Supreme Court clears way for Trump tax returns to go to Congress  —  High court again rules against former president Donald Trump in a case involving his finances, requests to withhold information  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for a congressional committee …

How SBF Created the New Playbook for Manipulating Washington, D.C.  —  Disgraced FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried bent Washington to his will using “every mechanism available,” with sophistication and speed.  “He played D.C. like a fiddle.”  —  In late May, Sam Bankman-Fried joined a roundtable put …

AP fired a reporter after a dangerous blunder.  Slack messages reveal a chaotic process.  —  Your Email addressSign Up  —  A 10-minute miscommunication on Slack between journalists at the Associated Press resulted in an erroneous report last week that appeared momentarily to bring tensions between NATO …

Multiple People Are Fatally Shot at a Walmart in Virginia  —  The shooter was found dead at the store, in Chesapeake, Va.  —  Multiple people were shot and killed inside a Walmart in Chesapeake, Va., on Tuesday night, according to a spokesman with the Chesapeake Police Department.

Advertisers are dropping Twitter.  Musk can't afford to lose any more.  —  More than a third of Twitter's top 100 clients have not advertised on the platform in the past two weeks, data shows  —  More than a third of Twitter's top 100 marketers have not advertised on the social media network …

Appeals court is dubious of Trump's arguments for special master review of Mar-a-Lago search  —  A panel of federal appeals court judges - all appointed by Republican presidents - on Tuesday were dubious of former President Donald Trump's arguments for why the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago required …

Colorado club shooting suspect is non-binary, attorneys say  —  The public defenders for the suspect in the mass shooting at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub that killed five people said in a Tuesday night court filing obtained by the New York Times that their client is non-binary and they use they/them pronouns.

Student Loan Pause Could Cost $275 Billion  —  Note: (11/22/2022): The Department of Education announced it would extend the pause to the sooner of 60 days after resolution of the student debt cancellation litigation or 60 days after June 30, 2023 (which would be the end of August, based on our understanding).

GOP Leader McCarthy calls on Homeland Security Secretary to resign over border issues  —  Appearing with Republicans in El Paso, Texas, House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday called on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign for failing to secure the southern border.

Florida Legislature poised to change law to aid a DeSantis presidential run  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida's top Republican leaders say they are willing to change state law to smooth the way for Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president in 2024.  —  Both House Speaker Paul Renner (R-Palm Coast) …

After Pushing Conspiracies, Tulsi Gabbard Lectures Special Ops Students on Avoiding Disinformation  —  Former Democratic congresswoman and conservative-media pundit Tulsi Gabbard gave a guest lecture to students at the Army's psychological warfare school last week on several topics, including disinformation, Military.com has learned.

Bolsonaro challenges Brazil election he lost to Lula  —  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has challenged the election he lost last month to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, arguing votes from some machines should be “invalidated” in a complaint that election authorities met with initial skepticism.

Buffeted by Economic Woes, U.K. Starts to Look at Brexit With ‘Bregret’  —  Stung by inflation and bracing for tax increases, the country is in the midst of its gravest slump in a generation, leading many to wonder how much the split with the European Union is to blame.

Scoop: U.S. creates special representative post focused solely on Palestinian affairs  —  The Biden administration notified congress on Tuesday that it has appointed Hady Amr as a new special representative for Palestinian affairs, a senior State Department official said.

WBTV mourning the loss of meteorologist Jason Myers, pilot Chip Tayag  —  The two people were killed in a helicopter crash.  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - WBTV Meteorologist Jason Myers and Sky3 pilot Chip Tayag were killed in a helicopter crash early Tuesday afternoon.

Charges Dropped Against Black Man Arrested In Ron DeSantis' ‘Election Fraud’ Crackdown  —  Tony Patterson was one of the 20 Floridians arrested earlier this year for allegedly voting illegally in 2020.  —  Prosecutors in Florida on Monday dropped charges against a Black man who was arrested earlier …

Failures of capital punishment: Alabama, Missouri, and Oklahoma  —  Incompetence, racism, and ... wanting to kill so badly that you set an execution date when the man isn't even in your custody.  —  The death penalty has been in the news a lot in month of November, with three executions carried …

Mike Pence staffs up with an eye on 2024  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence is building out his political staff, the latest indication that he's prepping a White House bid that will pit him against his former boss, ex-President Donald Trump.  —  Ali Kjergaard, a spokesperson for outgoing Nebraska …

Two new movies, ‘Till’ and ‘U.S. and the Holocaust,’ help us connect the dots between Jim Crow and fascism With Kanye and Kyrie Irving dominating the news, the connections between victims of white supremacy are more relevant than ever  —  In 1937, as a correspondent for the Baltimore Afro-American covering …

What “longtermism” gets wrong about climate change  —  In his new book What We Owe the Future, William MacAskill outlines the case for what he calls “longtermism.”  That's not just another word for long-term thinking.  It's an ideology and movement founded on some highly controversial ideas in ethics.