Indictment of Steele dossier source is more bad news for multiple media outlets  —  MSNBC host Rachel Maddow in December 2017 aired a special report on the Trump-Russia dossier compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele.  That document, claimed Maddow …

Rep. Paul Gosar tweets altered anime video showing him killing Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Biden  —  Rep. Paul A. Gosar (R-Ariz.) shared an altered, animated video that depicts him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and swinging two swords at President Biden …

White House tells businesses to proceed with vaccine mandate despite court-ordered pause  — The White House on Monday said businesses should move forward with the requirements despite the court-ordered pause.  — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, considered …

House Jan. 6 committee issues subpoenas to 6 top Trump advisers, including pair involved in Willard hotel ‘command center’  —  The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection issued subpoenas Monday to six top advisers to former president Donald Trump, including two who were active …

Metallurgist admits faking steel-test results for Navy subs  —  A metallurgist in Washington state pleaded guilty to fraud Monday after she spent decades faking the results of strength tests on steel that was being used to make U.S. Navy submarines.  —  Elaine Marie Thomas, 67, of Auburn …

Gavin Newsom's wife, California Democrats bristle at questions about governor's continued absence  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom has not appeared publicly since abruptly canceling a visit to Glasgow, Scotland on Oct. 29 for a climate change conference, stirring considerable online speculation.

Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the old way of grading  —  A few years ago, high school teacher Joshua Moreno got fed up with his grading system, which had become a points game.  —  Some students accumulated so many points early on that by the end of the term they knew …

Fact check: Deceptive Republican attack ad uses images from Trump presidency to depict ‘chaos’ under Biden  —  Keilar challenges Senator Scott on Trump's role in 2022 midterms  —  Washington (CNN)A new national television ad from House Republicans' campaign arm deceptively uses images …

Survivor of Rittenhouse shooting says he pointed gun at U.S. teen, tried to disarm him  —  The only protester shot by Kyle Rittenhouse to survive testified on Monday that he believed the U.S. teenager was an “active shooter” and was trying to disarm Rittenhouse when a bullet from the teen's semi-automatic rifle severed part of his arm.

Brainard Interviewed by Biden for Fed Chair as Search Heats Up  — Discussion shows that Powell faces serious rival for chair  — Powell widely seen by economists as Biden's likely choice  —  Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard was interviewed for the top job at the U.S. central bank …

Ted Cruz wants Texas to secede if ‘things become hopeless’ in the US  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said that Texas should secede if Democrats “fundamentally” destroy the U.S. but added that “he is not ready to give up on America yet.”  —  “If the Democrats end the filibuster …

Inside Ivy Getty's Fantasy Wedding Weekend in San Francisco  —  Artist and model Ivy Love Getty, the great granddaughter of J. Paul Getty and one of the heiresses to the oil fortune he amassed, married photographer Tobias Alexander Engel in a ceremony officiated by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi at City Hall in San Francisco.

Children's book series hails ‘Heroes of Liberty’ like Ronald Reagan, Amy Coney Barrett, Thomas Sowell  —  Editor of new book series decries ‘garbage and indoctrination’ in children's literature  —  Alex Berenson on Dr. Seuss, China, censorship  —  EXCLUSIVE: A forthcoming children's book …

CNN Poll: Majority of Americans say Biden isn't paying attention to nation's most important issues  —  (CNN)One year out from the 2022 midterm elections, 58% of Americans say President Joe Biden hasn't paid enough attention to the nation's most important problems, as a majority disapproves …

Trump told RNC chair he was leaving GOP to create new party, says new book  —  In his new book, Jonathan Karl shares what Trump said before backing down.  —  In an angry conversation on his final day as president, Donald Trump told the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee …

How Covid became the unlikely hero of our inflation crisis  —  The message Americans have been getting about inflation from in recent months can be summed up in four words: Be afraid.  Very afraid. … It's a message that much of the media has been happy to spread, epitomized by an odd segment …

I'm Helping to Start a New College Because Higher Ed Is Broken  —  Institutions dedicated to the search for truth have ossified into havens for liberal intolerance and administrative overreach.  —  If you enjoyed Netflix's “The Chair” — a lighthearted depiction of a crisis-prone English Department …

U.S. Covid Deaths Get Even Redder  —  The partisan gap in Covid's death toll has grown faster over the past month than at any previous point.  —  As 2020 wound down, there were good reasons to believe that the death toll during the pandemic's first year might have been worse in red America.

Red states draw GOP-friendly maps as Dems despair  —  Republican-controlled states have been cranking out new congressional maps that spell trouble for Democrats unless courts intervene.  —  Why it matters: Last week's Virginia and New Jersey results set off alarm bells for the party …

A pollster tested 8 pieces of covid misinformation.  On 6 of 8, more Republicans said they were true than false.  —  Whatever one's views on the appropriateness of vaccine or mask mandates or other coronavirus-related policies, one fact about those debates is incontrovertible …

Canadian woman becomes first person diagnosed as suffering from ‘climate change’  —  “If we're not looking at the underlying cause, and we're just treating the symptoms, we're just gonna keep falling further and further behind,” the doctor responsible for the diagnosis said.  —  Story at a glance

Covid-Related School Chaos Is a Problem for Democrats  —  Last Wednesday morning, Christopher Rufo, the architect of the right-wing crusade against critical race theory, sent me a message asking if I wanted to talk, I suppose because I was one of the first people to write about his project back in February.

U.S. Capitol Rioter Seeks Asylum in Belarus - State TV  —  A man on the FBI's Most Wanted List for allegedly attacking police during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot is now seeking asylum in Belarus, the ex-Soviet country's state-run television reported Sunday.  —  Evan Neumann, 48 …

Why I'm co-founding a new university dedicated to freedom of thought and study  —  Frustrated with how modern universities stifle free thought and academic diversity, a group of writers and entrepreneurs announced Monday that they are launching their own institute of higher learning: The University of Austin.

Tucker Carlson Is a ‘Manipulative Son of a Bitch’ — and Other Thoughts from Adam Kinzinger  —  The outgoing Republican lawmaker gets candid about what he was ready to do Jan. 6, his next election, and whether Republicans will pay a price for their addiction to Donald Trump

In the Middle of Infrastructure Talks, Joe Manchin Has Pursued a Book Deal  —  Fight disinformation.  Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.  Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.  —  Over the past few weeks, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has been involved in some of the most …

Vaccine-Mandate Debate Makes It to Federal Agency Where Fauci Works  —  The NIH, workplace of Dr. Anthony Fauci, has scheduled a seminar on the ethics of mandates featuring a senior researcher who is pushing back  —  The debate over vaccine mandates is surfacing in an unlikely venue: The National Institutes of Health.

Does Adding Police Officers Reduce Crime?  The Results Are Mixed  —  Other anti-crime measures might be more effective, experts say, and avoid the downsides of policing.  —  In liberal Portland, Ore., which is facing its most violent year on record, the mayor announced a plan on Wednesday …

Politicians Who Claim Churchill's Mantle Embody His Worst Traits  —  As the controversy over the former prime minister gets more heated, it's important to know who he was and who he wasn't.  —  One of Mary Soames's favorite stories about her father, Winston Churchill, dated from his extreme old age.

Five Years Later  —  I have a routine that I follow every Election Day.  I wake up at dawn, take a long walk to burn off nervous energy and then settle in for what I know will be a very long day that typically stretches into the night.  The day moves very slowly.  —  November 8, 2016, was no different.

Erdoğan's War on Truth  —  In 2016, the Turkish government falsely accused me of planning a coup.  Five years later, these charges are still upending my life.  —  About the author: Henri J. Barkey is the Cohen Professor of International Relations at Lehigh University and an adjunct senior fellow …

The Jolt: Could Michael Thurmond be Democrats' Plan B if Stacey Abrams doesn't run?  —  Will Dekalb County CEO Michael Thurmond run for governor on the Democratic ticket in 2022 if Stacy Abrams does not?  That was the question posed to him Friday on GPB's Political Rewind with Bill Nigut during …

'He's Comin' Across Like the F—ing Tin Man Up There'  —  The first voice you hear, somewhere off-camera, belongs to Jesse Moss, the filmmaker.  —  “Anything you want to make sure that I ask him?”  —  By this point, Moss has spent 11 months with his subject, filming him backstage at events …