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 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 …

Op-ed: I am a teacher, and yes, critical race theory is in your school  —  Over the past few months, I have engaged in countless debates with colleagues over whether critical race theory is in our school district.  Teachers deny critical race theory's existence because they do not truly …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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” …

U.S. 'Won't Have Coal' by 2030, John Kerry Predicts in Glasgow  —  John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy for climate, predicted the world's biggest economy will stop burning coal by the end of the decade.  —  “By 2030 in the United States, we won't have coal,” Kerry said Tuesday during …

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.

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.

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'

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

Adam Schiff Keeps Lying  —  Adam Schiff's numerous fabrications have gone largely unchallenged by a fawning political media, even though the congressman has been a frequent guest on every network but Fox News since 2016.  Schiff most famously claimed that Congress had not only uncovered …