Sam Bankman-Fried's Harsh Bahamas Jail Could Shift His Stance on Extradition  —  The grim conditions FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is encountering in the Bahamas prison where he's currently being held could change his attitude on extradition to face fraud charges in the US.

Twitter Suspends Accounts Sharing Live Locations, Including the Tracker of Elon Musk's Private Jet  —  Mr. Musk says real-time posting of people's locations violates doxing policies; he previously said he wouldn't suspend the @ElonJet account  —  Elon Musk's Unconventional Management Style: Former Employees Share Stories

Lowest Opinion Of Trump Among Voters In Seven Years, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Biden Approval Rating Climbs  — mail_outline  —  As former President Donald Trump seeks to return to the Oval Office, 31 percent of registered voters have a favorable opinion of him …

Leonard Leo's Latest Supreme Court Play  —  The conservative activist's dark money network is bankrolling groups pressing the high court to gut election, affirmative action, and discrimination laws.  —  Flush with money after receiving the largest-known political advocacy donation in U.S. history …

DOJ and SEC charge social media influencers in alleged $100 million stock pump and dump scheme  — Federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission charged seven social media influencers with using Twitter and Discord to commit securities fraud that netted them more than $100 million in illicit gains.

Thiel's Red Scare  —  Despite concern that a demoralized and “blackpilled” Peter Thiel might retreat from G.O.P. fundraising after his midterm setback in Arizona, the conservative billionaire has a few thoughts for the Republican Party.  On Tuesday evening, Thiel delivered a searing indictment …

U.S. planning to give Ukraine smart-bomb kits  —  Joint Direct Attack Munition kits incorporate global positioning devices for precision and can be bolted onto a variety of weapons and aircraft  —  The Biden administration is planning to send Ukraine advanced electronic equipment …

Pete's campaign in waiting  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Lauren Egan and Allie Bice.  —  Two years into the Biden administration, infrastructure for another potential PETE BUTTIGIEG bid for office lies in waiting.

Man who allegedly threatened to kill Arizona election official facing federal charges  —  An Ohio man who allegedly threatened to kill an Arizona state election official during the 2022 midterm election season is now facing federal charges, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

The supply chain that keeps tech flowing to Russia  —  In March this year, a new firm appeared in Turkey's corporate registry.  Azu International Ltd Sti described itself as a wholesale trader of IT products, and a week later began shipping U.S. computer parts to Russia.

‘Nightmare’ Warehouse Fire Erases Evidence in Many Unsolved Cases  —  Lawyers say evidence in cold cases and bids for exoneration disappeared or was ruined when a Police Department storage facility in Brooklyn went up in flames.  —  When a massive Police Department warehouse burned Tuesday …

White House to restart free Covid home test program  —  The Biden administration plans to reopen a partnership with the U.S. Postal Service to mail free at-home Covid-19 tests to households that request them, four people familiar with the matter told POLITICO.

Texts Show How Members Of Congress Advanced ‘Antifa’ Conspiracy Theories In The Wake Of Jan. 6  —  Within two hours of protesters breaking the first barricades at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, right-wing politicians and media figures were already texting President Trump's Chief …

Florida pastor and his son are arrested in alleged $8 million Covid scam  —  A Florida pastor and his son were arrested Wednesday on charges of fraudulently obtaining more than $8 million in federal Covid relief funds and attempting to use some of the money to buy a luxury home near Walt Disney World.

Kanye West's Love of Hitler Allegedly Goes Back 20 Years  —  The rapper spoke of his admiration for Hitler during the making of ‘The College Dropout,’ and even tried to use propaganda strategies inspired by the Nazis to boost his own fame, sources tell Rolling Stone

House votes to remove bust of Dred Scott decision author from Capitol  —  The House on Wednesday passed a bill that would remove a bust at the U.S. Capitol of Roger B. Taney, the chief justice who authored the majority Supreme Court opinion protecting slavery in Dred Scott v. Sandford.

The Eternal Mystery Of A Rich Man's Politics  —  The morning after The New York Times did its best to map the unplaceable, idiosyncratic, neither-left-nor-right politics of the world's richest man last weekend, that man got on the social media platform he owns and posted “my pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci.”

Right-Wing Student Leader's Racist Post Sparks Firestorm at Mizzou  —  Classmates want the now-former president of the school's Turning Point USA chapter expelled over the post, which included the n-word.  —  University of Missouri students want a fellow classmate expelled after she shared …

‘Ellen’ DJ Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss Dead at 40 by Suicide  —  9:49 AM PT — Ellen DeGeneres just paid tribute to her friend, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, writing, “I'm heartbroken. tWitch was pure love and light.  He was my family, and I loved him with all my heart.  I will miss him.

New Hampshire and New Jersey men accused of smuggling military equipment to Russia  —  New Hampshire man accused of sending weapons to Russia  —  A New Hampshire and New Jersey man have been arrested and charged for their alleged roles in smuggling military equipment to Russia, according to a federal indictment unsealed on Tuesday.

Iran ousted from U.N. women's commission after U.S. campaign  —  Iran was ousted from a United Nations women's body on Wednesday for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, a move proposed by the United States after Tehran's brutal crackdown on protests sparked by the death of a young woman in custody.

Senate Passes Bill Banning TikTok From Government Devices  —  Social-media app has come under scrutiny over China-based parent ByteDance  —  WASHINGTON—The Senate passed by unanimous consent a bill that would ban federal employees from downloading or using the social-media app TikTok on government devices …

Former adversary John Boehner praises ‘incredibly effective’ outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi in tearful Capitol Hill tribute  — Former Speaker John Boehner had nothing but kind words for Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday.  — The Ohio Republican praised his one-time foil at her official portrait unveiling on Capitol Hill.

COVID origins ‘may have been tied’ to China's bioweapons program: GOP report  —  House Republicans state that the virus ‘spilled over’ to the human population  —  Jim Jordan, James Comer launch probe into COVID origins  —  FIRST ON FOX: Republican members of the House intelligence committee …

The surprising reasons parts of Earth are warming more slowly  —  It has become common to focus on the fastest-warming places, regions where human-charged climate change is raising temperatures at an alarming speed.  In the Arctic, where sea ice is rapidly disappearing …

In Congress, Republicans confront divisions posing long-term threats  —  Clashes over government spending and party leadership underscored looming challenges in the GOP as it prepares to take control of the House in January  —  Congressional Republicans confronted sharp internal divisions Wednesday …

Alabama inmate ‘literally baked to death’ in overheated prison cell, says lawsuit  —  Thomas Lee Rutledge, 44, died alone in an Alabama prison cell two years ago, sitting with his face pressed to his window, trying to breathe in cold air, as the heat piped into the mental health unit rose to an extreme level …

Harassment reported at gender-affirming care providers in 21 states  —  Hospitals and providers in 21 different states have faced online harassment for providing gender-affirming care to children in recent months, with the online attacks sometimes escalating into offline harassment and threats of violence …