Trump Has Full-Blown Meltdown And Hints That He'll Fire Bill Barr And ‘Declassify Everything’  —  Donald Trump was in usual, unhinged form on Saturday morning, quickly taking to Twitter to unload after the Supreme Court handed him his latest, humiliating legal defeat on Friday.

Is There a Doctor in the White House?  Not if You Need an M.D.  —  Jill Biden should think about dropping the honorific, which feels fraudulent, even comic.  —  Madame First Lady—Mrs. Biden—Jill—kiddo: a bit of advice on what may seem like a small but I think is a not unimportant matter.

Federal Judge in Wisconsin Deals Trump Another Court Defeat  —  A Trump appointee in Milwaukee, Judge Brett H. Ludwig, dismissed a suit contesting the election with a withering rebuke.  —  A federal judge in Milwaukee on Saturday tossed out President Trump's latest effort to overturn …

No ICU beds left in Mississippi as COVID-19 case levels continue to hit record highs  —  The surge of COVID-19 cases in Mississippi has left no intensive care unit beds available across the state and prompted the need for restrictions, State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said Friday.

Ivanka Trump Has Been Grifting Her Way Through Her Father's Presidency.  But It's Hunter Biden We Want to Investigate?  —  The Republican party is obsessed with Hunter Biden, his laptop, his other laptop, his photos, his taxes, his divorce.  Entire conservative news cycles have been crafted completely …

Deadliest place in America: They shrugged off the pandemic, then their family and friends started dying  —  QUINTER, Kansas — Sitting in the front seat of a red pickup as wind-whipped sorghum husks fly down Main Street like snowflakes, Ivy Charles fingers the white surgical mask slipped down beneath her chin.

Biden's attorney general search narrows  —  President-elect Joe Biden's search for the next attorney general is increasingly focused on Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) and former deputy attorney general Sally Q. Yates, according to people familiar with the discussions, who said that appeals court …

Veterans groups call for VA secretary's dismissal after watchdog audit  —  Four of the largest U.S. veterans groups on Friday called for the immediate dismissal of Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie after a watchdog audit concluded he mishandled an investigation …

Acting US defense secretary's chief of staff Kash Patel files $50M defamation lawsuit against CNN  —  Suit claims CNN engaged in ‘pattern of retaliation and discrimination against Kash’  —  Kash Patel reacts to Fiona Hill allegation of Ukraine back channel

DeSantis refused to disclose White House coronavirus report that contradicts him  —  State officials should take urgent action to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the report said.  DeSantis has declined to so.  —  TALLAHASSEE — A White House Coronavirus Task Force report about the state …

No, Andrew Yang Should Not Be New York City's Mayor  —  Andrew Yang might be gearing up to run for New York City's mayor.  But he's more likely to be the pro-developer, pro-cop second coming of Mike Bloomberg than a real alternative.  —  Our new issue, “Failure Is an Option,” is out now.

Israel establishes ‘formal diplomatic relations’ with Bhutan  —  Himalayan kingdom is latest country to recognise the Jewish state in a normalisation deal  —  Israel established diplomatic relations with the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan on Saturday, the Israeli foreign ministry said …

Charley Pride, first major Black star in country music, dies at 86 of covid-19  —  In the early 1960s, a young minor league baseball pitcher and aspiring country singer named Charley Pride had settled into a discouraging routine.  His days were spent toiling in Helena, Mont. …

Senate's octogenarians face the age question and whether it's time to exit  —  A few years ago, Sens. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) established unusual benchmarks for deciding whether to run for reelection in 2022, potential six-year terms that would end with Grassley in his mid-90s and Leahy in his late 80s.