FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried charged with campaign finance violations in criminal indictment  — Federal prosecutors accused FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who made nearly $40 million in political contributions in the 2022 election cycle, with violating multiple campaign finance laws.

2022 Review: How Republicans Lost Despite Winning the Popular Vote  —  There were several reasons Republicans struggled to translate votes into seats, including candidate quality and strength in the wrong places.  —  Here's a figure about the 2022 midterm elections that might surprise you …

Mark Meadows Exchanged Texts With 34 Members Of Congress About Plans To Overturn The 2020 Election  —  The Messages Included Battle Cries, Crackpot Legal Theories, And ‘Invoking Marshall Law!!’  —  White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows exchanged text messages with at least 34 Republican members …

Goodbye, Twitter  —  Everything Ends, And That's Okay.  —  Today I was thinking of all the websites I've spent time on, and the people I've met there.  —  I messed around on the internet in the days of screeching dial-up modems, but I didn't really start to contribute regularly to online communities until 1995 or so.

Trump in trouble: Republican support for his 2024 bid falls amid political, legal setbacks  —  By double digits, GOP voters prefer DeSantis as the 2024 presidential nominee  —  Republican support for Donald Trump's presidential bid in 2024 has cratered, an exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds …

Covid vaccines averted 3 million deaths in U.S., according to new study  —  This Wednesday will mark two years since nurse Sandra Lindsay became the first person in the U.S. to receive a Covid-19 vaccine outside of a clinical trial.  A study released Tuesday by the Commonwealth Fund shows …

CPI Report Shows U.S. Inflation Eased in November  —  Price increases have eased this fall from a four-decade high earlier in year, while Federal Reserve continues to move aggressively  —  Consumer prices rose last month at the slowest 12-month pace since December 2021 …

Washington Post caught stealth-editing report that initially labeled Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss ‘conservative’  —  Taibbi, Weiss have reported this month on Twitter files released by new CEO Elon Musk  —  Recent release of ‘Twitter files’ reveals employees were ecstatic over Trump ban

Mass Migrant Crossing Floods Texas Border Facilities  —  The arrival of up to 1,000 migrants, the latest big group to have crossed the border, was one of the largest single crossings in recent years in West Texas, which has seen a surge in migration.  —  EL PASO — After nightfall on Sunday …

The midterms should be a stake through the heart of the mobilization myth  —  Turnout was great for Republicans, but they lost most of the key races anyway  —  In recent years, I've become obsessed with making an argument that would have struck people as too obvious to even write about 20 years ago …

Putin Skips Annual News Conference, Avoiding Possible Questions on War  —  The December event has offered reporters rare — albeit stage-managed — chances to pose hard questions.  With the war going poorly for Russia, that could have been awkward.  —  It has been an annual ritual …

The Worst Job In Washington?  Dems Struggle To Find Senate Campaign Head  —  Kyrsten Sinema's party switch is only making the hardest job in American politics worse.  —  The only thing harder than protecting Democrats' 51-seat majority during the 2024 election cycle might be finding a senator willing to take on the job.

UK Unveils Crackdown on Asylum Claims Amid Immigration Row  —  Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled plans to tackle the UK's swelling backlog of asylum claims including making it harder for arrivals from Albania to stay in Britain.  —  The premier unveiled a five-point plan to bear down on what he called …

Amnesty?  Many Voters Think It Would Make Immigration Problem Worse  —  Congress is reportedly considering an amnesty for illegal immigrants, but a plurality of voters believe this would only worsen the current border crisis.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone …

10 years after Sandy Hook shooting, gun safety movement highlights major wins  —  WASHINGTON — What a difference a decade makes for America's gun laws.  —  Just months after a horrific mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School shocked the country in 2012, the gun violence prevention movement suffered …

Feinstein says she won't step down early from Senate  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Monday she has every intention of serving the remainder of her Senate term and is still deliberating whether to retire in 2024.  —  The latest comments from California's senior senator echo what she has previously said on the topic.

Sam Brinton Out at Department of Energy After Alleged Bag Theft, Questions About ‘Conversion Therapy’ Story  —  The U.S. Department of Energy appears to have parted ways with Sam Brinton, the nonbinary Biden administration nuclear official who is facing charges for allegedly stealing two pieces of luggage at two separate airports.