How Trump's legacy became ‘pure poison’ for independents  —  The highly touted red wave in last month's midterm election failed to develop largely because it hit a wall of resistance among independent voters, especially across the key battleground states.  And that presents difficult questions for Republicans looking forward to 2024.

Ukraine Targets Bases Deep in Russia, Showing Expanded Reach  —  Launching drones at air bases 300 miles from its own territory, Ukraine changed the geography of the war.  It said it had developed drones with a range of over 600 miles.  —  KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine executed its most brazen attack …

Warnock Claims Momentum in Georgia, as Walker Banks on Election Day Turnout  —  On the eve of Georgia's Senate runoff, Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, warned his supporters about being overconfident.  Herschel Walker urged Republicans to flood the polls on Tuesday.

Kevin McCarthy faces debt-limit dilemma as House GOP ratchets up demands amid speaker bid  —  House Republicans are plotting tactics for their new majority and weighing how to use their leverage to enact a laundry list of demands, with many zeroing in on an issue with enormous economic implications: Raising the nation's borrowing limit.

The Constitution is more important than any former president  —  Now that former President Donald Trump has called for the suspension of the Constitution when it suits his ends, every elected Republican should ostracize him.  —  Nobody who advocates the “termination of all rules, regulations …

Capitol Police chief: Jan. 6 failures ‘largely’ fixed but extremism threat persists  —  Congressional leaders will bestow their highest honor — the Congressional gold medal —  to the United States Capitol Police and Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department for defending …

Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is GOP  —  Herschel Walker, Bill Bennett, and Donald Trump's legacy.  —  Reagan-era Education Secretary William Bennett had a moment last week: On November 29, Simon & Schuster released a thirtieth-anniversary updated edition of his 1993 bestseller, The Book of Virtues.

Global Car Supply Chains Entangled With Abuses in Xinjiang, Report Says  —  A new report on the auto industry cites extensive links to Xinjiang, where the U.S. government now presumes goods are made with forced labor.  —  The global auto industry remains heavily exposed to the Xinjiang region …

Trump's committee paying for lawyers of key Mar-a-Lago witnesses  —  Save America PAC has spent millions on Trump-related legal fees, filings show; some say paying for witness's lawyers poses a conflict  —  Former president Donald Trump's political action committee is paying legal bills …

In Sweeping Legal Overhaul, Indonesia Outlaws Sex Outside Marriage  —  Parliament also approved a law that criminalizes criticism of the government, delivering a blow to the country's progressive reputation.  —  Indonesia has long been known as a widely tolerant nation at the forefront …

Rupert Murdoch to be deposed in $1.6 billion defamation case against Fox  —  The Fox Corp chairman is the highest-profile individual to be questioned in the case, which hinges on Fox's coverage of the 2020 presidential election.  —  Rupert Murdoch, the 91-year-old chairman …

Top evangelicals are backing away from Donald Trump  —  Call it a crisis of faith.  Despite appointing the conservative judges who ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade — and fervently courting the religious right during his presidency — prominent evangelicals are beginning to shy away …

GOP senators tune out House conservatives' impeachment calls  —  House conservatives want their party to go big on impeachment next year.  Across the Capitol, Senate Republicans on their would-be jury are not ready to convict.  —  While House GOP leaders feel intense pressure …

Stacey Abrams's Georgia Nonprofit Could Face Criminal Investigations for Unlicensed Fundraising  —  New Georgia Project's charity license has lapsed in at least nine states  —  Stacey Abrams's New Georgia Project is collecting donations without a license in at least nine states …

Senators Seek Deal to End Cocaine Sentencing Disparity Before Year-End  —  A group of senators is working to lessen the disparity in federal sentencing between drug offenses involving crack and powder cocaine by attaching it to an annual defense bill, according to people familiar with the negotiations.

Major Break Coming in the JFK Assassination Story  —  The CIA is concealing a secret operation that involved accused assassin Oswald.  —  Many Americans wonder why the CIA is still concealing records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which happened nearly 60 years ago.

U.S. Government Told Spy to Stay Home From British Teen Death Trial  —  Anne Sacoolas will be sentenced Thursday after admitting she drove her Volvo down the wrong side of the road when she hit teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn, killing him.  —  Correspondent-At-Large

FBI Ramps Up Spending to Fight MAGA Terrorism  —  The FBI is conducting three times as many domestic terrorism investigations than it was five years ago, with 70 percent of its open cases focused on “civil unrest” and anti-government activity, according to FBI documents and government specialists.

Why Is Marjorie Taylor Greene Like This?  —  This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday.  Sign up for it here.  —  I.  —  She was very late.