Trump White House records can be turned over to House Jan. 6 investigative committee, judge rules  —  A federal judge in Washington ruled late Tuesday that hundreds of pages of Trump White House records can be turned over to a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack …

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 recruitment struggles give Democrats hope in 2022 Senate fight  —  WASHINGTON — They lost the governor's race in Virginia.  They had a bad scare in New Jersey.  They're the clear underdogs in the battle for the U.S. House.  But Democrats saw glimmers of hope in the fight for the Senate …

Tensions rise among Republicans over infrastructure bill and whether any agreement with Biden should be tolerated  —  Republicans are increasingly divided over the bipartisan infrastructure bill that will soon become law, with tensions rising among GOP members over whether the party …

Goddard school district orders 29 books removed from circulation  —  WICHITA, Kansas — The Goddard school district has removed more than two dozen books from circulation in the district's school libraries, citing national attention and challenges to the books elsewhere.

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 …

Donald Trump bashes 13 Republicans who backed infrastructure bill  —  Former President Donald Trump ripped 13 congressional Republicans who backed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill during a lengthy speech Monday - while one of them, New York Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, listened from the audience.

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 …

Prosecutors seek 4+ years in prison for ‘QAnon Shaman’ in attempt to set example  —  ‘Man up’: Chairman challenges Trump after ruling  —  (CNN)The Justice Department is asking for the so-called QAnon Shaman, who wore a headdress and posed shirtless on the Senate floor during the siege of the US Capitol …

Newsmax tries to assuage furor of conservative hosts over vaccine mandate  —  On-air stars went from venting anger at their company's policy to accusing “fake news” of trying to turn viewers against the channel.  —  Newsmax seemed to have a massive problem on its hands at the end of last week.

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 …

Biden wants to fix Democrat woes with more left-liberal lawmaking  —  President Joe Biden may soon get to test the theory that Democrats are counting on in the midterm elections and beyond: that passing his economic agenda will build his poll numbers back better.

CNN Poll: Three out of four adults think Facebook is making society worse  —  (CNN)Roughly three-quarters of adults believe Facebook is making American society worse, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with about half saying they know somebody who was persuaded to believe in a conspiracy theory because of the site's content.

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” …

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema takes victory lap after Congress passes physical infrastructure bill  —  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema took a victory lap Monday, saying the $1.2 trillion physical infrastructure bill passed by the House of Representatives is evidence her approach to bipartisan legislating is backed by the American public.

Who Is Trying to ‘Save Parking Structure 3’ From Becoming Affordable Housing?  —  Santa Monica wants to tear down an underused parking facility in the heart of downtown and replace it with affordable housing.  Who could possibly be against that?  —  Aaron Gordon

After nearly a year of doing nothing, Kamala Harris takes vacay to Paris with hubby  —  Joe Biden's “border czar,” Kamala Harris, who has spent all of about two hours at the border to find the “root causes” of illegal migration as two million migrants surged in, is now going to Paris.

South Dakota House votes to begin ‘unprecedented’ impeachment probe of AG  —  PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota's House launched an investigation Tuesday into whether the state's attorney general should be impeached for his conduct surrounding a car crash last year that killed a pedestrian.

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 …

POLITICO Playbook: New reminders that this is not normal  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BREAKING TUESDAY NIGHT — “Trump cannot shield White House records from Jan. 6 committee, judge rules,” by Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein ... Judge TANYA CHUTKAN: “Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President.”

Statement from Sir Geoffrey Cox  —  Sir Geoffrey Cox has practised as a Queen's Counsel in the courts since well before his election in 2005.  He is a leading barrister in England and makes no secret of his professional activities.  He was asked to advise the Attorney General …

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.