Trump's Bid to Sink the Manhattan DA's Case Has Already Made It Stronger  —  Trump tried to drag the Manhattan DA into federal court and failed.  Now a judge's order in that case can be used to persuade a state court that Trump's charges should stick.  —  Donald Trump's attempts this summer …

‘Fully expected the downfall’: Inside DeSantis's brawls with Fla. Republicans  —  Some who knew the Florida governor in Tallahassee say they expected him to have trouble translating his governance of the state into a coalition that could win him the presidency

Trump jabs at judge in election case, testing warning against ‘inflammatory’ statements  —  Overnight, Trump called Chutkan ‘biased and unfair’ for comments during 2022 sentencing of Jan. 6 defendant.  —  Donald Trump slammed the judge presiding over his newest criminal case early Monday …

RFK Jr. backs 15-week federal ban on abortion, then reverses himself  —  “Today, Mr. Kennedy misunderstood a question,” his campaign said.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sunday said he would support a federal ban on abortion after the first three months of pregnancy …

McConnell in Winter: Inside the GOP Leader's Attempt to Thwart Trump  —  The Kentucky Republican is doing all he can to bolster Ukraine, preserve NATO and help his party maintain its Reaganite roots.  —  From the Senate floor and Washington fundraisers to awards banquets …

Hunter Biden Says Prosecutors Reneged on Major Part of Plea Deal  —  The move is the latest salvo in the back and forth between Mr. Biden and David C. Weiss, the federal prosecutor who was appointed special counsel last week.  —  Hunter Biden told a federal judge late Sunday that the Justice Department …

Trump's ‘Co-Conspirators’ Are Already Starting to Turn on Each Other  —  “It is the 'please don't put me in jail, put that other guy in jail' strategy,” says one attorney working in Trump's legal orbit … A number of the ex-president's chief lieutenants and alleged co-conspirators in the plot …

David McCormick is gearing up for a Senate run in Pennsylvania.  But he lives in Connecticut  —  David McCormick had a clear explanation for why his fellow Republican, Dr. Mehmet Oz, lost a critical Pennsylvania Senate seat: Voters viewed the daytime television celebrity as an interloper …

GOP sees turnout disaster without Trump  —  Republican strategists are worried that if former President Trump doesn't secure the GOP's presidential nomination next year, or if he is kept off the ballot because of his mounting legal problems, it could spell a voter turnout disaster for their party in 2024.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin blasts GOP senator's blockade of military promotions as ‘unnecessary’ and ‘unsafe’  —  Austin said the hold on nominations meant that “for the first time in the history of the Department of Defense, three of our military services are operating without Senate-confirmed leaders.”

In a small Kansas town, a brazen attack on press freedom  —  “These are Hitler tactics, and something has to be done.”  —  Those were the words of 98-year-old Joan Meyer, the co-owner of the Marion County Record, after her home and office were raided by the City of Marion's entire five-person police department on Friday.

Clarence Avant, the ‘Godfather of Black entertainment,’ dies at 92  —  Avant's unofficial title of the “Black Godfather” spanned the worlds of music, sports, entertainment and politics.  —  Clarence Avant, whose unofficial title of the “Black Godfather” spanned the worlds of music, sports …