GOP rejects White House compromise to limit spending as talks stall  —  Talks broke down on Friday but resumed later that night.  A deadline to raise the borrowing cap is fast approaching.  —  Republican negotiators rejected a White House offer to limit spending next year on both the military …

Former Trump Lawyer Describes Conflict Inside Legal Team  —  Timothy Parlatore, who withdrew this past week from representing the former president in the special counsel investigations, said he stepped aside over differences with a Trump adviser, Boris Epshteyn.

Doug Mastriano says he'll announce next week if he'll run for U.S. Senate, teasing ‘crazy good news’  —  State Sen. Doug Mastriano plans to make an announcement next week about the decision he has made on whether he will run for U.S. Senate, in what he teased as “crazy good news.”

NAACP issues travel warning in Florida: the state ‘has become hostile to Black Americans’  —  The NAACP issued a formal travel advisory for Florida on Saturday, saying the state has become “hostile to Black Americans” under Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R) leadership.

He Became Convinced the School Board Was Pushing “Transgender Bullshit.”  He Ended Up Arrested — and Emboldened.  —  An image of a shooting target — with two bullet holes to the head and five scattered around the chest — serves as a warning to visitors who climb the brick steps and pass …

Tensions Flare Inside The Messenger, a Fledgling News Site  —  The company's high-volume approach to digital publishing has led to duplicated stories and alienated some of its journalists.  At least one editor has already resigned.  —  Executives at The Messenger, a news start-up …

Martin Amis, Acclaimed Author of Bleakly Comic Novels, Dies at 73  —  In books like “Money” and “The Information,” he created “a high style to describe low things,” as he put it.  He found more renown as a critic, and a measure of unease as his famous father's son.

The GOP's heart of darkness: Why Ron DeSantis can never beat Donald Trump  —  No Republican can beat Trump, because no one else can command his coalition of damaged, discarded, marginal people  —  In the last few weeks the mainstream media have not only buried the presidential ambitions …

Republicans deploy new playbook for abortion bans, citing political backlash  —  GOP lawmakers in North Carolina and Nebraska are casting new 12-week bans as “mainstream,” while Democrats say they are “cruel and extreme”  —  Nebraska antiabortion groups and GOP lawmakers were stunned.

Russia says Wagner private army, with help from Russian troops, seized Bakhmut  —  Russia's defense ministry said early Sunday that forces of the Wagner private army, with the support of Russian troops, seized the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.  The ministry statement on the Telegram channel came …

Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon Is a Triumph  —  The highly anticipated adaptation of David Grann's book is extraordinary filmmaking—and a big win for Apple TV+.  —  David Grann's nonfiction book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI …

Prosecutor connected to Jan. 6 probe takes on lawyer for tech companies in mystery appeals court fight  —  Lawyers for prominent firm WilmerHale were spotted leaving the courthouse Friday after sealed oral arguments in the special counsel-connected matter.  —  A Justice Department attorney …

The Beltway Media Is Spreading Debt Limit Misinformation  —  Having watched Capitol Hill fall into chaotic convulsions over the debt ceiling a million times before, I've come to the conclusion that the only way to properly negotiate your way through a debt ceiling crisis is to not negotiate at all.

Daniel Penny, charged in NYC subway chokehold death, breaks silence: ‘I am not a white supremacist’  —  Ex-Marine Daniel Penny insisted to The Post Saturday that the chokehold killing of Jordan Neely had nothing to do with race — and everything to do with a broken system “that so desperately failed us.”

Russian mercenaries behind slaughter of 500 in Mali village, UN report finds  —  Report implicates Wagner group fighters in Moura atrocity, including the torture and rape of civilians  —  First came a single helicopter, flying low over the marshes around the river outside the village …

Ugly Tale of Migrants Displacing Veterans Makes Waves and Then Dissolves  —  The eviction in Newburgh, N.Y., became an instant talking point.  The problem was that it apparently had not occurred.  —  The story seemed tailor-made for opponents of outsiders.

Colorado GOP fears it's ceding ground to Democrats  —  Republican worries are growing that Colorado is slipping further into the hands of Democrats after recent defeats and close calls in the most conservative parts of the state.  —  The latest blow to the GOP in the Centennial State came …

Statement from White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt on a Reasonable Bipartisan Budget Agreement  —  President Biden has made clear for weeks that Congress must act to prevent default.  Earlier this week, the President met with the four Congressional leaders at the White House …

Trump Is Up In The Middle Of The Night Obsessing Over Jack Smith  —  Trump was posting in the middle of the night on Friday/early Saturday about Special Counsel Jack Smith.  —  Trump wrote on Truth Social: … The poll that Trump referred to didn't show him way up on Biden.

Man with AR-15-style rifle by bus stop says he wasn't out to terrify kids  —  The man stood in a red Make America Great Again baseball cap pointing his AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle toward the sidewalk.  —  An elementary school student ran home crying.  Parents were terrified.  Neighbors called the police.

Russia scrutinized for placing Hague prosecutor on wanted list after Putin ICC warrant  —  The International Criminal Court criticized Russia on Saturday for issuing an arrest warrant for a senior Hague prosecutor in retaliation for a warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin on war crimes charges related to his war in Ukraine.

Even Flirting With U.S. Default Takes Economic Toll  —  Financial markets are still betting that Congress and the White House will strike a deal.  But the uncertainty alone is having consequences.  —  As negotiations over the debt limit continue in Washington and the date on which the U.S. government …