Trump Refuses to Tell Hannity He Will Not Abuse Power if Re-Elected  —  When asked a very simple question, Trump refused to rule out acting illegally and abusing his power.  —  Donald Trump, in a Fox News town hall Wednesday, did not rule out breaking the law if re-elected president.

GOP Decision to Blur Jan. 6 Faces Has Democrats ‘Deeply Troubled’  —  'They don't get a chance to alter that footage for the American people to be the best judge,' Rep. Annie Kuster told The Messenger  —  JWPlayer  —  House Democrats excoriated House Speaker Mike Johnson's decision to blur …

Senate confirms 425 military nominees after Sen. Tommy Tuberville drops his hold  —  Tuberville “has nothing to show for his 10 months of delay,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a scathing speech after the nominees were confirmed.  Tuberville has retained his holds on roughly 11 other promotions.

‘This Is Grim,’ One Democratic Pollster Says  —  The predictive power of horse-race polling a year from the presidential election is weak at best.  The Biden campaign can take some comfort in that.  —  But what recent surveys do reveal is that the coalition that put Biden in the White House …

Norman Lear, boundary-breaking TV master and progressive activist behind ‘All in the Family,’ dies at 101  —  Lear created or developed some of the most seminal comedies in television history, including “Sanford and Son,” “Maude,” “Good Times,” “The Jeffersons” and “One Day at a Time.”

The report AT&T didn't want to produce  —  Last Friday, AT&T quietly published an extraordinary document.  For the first time ever, the company released a “political congruency report.”  The report, which covers the year 2022, looks at the “[s]tate and federal elected officials to whom AT&T …

Riley Gaines hits back at ‘Squad’ Dem calling her testimony ‘transphobic’: You're a ‘misogynist’  —  Lee called a point of order, urging Gaines' remarks be struck from the record, but it was withdrawn  —  NCAA swimming legend and women's sports advocate Riley Gaines hit back against a …

White House interns demand a Middle East cease-fire in letter to Biden  —  The letter, first shared with NBC News, is supported by more than 40 interns who work in the White House and other executive branch offices.  —  WASHINGTON — A group of White House interns joined the growing list …

Exclusive: Georgia prosecutors put Mike Pence on their witness list in 2020 election subversion case against Trump  —  Prosecutors in the Georgia election subversion case against former President Donald Trump have officially listed former Vice President Mike Pence as one of the witnesses …

Liz Cheney's Memoir Is an Instant Bestseller  —  TOP OF THE CHARTS  —  Former Rep. Liz Cheney's (R-WY) memoir has shot to the top of the bestseller list, going temporarily out of stock on Amazon on Tuesday after clocking in at No.1 on its bestseller list.  Cheney's book, Oath and Honor …

Biden ban on menthol cigarettes to be delayed amid political concerns, officials say  —  The Biden administration will further delay a long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes after fierce lobbying from critics who warn that a prohibition could anger some Black smokers who favor the products …

RFK Jr. Says He Was on Epstein Jet Twice, Knew Nothing of ‘Nefarious Issues’  —  Kennedy said his then-wife, Emily Black, had ‘some kind of relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell,’ at the time he traveled on the private jet  —  JWPlayer  —  Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy …

State Department faces lawsuit from conservative media over funding ‘censorship scheme’  —  A pair of conservative media outlets are accusing the State Department in a new lawsuit of funding an unconstitutional “censorship scheme” suppressing voices on the Right, according to a complaint.

Trump's Lawyers Keep Trying Hopeless Hail Marys in Court  —  Donald Trump's lawyers made a laughable request at the start of his bank fraud trial.  Then they did it again.  Now they've done it a third time.  —  Donald Trump lost the bulk of his bank fraud trial before it ever started …

Pregnant Woman Carrying Doomed Fetus Sues to Get Abortion  —  Kate Cox's fetus will likely not survive days past birth.  So she's asking a Texas court to block the state's abortion laws and let her end the pregnancy.  —  A woman whose fetus has a fatal condition is petitioning a Texas court …

The debates mattered.  They just didn't knock out Trump.  —  Nikki Haley's rise and Vivek Ramaswamy's fall are the direct results of their debate performances.  —  Nikki Haley was at just 3 percent when she got on a debate stage in late August and started taking shots at her rivals.

Marjorie Taylor Greene alleged a male Republican got physically aggressive with her  —  In a private meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson last week, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accused fellow Georgia Republican Rep. Richard McCormick of getting physically aggressive with her …

Giuliani's no-show prevents courtroom confrontation with Georgia election workers  —  Rudy Giuliani is facing money damages in the election workers' defamation lawsuit.  —  Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two Georgia election workers who have been tormented by harassment and threats since 2020 …

US officials think Gaza ground operation could end by January as Biden admin privately warns Israel about its tactics  —  US officials expect the current phase of Israel's ground invasion of Gaza targeting the southern end of the strip to last several weeks before Israel transitions …

Internal Dem memo claims GOP bill outlawing EV mandates may lead to premature deaths  —  ‘Republicans are employing scare tactics to deliberately mislead the American people about EVs,’ Democrats' memo states  —  House Democratic leaders are circulating an internal memo outlining opposition …

Al Gore calls social media algorithms ‘digital’ AR-15s  —  Former Vice President Al Gore took aim at social media algorithms on Tuesday, saying sites that are “dominated by algorithms” are the “digital equivalent of AR-15s.”  —  Gore, speaking at the the Bloomberg Green at COP28 event …

Progressive Briahna Joy Gray Demands More Evidence Israeli Women Were Raped on 10/7 (Update)  —  As you may have seen already, there have been a series of stories coming out in the past week about the sexual assault of Israeli women by Hamas during the 10/7 attack.

‘I love you Joe Biden:’ Migrant thanks POTUS after crossing illegally in Arizona  —  Tucson Sector has been overwhelmed by a massive migrant surge  —  One of the thousands of illegal immigrants who crossed into the U.S. at an overwhelmed part of the southern border in Arizona had warm words …