Trump team turns over item marked classified to DOJ, sources say  —  The item was discovered in mid-January, sources tell ABC News.  —  In this Aug. 31, 2022, file photo, former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club is shown in Palm Beach, Fla.  —  Former President  —  Donald Trump's

DeSantis wanted to ban guns at event, but not to be blamed, emails show  —  As Gov. Ron DeSantis prepared for an election night party in downtown Tampa last year, city officials received a surprising — and politically sensitive — request.  —  The Republican governor's campaign wanted weapons banned …

Pentagon Downed Object Over Alaska, Official Says  —  The incident comes less than a week after U.S. fighter jet shot down a Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic.  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon downed an unidentified object over Alaska on Friday at the order of President Biden, according to U.S. officials.

Review: There Is No Magic in Hogwarts Legacy  —  The game is mid at best, and its real-world harms are impossible to ignore. … Rating: … Yikes, y'all.  I don't even smoke and I feel like I need a cigarette before I get this thing started.  We're here to talk about Hogwarts Legacy …

Fetterman, Recovering After Stroke, Labors to Adjust to Life in the Senate  —  The first-term Democrat is adapting to Congress while coping with the lasting effects of a near-fatal stroke, and the institution is adapting to accommodate him.  —  WASHINGTON — At Senator John Fetterman's desk …

Compact A Black Professor Trapped in Anti-Racist Hell  —  On the sunny first day of seminar, I sat at the end of a pair of picnic tables with nervous, excited 17-year-olds.  Twelve high-school students had been chosen by the Telluride Association through a rigorous application process …

House Republicans launched their big investigations this week.  Guess how that went  —  The House's new GOP majority is ignoring a key principle I learned during my five years working for Republicans on the House Oversight Committee: Manage expectations.  Its “make accusations first …

Obama veteran Ben LaBolt to become White House communications director  —  Kate Bedingfield, a senior Biden adviser for four years, will leave the post for a strategic role in President Biden's expected reelection campaign  —  Ben LaBolt, a former adviser to Barack Obama who has worked …

A Michigan politician announced her baptism in Messianic Judaism.  The rabbi of her synagogue says there's no such thing.  —  Controversy over the Jewish identity of a candidate running to head Michigan's Republican Party intensified Friday after the rabbi at her Reform synagogue took …

Black man in blackface makeup booted from Sarah Silverman show for protesting old skit  —  MORE ON:  —  An elderly man said he was manhandled by security and booted from a Sarah Silverman show in New Jersey after protesting her infamous blackface skit while wearing blackface.

Trump calls Pence a ‘very honorable man’ after Special Counsel Jack Smith subpoena  —  Pence was subpoenaed by Special Counsel Jack Smith after months of negotiations  —  Special Counsel Hur has begun his job as the FBI plans a search of Mike Pence's home and office

Breaking: Twenty-two Republican AGs support lawsuit to end access to mifepristone abortion drug  —  [Update: Hours later, 22 Democratic AGs opposed the lawsuit in their own filing.]  The filings come in a closely watched case brought in Texas by a conservative group.

New Jersey council member is fatally shot one week after slaying of another lawmaker  —  Authorities have not made any connections between the slayings of Russell Heller and Eunice Dwumfour.  Heller was found dead outside his job Wednesday, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said.

Amish country farmers say George Santos took puppies, left bad checks  —  One breeder recounted how the future member of Congress made off with four golden retrievers, leading to a criminal charge in 2017  —  YORK COUNTY, Pa. — It was after dark when George A. Santos approached the farmer …

Tennessee GOP introduces bills that would shake up Nashville  —  For years, Nashville leaders have watched Tennessee's GOP-dominated Legislature repeatedly kneecap the liberal-leaning city's ability to set its own minimum wage, regulate plastic bag use and place higher scrutiny on police officers.

The Rise of the Millionaire Renters  —  Of the millionaires living in Jersey City back in 2015, none of them were renters.  And why would they be?  —  The average price for a single-family house in a Jersey City neighborhood like Bergen-Lafayette, where 19th-century Victorians intermingle …

Mayor John Tory steps down from office after admitting he had relationship with former staffer  —  Tory apologizes to people in city of Toronto and his family after ‘a serious error of judgment’  —  Mayor John Tory is stepping down from office, less than four months after winning re-election to a third term.

Disinformation Inc: Read one of the ‘blacklists’ used secretly to defund conservative news  —  This is part three of a Washington Examiner investigative series about self-styled ‘disinformation’ tracking groups that are cracking down on conservative media and part of a lucrative operation that aims to defund disfavored speech.

How Sports Betting Upended the Economies of Native American Tribes  —  Hard-fought deals for casinos gave many tribes a critical economic lifeline.  When the doors opened to widespread sports betting, others wanted in on the gambling business.  —  For decades, gambling has been the most important source …