Trump search inventory released, reveals new details on docs  —  FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump's Florida home last month found empty folders marked with classified banners, according to a more detailed inventory of the seized material made public by the Justice Department on Friday.

MAGA Republicans are seething with rage because Biden hit his target  —  Republicans are in a rage over President Biden's speech in Philadelphia, in which he flatly declared that the American democratic experiment is in serious danger due to Donald Trump and the Republicans who remain allied with his political project.

Farewell to Hot Air  —  Last night I got to thinking about how many posts I've written for Hot Air.  I've looked at the total before but it never sticks in my mind.  Big numbers seldom do.  —  My guess was 15,000.  The reality: 36,590.  That's six per day, every day.  For 16 years.

John Podesta to Oversee $370 Billion in U.S. Climate Spending  —  Mr. Podesta, a Democratic stalwart, will oversee $370 billion in clean energy investments.  Gina McCarthy, the president's domestic climate adviser, is stepping down.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden will appoint John Podesta …

Putin declines to honor Gorbachev with state funeral  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's funeral and will not designate it a state funeral, the Kremlin announced on Thursday.  —  The Kremlin's top spokesman said that Putin's …

Why Sarah Palin's loss is a warning for the GOP  —  Everyone who could read a poll or a room in Alaska knew Sarah Palin was unpopular in her home state.  What was jarring to Republicans about her defeat in a U.S. House race there was that so many conservatives were unwilling to vote for her, anyway.

Don't Believe the Generals  —  A T-shirt that was popular with veterans for much of America's nearly 20-year war in Afghanistan showed a helicopter in flight with the caption We Were Winning When I Left.  U.S. generals seem to be the only ones who didn't get the joke.

Labor market added 315,000 jobs in August, a bright spot in the economy  —  A stellar 20 consecutive months of sustained job growth more than recovered the millions of jobs lost during the pandemic  —  The U.S. labor market added 315,000 jobs in August, hitting a 20-month streak …

The most-regretted (and lowest-paying) college majors  —  Almost half of humanities and arts majors regret their choice — and enrollment in those disciplines is shrinking rapidly  —  Nearly 2 in 5 American adults have major regrets.  —  That is, they regret their college major.

A Mar-a-Lago Showdown in Federal Court  —  It is 1:07 p.m. ET at the federal courthouse in Palm Beach, Florida, and it's time for the first big courtroom showdown between former President Trump and federal prosecutors over the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago.  —  Judge Aileen Cannon enters the courtroom …

Barbara Ehrenreich, Explorer of Prosperity's Dark Side, Dies at 81  —  Her book “Nickel and Dimed,” an undercover account of the indignities of being a low-wage worker in the United States, is considered a classic in social justice literature.  —  It was a casual meeting.

Gazprom Won't Reopen Gas Pipeline in 11th Hour Blow to Europe  —  Russia's Gazprom PJSC said its key gas pipeline to Europe won't reopen as planned, moving the region a step closer to blackouts, rationing and a severe recession.  —  The pipeline was due to reopen on Saturday after maintenance.

Manhattan D.A. To Prosecute Domestic Violence Victim for Murder After Saying It Wasn't Murder  —  When Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was still a candidate for his position, there was a defendant he took a special interest in.  “I #StandWithTracy,” he tweeted in September 2020.

NYC files lawsuit against Starbucks for firing union-organizing barista in Astoria, Queens  —  Mayor Adams' administration is suing Starbucks over allegations that the coffee corporation unlawfully fired a Queens barista who had been involved in unionization efforts — marking the first time the city …