Trump's lawyers say he was immediately ‘horrified’ by the Capitol attack.  Here's what his allies and aides said really happened that day.  —  President Donald Trump was “horrified” when violence broke out at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, as a joint session of Congress convened to confirm …

Trump Partner Exploring Ways to End Relationship With Ex-President's Company  —  Vornado considers step after efforts to sell, refinance office towers misfired, possibly due to Trump stake  —  One of the nation's biggest real-estate investors, which is run by a longtime friend of Donald Trump …

Republicans came within 90,000 votes of controlling all of Washington  —  The 2020 election was bad for Republicans, full stop.  For the first time since 1932, a president came into office with both chambers of Congress under his party's control, and lost both of them and reelection.

‘Woke’ American Ideas Are a Threat, French Leaders Say  —  Politicians and prominent intellectuals say social theories from the United States on race, gender and post-colonialism are a threat to French identity and the French republic.  —  PARIS — The threat is said to be existential.

Hold Them All Accountable  —  The people who stormed the Capitol are facing the music.  It's up to us to make sure that the people who incited them do, too.  —  “Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert?

Fox Files Motion to Dismiss Smartmatic's $2.7 Billion Defamation Suit  —  In a court filing, Rupert Murdoch's media company says it had the right to broadcast the debunked claims of election fraud promoted by President Donald Trump's legal team on Fox News and Fox Business.

User Clip: House impeachment managers' opening video  —  Video presented by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D) of the events of Jan. 6, 2021.

DOJ asks Trump-appointed US attorneys to resign  —  (CNN)The Justice Department on Tuesday asked US attorneys appointed by former President Donald Trump to submit their resignations, a turnover that spares two top prosecutors in Delaware and Connecticut overseeing two sensitive Trump-era investigations.

What Happened to Officer Brian Sicknick?  —  No one should discount the idea that Democrats and the news media would intentionally promote a totally fabricated story to destroy Donald Trump and vilify his supporters.  —  The claim is so pervasive as not to be questioned …

The Case for Semicolons  —  There are very few opportunities in life to have it both ways; semicolons are the rare instance in which you can; there is absolutely no downside.  —  For several years I have returned, frequently, to a vague memory of reading an article in which a woman recommended eating dessert after every meal.

Pilot disorientation, flight rule violations blamed for crash that killed Kobe Bryant: NTSB  —  They were headed to a basketball game when the chopper crashed into a hillside.  —  Investigation into helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant  —  The National Transportation Safety Board …

Suspect In Custody After Multiple People Shot At Allina Health Clinic In Buffalo  —  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — A suspect is in custody and multiple people are injured following a shooting at an Allina Health Clinic in Buffalo Tuesday morning.  —  According to the Wright County Sheriff's Office …

Rep. Meijer avoids censure after GOP committee deadlock  —  GOP U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer avoided censure by Republican leaders in his west Michigan district after they deadlocked 11-11 Monday night, causing the censure resolution to fail.  —  Meijer, who represents the Grand Rapids area …

What happened with New York Times reporter Don McNeil?  —  The Constitution protects people from being prosecuted twice for the same offense.  But those “double jeopardy” protections hold no sway in private workplaces like the New York Times, as now-former reporter Donald G. McNeil Jr. discovered on Friday …

Reckless rhetoric is a reckless standard in this impeachment  —  Little more than one year since the first impeachment of Donald Trump, the Senate is poised to pass judgment on him again.  There is, however, one notable difference in the trial that starts today.

Ammon Bundy, veteran of armed standoffs, builds militia network on COVID backlash  —  The two dozen demonstrators pressed against the emergency-room doors, screaming to be let in.  —  “Show us the law!” they chanted.  —  “Let Grandma out!” one shouted.  —  They had descended …

‘Its Own Domestic Army’: How the G.O.P. Allied Itself With Militants  —  Actions taken by paramilitary groups in Michigan last year, emboldened by President Donald J. Trump, signaled a profound shift in Republican politics and a national crisis in the making.

Piers Morgan Hammers Sarah Palin for Refusing to Say Election Was Fair in Trainwreck Debate: 'You're Sounding Totally Bonkers!'  —  Former Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin is still trying to push claims that there were “shenanigans” in the 2020 election, while not acknowledging it was contested fairly.

This New York Times profile on Kamala Harris is why the media so often earn the ‘fake news’ title  —  Reporters in Washington to this day act like they've just come out of a war zone because former President Donald Trump called them “fake news.”  It escapes them that they might have earned the title.

People With Dementia Are Twice as Likely to Get Covid, Huge Study Finds  —  The analysis of nearly 62 million electronic medical records in the U.S. also found that Black people with dementia were at an even greater risk.  —  People with dementia had significantly greater risk of contracting …