Teen Vogue Editor Resigns After Fury Over Racist Tweets  —  The hiring of Alexi McCammond, who was supposed to start at the Condé Nast publication next week, drew complaints because of racist and homophobic tweets she had posted a decade ago.  —  Alexi McCammond, who made her name …

Intel revelations raise difficult questions for several Republicans  —  The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) this week released a declassified intelligence community assessment on foreign threats to our 2020 elections, and the top-line takeaway was important …

Biden to meet with Stacey Abrams on trip to Georgia  —  During his visit to Atlanta on Friday, President Joe Biden will meet with former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who has been widely credited with helping flip the former Republican stronghold blue.

A Private Jet of Rich Trumpers Wanted to “Stop the Steal”—But They Don't Want You to Read This  —  These powerful Memphis figures reveal the rift in a segregated society.  —  At 12:11 p.m. on January 5, an eight-seat Bombardier Challenger 300 jet took off from Memphis International Airport.

‘Not racially motivated’?:  The Atlanta spa shootings show why the media should be wary of initial police statements  —  It's inevitable that reporters will have to rely heavily on law-enforcement sources in the first hours after a horrific crime.  Amid chaos and wild speculation …

House Democrats weigh ejecting GOP winner of contested Iowa race, dismissing comparisons to Trump's efforts to overturn election  —  (CNN)House Democrats are undeterred by the mounting GOP criticism over their review of a contested congressional race that could potentially overturn …

FBI Washington Field Office Releases Videos of Assaults on Officers at U.S. Capitol, Seeks Public's Help to Identify Suspects  —  The FBI's Washington Field Office has released new information and videos of suspects in the most egregious assaults on federal officers during the riots …

Republicans are laying a ‘Trojan horse’ trap on infrastructure  —  Heads I win, tails you lose.  That is Republicans' ominous warning to Democrats working to design and (to their credit!) actually pay for an infrastructure bill.  —  “I think the Trojan horse will be called infrastructure …

Ted Cruz releases holds on Biden nominees as administration looks to get tough on Russia pipeline  —  Sen. Ted Cruz lifted his holds on two of President Joe Biden's top nominees on Thursday after the State Department indicated it would punish entities involved in the construction of a controversial Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline.

Judge Rules Some Ghislaine Maxwell Details Are Too ‘Sensational and Impure’ to Be Revealed to the Public  —  A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday ruled on a series of redactions proposed by Ghislaine Maxwell and prosecutors regarding a compilation of transcripts submitted under seal by the government last month.

Dan Bongino says Biden is ‘boring’ and ‘a disaster for talk radio’ but that he'll do his best against him anyway  —  The letter F. An envelope.  It indicates the ability to send an email.  An image of a chain link.  It symobilizes a website link url.  A stylized bird with an open mouth, tweeting.

Bill would remove all members of the historical commission  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Not even two weeks after the historical commission voted to remove the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest from the state capitol, state senators are trying to vote to remove all members from the commission.

Elizabeth Warren calls Senate filibuster racist  —  Signaling a coming case by progressives, Sen. Elizabeth Warren told Axios the Senate's legislative filibuster, which requires 60 votes for most legislation, wasn't a creation of the founding fathers.  —  What she's saying …

Armie Hammer Being Investigated by LAPD After Woman Comes Forward With Violent Rape Allegation … The anonymous woman who first posted allegations against Armie Hammer on social media has publicly come forward.  —  “I thought that he was going to kill me,” the woman, named Effie …

The GOP's Political Nightmare: Running Against a Recovery  —  President Barack Obama's 2009 stimulus bill may have helped avoid a second Great Depression, but it was a political fiasco.  As then-congressman Barney Frank liked to say: “Things Would've Sucked Even Worse Without Us” …

Jimmy Kimmel Breaks Down in Emotional Interview With Ady Barkan  —  The late-night host and the dying healthcare champion shared some laughs—then things took an emotional turn.  —  Jimmy Kimmel's job is to make people laugh at the end of a long day, but he has become just as well-known for moments of sincerity that break the heart.

Former AIPAC Senior Operative Launches Group to Cultivate Democratic Support for Israel  —  IN A SIGN of Israel advocates' growing anxiety over progressive opposition to Israeli policies, AIPAC's Director of Strategic Initiatives, Jonathan Kessler, is leaving his job at the flagship Israeli …

An American Defense of Britain's Constitutional Monarchy  —  The royal family is not simply an important part of British culture.  It represents a valuable political inheritance, one to which Americans owe a great deal.  —  istorians may puzzle for many years over why a rambling …

U.S. to Send Millions of Vaccine Doses to Mexico and Canada  —  The Biden administration has been quietly pressing Mexico to ramp up its efforts to limit the flow of migrants, clinging to a Trump policy of relying on southern neighbors to enforce America's immigration agenda.

Trump faces an onslaught of legal problems, as investigations and dozens of lawsuits trail him from Washington to Florida  —  The district attorney is sifting through millions of pages of his tax records.  The state attorney general has subpoenaed his lawyers, his bankers, his chief financial officer — even one of his sons.

Seriously, stop sharing your vaccine cards on social media  —  (CNN Business)When one of my editors recently shared a celebratory picture of his vaccine card on Instagram, I sent him a direct message: “Didn't you read our story about not posting your record?  Scammers are watching!”

FBI Cuomo Probe Seeks Details on Deal to Shield Nursing Homes from COVID Lawsuits  —  FBI investigators probing the Cuomo administration's handling of nursing homes during the pandemic last spring are seeking information about a state budget provision that gave operators legal immunity, THE CITY has learned.

When a secretive start-up scraped the internet to build a facial-recognition tool, it tested a legal and ethical limit — and blew the future of privacy in America wide open.  —  In May 2019, an agent at the Department of Homeland Security received a trove of unsettling images.

IRS warns of potential delays for major child poverty initiative in $1.9 trillion stimulus  —  A program authorized under the $1.9 trillion stimulus to combat child poverty is at risk of early delays, as the Internal Revenue Service grapples with its massive tax backlog and recent decision to extend the tax-filing deadline until May 17.

Biden to tap former Senator Bill Nelson as NASA chief  —  If confirmed, the former senator from Florida would helm NASA's return to the Moon  —  President Biden has tapped former Democratic Senator Bill Nelson for NASA administrator, according to three people familiar with the decision.

Biden weighs keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan until November  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden is considering keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan until November, rather than withdrawing them by a May 1 deadline outlined in an agreement his predecessor negotiated with the Taliban, according to two people familiar with the discussions.

Damon Young: To Stop White Supremacy, Eliminate Whites  —  Damon Young, a black writer for The Root, a black-oriented commentary site owned by the same people who own Jezebel, Gizmodo, and The Onion (their parent company is Univision), had this to say at The Root about the Atlanta massage parlor mass murders:

Here's why Substack's scam worked so well  —  They paid a secret group of writers to make newsletter authorship seem lucrative  —  I think of myself as having decent critical faculties, but somehow I got suckered again by a bog-standard publishing venture masquerading as a useful communications tool.

Paul Gosar plans to go on a popular QAnon talk show  —  Weeks after Republican Congressman Paul Gosar gave a speech to a gathering of white nationalists, he is scheduled to appear on Patriots' Soapbox, a leading QAnon talk show.  —  “He has taken a stand against the conservative establishment …

Dr. Fauci, CDC Director Dr. Walensky & Federal Officials Testify on COVID-19 Response  —  National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci and CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky testified with other federal officials on the COVID-19 response.

12 Republicans vote against honoring Capitol police for protecting Congress  —  House voted 413-12 to award congressional gold medals to all members of Capitol force for their efforts on 6 January  —  A dozen Republicans voted against a resolution honoring US Capitol police for their efforts …

Zeldin gets testy when asked if Biden won election  —  “If you would like to give my answer for me, you can go ahead and do that.  But I thought I was going to be here to answer my own questions,” Zeldin said.  —  Rep. Lee Zeldin got testy with POLITICO Playbook authors Ryan Lizza …

The US vaccine effect: rapid rollout starts to bear fruit  —  Analysis of official figures shows sharper decline in hospitalisations and deaths of older people  —  The rapid rollout of Covid-19 vaccines across the US is starting to work, according to a Financial Times analysis of official data …

Business owner, Army veteran, woman on a date: The victims of the deadly rampage through 3 spas in Georgia  —  John Bacon Trevor Hughes Romina Ruiz-GoirienaUSA TODAY  —  ACWORTH, Ga. - A spa owner, an Army veteran and a new bride who wanted to be pampered with her husband were among the victims …

Outrage as 172 Republicans vote to oppose Violence Against Women Act  —  House of Representatives votes through bill to reauthorise Violence Against Women Act day after Atlanta spa shootings  —  One day after seven women were killed in attacks across three massage parlours in Atlanta …

The Strange Saga of Lauren Boebert's Pro Wrestler Paternity Case  —  The gun-toting Colorado congresswoman rarely mentions her father, but in a trail of YouTube comments, she and her mother have singled out one man: 1980s journeyman tag-team specialist ‘Sweet’ Stan Lane