Michigan will vote on an initiative to legalize abortion.

The Oath Keepers' leaked lists of members include over 80 public officials and candidates, 370 thugs, and 100 soldiers.

Not everyone in the lists is or was a real member.

*US farmers face plague of pests as global heating raises soil temperatures.*

*The Democrats are gaining because Americans want jobs, not Capitol mobs.*

Legal experts rebuke the "special master" decision.

It has never made sense to me that an ex-official could claim "executive privilege" over the use of public documents to investigate per for possible prosecution. Surely the current officials are the ones who decide whether privilege applies.

However, I've seen claims, from people it seemed ought to know, that it is accepted that ex-presidents have a certain amount of executive privilege over the documents from their activities.

I wish I understood how to reconcile this disagreement.