Trump's Jewish Allies Denounce Dinner With Kanye West and Nick Fuentes  —  Supporters who looked past the former president's admirers in bigoted corners of the far right, and his own use of antisemitic tropes, now are drawing a line.  “He legitimizes Jew hatred and Jew haters,” says one.

Dem dreams of a ‘real’ majority hinge on Georgia  —  If Raphael Warnock wins in Georgia next week, Democrats will claim a prize bigger than a single Senate seat: a real majority.  —  The Dec. 6 runoff between Warnock and GOP opponent Herschel Walker is an unusually consequential individual Senate race …

RNC commissions ‘review’ of party tactics after disappointing midterm  —  The Republican National Committee is launching a review of the party's performance in the midterm election and bringing on a team of outside advisers to help guide strategy, as the GOP reckons with its disappointing performance in the election.

US courts ruling in favor of justice department turns legal tide on Trump  —  The ex-president's supporters will no longer be able to avoid testifying before grand juries in Washington DC and Georgia  —  spate of major court rulings rejecting claims of executive privilege and other arguments …

Aren't You Embarrassed? … It's become immensely embarrassing to be a conservative in the United States.  —  Many of us have coped with that embarrassment by reregistering as independents.  A few found it so intolerable that they changed their views on policy altogether.

Russian Retreat Reveals Signs of an Atrocity in a Ukrainian Village  —  In the southern Kherson region, the pattern seen in eastern Ukraine is repeating: The withdrawal of Russian forces yields evidence of possible war crimes.  —  PRAVDYNE, Ukraine — First came small pieces of bone.

A Letter to the DeSantis Fan-Boys From a Real Never Trumper  —  Level-setting on the New Precious.  —  In 2024, the chosen one will be Gov. Ron DeSantis.  It has thus been decreed by the old-guard members of Conservative Inc. Or at least the ones calculating enough to have survived the MAGA takeover.

Elon Musk says Apple threatened to remove Twitter from App Store  —  In a series of tweets, the billionaire says Apple also has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter  —  Elon Musk on Monday went on a tear against Apple, Twitter's top advertiser, after he said the company threatened to block …

Democrats prepare to upend presidential primary calendar  —  The list of states with the biggest say in Democratic presidential contests could get a big shake-up this week.  —  A flurry of public and private lobbying to reformat the longtime early-state lineup of Iowa, New Hampshire …

Layoffs Have Gutted Twitter's Child Safety Team  —  Just one person remains to enforce the company's ban on child sexual abuse content across Japan and the Asia Pacific region.  —  Removing child exploitation is “priority #1”, Twitter's new owner and CEO Elon Musk declared last week.

As rail strike deadline nears, Biden calls on Congress to intervene  —  Railroad workers would need to ratify union contracts before a Dec. 9 strike deadline to avert a rail shutdown, renewing pressure on Congress to intervene  —  With less than two weeks until a railroad strike deadline …

The yuan's the new dollar as Russia rides to the redback  —  Chinese entrepreneur Wang Min is delighted about Russia's embrace of the yuan.  His LED lights company can price contracts to Russian customers in yuan rather than dollars or euros, and they can pay him in yuan.  It's “win-win”, he says.

Arizona secretary of state sues GOP-controlled county over refusal to certify election results  —  Cochise County has repeatedly refused to certify its results from the Nov. 8 election.  The deadline for certification is Nov. 28.  —  Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs sued …

Was She Ready to Be a Mother?  A Judge Got to Decide.  —  As abortion access dwindles, America's ‘parental involvement’ laws weigh even more heavily on teenagers — who may need a court's permission to end their pregnancies.  —  To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.