Arizona escalates probe into alleged efforts to swing election for Trump  —  PHOENIX — Arizona's top prosecutor is ramping up a criminal investigation into alleged attempts by Republicans to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the state by signing and transmitting paperwork …

First on CNN: Secret Service concludes cocaine investigation, no suspect identified  —  The Secret Service has concluded its investigation into the small bag of cocaine found at the White House and has been unable to identify a suspect, two sources familiar with the investigation told CNN.

Trump reveals new details about $1 billion in earnings in revised filing  —  In a revision to an earlier filing, the Republican presidential hopeful showed specific income from foreign ventures, speaking fees and real estate  —  Former president Donald Trump disclosed new details …

Close to 100,000 Voter Registrations Were Challenged in Georgia — Almost All by Just Six Right-Wing Activists  —  On March 15, 2022, an email appeared in the inbox of the election director of Forsyth County, Georgia, with the subject line “Challenge of Elector's Eligibility.”

New York Is Ordered by Appeals Court to Redraw House Map  —  The decision, if upheld, could allow Democrats to shift as many as six G.O.P.-held seats in their direction.  Republicans vowed to appeal.  —  The Latest  —  A New York appeals court on Thursday ordered the state's congressional map …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. press dinner explodes in war of words and farting  —  Page Six regrets to report that a press dinner to boost Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign devolved into a foul bout of screaming and polemic farting on Tuesday night.  —  The White House hopeful attended …

Biden jokes that Wagner Group leader should be wary: 'I'd keep my eye on the menu'  —  President Biden on Thursday jokingly warned Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin to watch what he eats following a failed coup in Russia last month after Prigozhin briefly led a revolt with his private military.

F.D.A. Approves First U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill  —  The price of the pill, which has not been announced, will determine how affordable it will be when it becomes available in early 2024.  —  Pam Belluck has covered reproductive health for more than a decade.

The FTC is investigating whether ChatGPT harms consumers  —  The agency's demand for OpenAI's documents about AI risks mark the company's greatest U.S. regulatory threat to date  —  The Federal Trade Commission has opened an expansive investigation into OpenAI, probing whether the maker …

Former crypto CEO arrested on fraud charges  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Federal Trade Commission also filed charges.  —  U.S. authorities on Thursday arrested Alex Mashinsky, the former CEO of failed crypto lending platform Celsius Network …

Revealed: Florida Republicans target voter registration groups with thousands in fines  —  Fines on list given to the Guardian were levied by agency created at Ron DeSantis's behest to investigate voter fraud, which is rare  —  Florida Republicans have hit dozens of voter registration groups …

House Ethics Committee reaching out to witnesses in revived Matt Gaetz probe  —  Investigators from the House Ethics Committee have begun reaching out to witnesses as part of a recently revived investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, focused on allegations that he may have engaged in sexual misconduct …

US ‘under no circumstances’ will pay climate reparations, Kerry says  —  The United States will not pay reparations to developing countries hit by climate-fueled disasters, John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy on climate change, told a congressional hearing on Thursday.

GOP megadonors Liz and Dick Uihlein just lost another battle...  ...over leaf-blowing regulations in their hometown.  —  Republican megadonors Dick and Liz Uihlein have lost some big battles over the years, but the latest one hits close to home.  Literally.

Leaked audio of Marianne Williamson volunteer staff call reveals a bleak state of her campaign  —  A two-hour long zoom meeting ranged from accusations to therapy.  —  Longshot Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson privately warned volunteers that her campaign was desperate …

Confidential Ron DeSantis campaign memo reassures donors amid stumbles  —  In a confidential strategy memo obtained by NBC News, DeSantis' campaign says it will stay focused on the early states and not yet make investments in Super Tuesday battlegrounds.  —  Ron DeSantis is trying …

Trump loses Iowa endorser days after attacking the state's governor  —  Jeff Reichman, a state Senator, is heading to Team DeSantis.  —  An Iowa state senator who'd previously endorsed Donald Trump is flipping his support toRon DeSantis just days after the former president attacked Iowa's popular Republican governor, Kim Reynolds.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly suggested that chemicals in water are impacting sexuality of children  —  Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a history of repeatedly sharing unfounded conspiracies that man-made chemicals in the environment could be making children gay …

Kerry erupts after his private jet use is mocked in House hearing, denies ever owning one  —  An LLC partly owned by Kerry sold a jet he traveled in last year  —  Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry lashed out at House lawmakers during a committee hearing on Thursday …

Floods, fires and deadly heat are the alarm bells of a planet on the brink  —  The world is hotter than it's been in thousands of years, and it's as if every alarm bell on Earth were ringing.  —  The warnings are echoing through the drenched mountains of Vermont, where two months of rain just fell in only two days.

Nick Begich challenging Peltola for House seat in Alaska  —  Begich came in third against Peltola and Sarah Palin in the 2022 election for Alaska's at-large seat.  —  Republican Nick Begich announced on Thursday he would run for Congress again in Alaska, setting up a possible rematch …

Democrats Try a Novel Tactic to Revive the Equal Rights Amendment  —  Proponents of the measure to enshrine a guarantee of sex equality into the Constitution are using a creative legal theory to try to resurrect the long-stalled amendment.  —  Reporting from Capitol Hill

House to Vote on Abortion Access for Military, Bowing to the Far Right  —  G.O.P. leaders acceded to the demands of ultraconservatives to use the annual defense policy bill to lodge cultural grievances and protest continued U.S. support for Ukraine.  —  Reporting from Washington

The head of the GOP is still elevating 2020 election skepticism  —  RNC chair Ronna McDaniel won't say the election was fair because, given her position, she can't  —  A particularly easy question for a fourth-grade social studies test would be to ask who won the 2020 presidential election.

Top donors start giving Tim Scott a look after souring on DeSantis  —  Billionaire Ronald Lauder met with the South Carolina senator.  Others in the check-writing class are also showing interest.  —  With Ron DeSantis stalling in the Republican presidential primary, some wealthy donors …