Kremlin papers appear to show Putin's plot to put Trump in White House  —  Exclusive: Documents suggest Russia launched secret multi-agency effort to interfere in US democracy  —  Vladimir Putin personally authorised a secret spy agency operation to support a “mentally unstable” …

'They're not going to f**king succeed': Top generals feared Trump would attempt a coup after election, according to new book  —  Washington (CNN)The top US military officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley, was so shaken that then-President Donald Trump and his allies might attempt …

Exclusive: Stephen Breyer says he hasn't decided his retirement plans and is happy as the Supreme Court's top liberal  —  Plainfield, New Hampshire (CNN)Justice Stephen Breyer has not decided when he will retire and is especially gratified with his new role as the senior liberal on the bench …

IRS begins sending monthly checks to millions of American parents in crucial test for Biden  —  The Biden administration has launched the biggest U.S. anti-poverty program since Lyndon Johnson's ‘war on poverty’ in the 1960s.  —  The Biden administration on Thursday is launching …

Good question: Where is the outrage over Biden rejecting Cuban refugees  —  Conditions in Cuba have deteriorated precipitously over the past two years.  Economic hardships, complicated by the pandemic and the inability of Cuba to produce its own vaccine have led to people taking to the streets in protest.

Georgia Republicans center campaigns on false claims of election fraud  —  ROME — The organizers at the door handed out soft-pink “Trump Won” signs to each attendee.  An out-of-state radio host spouted far-right conspiracies.  Speaker after speaker insisted that Joe Biden couldn't have won …

DeSantis' tryst with Democrats is done  —  TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' brief moment of unity with Democrats is over.  —  The Republican governor set aside his attacks on Democrats amid the crisis in Surfside, where more than 90 people were killed after a condominium collapse.

Pigs fly: McConnell weighs giving Biden a bipartisan win  —  Something strange is happening in Washington: Mitch McConnell might go along with a central piece of Joe Biden's agenda.  —  The self-appointed “Grim Reaper” of the Senate, a minority leader who said just two months ago that …

The U.S. Surgeon General Is Calling COVID-19 Misinformation An ‘Urgent Threat’  —  With about a third of adults in the U.S. still completely unvaccinated, and cases of COVID-19 on the rise, the U.S. Surgeon General is calling for a war against “health misinformation.”

Trump Wishes He'd Lowered the Flag for Slain Rioter  —  Trump's private comments about Ashli Babbitt mark the latest of his attempts to rewrite the history of Jan. 6.  —  Former President Donald Trump has spent the last few weeks full of regret about Jan. 6—but not because of the riot he inspired.

Media hail runaway Texas Democrats for blocking action on voting  —  If ever there was a story that dramatized how the political press takes sides, it is the spectacle of Texas Democratic lawmakers  —  Texas state Democrats digging in with escape to DC  —  They are being portrayed as heroes for furtively leaving their states.

Trump rages over post-presidential books he did interviews for  —  He knew it was coming.  But former President Donald Trump still was not pleased.  —  He had read a new book excerpt—one of many about his presidency in the last few weeks—that described him telling his former chief …

Rewards for Justice - Reward Offer for Information on Foreign Malicious Cyber Activity Against U.S. Critical Infrastructure  —  The U.S. Department of State's Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program, which is administered by the Diplomatic Security Service, is offering a reward of up to $10 million …

Merkel and Biden to chart a course for the future of US-German relations in White House meeting  —  What Biden's first foreign trip tells us about his worldview  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are set to meet in Washington on Thursday in what is likely …

Donald Trump and Kevin McCarthy to meet on Thursday as 1/6 committee hearing looms  —  Avlon: Kevin McCarthy is afraid of Donald Trump  —  (CNN)House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy is expected to meet with former President Donald Trump on Thursday, Trump announced in a statement …

Maricopa County will spend millions to replace voting machines turned over to the Arizona Senate for audit  —  Lacey Latch Mary Jo PitzlArizona Republic  —  Maricopa County will spend nearly $3 million to replace voting equipment that officials say was permanently tainted by the Arizona Senate's election review.

Man who dangled from Senate balcony pleads guilty in Capitol riots, will cooperate against others  —  An Idaho man photographed hanging from the Senate balcony and sitting in the presiding officer's chair in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony obstruction of Congress …

American Dental Association Pressured to Extract Itself From Paul Gosar  —  Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox?  Sign up here.  —  America's dentists have their man in Washington.  His name is Paul Gosar.  And these days, Gosar's open fraternization with known white nationalists …

Q&A with Adam Serwer  —  “The news is what people have forgotten, not just what people don't know yet.”  —  12 hr ago … I often get asked who I read and why.  It's a good question, especially with so much material out there competing for attention.  My answer is this …

Suspects in Haitian President's Killing Met to Plan a Future Without Him  —  Haitian officials accuse the suspects of meeting to plot President Jovenel Moïse's assassination, but participants say the sessions were intended to plan a government once the president stepped down.

Showing Up: Map of Mayoral Candidates' Campaign Stops Highlights Value of Being There  —  The mayoral candidates blazed their campaign trails with fervor in the final weeks before the primary election, shedding masks, embracing voters and hoping their non-Zoom facetime would pay off.

Some ballots initially double-counted in Fulton before recount  —  Almost 200 duplicate found when ballot images made public  —  A duplicate write-in vote for singer Kanye West was a big clue that some absentee ballots had been counted twice in Fulton County.

Ron Kind Rented Property to Masseuse Suspected of Prostitution, Human Trafficking  —  Before opening an alleged prostitution parlor on property owned by Rep. Ron Kind (D., Wis.), a Chinese masseuse lost her occupational license in another state after local police linked her to human trafficking and prostitution.

The Inhumanity of Joe Biden's Travel Ban  —  Continuing to deny entry to EU and U.K. residents defies science and forsakes compassion.  —  In January 2021, my husband and I happily welcomed our first child.  While no one could foresee just how many challenges and sacrifices would be required …