Mar-a-Lago classified papers held U.S. secrets about Iran and China  —  Iran's missile program, U.S. intelligence work aimed at China were among the most sensitive material seized by the FBI, people familiar with the matter say  —  Some of the classified documents recovered by the FBI …

Voter fraud charge dismissed in Florida after arrest  —  The accused was facing up to five years in prison and $5,000 in fines and fees.  —  A Florida man had his election fraud charges dismissed on Friday, making him the first of 20 people who Gov. Ron DeSantis announced had been charged with voter fraud in August, to beat his case.

Bannon Sentenced to 4 Months in Prison for Contempt of Congress  —  Stephen Bannon was found guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress this summer for defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday sentenced Stephen K. Bannon …

CNN Exclusive: After Ukraine, Biden administration turns to Musk's satellite internet for Iran  —  The White House has engaged in talks with Elon Musk about the possibility of setting up SpaceX's satellite internet service Starlink inside Iran, multiple officials familiar with the discussions told CNN.

U.S. Defense secretary speaks with Russian counterpart as war in Ukraine enters ninth month  — Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with his Russian counterpart Friday morning.  — The last known instance of the two leaders speaking was in May.  — The call comes as the war enters …

Joe Biden's Walk-and-Chew-Gum Campaign  —  The President says the midterms are “the most consequential” elections in recent history, but he's not acting like he means it. … For most of President Joe Biden's tenure, Fox News's Peter Doocy has played the role of pressroom scourge.

Why I'm Telling My Friends That The Senate Is A Toss-Up  —  The Senate started out as a toss-up when we launched our forecast in June — and after a summer in which political developments mostly played to Democrats' favor, there is now clear movement back toward Republicans.

EXCLUSIVE: Balenciaga Severs Ties With Ye  —  The French fashion house, which collaborated with the rapper on a line sold at Gap, is walking away from the relationship after he repeatedly used hate speech. … “Balenciaga has no longer any relationship nor any plans for future projects related …

Sorry you went viral  —  TikTok's explosive stardom has created a new kind of celebrity.  But nothing goes viral like rage.  —  When Junna Faylee started making money on TikTok, the 21-year-old anime and gaming fan in London made it the centerpiece of her life.  She devoted every night and weekend to making videos.

Donald Trump's Boeing 757 rehabbed and back in West Palm Beach  —  Trump's 757 seen on tarmac with updated paint job  —  What this defamation attorney thinks could have happened in Trump's deposition  —  Trump in 2021: ‘Is this a good Jewish character right here?’

Newsmax Bans Lara Logan After She Goes Full QAnon, Spews Blood Libel on Network  —  “Newsmax condemns in the strongest terms the reprehensible statements made by Lara Logan,” the network said in a statement.  “We have no plans to interview her again.”  —  Nearly a year after she was kicked …

The only thing the debt limit is used for is political blackmail  —  On Friday, President Biden rejected calls from some in his party to permanently eliminate the debt limit.  The idea, he said, was “irresponsible.”  This article assessing the utility of the debt limit first ran in September.

Southern California's Notorious Container Ship Backup Ends  —  Slump in imports, cargo diversions to other ports help shrink queue of dozens of vessels  —  The backup of container ships off Southern California's coast that was at the heart of U.S. supply chain congestion during the Covid-19 pandemic has effectively disappeared.

Please don't play it again, Boris  —  I fear the Conservative party has forgotten that Johnson was the least popular postwar prime minister until Liz Truss  —  This article is an on-site version of our Swamp Notes newsletter.  Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every Monday and Friday

James Corden Would Rather Not Talk About That Omelet  —  In an interview to promote his coming series, “Mammals,” the actor and late-night host dismissed a flap stemming from an Instagram post accusing him of boorish restaurant behavior.  “I think it's so silly,” he said.

Blake Masters' campaign has had a far-right Christian nationalist on its payroll for months  —  CJ Trapeur has received at least $5,250 from the Masters campaign, which has paid him for ‘consulting’ services as well as ‘campaign staff salary fees’  —  In an email newsletter regularly sent …

Daniel Smith, one of the last children of enslaved Americans, dies at 90  —  He grew up hearing stories from his father, who was born into bondage during the Civil War.  Decades later, he marched in Washington and Selma with fellow civil rights activists.  —  Growing up in the 1930s …

Adults who choose to bully LGBTQ+ children are weird — and profoundly broken  —  The Michigan Pride rally at the state Capitol in Lansing on June 26, 2022.  Photo by Andrew Roth  —  Twelve years ago, the LGBTQ+ community started a powerful campaign to help young people with three simple words: “It gets better.”

Trump's rally schedule slows as GOP sees narrowing demand for his help  —  Former president Donald Trump isn't expected to return to some key battlegrounds as other surrogates abound and his rallies don't draw the crowds he used to do  —  A report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution …

Warnock releases two new TV ads hitting Herschel Walker on abortion allegations  —  Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., has launched two new hard-hitting TV ads in Georgia, going after Republican challenger Herschel Walker over allegations that he paid for an ex-girlfriend's abortion and threatened his ex-wife.

Ethiopians in the U.S. will be eligible to stay for 18 months due to civil war  —  Because of a civil war in their homeland, Ethiopians in the U.S. will be eligible to stay for 18 months and apply for work permits, U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials announced Friday.

With Texans focused on the border and the economy, Abbott leads O'Rourke 54%-43% among likely voters in new University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll  —  With in-person early voting set to begin in Texas on October 24, the latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll finds …