Republicans livid over Nadler's ‘cover-up’ accusation  —  Senate Republicans are fuming after Rep. Jerry Nadler accused them on the Senate floor of engaging in a “cover up” to protect the president, seizing on his remarks Wednesday as a significant misstep that they say undercuts Democrats' impeachment case.

Adam Schiff's Moment  —  On Day 2 of the Senate impeachment trial, the House presents its case—and a senator has a cold glass of milk.  —  Leaving the Senate chamber on Wednesday afternoon for a short break, the Washington Post reporter Paul Kane called over to his colleague Dana Milbank, a Post columnist.

CNN poll: Bernie Sanders surges to join Biden atop Democratic presidential pack  —  (CNN)Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has improved his standing in the national Democratic race for president, joining former Vice President Joe Biden in a two-person top tier above the rest of the field, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.

How Jeff Bezos' iPhone X Was Hacked  —  It most likely began with a tiny bit of code that implanted malware, which gave attackers access to Mr. Bezos' photos and texts.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — On the afternoon of May 1, 2018, Jeff Bezos received a message on WhatsApp from an account belonging …

Glenn Greenwald on Brazil's Charges Against Him  —  On Tuesday, Brazilian prosecutors charged the journalist Glenn Greenwald with “cybercrimes” as part of what the government claims was his role in a “criminal organization.”  They allege that Greenwald—who reported on wrongdoing …

Trump Opens Door to Cuts to Medicare and Other Entitlement Programs  —  The president signaled a willingness to scale back Medicare, a shift from his 2016 platform of protecting welfare programs.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump suggested on Wednesday that he would be willing to consider cuts …

By a Narrow Margin, Americans Say Senate Trial Should Result in Trump's Removal  —  Majority says Trump has definitely or probably done things that are illegal  —  How we did this  —  As the Senate impeachment trial gets underway, slightly more Americans say that Donald Trump should be removed …

Hunter Biden renting $12,000-per-month Hollywood home while defying child support suit  —  Hunter Biden is defying a court order to disclose his financial information as part of a child support fight while renting a $3.8 million designer home in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, for $12,000 per month.

San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin ends cash bail for all criminal cases  —  Two weeks after Chesa Boudin took the oath of office as San Francisco's newest district attorney, the city's top prosecutor announced Wednesday that his office will no longer ask for cash bail as a condition for defendants' pretrial release.

Lindsey Graham goes berserk at impeachment presser: 'I'm not covering up anything, I'm exposing your hatred!'  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Wednesday excoriated Democrats for continuing the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.  —  “If I was the president, I wouldn't cooperate …

Live from New York, it's Michael Che's weird fixation with me  —  My feud with the ‘Saturday Night Live’ head writer has lasted several months all because I said his show was unfunny.  —  Culture  —  My feud with the ‘Saturday Night Live’ head writer has lasted several months all because I said his show was unfunny.

Reagan's solicitor general says ‘All honorable people’ have left Trump's Cabinet: ‘He is capable of doing serious damage’  —  THE NEWSWEEK INTERVIEW  —  Charles Fried was a fervent, superior officer on the frontlines of the Reagan Revolution.  As solicitor general of the United States from 1985 to 1989 …

A Matter of Facts  —  With much fanfare, The New York Times Magazine devoted an entire issue in August to what it called the 1619 Project.  The project's aim, the magazine announced, was to reinterpret the entirety of American history.  “Our democracy's founding ideals,” its lead essay proclaimed, “were false when they were written.”

Veterans Differ With Trump Over Injuries From Iran Missile Attack  —  President says U.S. injuries in attack in Iraq weren't very serious; veterans say his comments were ignorant  —  WASHINGTON— President Trump said the head injuries suffered by American service members in an Iranian missile strike weren't …

Trump sets new Twitter record for presidency  —  President Donald Trump posted more than 140 times on Twitter on Wednesday, surpassing his mid-December record for the most daily tweets and retweets during his presidency.  —  The president flooded his Twitter account during the second …

Matt Gaetz sees ‘brush back’ in being kept off Trump's impeachment team  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of President Donald Trump's staunchest allies on Capitol Hill, suspects a senior White House aide pushed to keep him off the president's impeachment defense team — weeks after the Florida Republican voted to rein in Trump's war powers.

The Iconic Man With a Gun Is a White Man  —  Protesters in Virginia were re-enacting — and re-embracing — an exclusionary vision of American history.  —  RICHMOND, Va. — Around 22,000 people came here on Monday to protest potential new restrictions on guns under consideration by the new Democratic majority in the General Assembly.

Kushner's FBI interviews to be held for review, Justice Department says  —  (CNN)The Justice Department did not hand over the FBI's summary of Jared Kushner's interviews with special counsel Robert Mueller last week — despite a judge's order to do so — because “a member of the intelligence community” …

Ancient viruses never observed by humans discovered in Tibetan glacier  —  Melting ice from climate change could release the pathogens into the environment, one researcher said, calling it a “worst-case scenario.”  —  For the past 15,000 years, a glacier on the northwestern Tibetan Plateau …

Maker of Hit Podcast ‘Serial’ Explores Sale  —  Serial Productions has one of the best-known brands in digital audio; New York Times considered a potential suitor  —  The company behind the hit true-crime podcast “Serial” is exploring a sale, according to a person familiar with the matter …

Here's how Mike Bloomberg is luring 2020 campaign staffers with lavish perks  —  Billionaire presidential long shot Michael Bloomberg is trying to poach staff from other campaigns with outsized salaries and fancy perks like three catered meals a day, an iPhone 11 and a MacBook Pro, according to sources.

Andrew Yang and the New American Tories  —  What links celebrity Yang supporters like Dave Chappelle, Rivers Cuomo, and Norm MacDonald?  —  Power  —  What links celebrity Yang supporters like Dave Chappelle, Rivers Cuomo, and Norm MacDonald?  —  A great groaning and rolling-of-eyes seized …

US to impose visas restrictions for pregnant women  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is coming out with new visa restrictions aimed at restricting “birth tourism,” in which women travel to the U.S. to give birth so their children can have a coveted U.S. passport.

Virulent Anti-Semite Rick Wiles Has Once Again Received White House Press Credentials  —  As we have noted several times before, right-wing conspiracy theorist and End Times broadcaster Rick Wiles is deeply anti-Semitic and dedicates many of his TruNews programs to railing against Israel and Jews.

Alan Dershowitz's Strange Constitutional Arguments on Impoundment and Foreign Policy  —  On Jan. 17, the White House announced that Alan Dershowitz would be joining the president's defense team in his Senate impeachment trial.  That same day, Dershowitz published a statement defending President …

We Asked 81 Americans About Impeachment.  Here's What They Had to Say.  —  The evidence doesn't amount to a hill of black-eyed peas.  There's so much that this guy is guilty of.  Absolutely no case.  The president did not do anything wrong.  It's tough to tell, because I feel like I'm being lied to on both sides at all times.

U.S. State Department Appoints Envoy to Counter Chinese Influence at the U.N.  —  The Trump administration's retreat from multilateralism left a political void that China is seeking to fill.  Now, the United States wants to turn back the clock.  —  The U.S. State Department has appointed …

The Apps on My Phone Are Stalking Me  —  I discovered that we're building a digital surveillance state much like the one in China.  —  There is much about the future that keeps me up at night — A.I. weaponry, undetectable viral deepfakes, indefatigable and infinitely wise robotic op-ed columnists …

Seattle is the first area in the US where residents can vote via smartphones  —  King County, Washington residents will be able to vote from their phones for an upcoming board of supervisors election  —  King County, where Seattle is located, announced on Wednesday that it's implementing smartphone voting …