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Conservatives renew their attack on the Voting Rights Act

Trump-appointed federal appellate justices carved up what was left of the crucial civil rights law. And at least two Supreme Court justices are willing to join them. 3:00 a.m.

Miss Universe 2023, Sheynnis Palacio of Nicaragua.

Ideas

The beauty queen who terrifies a dictator

Nicaragua’s bizarre autocratic regime gives the impression it’s in total control. So why does Miss Universe pose such a threat? 10:00 a.m.

Former president Donald Trump spoke after testifying in his civil fraud trial at the New York State Supreme Court in New York City on Nov. 6.

Columns

Trump was defeated twice in one week

Trumpism lost big in the courtroom and at the polls, proving the rule of law and democracy still matter. 2:56 p.m.

John Eastman spoke to the media outside the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, where he was booked on Aug. 22.

Columns

Other Trump lawyers flipped. John Eastman won’t, his attorney says.

Legal bluster? In Silverglate’s case, probably not. 3:00 a.m.

A police officer stood next to a victim of Russian missile strikes on a mail depot in the village of Korotych, Kharkiv region, on Oct. 21. The strikes killed at least six people.

Ideas

‘If we stop fighting, we, Ukrainians, will be gone’

A conversation with Ukrainian human rights activist Oleksandra Matviichuk about why, more than ever, Ukraine needs the world’s support in its fight against Russia. 5:19 p.m.

Republican members of the House met in the House Ways and Means Committee room for a closed-door vote to select a House speaker candidate on Capitol Hill on Oct. 24.

Columns

How the Jan. 6 insurrectionists won

The next GOP House speaker will probably be someone who either denied or questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election outcome. 5:55 p.m.

Former president Donald Trump with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln behind him.

OpEds

The lessons Lincoln can teach us for 2024

NPR's Steve Inskeep on the lessons we can learn from Abraham Lincoln ahead of the 2024 presidential election. 3:00 a.m.

Former president Donald Trump endorsed Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio in the GOP race for speaker of the House. Jordan supported Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election, defied a congressional subpoena to testify before the Jan. 6 committee, and denies any knowledge of allegations of sexual abuse by an Ohio State University team doctor while Jordan was an assistant wrestling coach there.

OpEds

To my House GOP colleagues: Choose bipartisanship, not extremism, with next speaker

Since they took the majority in January, House Republicans haven’t been guided by the duties of public service but by a desperate, obsessive desire to out-MAGA one another. 12:08 p.m.