Frozen Wind Farms Are Just a Small Piece of Texas's Power Woes  — Natural gas, coal and nuclear played bigger role in blackouts  — Blaming reduced wind output ‘is really a red herring’  —  Don't point too many fingers at Texas wind turbines, because they're not the main reason broad swaths …

Brent Bozell IV, Son Of Prominent Conservative Activist, Charged In Capitol Riot  —  Online sleuths looked into Bozell because he wore the sweatshirt of a Christian school where he previously served as a girls' basketball coach.  —  Leo Brent Bozell IV, the son of conservative activist L. Brent Bozell III …

Former President Trump faces serious criminal, civil investigations after White House  — Former President Donald Trump might have easily avoided conviction at his second impeachment trial — but he could find it a lot tougher to beat several serious criminal and civil probes that he's now facing.

The Baltimore Sun to be acquired by nonprofit from Tribune Publishing  —  Returning The Baltimore Sun to Maryland hands, the state's largest newspaper and its affiliates will be acquired by a nonprofit formed by businessman and philanthropist Stewart Bainum Jr. that would operate the media organization for the benefit of the community.

Trump attacks McConnell in fiery statement  —  Former President Donald Trump issued a caustic and highly personal statement against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday, effectively declaring war on the Kentucky Republican for failing to back his attempts to undermine the 2020 election.

Hacker Claims to Have Stolen Files Belonging to Prominent Law Firm Jones Day  —  Firm disputes network breach, says its file-transfer company was compromised  —  A hacker claims to have stolen files belonging to the global law firm Jones Day and posted many of them on the dark web.

Stumbles, Clashes and Egos: Behind the Scenes With Trump's Legal Team  —  The lawyers assembled by the former president to represent him in his Senate impeachment trial hardly knew one another.  They prevailed in the end, but it wasn't pretty.  —  Last Wednesday afternoon …

‘Hell or high water:’ Manchin tells Biden he won't back push to skirt Senate rules on relief bill  —  (CNN)West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has privately informed President Joe Biden that he won't join any Democratic efforts to force through provisions in his economic rescue package if they are ruled …

Take a First Look at the Awesome New Air Force One  —  National Geographic Channel has just premiered a new documentary special called “The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress” about the brand-new $5.3 billion Boeing 747 that's about to go into service for President Joe Biden.

The False and Exaggerated Claims Still Being Spread About the Capitol Riot  —  Insisting on factual accuracy does not make one an apologist for the protesters.  False reporting is never justified, especially to inflate threat and fear levels.  —  1 hr ago

Bannon thought Trump was suffering from dementia and pushed 25th Amendment behind the scenes: 60 Minutes producer  —  Speaking on the Skullduggery podcast, veteran “60 Minutes producer” Ira Rosen told the show's hosts that during his time at the White House, Steve Bannon concluded …

Dominion Says It Will Sue MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Over Election Fraud Claims  —  Dominion sent letters to Lindell in December and January demanding that he retract false claims about their machines, instead the MyPillow CEO doubled down. … MAGA diehard and pillow magnate Mike Lindell …

Michigan Republicans Who Voted to Impeach Trump Face Backlash  —  Even after his defeat, Donald Trump is causing fierce infighting among Republicans in a crucial battleground state.  Loyalists are rewarded.  Dissenters face punishment.  —  ROCKFORD, Mich. — When Representative Peter Meijer voted …

LOS ANGELES D.A. GEORGE GASCÓN LEAVES CALIFORNIA'S POWERFUL D.A. ASSOCIATION  —  Gascón is battling a lawsuit, filed by his own line prosecutors and backed by the state DA association, against his criminal justice reforms.  —  Los Angeles County's newly elected district attorney …

‘BULLSH*T!’  Fox News Hot Mic Catches Larry Kudlow Raging at Kamala Harris For Claim About Vaccines  —  Former Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow was caught on a hot-mic shouting profanely about Vice President Kamala Harris' recent comments on the federal government's coronavirus vaccine distribution plan.

The right's grift machine is only growing stronger  —  The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the grift shall never die.  —  I speak (with a nod to Ted Kennedy) of the long tradition in which prominent conservatives go around scamming, fleecing, and conning their own rank-and-file.

Trump Fans Charged In Capitol Attack Didn't Like Antifa Getting Credit For Their Work  —  Capitol attack defendants, lured to D.C. by a mass voter fraud conspiracy theory, didn't like seeing conspiracy theories steal their credit.  —  Not long after he used a stick to swing and stab …

Homeland Security officials scrap Trump-era union deal that could have stalled Biden's immigration policies  —  The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday moved to scrap a contract signed at the tail end of the Trump administration that could have allowed a union of deportation officers …

Pentagon report reveals inroads white supremacists have made in military  —  A soldier in the Florida National Guard who co-founded a murderous fascist group was chatting with a fellow white supremacist in the extremist “Iron March” online forum in 2016 when the guard member made a remarkable statement.

Hezbollah Is Vulnerable.  Lokman Slim's Assassination Proves It.  —  The Biden administration and the French government must draw clear red lines, or the group will escalate its campaign of terror.  —  The assassination of the Lebanese activist and writer Lokman Slim—who was openly critical of Hezbollah—was in the making for years.

Sen. Melendez Introduces Anti-Discrimination Package to Fight Cancel Culture  —  Senator Melissa Melendez (R -Lake Elsinore) introduced an Anti-Discrimination bill package aimed to protect against cancel culture discrimination, today.  —  “It is unfathomable to me that corporations and members …

Sen. Tim Scott says Trump is the 'one person I don't blame' for Capitol attack  —  The South Carolina senator says Trump is simply not responsible for the protest that left five dead  —  Many Americans blame former president Donald Trump for the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol but his supporters …

U.S. Capitol Police Union Issues No-Confidence Vote For Top Leaders  —  The U.S. Capitol police union issued an overwhelming no-confidence vote for the force's top leaders, including acting Chief Yogananda Pittman and a half-dozen other agency leaders.  —  The news comes as the Senate Homeland Security …

Biden vows coronavirus vaccines will be ‘available’ to all Americans ‘by the end of July’  —  President Biden pledged Monday evening that any American who wants a coronavirus vaccine will have access to one by mid-summer.  —  “By the end of July, we'll have over 600 million doses …

Scoop: Biden to use “more inclusive” immigration terms  —  The Biden administration is urging officials to use more inclusive terms for immigrants, including replacing the word “alien” with “noncitizen,” Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: The Trump administration referred to unauthorized immigrants as …