Hand count in audit affirms Biden beat Trump, as Maricopa County said in November  —  Jen Fifield Robert AnglenArizona Republic  —  A monthslong hand recount of Maricopa County's 2020 vote confirmed that President Joe Biden won and the election was not “stolen” from former President Donald Trump …

Photographer behind controversial photos speaks exclusively to KTSM  —  EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - The photographer behind images depicting Border Patrol agents on horseback told KTSM things are not exactly what they seem when it comes to the photos.  —  The photographs, which were taken Sunday …

Chris Cuomo Sexually Harassed Me.  I Hope He'll Use His Power to Make Change.  —  Ms. Ross is a veteran television journalist and former executive producer at ABC and CBS.  —  I was Chris Cuomo's boss at ABC News nearly two decades ago, and I am a regular viewer of CNN today …

‘Vigilante treatments’: Anti-vaccine groups push people to leave ICUs  —  Anti-vaccine Facebook groups have a new message for their community members: Don't go to the emergency room, and get your loved ones out of intensive care units.  —  Consumed by conspiracy theories claiming that doctors …

The Jan. 6 Plotters Had a Mob.  They Also Had a Plan.  —  You can understand a revolution as a time when the unthinkable becomes, suddenly, thinkable.  It is a time when the rules that ordinarily govern political life lose their force and conflict takes the place of consensus …

POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Fox to Rudy: You're banned  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BREAKING OVERNIGHT: The Arizona Republic scooped the results of the Maricopa County “audit” paid for by “Stop the Steal” and DONALD TRUMP allies: It found that Trump lost the key county by a wider margin than the official election results.

C.D.C. Chief Overrules Agency Panel and Recommends Pfizer-BioNTech Boosters for Workers at Risk  —  In a highly unusual decision, the C.D.C. director, Rochelle Walensky, reversed a move by agency advisers and endorsed additional doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for health care workers, teachers and other workers at risk.

White House wants millions of government contractors vaccinated by Dec. 8  —  The White House said on Friday that millions of federal contractors must be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 8 and that the administration will add clauses to future government contracts mandating inoculations.

Huawei's Meng Wanzhou ‘to be freed’ in US deal  —  A Chinese technology executive held in Canada on US fraud charges could be freed as early as Friday after the US government said it would submit a “resolution” to the case against her.  —  Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei …

Prosecutors Pit Trump Org Dynasties Against Each Other  —  As prosecutors try to find cooperating witnesses in the Trump Organization investigation, two families with long Trump ties could be the key. … New York prosecutors appear to have found an opening they can exploit to pry open …

DeSantis pulls ahead of 2024 GOP pack as Florida's Covid cases fall  —  Florida's coronavirus caseloads are dropping fast.  And Gov. Ron DeSantis is again rising above other possible 2024 GOP presidential candidates in a new poll.  —  In a theoretical primary without Donald Trump on the ballot …

House passes bill to protect abortion rights in response to the Supreme Court leaving Texas' 6-week ban in place  — The House on Friday passed legislation that would protect abortion rights.  — The move came in response to a strict Texas abortion law that took effect on September 1.

'You've disgraced this country': Judge rips Capitol riot defendant  —  A federal judge tore into a low-level defendant in the Capitol Riot Friday, moments after the man entered a guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge stemming from the Jan. 6 unrest.  —  “You've disgraced this country in the eyes …

Police Officers Resist Getting Vaccinated for Covid-19, Now Their No. 1 Killer  —  The disease is the leading cause of death among police, surpassing gunfire, but resistance persists  —  Police departments around the country are trying to persuade officers to get vaccinated against Covid-19 …

McConnell warms to Herschel Walker as primary war with Trump fizzles  —  Republicans are hand-wringing over former President Donald Trump's hand-picked candidate Herschel Walker entering a critical Senate race.  Surprisingly, Mitch McConnell isn't one of them.

1 big thing: Biden's big bet backfires  —  President Biden bit off too much, too fast in trying to ram through what would be the largest social expansion in American history, top Democrats privately say.  —  Why it matters: At the time Biden proposed it, he had his mind set …

‘The View’ Pulls Two Hosts Mid-Show for Positive COVID Tests Before Kamala Harris Interview … A planned interview with Vice President Kamala Harris on “The View” was derailed Friday when two of the show's co-hosts were asked to exit mid-broadcast because they tested positive for COVID.

On the Internet, We're Always Famous  —  What happens when the experience of celebrity becomes universal?  —  The fennec fox is the smallest fox on earth and cute as a button.  It has mischievous dark eyes, a small black nose, and impish six-inch ears—each several times larger than its head.

NBC News correspondent Monica Alba announces she is pregnant with her 1st child  —  NBC News White House correspondent Monica Alba is expecting her first child.  —  The mom-to-be, who is married to CNN national political reporter Dan Merica, told TODAY Parents that the couple is expecting a boy, due on Feb. 2, 2022 (or 2/2/22!).