Ginni Thomas pressed Wisconsin lawmakers to overturn Biden's 2020 victory  —  The conservative activist and wife of the Supreme Court justice emailed lawmakers in two states in the weeks after the election  —  Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court …

Ex-NYPD cop who assaulted D.C. officer on Jan. 6 gets record-setting sentence  —  WASHINGTON — A retired New York City Police Department officer who was convicted of several felonies for attacking a D.C. cop with a flag pole and then tackling the officer to the ground and attempting to rip off …

Judge considers temporary limit on DOJ access to Trump documents  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A federal judge indicated Thursday that she's giving serious consideration to temporarily barring Justice Department investigators from reviewing material seized from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.

Democratic Midterm Prospects Improve as Races Heat Up, WSJ Poll Finds  —  Independent voters, a key to victory in competitive general elections, are now tilting toward Democrats  —  Midterms 2022: Where Republicans and Democrats Stand on the Issues  —  Created with sketchtool.

Trump-aligned Pa. governor nominee Mastriano sues Jan. 6 committee  —  State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, is suing the Jan. 6 select committee, setting up a legal fight between one of the most prominent congressional investigations in recent memory …

'Where's J.D.?:  ' Vance's Ohio Senate campaign prompts GOP concerns  —  CINCINNATI — Ohio voters will begin casting their ballots in six weeks — and J.D. Vance has been difficult to find.  The rookie GOP candidate goes days without any public events, and his campaign gives little information about his whereabouts.

The Pandemic Erased Two Decades of Progress in Math and Reading  —  The results of a national test showed just how devastating the last two years have been for 9-year-old school children, especially the most vulnerable.  —  National test results released on Thursday showed in stark terms …

Lukoil Chairman Ravil Maganov Dies After Falling From Hospital Window  —  Lukoil PJSC Chairman Ravil Maganov died after falling from a window in a Moscow hospital, according to Russian media reports.  —  Maganov died by suicide, Tass news agency said Thursday, citing an unidentified law enforcement official …

Donald Trump Is Still a Lunatic  —  Whether Trump's belief that he won in 2020 and will soon be reinstated as president is genuine or not, it makes him unfit for office.  —  On Truth Social this week, Donald Trump, in response to the news that the FBI had disgracefully put pressure on Facebook …

Jury finds Seminole GOP chair guilty in ‘ghost’ candidate case  —  A jury of six people found Seminole County GOP Chairman Ben Paris guilty on Thursday of a misdemeanor charge that he arranged to put his cousin's name on independent “ghost” candidate Jestine Iannotti's campaign contribution forms in 2020.

Trump and accounting firm agree to give financial records to House Oversight Committee in deal to end court battle  — Ex-President Donald Trump and the Mazars USA accounting firm agreed to turn over some financial records to the House Oversight and Reform Committee in a deal that will end a lawsuit.

House Rating Changes: Five Races Move in Democrats' Direction, Including Alaska  —  Republican strategists express optimism that the Inflation Reduction Act and President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan will help them shift the spotlight away from abortion and Donald Trump and back onto Democrats' spending measures and inflation.

Fox's Jeanine Pirro warns of violent “retaliation” from Republicans in reaction to Joe Biden's speech  —  Donald Trump may have confessed to a crime on Truth Social.  Legal experts are discussing the ramifications of his self-incriminating post.

New Mexico governor commits $10 million to building new abortion clinic near Texas border  —  Algernon D'Ammassa Wyatte Grantham-PhilipsUSA TODAY NETWORK  —  New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an executive order Wednesday committing $10 million to build a new reproductive health care clinic near …

The nation's poorest state used welfare money to pay Brett Favre for speeches he never made  —  Brett Favre earned nearly $140 million as a star NFL quarterback over two decades and millions more in product endorsements.  —  But that didn't stop the state of Mississippi from paying Favre $1.1 million …

Thousands of Xcel customers locked out of thermostats during ‘energy emergency’  —  22,000 people lost control of temperatures in their homes for hours Tuesday  —  DENVER — During the dog days of summer, it's important to keep your home cool.  But when thousands of Xcel customers …

Republicans are readying lawsuits to block Biden's student debt plan  —  GOP attorneys general, top lawmakers and conservative groups are discussing legal options, alleging the White House's move to cancel student debt is illegal  —  Republican state attorneys general and other leading conservatives …

Trump should fill Christians with rage.  How come he doesn't?  —  In many American places on a pleasant Sunday afternoon it is possible, as I recently did, to have coffee in the city at a bohemian cafe draped with rainbow banners, then to drive 30 or 45 minutes into the country to find small towns …

A Trump lawyer's ludicrous spin on ‘Hannity’ unmasks the Fox News ruse  —  Even as the legal battle over Donald Trump's hoarding of national security secrets at Mar-a-Lago unfolds in court, a very different trial involving Trump is unfolding in another arena entirely.  —  Call it Trial by Fox News.

Oath Keepers lawyer Kellye SoRelle charged in Jan. 6 conspiracy case  —  WASHINGTON — Kellye SoRelle, the general counsel for the far-right organization the Oath Keepers, was arrested in Texas on Thursday after being indicted on four charges in connection with the Jan. 6 attack, the Justice Department said.

After Sarah Palin's election loss, Sen. Tom Cotton calls ranked choice voting ‘a scam’  —  WASHINGTON — After Democrat Mary Peltola defeated Sarah Palin in Alaska's special election Wednesday, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., discredited the voting system used by Alaska voters that they chose to implement in their state.