The Radical Strategy Behind Trump's Promise to ‘Go After’ Biden  —  Conservatives with close ties to Donald J. Trump are laying out a “paradigm-shifting” legal rationale to erase the Justice Department's independence from the president.  —  When Donald J. Trump responded to his latest indictment …

Rudy Giuliani Used A Female Alias In Emails About Plan To Overturn The Election  —  Rudy Giuliani used an email address with the name “Helen” in some of his communications about his efforts to oppose former President Trump's 2020 election loss.  Giuliani, the former New York City mayor …

Air National Guardsman Indicted for Unlawful Disclosure of Classified National Defense Information  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts  —  BOSTON - A member of the United States Air National Guard (USANG) stationed in Massachusetts has been indicted …

RNC shuts down Hutchinson's push to amend loyalty pledge amid Trump indictment drama  —  The candidate complained about pledging to back a possible “convicted felon.”  —  Top Republican Party officials have a message for any candidate worried about signing a loyalty pledge to support a potential convicted felon: There's the door.

Exclusive: US government agencies hit in global cyberattack  —  “Several” US federal government agencies have been hit in a global cyberattack that exploits a vulnerability in widely used software.  —  The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency “is providing support …

Judge Cannon jumpstarts oversight of Trump classified documents case with order on security clearances  —  US District Judge Aileen Cannon issued her first order since former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith for allegedly mishandling …

Republicans Declare Banning Universal Free School Meals a 2024 Priority  —  States across the country are moving to provide universal free school meals to all our children.  Meanwhile, Republicans are trying to stop them from doing just that.  —  The Republican Study Committee …

Trump golf course criminal investigation is officially closed, Westchester D.A. says  —  A two-year criminal investigation into the Trump Organization's valuations of a golf club in Westchester County, New York, has been closed, the county's district attorney, Miriam Rocah, confirmed Thursday.

A second look at the attacks on the New York Times's trans coverage  —  The New York Times is used to spirited critiques from readers deploring its alleged biases and highfalutin tendencies.  The attacks that flooded social media in mid-February, however, were something different.

Hate is dangerous, including against bicyclists  —  Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate  —  An eyewitness posted an account on Next Door of coming upon the ghastly crash two months ago that killed world champion bicyclist Ethan Boyce, and almost immediately, negative comments about people who ride bicycles began to appear.

Donald Trump Visits Versailles Cuban Restaurant in Miami After Federal Indictment  —  Former President Donald Trump waving to the crowds outside Versailles after his arraignment on June 13 in Miami. … Donald Trump was in Miami yesterday to plead not guilty to 37 counts in a felony case …

Republicans Say Inflation, Crime, and Immigration Are Out of Control.  The Numbers Disagree.  —  Every day, good news overshadows the Republican presidential candidates' talking points.  The right-wing Cassandras need a new shtick.  —  The Republican presidential candidates …

The Truth about Covid's Origin Is Coming Out  —  On the menu today: More and more blank spaces in the narrative of how the Covid pandemic started are getting filled in — whether or not the world wants to pay attention any longer.  Michael Shellenberger, Matt Taibbi, and Alex Gutentag report …

PGA Tour's Deal With LIV's Saudi Backers to Be Investigated by the Justice Department  —  The probe introduces uncertainty to the agreement between warring bodies that stunned the golf industry, which was already facing scrutiny under federal antitrust law  —  The Justice Department …

DeSantis War Room Posts Bizarre Video Suggesting Biden Is a Groomer: ‘Keep Your Hands Off Our Kids’  —  The official rapid response account for the Ron DeSantis presidential campaign released a new advertisement on Thursday suggesting that President Joe Biden is creepy with children.

First look: An evangelical exposé by Tim Alberta coming in December  —  The Atlantic's Tim Alberta — fresh off his epic takedown of former CNN CEO Chris Licht — will be out Dec. 5 with a deeply personal, rigorously reported portrait of American Christianity in self-inflicted decline.

De Blasio Owes City $475,000 for Bringing Police on Presidential Campaign  —  New York City's Conflicts of Interest Board said the former mayor must reimburse the city for police officers' travel, and pay a record fine.  —  Bill de Blasio, the former mayor of New York City …

Fact check: Multiple non-spies have received prison sentences under Espionage Act provision Trump is charged with violating  —  Former President Donald Trump argued in a Tuesday speech that it is “outrageous” for him to be charged under the Espionage Act for having classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago club and residence.

By Robert Gottlieb, The Art of Editing No. 1  —  Robert Gottlieb is a man of eclectic tastes, and it is difficult to make generalizations about the authors he has worked with or the hundreds of books he has edited.  In his years at Simon & Schuster, where he became editor in chief …

Fed, SEC Probing Goldman Sachs's Role in SVB's Final Days  —  Justice Department has subpoenaed Goldman over Silicon Valley Bank matter  —  The Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating Goldman Sachs's role in buying Silicon Valley Bank's securities portfolio …

Twitter Halts Promotion Of Campaign Video Due To ‘Abortion Advocacy’  —  “The mention of abortion advocacy is the issue here,” a Twitter employee told North Carolina candidate Rachel Hunt, according to emails HuffPost reviewed.  —  Twitter blocked a Democrat's campaign video from being promoted …

Trump judge's thin criminal trial resume comes with a twist  —  The Trump-appointed judge, preparing to oversee his documents case, is about to undertake a massive and complex health fraud trial.  —  Aileen Cannon, the federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's latest criminal case …

The FBI Is Hunting a New Domestic Terror Threat: Abortion Rights Activists  —  Following a concerted effort by Republicans to pressure law enforcement agencies to target activists supporting the right to abortion, the FBI dramatically increased its caseload on abortion-related “domestic terrorism.”

Former Head of FBI J6 Pipe Bomb Investigation Comes Clean With Stunning Admission: “I Don't Want Any Conspiracy Theories, Right?”  —  MAGA is fighting back against the mob and so are we... but we need your help.  Join our growing army and click here to subscribe to Revolver.

Muslim-American conservatives and the Palestinian question  —  The rise of Muslim Republicans is going to do some weird things to the politics of Israel and Palestine in America.  —  Last week, I wrote that Arab-Americans are following the path of recent Italian-American history.

Sherrod Brown, Tim Scott float tougher bank CEO penalties after Warren rift  —  One big question is the extent to which the bill will attract support from Warren and other lawmakers who worked with her to craft an earlier proposal.  —  Senate Banking Chair Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) …

Khashoggi's widow sues Israeli firm over spyware she says ruined her life  —  In the lawsuit, Hanan Elatr says Saudi Arabia used NSO's Pegasus spyware to track her and her husband's whereabouts before he was murdered  —  The Israeli spyware firm NSO Group destroyed the life of Hanan Elatr …

A once-shuttered California mine is trying to transform the rare earth industry  —  A U.S.-based rare earth supply chain could boost clean energy and electric vehicles — and military weapons.  —  In arid southeastern California, just across the border from Nevada, sits …