How AT&T helped build far-right One America News  —  As it lauded former President Donald Trump and spread his unfounded claims of election fraud, One America News Network saw its viewership jump.  Reuters has uncovered how America's telecom giant nurtured the news channel now at the center …

House committee investigating January 6 can't find Trump aide to serve subpoena  —  Washington (CNN)More than a week after subpoenaing former Donald Trump aide Dan Scavino to cooperate with its investigation into the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, the House select committee investigating …

As the U.S. Hurtles Toward a Debt Crisis, What Does McConnell Want?  —  Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, has a long record of tying debt ceiling increases to policy demands.  But this time, he has made none.  —  WASHINGTON — In March 2006, as the government veered dangerously close …

I wanted to share a note I wrote to everyone at our company.  —  Hey everyone: it's been quite a week, and I wanted to share some thoughts with all of you.  —  First, the SEV that took down all our services yesterday was the worst outage we've had in years.

The Cocooning of Kyrsten Sinema  —  The Arizona senator has undergone a political metamorphosis.  —  In February 2018, I went to Arizona to report on what progressive Democrats there thought about Kyrsten Sinema, the centrist whose Senate vote is key in the fight over President Biden's agenda and political prospects.

Senate Republicans Shrug Off Candidates With Domestic Violence Allegations  —  Three GOP Senate candidates, including two with Trump's backing, have been accused of violence against women.  Republicans don't seem to mind.  —  Republicans could end up backing three candidates accused …

Anybody Fighting Joe Biden Is Helping Trump's Next Coup All Republican politics is now functionally authoritarian.  —  In the aftermath of Donald Trump's bid to secure an unelected second term, his former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, in an extensive interview with Tim Alberta, registered her disgust …

Biden says he and China's Xi agree to abide by Taiwan agreement  —  U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he has spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping about Taiwan and they agreed to abide by the Taiwan agreement, as tensions have ratcheted up between Taipei and Beijing.

Life After Default … The credit of the United States is built on centuries of stability and responsibility.  This country has never intentionally defaulted on its obligations because of the debt limit.  But the U.S. Treasury Department estimates that it will have very limited resources …

In Idaho, a power play while the governor's away  —  BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Gov. Brad Little said he will rescind an executive order involving Covid-19 vaccines by Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, and the commanding general of the Idaho National Guard also on Tuesday told McGeachin she can't activate troops to send to the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Legal Architects of Trump's Failed Coup May Finally Face Real Consequences  —  The intellectual ringleaders of Donald Trump's failed coup are finally facing the threat of serious consequences for their integral roles in the legal plot to overturn the 2020 election.

Federal Probe Scrutinizes Financial Dealings of the American Conservative Union  —  Sources say that investigators are looking into possible criminal campaign-finance misdeeds by the political organization headed by Matt Schlapp.  —  The American Conservative Union, the political organization …

Climate Change Is Melting Russia's Permafrost—and Challenging Its Oil Economy  —  Across Russia, the thawing of earth thought to be forever frozen cracks buildings, infrastructure; 'It's all on the line.'  —  | Photographs and video by Arthur Bondar for The Wall Street Journal

How Trump's health department fell in love with charter jets  —  Documents offer new insight into the strategy of shuttling former HHS secretary Tom Price around America  —  In April 2017, officials at the Department of Health and Human Services grappled with an urgent request …

Kamala Harris Might Have to Stop the Steal  —  For a few hours inside the ransacked Capitol on January 6, then-Vice President Mike Pence helped to preserve the democratic order by insisting that he was powerless to change the outcome of the election.  On January 6, 2025 …

‘Trumpcoin’ Scam From Fake Celebrity Accounts Is Fooling QAnon  —  The “Caligula”-esque coins are being peddled by faux celebrity accounts purporting to be Elon Musk, Mel Gibson, Kirstie Alley, and even Denzel Washington.  —  QAnon world is being flooded with a currency scam in the form …

Texans asked to turn off lights after bird ‘mass mortality’ event  —  National Audubon Society calls for ‘Lights Out’ after ‘mass mortality’ event of migratory birds  —  Following the deaths of migratory of birds caused by bright city lights on the East Coast, Texas advocates call for late-night dimming in Lone Star State.

Top Covid experts privately urge Biden admin to scale back booster campaign  —  A vocal contingent of prominent doctors and scientists is pressing the Biden administration to scrap its plans to provide booster shots to all previously vaccinated adults, according to five people familiar with the matter.

The Search for a Covid Test  —  Rapid tests will soon be more available in the U.S.  —  I tried to buy a rapid at-home Covid test yesterday, and the search did not go well.  —  My local CVS did not have any.  On CVS's website, I found a store several miles away that claimed to have the tests in stock …

Law School Student Famous For Saying ‘I HATE BLACK PEOPLE’ Now Has Prestigious Federal Clerkship  —  Hate doesn't seem to be slowing down her career prospects.  —  I'd say Crystal Clanton just keeps failing upwards, but given that outrage is currency in right-wing circles …

Yellen defends IRS rule requiring banks to report all transactions over $600  —  Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is defending a Biden administration proposal that would require banks to report data to the Internal Revenue Service on transactions over $600, calling the collection of information …

How Other Nations Pay for Child Care.  The U.S. Is an Outlier.  —  Rich countries contribute an average of $14,000 per year for a toddler's care, compared with $500 in the U.S. The Democrats' spending bill tries to shrink the gap.  —  Typical 2-year-olds in Denmark attend child care during the day …

Why Trump wants to tweet  —  Donald Trump's post-office online engagement is hitting new lows, according to exclusive data from SocialFlow provided to Axios.  It helps explain why the former president recently asked a federal judge to have Twitter restore his signature account.

An Ohio COVID patient treated with ivermectin after wife sued hospital has died  —  An Ohio man diagnosed with COVID-19 whose wife sued to force a hospital to give him the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin has died, his attorney said.  —  Jeffrey Smith, 51, died on Sept. 25, his attorney …

Antisemitic graffiti found on Auschwitz Nazi death camp barracks  —  Warsaw — Antisemitic graffiti has been found spray-painted on nine wooden barracks at the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz, the museum said on Tuesday.  The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum called the inscriptions …

Arnold Schwarzenegger says January 6 insurrection is what happens ‘when people are being lied to about the elections’  —  Washington, DC (CNN)Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger — who warned of the dangers of fascism following the insurrection at the US Capitol last winter …

State Department discloses number of nukes in US stockpile  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a reversal of Trump administration policy, the State Department on Tuesday disclosed the number of nuclear weapons in the U.S. stockpile.  It said this will aid global efforts to control the spread of such weapons.

Supreme Court considers whether information widely known can be ‘state secret’  —  The Supreme Court is set to consider Wednesday whether something that most everyone knows can still be a “state secret” the government cannot be compelled to reveal.  —  The case involves a request …