“Clay Higgins is a dear friend of mine and a colleague from Louisiana, and a very frank and outspoken person. He’s also a very principled man. “I didn’t even see it but he tweeted something today about Haitians. He was approached on the floor by colleagues who said that was offensive. “He said he went to the back and he …

New York City’s ABC affiliate reports: New York Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that remain sealed, according to sources familiar with the matter. Adams now becomes the first mayor in New York City history to be indicted while in office. If he were to resign, he would be replaced by the city’s …

Variety reports: Netflix is producing a docuseries from Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson about charges of sex trafficking and racketeering as well as sexual assault and violent abuse allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs. Alexandria Stapleton directs the project, which is currently in production. “This is a story with significant human impact. It is a complex narrative spanning decades, not just the …

“We did much better, by the way, in the election of 2020 than we did in 2016. Just remember that millions and millions of votes — more votes than any sitting president in the history of our country — but they beat us by a whisker. They beat us just by a little whisker. He beat us from the basement.” …

CBS News reports: The U.S. attorney’s office in Philadelphia said Philip C. Pulley of Huntington Valley pleaded guilty to falsely registering to vote, double voting and election fraud. He faces a maximum of five years in prison, three years of supervised release, a $10,000 to $250,000 fine and a $100 special assessment. Federal prosecutors said Pulley registered to vote in …

The Raleigh News & Observer reports: Days after a scandal upended Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s campaign for governor, most of his campaign staff resigned. Now much of his staff in the lieutenant governor’s office have resigned, too. Robinson is the Republican candidate in the North Carolina governor’s race against Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein. Brian LiVecchi, who has served as …

The Hill reports: The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) on Wednesday called for Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) to be censured for a since-deleted social media post criticizing Haitian migrants as “thugs.” CBC Chair Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) and other Democrats took to the House floor to call for a censure in an extensive and at times heated back-and-forth with Republicans. Horsford on …

CBS News reports: The House and Senate approved a stopgap measure to keep the government funded for three months on Wednesday, sending the legislation to President Biden to stave off a shutdown. The legislation keeps the government funded through Dec. 20 and also includes around $230 million in additional funding for the Secret Service following the second assassination attempt against …

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: Oklahoma state Sen. Dusty Deevers is a far-right pastor and unabashed Christian nationalist who wants to abolish abortion, ban no-fault divorce, outlaw pornography, and literally see this nation taken back to the 1600s. Earlier this month, Deevers joined fellow Christian nationalist and former Trump administration official William Wolfe on the latter’s Center for …

Orlando’s NBC affiliate reports: Hurricane Helene has strengthened, according to the National Hurricane Center, and is expected to slam Florida as a Category 4 storm. Helene is currently located about 460 miles south-southwest of Tampa with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph and a minimum central pressure of 978 mb. A northward or north-northeastward motion at a faster forward speed …

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports: Acadiana U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins on Wednesday called Haiti the “nastiest country” in the Western Hemisphere, adding that immigrants to Springfield, Ohio, who are largely employed and legally allowed to be in the United States, need to get “their a** out of our country before January 20th.” That’s the day the president elected on Nov. …

NBC News reports: The House on Wednesday approved a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded when the new fiscal year begins next Tuesday, avoiding a potential shutdown showdown just weeks before the Nov. 5 election. The stopgap measure generally funds agencies at current levels through Dec. 20, but an additional $231 million was included to bolster the …

Courthouse News reports: During a hearing with a panel of prospective federal judges, GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee dialed in on Anthony Brindisi, tapped by the White House for a position in the Northern District of New York. Brindisi had previously represented the Empire State’s 22nd Congressional District in the House — he was narrowly defeated in 2020 …

The New York Times reports: Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on Wednesday said Eric Adams should resign as mayor of New York City, becoming the most prominent Democrat to push for his ouster amid federal corruption investigations involving his administration. In a statement to The New York Times, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, a national leader of her party’s progressive wing, said …

NBC News reports: A Democratic group is launching a legal fund to help secretaries of state in key states defend against an anticipated post-election deluge of lawsuits. In plans shared first with NBC News, the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State plans to spend at $5 million to support top election officials in Maine, Michigan, North Carolina and Nevada. Officials …

“If I were the president, I would inform the threatening country, in this case Iran, that if you do anything to harm this person [meaning himself], we are going to blow your largest cities and the country itself to smithereens. We’re going to blow it to smithereens. “You can’t do that. And there would be no more threats. There would …

Dallas’s ABC affiliate reports: The youth director of a Denton church has been arrested after a parent and their child accused him of inappropriate behavior with teenagers, police say. According to police, the suspect, 63-year-old Craig Stone, was charged with indecency with a child and possession of child pornography, both felonies. Stone is listed as the youth director and president …

The Washington Post reports: Three Democrats have asked a state court to force Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) to take up their ethics complaints accusing three members of the State Election Board of holding an illegal meeting and overstepping their legal authority by passing rules that critics say will sow chaos and uncertainty in the presidential race. The Democrats filed …

“As down-ballot Republicans approach the homestretch of this election, they should promise to deliver peace through strength, not isolationism and the abandonment of American leadership. “Republicans should pledge to deliver better trade deals that increase prosperity, not protectionist tariffs that make products more expensive. “Republicans should commit to tackling the growing debt that threatens to bankrupt the nation, pledging to …

Politico reports: House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer launched an investigation on Wednesday into Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s recent visit to an ammunition factory in Pennsylvania. House Republicans have already cried foul on the visit, which Zelenskyy took to thank the workers at a factory that has supplied critical munitions in Ukraine’s war with Russia, because several Democrats joined him …