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 …

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.

‘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 …

Maybe We Should Be Talking More About the Trump Coup Memo  —  Fight disinformation.  Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.  Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.  —  There was big news this week on what is known ominously and euphemistically as “the democracy beat,” and like all such news, it was bad.

The Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou is set to be released.  —  The Justice Department has reached an agreement that will allow Huawei Technologies' chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, to return to China in exchange for admitting some wrongdoing in a sanctions violation case, a person familiar with the deal said on Friday.

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.

Del Rio, Texas camp cleared of Haitian migrants  —  The last remaining Haitian migrants who were living in squalid conditions in makeshift encampments underneath a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border have been cleared out, the head of the Department of Homeland Security said Friday.

Budapest to host CPAC in 2022  —  Budapest will host the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), a gathering of conservative activists and elected officials from the United States and beyond, in 2022, the Budapest-based Center for Fundamental Rights said, according to a report by state news wire MTI.

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 …

Senate GOP pushes DOJ to roll back Trump oversight rule  —  Senate Republicans want the Justice Department to roll back Trump-era restrictions on congressional oversight criticized at the time as an attempt to insulate the Trump administration from Democratic investigators, Axios has learned.

Trump Organization Warned by Judge to Obey N.Y. Subpoenas  —  Former President Donald Trump's company will have to hire an outside firm to search its documents if it doesn't soon fully comply with subpoenas issued by New York Attorney General Letitia James, a judge warned.

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 …

'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 …

Over 300 prominent Iraqis publicly call for full peace with Israel  —  Unprecedented event in Erbil features Sunni and Shiite leaders and activists demanding that Baghdad join Abraham Accords; Lapid: Event in Iraq is a ‘source of hope and optimism’  —  Hundreds of Iraqi leaders …

“Crisis of Trust in the Media”: Inside A.G. Sulzberger's Top Times Project  —  On a mission for 10 million paying customers, the paper has formed a new team to help ensure confidence in its journalism and broaden its reach beyond coastal hubs and across political lines.  The goal, says one source, is to “win people over.”

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 …

FBI agents question Afghan rescue groups  —  The FBI has been reaching out to members of the veterans' groups working to evacuate American citizens and at-risk Afghans and inquiring about their activities, in at least one case visiting a group leader at his home.

Think tank: Trump faces ‘substantial’ legal risk in Georgia case  —  Ahead of former President Donald Trump's return to Georgia, legal experts with the Brookings Institution think tank published a detailed analysis Friday of the potential criminal investigation he faces in Fulton County linked …

Marjorie Taylor Greene starts screaming match with Democrats over abortion rights bill  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., instigated a shouting match with a group of House Democrats who were holding an event outside the U.S. Capitol on Friday.

Corporations have given $10 million to the Sedition Caucus … On January 6, a violent mob stormed the Capitol to try and stop the certification of the results of a fair presidential election won by Joe Biden.  In the months prior to the attack, political leaders aligned with President Trump …

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.

‘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.