Mass confusion over Trump's endgame as Washington barrels toward shutdown, economic crisis  —  White House officials have been mum on Trump's demands, leaving Democrats and Republicans to try and parse his tweets as Monday deadline looms  —  As President Trump rapidly approached a Monday deadline …

Authorities identify Anthony Warner as Nashville bomber, say his remains were found in the wreckage  —  Neighbors describe Warner as a “recluse” with an interest in home security.  —  Anthony Quinn Warner was responsible for the Christmas morning explosion that rocked downtown Nashville …

Even Homer Gets Mobbed  —  A Massachusetts school has banned ‘The Odyssey.’  —  A sustained effort is under way to deny children access to literature.  Under the slogan #DisruptTexts, critical-theory ideologues, schoolteachers and Twitter agitators are purging and propagandizing against classic texts …

Why these Fox News loyalists have changed the channel to Newsmax  —  On the morning after Election Day, Greg and Jenny Brethen, loyal viewers of Fox News who watched the channel religiously for almost 20 years, turned on their go-to morning show, “Fox & Friends,” and thought they saw something fishy.

1 of every 17 people in the U.S. has been infected, and 1 in 1,000 has died.  Yet the worst may lie ahead.  —  With bubble-enclosed Santas and Zoom-enhanced family gatherings, much of the United States played it safe over Christmas while the coronavirus rampaged across the country.

Reginald Foster, Vatican Latinist Who Tweeted in the Language, Dies at 81  —  One of the world's foremost experts on Latin, Father Foster was a monk who looked like a stevedore, dressed like a janitor and swore like a sailor.  —  Reginald Foster, a former plumber's apprentice from Wisconsin who …

Heather Cox Richardson Offers a Break From the Media Maelstrom.  It's Working.  —  She is the breakout star of the newsletter platform Substack, doing the opposite of most media as she calmly situates the news of the day in the long sweep of American history.

Trump to return to Georgia on runoff eve for GOP Senate candidates  —  President Donald Trump will return to Georgia for a runoff eve rally to campaign for the Republican U.S. Senate candidates even as he continues to fume at the state's GOP leaders for refusing to overturn the election results …

Household Cash Balances during COVID-19: A Distributional Perspective  —  JPMorgan Chase Institute Take  —  Months after the declaration of national emergency on March 13, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the economy and household finances in dramatic and unprecedented ways.

Texas Fracking Billionaires Drew Covid-19 Aid While Investing in Rivals  —  Sen. Ted Cruz helped rework program rules, enabling Wilks brothers and others in oil industry to get relief funding  —  WASHINGTON—As the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices walloped U.S. frackers this spring …

Dr. Siegel: Lockdowns Just Destroy the Economy, They Don't Work  —  California reached an alarming milestone this past week, becoming the first state to surpass two million coronavirus cases, despite the state having implemented “Soviet-style” lockdown measures, yet the number of Covid-19 cases continues to climb.

The Treasured Diners and Hidden Haunts That Covid-19 Closed for Good  —  A Pittsburgh hot dog joint, a famous Cambridge dive bar and a vibrant Filipino restaurant in Los Angeles were among the casualties of 2020.  —  We gather today to mourn the 150-year-old restaurant that served up platters …

Colleagues are happy to see Steve King go but ousted lawmaker says he's not bitter  —  Rep. Steve King's colleagues, on both sides of the aisle, aren't sad to see the Iowa Republican leave the House after 18 years.  —  While Democrats have long denounced King over incendiary …