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 …

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Bahamian authorities were tipped off by top Bankman-Fried associate  —  FTX executive told securities regulator crypto exchange was likely funnelling cash to Alameda trading firm  —  One of Sam Bankman-Fried's close associates told Bahamian regulators in the days before FTX collapsed …

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 60 Seconds Before CPI Hit, Heavy Trading Drove Mystery Rally  —  Karine Jean-Pierre, the press secretary for President Joe Biden, quickly brushed off the question when it came in toward the end of her daily press conference Tuesday.  No, she said, there was no chance that anyone …

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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 …

Republicans Don't Have a ‘Candidate-Quality Problem,’ They Have a Crazy-People Problem … The most consistent theme articulated by the Republican Establishment in response to the midterm elections is a determination to solve what Mitch McConnell euphemistically called its “candidate-quality problem.”

Texas Veterans Affairs sued by nurse over compelled abortion services  —  The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs rule that requires its facilities to offer abortion counseling and procedures is being challenged in court by health professionals who said it violates their religious liberties.

China's War Against Taiwan Has Already Started  —  In 2018, a typhoon stranded thousands of people at Kansai International Airport, near Osaka, Japan.  Among them were some tourists from Taiwan.  Normally, this story might not have had much political meaning.

Michelle Obama's Fashion Declaration of Independence  —  The former first lady dressed with a new sense of freedom on her book tour.  —  When is a book tour not just a book tour?  When it is a platform for the refashioning, literally, of a major public figure — when it is a way for someone whose image …

Texas attorney general's office sought state data on transgender Texans  —  HOUSTON — Employees at the Texas Department of Public Safety in June received a sweeping request from Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton's office: to compile a list of individuals who had changed their gender …