U.S. judge denies Trump bid to block Jan 6 select committee investigation  —  A U.S. federal judge has ruled that a congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol can access some of former President Donald Trump's White House records.

Brian Williams to Leave MSNBC  —  The former anchor of “NBC Nightly News” rehabilitated his tarnished image as the host of a popular 11 p.m. show on MSNBC.  —  Brian Williams, the square-jawed news anchor laid low by a fabulism scandal who mounted a career comeback with a popular 11 p.m. talk show on MSNBC …

GOP Rep. Upton receives death threats after backing bipartisan public works bill  —  Washington — Republican U.S. Rep. Fred Upton said he has received well over 1,000 calls including multiple “nasty” death threats since he voted for a bipartisan infrastructure bill that he helped write …

At least 13 Trump officials illegally campaigned while in office, federal investigation finds  —  At least 13 senior Trump administration officials illegally mixed governing with campaigning before the 2020 election, intentionally ignoring a law that prohibits merging the two and getting approval to break it …

Rep. Paul Gosar shared an anime video of himself killing AOC.  This was her response  —  Critics are slamming Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona for sharing an altered anime video in which he kills Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and swings swords at President Biden.

Dr. Oz Prepares To Jump Into Pennsylvania Senate Race  —  The celebrity physician Dr. Mehmet Oz is preparing to jump into the Pennsylvania Senate race on the Republican side, a move that would shake up contested primary and general election contests.  —  The 61-year-old Oz has begun hiring …

Howard Stern floats 2024 bid against Trump: 'There's no way I'd lose'  —  Howard Stern says he could launch a White House bid in 2024 against former President Trump, quipping he knows he'll “beat his ass.”  —  The SiriusXM host said Tuesday that running for president could be his “civic duty” …

I Will Create A Winning Basketball Program At The University Of Austin  —  It is important to note, up here at the beginning, that the University of Austin is not a real college.  It exists on its own website, and also in a mission statement written by the (why not) university's new president …

Democrats are lying about critical race theory  —  It has become a refrain on the left and its media echo-chamber following Republican Glenn Youngkin's victory in the Virginia governor's race: Critical race theory is not being taught in schools.  PBS White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor …

The Man Who Made January 6 Possible  —  In late October 2020, Donald Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, was attending the confirmation hearing for Amy Coney Barrett when his cellphone rang.  He answered with a whisper and walked out to the hallway to take the call.

Mayor Breed backs recall of three San Francisco school board members: ‘Our kids must come first’  —  San Francisco's Mayor London Breed is backing the effort to recall three school board members, saying she is supporting “the parents' call for change.”  —  Breed's endorsement of the recall …

USA-ELECTION/THREATS  —  Law enforcement has taken little action as backers of Donald Trump aim stark threats at election officials.  Reuters tracked down nine of the harassers.  Most were unrepentant.  —  This story contains text, images and audio clips with offensive language.

Max Cleland Did Not Deserve What Rick Wilson Did to Him  —  The former Georgia senator died Tuesday at age 79.  His political career was a harbinger of things to come.  —  In 1999, I went to Washington to work on a profile of John McCain for this magazine.

Getting Back to Normal Is Only Possible Until You Test Positive  —  When I first received the invitation to the wedding where I would eventually get COVID, I was on the fence about attending at all.  My best friend had gone through a tough divorce and was remarrying.  I was thrilled for him.

Sununu announcement act rubs top Republicans the wrong way  —  Mitch McConnell and Rick Scott found out the same way everyone else did that their top recruit to help secure the Senate majority was a no-go: They saw it on a local television livestream.  —  After months of courting Gov. Chris Sununu …

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert appears to explore run against Attorney General Ken Paxton in increasingly crowded GOP primary  —  Land Commissioner George P. Bush, former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman and state Rep. Matt Krause are also vying for the GOP nomination next year.  —  Copy link

USC Pushed a $115,000 Online Degree.  Graduates Got Low Salaries, Huge Debts.  —  The prestigious private university hired a for-profit firm to recruit low-income students to its social-work master's program; 'You don't feel like you're part of an elite school'

A secret tape made after Columbine shows the NRA's evolution on school shootings  —  Soon after the Columbine High School shooting in 1999, senior leaders of the National Rifle Association huddled on a conference call to consider canceling their annual convention, scheduled just days later and a few miles away.

Even in a polarized era, deep divisions in both partisan coalitions  —  Pew Research Center conducted this study to learn more about the complexity of the current political environment.  While partisanship remains the dominant factor in politics, we sought to identify the fissures within both partisan coalitions.

Axios-Ipsos poll: No widespread COVID school backlash  —  Most Americans — including more than two-thirds of Republicans — give their local schools good marks for balancing public health and safety with other priorities, according to the latest installment of the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index.

Anti-mandate teacher in Illinois reveals she had been vaccinated for months  —  An Illinois high school teacher who defiantly fought against the state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, even at the expense of her job, has now revealed she has been vaccinated all along.

'90s Dad Thrillers: a List  —  Notes toward a theory of the Dad Thriller  —  For the first few months after my son was born last year, I was hunting for stuff to watch that would be entertaining but not taxing — movies I'd seen before, or movies that even if I hadn't actually seen them …

Former VA administrator and Georgia senator Max Cleland dies at home  —  Former U.S. senator and Veterans Administration leader Max Cleland died Tuesday more than 53 years after a live grenade dropped by a fellow soldier in Vietnam robbed him of three limbs.The injuries, however …

New Twists in Durham Probe: FBI Danchenko Recordings and Suspicions Fiona Hill Lied  —  The indictment of Igor Danchenko, the “primary sub-source” of Christopher Steele's infamous dossier, reveals that the FBI electronically recorded several previously undisclosed interviews with the Brookings Institution researcher.

Newsom resurfaces after two weeks, says he chose trick-or-treating over COP26 summit  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom resurfaced Tuesday after two weeks out of the public eye, saying he skipped the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Scotland to go trick-or-treating with his family — and work on pressing state issues.

What Moves Swing Voters  —  A creative new poll tries to understand.  —  Political pundits often talk about swing voters as if they were upscale suburbanites, like “soccer moms” or “office-park dads.”  And some are.  But many are blue-collar.  They are the successors to the so-called Reagan Democrats …

Democratic Sen. Wyden's Son Trashes Him on Twitter: ‘Why Does He Hate the American Dream So Much?’  —  Sen. Ron Wyden's (D-OR) son took to Twitter on Sunday to take aim at his father's proposed tax policies.  —  “Why does he hate us / the American dream so much?!?!?!?!”

Gun Violence in America Could Soon Get Worse  —  Fight disinformation.  Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.  Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.  —  Over the past decade, amid rising mass shootings and fierce debate over America's gun laws, the claim that “nothing ever changes” became a political cliché.