of the leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia …

‘I like Hitler,’ Kanye West says, denies Holocaust in Alex Jones interview  —  The rapper also asserted that Hitler, who West said had redeeming qualities, “didn't kill 6 million Jews.”  —  American rapper Kanye West praised Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and denied the Holocaust in a disturbing …

Hate Speech's Rise on Twitter Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find  —  Problematic content and formerly barred accounts have increased sharply in the short time since Elon Musk took over, researchers said.  —  Sheera Frenkel writes about misinformation and social media platforms.

CNN Poll: Warnock holds a narrow edge over Walker in final undecided Senate contest  —  In the final undecided Senate contest of 2022, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia holds a narrow lead over Republican challenger Herschel Walker among those likely to vote in a runoff election Tuesday …

Payrolls and wages blow past expectations, flying in the face of Fed rate hikes  — Nonfarm payrolls increased 263,000 for the month while the unemployment rate was 3.7%, the Labor Department reported Friday.  — The payrolls number was well above the 200,000 estimate, while the unemployment rate was in line.

Alex Jones files for bankruptcy following $1 bln Sandy Hook verdict  —  Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones filed for bankruptcy on Friday, less than two months after a jury ordered him and the parent company of his Infowars website to pay nearly $1 billion for spreading lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting.

Appeals Court Scraps Special Master Review in Trump Documents Case  —  The panel's decision removed a major obstacle that for more than two months had hindered the Justice Department's investigation into Mr. Trump's handling of sensitive government documents.

Pennsylvania Republicans reconsider their war on mail voting  —  PHILADELPHIA — For the past two years, Republican officials in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania have blasted mail voting, firing off lawsuits and bills aimed at crippling the balloting method that has become increasingly popular post-pandemic.

Biden wants South Carolina, not Iowa, first in shakeup of presidential selection process  —  Brianne Pfannenstiel Francesca Chambers Todd Spangler Joey GarrisonDes Moines Register  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden is recommending a massive overhaul of the presidential nominating calendar …

House Dems pass some more torches  —  With help from Burgess Everett, Kyle Cheney and Katherine Tully-McManus  —  CAUCUS CHANGES — It's not just House Democrats as a whole who are passing the torch this week.  Key groups within the caucus are also holding their own elections …

Smoke and mirrors: Inside the murky $200M effort to kickstart NY's marijuana industry … New York's equity-focused rollout of its legal marijuana market relies heavily on a $200 million fund to support the state's first retailers.  —  Yet the team picked to raise and manage that money …

Uvalde officials say local prosecutor impeded investigation into police response to shooting  —  In a lawsuit filed Thursday, the city of Uvalde says the district attorney is restricting information needed by its independent investigator.  Uvalde wants a judge to compel the prosecutor to hand …

On TikTok, Chinese State Media Pushes Divisive Videos About U.S. Politicians  —  Many of the videos attacked specific U.S. politicians before the midterm elections and pushed divisive social issues, without clear labels disclosing they were coming from state-controlled media.

CFO JIMMY PATRONIS: FLORIDA TREASURY DIVESTING FROM BLACKROCK  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Today, Florida Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis announced that the Florida Treasury will begin divesting $2 billion worth of assets currently under management by BlackRock.

Sen. Gillibrand Hires Former Crypto Lawyer  —  Dorothy DeWitt, who was general counsel at Coinbase, is the New York senator's new chief counsel for finance.  —  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) speaks to reporters during the election night party for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, November 8, 2022, in New York.

Cochise vote totals OK'd; reluctant supervisor joins colleague to certify results  —  Mary Jo Pitzl Ryan RandazzoArizona Republic  —  Compelled by a court order, the Cochise County Board of Supervisors certified the results of the Nov. 8 election Thursday on a 2-0 vote.

Ukraine war: Zelensky aide reveals up to 13,000 war dead  —  Up to 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since the start of Russia's invasion, a senior official has said.  —  Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said between 10,000 and 13,000 troops had died.