Michigan House punishes GOP Rep. Gary Eisen for hinting at Electoral College disruption  —  Michigan Republican legislative leaders pulled a GOP lawmaker from his committee assignments Monday after the lawmaker hinted he was part of a group that sought to disrupt or otherwise undermine t …

Congressman cites Trump's efforts to overturn election in announcing decision to quit GOP  —  (CNN)In an exclusive interview, Rep. Paul Mitchell, Republican of Michigan, told CNN that his disgust and disappointment with President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the election …

White House Official Recovers From Severe Covid-19, Friend Says  — Crede Bailey spent three months in hospital with disease  — Friend created GoFundMe account with details of illness  —  A White House official who fell ill with Covid-19 in September is recovering after three months …

Fake electors try to deliver Arizona's 11 votes for Trump  —  In another sign of the lingering unrest over President Donald Trump's election loss, an Arizona group sent the National Archives in Washington, D.C., notarized documents last week intended to deliver, wrongly, the state's 11 electoral votes for him.

Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses Trump election lawsuit  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A narrowly divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's lawsuit attempting to overturn his election loss in the battleground state about an hour before the Electoral College cast Wisconsin's 10 votes for Democrat Joe Biden.

Congress nears deal on $1.4 trillion government funding measure  —  Congressional negotiators are closing in on a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending deal to ward off a government shutdown on Friday at midnight, crossing one major priority off the legislative agenda and adding further urgency around …

Inside the ‘nasty’ feud between Trump and the Republican governor he blames for losing Georgia  —  The first major fissure in the relationship between President Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp came a year ago, when Kemp paid Trump a clandestine visit in the White House residence.

Smartmatic Demands Justice for Defamation  —  Smartmatic announced today that it is issuing legal notices and retraction demand letters to Fox News, Newsmax and One America News Network for publishing false and defamatory statements.  The demand letters identify dozens of factually inaccurate statements …

DHS is third federal agency hacked in major Russian cyberespionage campaign  —  The Department of Homeland Security is the third federal agency to have fallen victim to a major cyberespionage campaign by the Russian government, joining the Treasury and Commerce departments as targets that have been compromised, officials said Monday.

Barr Kept Biden Probes From Public to Avoid Election Politics  —  In preventing leaks, attorney general hewed to Justice Department practice and defied his critics' view of him  —  Attorney General William Barr, in the weeks before November's election, instructed prosecutors and senior colleagues …

“I fear we'd lose our country forever” says State House Speaker on overturning election results  —  (Rod Sanford/Detroit News via AP, File)<br/>  —  LANSING, Mich. — Michigan's Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield says he will not attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 Presidential election in Michigan.

Trump tells allies he will run in 2024, but hints he may back out  —  Donald Trump doesn't need to run for president again.  He just needs everyone to think he is.  —  The president's recent discussions with those around him reveal that he sees his White House comeback deliberations …

Die Hard is NOT a Christmas movie, say Americans  —  Every year without fail, the same debate is reignited on social media: is the 1988 action thriller Die Hard a Christmas movie?  —  While there are compelling arguments for both sides, a recent YouGov poll of 1,500 US adults finds that 44% say …

FSB Team of Chemical Weapon Experts Implicated in Alexey Navalny Novichok Poisoning  —  We have detailed the research methodology for this investigation into a separate article.  You can read it here.  — In a previous series of investigations, Bellingcat uncovered evidence …

Beloved Journal Sentinel reporter Meg Jones, whose adventurous life took her — and readers — across the globe, dies at 58  —  We've lost one of our own.  —  Meg Jones, who was the heart and soul of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's newsroom for more than two decades, died early Sunday.

Lexington Police: Driver shouting slurs runs over man attending menorah lighting ceremony  —  LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A member of Chabad of the Bluegrass was injured Saturday night after an alleged antisemitic incident.  —  Chabad of the Bluegrass's Rabbi Shlomo Litvin confirmed …

Pro-Trump rally descends into chaos as Proud Boys roam D.C. looking to fight  —  Nearly three dozen people were arrested during a night of unrest in downtown Washington that began Saturday with rallies supporting President Trump and descended into chaos and violence as a group with ties …

CNN and MSNBC Fret Over Post-Trump Future  —  Ratings have hit new highs, but executives and journalists at both networks are uneasy about the year ahead.  —  CNN and MSNBC thrived during the Trump years, reaching new heights in ratings and revenue while devoting countless prime-time hours …

In final years at Liberty, Falwell spent millions on pro-Trump causes  —  After shocking many in the evangelical movement by endorsing Donald Trump over other Republicans for the 2016 presidential nomination, Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. pumped millions of the nonprofit …

On a Day of Hope, a Reminder of the Virus's Devastating Impact  —  High-risk health care workers are being given priority as the U.S. surpassed more than 300,000 virus-related deaths.  Australia and New Zealand intend to establish a travel bubble.  —  RIGHT NOW'It was so close' …