Acting defense secretary orders NSA director to immediately install former GOP operative as the agency's top lawyer  —  Acting defense secretary Christopher C. Miller ordered the director of the National Security Agency to install on Saturday a former GOP political operative as the NSA's top lawyer …

QAnon Is Destroying the GOP From Within  —  Eugene Goodman is an American hero.  At a pivotal moment on January 6, the veteran United States Capitol Police officer single-handedly prevented untold bloodshed.  Staring down an angry, advancing mob, he retreated up a marble staircase …

Giuliani says he's working on Trump's impeachment defense, would argue voter fraud claims  —  “If you can prove that it's true... they are no longer fighting words,” he said.  —  US Capitol riots: Tracking the insurrection  —  On Jan. 6, rioters coming from a pro-Trump rally broke into the U.S. Capitol …

Biden Seeks Quick Start With Executive Actions and Aggressive Legislation  —  In an effort to mark a clean break from the Trump era, the president-elect plans to roll out dozens of executive orders in his first 10 days on top of a big stimulus plan and an expansive immigration bill.

After White House Meeting with Trump, Mike Lindell Calls for Military Coup on Facebook  —  NOTHING TO SEE HERE.  JUST A PILLOW SALESMAN BEING INVITED TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO ARGUE FOR THE IMPOSITION OF MARTIAL LAW AND THE OVERTURNING OF A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.  WE COOL.  (DREW ANGERER/GETTY IMAGES)

A man with a gun arrested by Capitol Police at a security checkpoint calls it an ‘honest mistake.’  —  The U.S. Capitol Police arrested a man at a security checkpoint in Washington on Friday after he flashed what an officer described as an “unauthorized” inauguration credential and a search …

41 minutes of fear: A video timeline from inside the Capitol siege  —  At 2:12 p.m. on Jan. 6, supporters of President Trump began climbing through a window they had smashed on the northwest side of the U.S. Capitol.  “Go!  Go!  Go!” someone shouted as the rioters, some in military gear, streamed in.

Scoop: Comms director for gun-toting congresswoman quits  —  The communications director for Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, a firebrand Republican freshman who boasts about carrying a gun to work, has quit after less than two weeks on the job.  —  Why it matters: Ben Goldey's resignation cited …

Trump to flee Washington and seek rehabilitation in a MAGA oasis: Florida  —  President Trump will leave Washington this week politically wounded, silenced on social media and essentially unwelcome in his lifelong hometown of New York.  —  By migrating instead to Palm Beach, Fla. …

Misinformation dropped dramatically the week after Twitter banned Trump  —  Zignal Labs charts 73 percent decline on Twitter and beyond following historic action against the president  —  Online misinformation about election fraud plunged 73 percent after several social media sites suspended President …

Troops at Inauguration Pre-Screened for Extremism, Says DC Guard Commander  —  “We will use the minimum force required to protect ourselves,” said Maj. Gen. William Walker, in an exclusive interview.  —  The roughly 25,000 National Guardsmen deployed to the U.S. capital to ensure President-elect Joe Biden …

California has nearly 2 million unused doses of vaccine even as demand soars.  Here's why  —  Across California, a vast number of coronavirus vaccine doses are locked up in cold storage.  But last week, when Santa Clara County asked for 100,000 doses to ramp up vaccine distribution …

Katie Porter is off the House Financial Services Committee.  We're all worse off for it.  —  When Democrats took back the House of Representatives in 2018, a number of the freshman representatives quickly emerged as media stars.  One was Katie Porter, who used her platform …

AOC's Ministry of Truth  —  One of the more unsettling comments from influential lawmakers came on Wednesday with little fanfare despite being downright Orwellian in its perspective around “media literacy” and a congressional “truth and reconciliation” committee.

Welcome the Uighur cotton ban  —  We welcome the Trump administration's announcement that it will block the importation of goods made with forced Uighur labor.  A Muslim minority ethnic group living in China's Xinjiang province, the Uighurs have been subjected to a 10-year campaign of tyranny by the Communist Party.

The House and Senate GOP are operating in different political universes  —  It is normal for a party's House and Senate caucuses to have different temperaments.  —  But in recent weeks, congressional Republicans have seemed to be operating in different political universes.

FBI probing if foreign governments, groups funded extremists who helped execute Capitol attack  —  WASHINGTON — The FBI is investigating whether foreign governments, organizations or individuals provided financial support to extremists who helped plan and execute the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol …

Prospect of Pardons in Final Days Fuels Market to Buy Access to Trump  —  The president's allies have collected tens of thousands of dollars — and potentially much more — from people seeking pardons.  —  WASHINGTON — As President Trump prepares to leave office in days …

Selfies, social media posts making it easier for FBI to track down Capitol riot suspects  —  They posted that they were storming the Capitol to Facebook.  They livestreamed it on YouTube and made Instagram stories of their fellow rioters as they broke in.  —  As the FBI continues to round …

The Trial of Donald Trump Must Tell the Full Story of the Capitol Insurrection  —  One of the most quoted lines in American nonfiction is Joan Didion's “we tell ourselves stories in order to live.”  It's the first sentence of “The White Album,” an essay in which Didion recounts some facts …

More contagious coronavirus strain detected in L.A. County as total cases top 1 million  —  Los Angeles County on Saturday surpassed 1 million coronavirus cases since reporting its first infection nearly a year before and also recorded its first instance of a new, more contagious variant …

Major NRA donor to challenge gun group's bankruptcy over alleged fraud  —  Complaint could stop top NRA executives from discharging a substantial portion of the organisation's debts  —  A major donor to the National Rifle Association is poised to challenge key aspects of the gun group's bankruptcy filing …

A First for an American President, and a First for Donald Trump  —  In the final moments of his presidency, Mr. Trump is confronting an unfamiliar fate: He is being held to account as never before for things he has said.  —  When President Trump faced (and overcame) the gravest crisis of his first campaign …

What Madison Cawthorn Saw at the Insurrection The youngest member of Congress is invigorated by the mob he helped incite.  —  Madison Cawthorn has a vision of a January 6 that did not happen.  One in which he does the noble thing for career and country.  He uses his MAGA celebrity for good.

Historic Air National Guard airlift brings troops to DC  —  WASHINGTON - Thousands of National Guard troops continued to stream into the nation's capital Saturday to support law enforcement during the presidential inauguration, building to a force of up to 25,000 members.

Germany's Buchenwald Memorial Urges Visitors to Respect Graves  —  After some visitors went sledding on graves at the former Nazi concentration camp, the foundation running the memorial stepped up security this week.  —  The memorial at the former Buchenwald concentration camp …

When Biden Becomes ... Rooseveltian!  —  Using a crisis to reduce child poverty and make America more truly a land of opportunity.  —  Soon after Franklin Roosevelt was inaugurated in 1933, a visitor assessed the stakes of his New Deal proposal.  —  “Mr. President, if your program succeeds …