First on CNN: Fulton County DA to present Trump election subversion case to grand jury early next week  —  An Atlanta-area prosecutor has notified at least one witness to appear before a grand jury early next week, the most significant indication of her intention to seek indictments …

Republicans Wanted a Special Counsel Investigation of Hunter Biden.  Now Many Oppose It.  —  Although some G.O.P. lawmakers see the appointment of David C. Weiss as a vindication of their strategy, others criticize the now-scuttled plea deal he struck with Mr. Biden.

DeSantis Gets Heckled and Trolled on His Big Day With Trump in Iowa  —  The Florida governor was hoping to have the stage to himself, but Donald Trump and his supporters have made that hard to achieve.  —  It's been said that a bad day at the fair is always better than a good day at work.

‘Liar,’ ‘loser,’ a ‘national security threat’: Hurd rips into Trump  —  Republican presidential hopeful and former Texas Rep. Will Hurd ripped into former President Trump on Friday, calling him a “liar,” “loser” and “national security threat.”  —  Hurd, who has been sharply critical …

In Marion County newspaper raid, a grim threat to Kansans' First Amendment rights  —  Marion County Record papers for sale in the newspaper's office beside a collection of Kansas Press Association awards on Aug. 11, 2023, the day the office was raided by local law enforcement.  (Sam Bailey/Kansas Reflector)

Sheriff Says Former Trump Doctor Threatened to Beat Officer  —  Republican Congressman Ronny Jackson reportedly threatened a state trooper and vowed retribution against a local sheriff after he was briefly detained at a rodeo in July.  —  A Texas Republican who previously worked …

Trump blames left for legal costs  —  Trump's Save America PAC shrank from over $100 million at the beginning of last year to $3.6 million after bankrolling legal fees for the former president and his allies.  —  Former President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed his political enemies …

Growing Segregation by Sex in Israel Raises Fears for Women's Rights  —  Ultra-Orthodox members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right coalition want to expand the powers of all-male rabbinical courts, and to bar women and men from mixing in many public arenas.  —  Reporting from Tel Aviv

See where Sen. Tommy Tuberville is blocking 301 military promotions  —  From Alabama to Asia, the scope of senior military officers frozen in place by a dispute between Sen. Tommy Tuberville and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is vast, including not only the incoming leaders of the Joint Chiefs …

Debunking Florida's Argument That Slavery Could Benefit the Enslaved, in 120 Seconds  —  In my latest video, I tackle the controversy surrounding Florida's teaching standards.  These new guidelines, approved last month, sparked an avalanche of criticism by suggesting that enslaved Americans …

‘Better martyrs’: the growing role of women in the far-right movement  —  The pipeline from mommy blogger to Tradwife to book-banner is an important aspect of the extreme right wing in the US  —  Researchers who track how the far right in in the US mobilizes, self-promotes and recruits …