'Carol's Journey': What Facebook knew about how it radicalized users  —  In the summer of 2019, a new Facebook user named Carol Smith signed up for the platform, describing herself as a politically conservative mother from Wilmington, North Carolina.  Smith's account indicated an interest in politics …

Ahead of Jan. 6, Willard hotel in downtown D.C. was a Trump team ‘command center’ for effort to deny Biden the presidency  —  They called it the “command center,” a set of rooms and suites in the posh Willard hotel a block from the White House where some of President Donald Trump's …

Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ camera crew walked off the set in protest before the fatal shooting  —  Hours before actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer on the New Mexico set of “Rust” with a prop gun, a half-dozen camera crew workers walked off the set to protest working conditions.

The battle over school boards is a disaster for Democrats  —  The recent announcement by the Justice Department that the FBI would be looking for coordinated patterns of violence at local school board meetings is a broad overreach and an abuse of power that goes beyond the FBI's jurisdiction.

Biden's critics hurl increasingly vulgar taunts  —  BOISE — On a quiet street south of downtown Boise, Michael Dick has festooned his front yard with homemade signs, including a large yellow placard that facetiously thanks President Biden for a growing list of grievances — $4-a-gallon gas, inflation, Afghanistan, covid-19.

‘New Democrats’ Break With Their Anti-Welfare Past And Back Biden's Agenda  —  Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington state is the centrist Democrat at the center of everything.  —  WASHINGTON ― When a small group of Democrats held up a procedural vote on President Joe Biden's policy agenda in August …

Nevada Republican who claimed someone stole dead wife's ballot is charged with voter fraud  —  Donald Kirk Hartle looked troubled last November.  It was a few days after Election Day and the Las Vegas man was telling a local news station that someone had stolen his late wife's mail-in ballot …

Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies on the Temporary Certification Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy  —  Section 1.  Policy.  In the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act …

US nearing a formal agreement to use Pakistan's airspace to carry out military operations in Afghanistan  —  (CNN)The Biden administration has told lawmakers that the US is nearing a formalized agreement with Pakistan for use of its airspace to conduct military and intelligence operations in Afghanistan …

Residents in decaying public housing see futures on the line as Democrats trim spending bill  —  BROWNSVILLE, N.Y. — Douglas Covington has had a gaping hole in the ceiling above his toilet for most of the past four years, with the temporary patches from New York City public housing's repairmen typically …

Would-be speaker Kevin McCarthy walks the Trump tightrope, pursuing a GOP House  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has regaled top donors at private events in recent months with a behind-the-scenes story about a fight he says he had with former president Donald Trump.

Anti-abortion activists' Supreme Court dreams are coming true  —  This is the moment the conservative legal movement has been building toward for decades: The solidly conservative Supreme Court is about to hear two major abortion cases within a month of each other.

Biden the Dealmaker Finds That Compromise Can Have Consequences  —  The president pushed for an expansive agenda knowing that he would most likely have to pare it back, leaving a sense of disappointment that could hurt his party at the polls.  —  WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's pitch during …

What Kind of Mayor Might Eric Adams Be?  No One Seems to Know.  —  The vegan, meditating ex-police officer is on the cusp of becoming New York's new mayor.  Which version of him would show up at City Hall?  —  Eric Adams could not resist the story.  —  In a 2019 commencement address …

The Pessimistic Electorate Behind Biden's Approval Ratings  —  In the era of modern polling, only Donald J. Trump has had a lower approval rating than President Biden's at this early stage of his term.  —  What's dragging down President Biden's approval rating?  —  Everyone.  —  And everything.

'We're getting all kinds of threats': Judge says defiant US Capitol rioters are fueling threats from Trump supporters  —  New video shows first rioters enter Capitol on January 6  —  (CNN)A federal judge said Friday that defiant US Capitol rioters, who are still defending their role …

Virginia USPS Challenge  —  Democratic Party of Virginia v. Veal  —  Lawsuit filed on behalf of the Democratic Party of Virginia against the U.S. Postal Service over its failure to process and deliver election-related mail in a timely manner, potentially leading to the disenfranchisement …