Mike Johnson's Wife Takes Down Website That Compared Being Gay To Bestiality, Incest  —  HuffPost first reported on Kelly Johnson's counseling service that likens LGBTQ+ people to people who have sex with animals and family members.  —  LOADING  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson's wife took …

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 …

Ivanka Trump Helped Her Dad Lie About His Net Worth  —  When Ivanka Trump takes the stand in her father's fraud case, she should have plenty to talk about.  —  Ivanka Trump is expected to testify on Friday in a $250 million fraud case that the New York attorney general is waging against her father and his associates.

Democrats' all-purpose message for 2024: Defeat MAGA chaos  —  President Biden has diligently and accurately identified four-times-indicted former president Donald Trump as a threat to democracy.  Trump, Biden has noted, headed a plot to overturn the results of an election, repeatedly stoked violence …

Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.

Ron DeSantis Turns Down Chance To Squash Lifted Shoe Speculation  —  People have been trolling the Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate by claiming his signature cowboy boots have hidden heels.  —  LOADING  —  It looks like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can't sidestep ridiculous rumors about his height much longer.

White House shoots down GOP funding bills  —  The Big Story  —  Biden fires veto warning to House GOP on funding  —  The White House is threatening to veto House Republican funding bills as the party moves quickly to pass partisan spending plans.

Colorado Trial Will Consider Whether the 14th Amendment Disqualifies Trump  —  While some prominent constitutional experts argue that a clause in the amendment applies to former President Donald J. Trump after Jan. 6, that view is far from universal among legal scholars.

‘This war is prophetically significant’: why US evangelical Christians support Israel  —  One strand of evangelical theology holds that the return of Jews to the region starts the clock ticking on a seven-year armageddon, after which Jesus Christ will return

Las Vegas man charged after making antisemitic threats to Nevada senator  —  John Anthony Miller was arrested Thursday and appeared in federal court a day later in connection with the one count of threatening a federal official, the Justice Department said.  —  A Nevada man has been charged …

Democrat drops out of Missouri Senate race, challenges Cori Bush for House seat  —  Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Wesley Bell (D) announced Monday he is dropping out of the state's Senate race and will instead challenge Missouri Rep. Cori Bush (D) in the House.

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.

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 …

‘Medical emergency’ leads to another short-handed military post due to Tuberville protest  —  The nation's top Marine has been hospitalized due to a “medical emergency,” officials say, leaving a three-star ranked leader to take charge thanks to a stalled confirmation process led by Sen. Tommy Tubervile over the Corps' abortion policy.

White House details draft plans for next student debt relief plan  —  The draft regulatory plans outline what are essentially four separate student debt relief programs for different categories of borrowers.  —  President Joe Biden is considering canceling student debt for borrowers whose balances …

Far-right German politician arrested after ‘Sieg Heil’ salutes heard  —  Banned totalitarian symbols found at fraternity of Daniel Halemba, 22, who takes up seat in Bavarian legislature on Thursday  —  A legislator with the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) …

Alabama Pol Jailed for FaceTiming Witness in His Bribery Case  —  SORRY, WRONG NUMBER  —  An 82-year-old state lawmaker from Alabama was sent to jail on Monday for FaceTiming a witness—the founder of a gospel music non-profit he allegedly tried to bribe to lie to the FBI about a kickback scheme.

‘Be looking over your shoulder’: MAGA man arrested for threats against Fani Willis  —  A 59-year-old supporter of Donald Trump has been arrested for threats against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat, Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Tamar Hallerman posted on social media Monday.

Earl Blumenauer Will Not Run for Reelection  —  After 50 years in elected office and 14 terms representing Oregon's 3rd Congressional District, he is retiring.  —  Expand  —  U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, whose 3rd Congressional District runs from Portland east to Hood River …

U.S. Department of Education Announces Withholding of Payment to Student Loan Servicer as Part of Accountability Measures for Harmed Borrowers  —  Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov  —  U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Federal Student Aid (FSA) …

Posts Online Threaten Jewish Students and Center for Jewish Living  —  Editor's note: This article contains mentions of religious and ethnic-based violence.  —  Threats were posted to Cornell's Greekrank forums on Saturday, Oct. 28 and Sunday, Oct. 29, including one that threatened a shooting at 104West! …