Biden allies plot 2024 strategy focused on Trump, even if he fades away  —  Joe Biden beat Donald Trump once, and Democrats are crafting a strategy to try to beat him again in 2024 — even if his name isn't on the ballot.  —  Anticipating that Trump may fade, Biden allies hope to persuade voters …

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.

Kevin McCarthy: Earning the Speakership  —  Kevin McCarthy has brought together the largest Republican coalition of any speaker in modern history.  —  The effort by a handful of unhappy Republicans to blackmail the rest of the U.S. House Republican Conference is nothing new.

An Alternate Reality: How Russia's State TV Spins the Ukraine War  —  Leaked emails detail how Russia's biggest state broadcaster, working with the nation's security services, mined right-wing American news and Chinese media to craft a narrative that Moscow was winning.

Musk bans Twitter account tracking his jet, threatens to sue creator  —  Twitter suspended, restored and then suspended again the 20-year-old college student's account that for years had shared publicly available data on Musk's private flights  —  Jack Sweeney, a sophomore at the University …

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

I Think I Found Kyrsten Sinema's Side Hustle  —  Last week, she ditched the Democrats.  Perhaps this is her real passion?  —  It is 11 a.m. on a Tuesday, and I am exchanging Facebook messages with Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema about a lightly used pair of Badgley Mischka heels.

DeSantis Sucks Up to the Anti-Vax Crowd  —  Another stunt aimed at the fringe base.  —  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's record handling the COVID-19 pandemic is nuanced.  After initially locking down the state's businesses and schools and installing highway checkpoints to monitor travel …

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.

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 …

POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Why GOP moderates are blocking for McCarthy  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  On Friday, after a group of seven House conservatives issued a public letter outlining the demands that GOP Leader KEVIN McCARTHY would need …

‘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 …

Five down in Apt. 307: Mass fentanyl deaths test a Colorado prosecutor  —  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — From the doorway of Apt. 307, District Attorney Brian Mason could see the five bodies inside.  They lay awkwardly on the floor and couch, their arms and legs contorted — a sign of sudden collapse.

Jill Biden makes a tidal shift from her thoughts on another run at the White House  —  First lady Jill Biden, despite being so worn out from a recent circuit of White House events that she lost her voice, is now seriously looking ahead to her husband running for reelection in 2024.

Biden gives Iranian thugs a pass  —  Unsatisfied with beating and molesting them on the streets, Iran has started executing its young citizens over their desperate human rights protests.  —  Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, was only the latest to be hanged this week for what the theocrats declared was his “enmity against God.”

Video Footage of Attack on Paul Pelosi Shown at San Francisco Hearing  —  David DePape, the man accused of bludgeoning the husband of Nancy Pelosi, told the police that he also had Gavin Newsom and Tom Hanks on his target list.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — It was as quick as it was brutal …

Chuck Schumer predicts Democrats will hold the Senate majority again in 2024  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, beaming with confidence after having proved his doubters wrong and expanded his majority in the midterm elections, vowed without hesitation that the Democratic Party will keep control again in two years.

Leonard Leo's Latest Supreme Court Play  —  This story was reported in partnership between The Lever and ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  —  Flush with money after receiving the largest-known political advocacy donation in U.S. history …

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.

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 …

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 …

The Electoral College in the 21st Century  —  Dear Readers: Join the Crystal Ball's Kyle Kondik, J. Miles Coleman, and Carah Ong Whaley for a Twitter Spaces at 2 p.m. eastern today.  They will be wrapping up the best and worst moments from politics in 2022, and listeners will also get the chance …

Tillis Amnesty Deal Is Dead  —  After outcry from conservatives and Republican lawmakers who weren't willing to betray the GOP's commitment to the rule of law, legal immigration, and border security, an attempt to grant mass amnesty to DACA beneficiaries is, according to reporting on Wednesday night, dead.

Again and again: The school shootings since Sandy Hook  —  NBC News has tracked active shooter school shootings since 2013.  —  It seemed unthinkable then.  It's all too common now.  —  “Never again” became the mantra a decade ago after a troubled young man with a high-powered Bushmaster rifle unleashed …