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Twitter Keeps Missing Its Advertising Targets as Woes Mount  —  Under Elon Musk, the company has cut its financial expectations as some advertisers request discounts and are offered incentives.  —  The World Cup has historically been a boon for Twitter, bringing in record traffic and an influx of advertising dollars.

The Mysterious Fourth Man At The Trump-Ye Dinner Tells His Story  —  “I was there as a spectator.  I was just along for the ride,” said Jamar Montgomery, who told HuffPost he met Ye just a few days before joining him, Nick Fuentes and Donald Trump for dinner.

Dems move to make South Carolina, not Iowa, 1st voting state  —  Democrats voted Friday to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South Carolina starting in 2024, a dramatic shakeup championed by President Joe Biden to better reflect the party's deeply diverse electorate.

N.Y. Attorney General's Top Aide Resigns After Sexual Harassment Claims  —  Ibrahim Khan had been Letitia James's chief of staff for close to a decade.  —  The longtime chief of staff to Letitia James, the New York attorney general, has resigned amid an investigation into misconduct …

Twitter unbans neo-Nazi who said women should be ‘raped and locked in cages’  —  On Friday, Rolling Stone reported that under Elon Musk's new Twitter policies, one of the world's most notorious neo-Nazi activists has had his account restored to the platform: Andrew Anglin, the founder of the infamous website Stormfront.

Drugs killed 8 friends, one by one, in a tragedy seen across the U.S.  —  Video by Drea Cornejo and Hope Davison  —  GREENVILLE, N.C. — On that terrible day nine years ago, Ellie Laughinghouse Crout was running late.  The memorial service for her half sister was starting in an hour and she still hadn't left home.

Gun-Toting WV Judge Was an Even Bigger Asshole Than We Knew  —  Judge David Hummel pulled a gun while presiding in court.  A new report by West Virginia officials reveals he also made little girls cry and improperly spent taxpayer cash.  —  The same West Virginia judge who was exposed …

Biden Urges Politicians to Call Out and Reject Anti-Semitism  —  Comments come amid rising attacks and threats against Jewish communities in U.S.  —  President Biden urged political leaders to repudiate anti-Semitism and denounced Holocaust deniers in a tweet Friday.

Kevin McCarthy reveals exactly how the GOP House will protect Trump  —  As Republicans prepare to take over the House, they clearly see one of their highest missions as transforming the lower chamber into Donald Trump's 24/7 personal shield against accountability.

S.B.F.'s McConnell Money Tickle  —  In his previous life as crypto boy king, S.B.F. was fetishized as a modern Soros.  But he cared about power and relevance, which is why, yes, he gave some dark-money to Republicans, too.  —  In the final months of this year's midterms cycle …

Trump's legal woes just keep piling up  —  Two of Donald Trump's top White House lawyers appeared before at least one grand jury Friday, visiting the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C. amid multiple criminal probes involving the former president.  —  Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone exited …

Top Republicans Are Attacking Hakeem Jeffries as an ‘Election Denier.’ Here's Why That Label Is Misleading  —  In recent days, some top Republicans have called Rep. Hakeem Jeffries an “election denier,” starting a line of attack against the New York Democrat after he was chosen to lead his party as House Minority Leader next year.

Harris' comms director, Jamal Simmons, is set to depart from office  —  Jamal Simmons, communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris, is leaving his role after about a year in the post.  He is expected to depart next month.  —  “Working for Vice President Harris has been an honor and a privilege …

In Georgia runoff, GOP worries about Walker, Trump and party's future  —  Republicans have grown increasingly nervous about an election that reflects larger concerns  —  ATLANTA — Republicans have grown increasingly nervous about the final U.S. Senate election of the midterms …

The GOP Can't Hide From Extremism  —  The role of extremist white nationalists in the GOP may be approaching an inflection point.  —  The backlash against former President Donald Trump's meeting with Nick Fuentes, an avowed racist, anti-Semite, and Christian nationalist …