How Trump's Verbal Slips Could Weaken His Attacks on Biden's Age  —  Donald Trump, 77, has relentlessly attacked President Biden, 80, as too old for office.  But the former president himself has had a series of gaffes that go beyond his usual freewheeling style.

Vivek Ramaswamy's Unfavorable Rating Surges in Iowa as Voters Get to Know Him  —  A new poll from NBC News and the Des Moines Register, long considered the gold standard in the Hawkeye State, shows that the more voters get to know Vivek Ramaswamy, the less inclined they are to like him.

McConnell goes all out as Ukraine fight fractures GOP  —  His intense lobbying effort puts the Senate GOP leader at odds with his new House counterpart, Speaker Mike Johnson.  —  Mitch McConnell is abandoning his typically cautious style when it comes to aiding Ukraine …

Ex-North Dakota Lawmaker Accused Of Flying To Prague To Rape Minor  —  Ex-Republican state Sen. Ray Holmberg is facing federal charges for intent to rape a minor and receiving images depicting child sexual abuse.  —  A former longtime North Dakota lawmaker is charged with traveling to Prague …

Judge Postpones Ivanka Trump's Testimony For a Few Days in Civil Fraud Trial  —  The former president's daughter is now scheduled to take the witness stand on Wednesday, Nov. 8 — instead of this coming Friday  —  JWPlayer  —  Ivanka Trump's testimony in her family's civil fraud trial …

Outraised and embattled, Lauren Boebert heads back to Colorado with a revamped campaign strategy  —  Retreating from the turmoil in Washington, D.C., Rep. Lauren Boebert arrived in bucolic southwest Colorado to turmoil of a different sort — the lingering impact of an embarrassing moment …

Kelly Johnson, who is married to House Speaker Mike Johnson, practices a form of Christian counseling that classifies people into ‘choleric’, ‘phlegmatic,’ and other ancient personality types purportedly ordained by God  — Kelly Johnson, the wife of House Speaker Mike Johnson, was a Christian therapist.

‘Chilling’: Dem Lawmaker Says She Had Election-Denying Exchange With Mike Johnson  —  Rep. Madeleine Dean said Johnson managed to become House speaker because “very few people knew him or knew what he stands for.”  —  LOADING  —  Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) described new House Speaker Mike Johnson …

Kevin McCarthy gets MAGA primary challenger  —  Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is getting a primary challenger in his reelection race for his House seat representing the state's 20th congressional district.  —  David Giglio, who previously lost a congressional bid for the state's 13th district …

Antisemitic threats to our community  —  Dear members of the Cornell community,  —  Earlier today, a series of horrendous, antisemitic messages threatening violence to our Jewish community and specifically naming 104 West — the home of the Center for Jewish Living — was posted on a website unaffiliated with Cornell.

Lawyer for Former George Santos Treasurer Says He Was Also Duped  —  A lawyer representing one of George Santos' former treasurers says he was also lied to—and the false information he provided to the media wasn't his fault.  —  When George Santos' congressional campaign came under federal investigation …

Israel at war: IDF operates in Gaza, frees captive soldier  —  1,400 Israelis murdered since October 7, including 315 soldiers  • Four out of 239 known hostages released by Hamas, one rescued  —  Mossad chief Barnea flies to Qatar to secure hostage release

Antisemitic mob storms through Russian airport as flight from Tel Aviv lands  —  An angry crowd in Russia's mostly Muslim region of Dagestan stormed an airport where a flight from Israel arrived on Sunday, forcing authorities to close the facility and divert flights.

The Christofascism of Mike Johnson  —  The new House speaker is an opposition researcher's goldmine. … It took Mike Johnson just a couple days last week to rise from a relatively obscure Louisiana congressman to House speaker.  Suffice it to say his background and policy positions …