Bret Baier Reveals ‘Concerns’ About Tucker Carlson's ‘Patriot Purge’ When Questioned By Kilmeade: 'I Don't Want to Go Down This Road'  —  Fox News host Brian Kilmeade, on his radio show, questioned his colleague Bret Baier on Tucker Carlson's controversial series “Patriot Purge.”

Mike Lindell Blames a Vast GOP Conspiracy for His Supreme Court Failure  —  The pillow boss has long promised he'd file his unhinged ravings to the high court by Tuesday, but that hasn't happened.  Of course, a conspiracy must be to blame, Lindell says.  —  MyPillow chief and 2020 dead …

President Biden Announces Release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve As Part of Ongoing Efforts to Lower Prices and Address Lack of Supply Around the World  —  Announcement is in parallel with other major energy consuming nations, including China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom

Trump poll tests his 2024 comeback map  —  As Donald Trump builds out a presidential-campaign-in-waiting, his team is focusing on an electoral strategy that relies on recapturing the five states that flipped to Joe Biden in 2020.  —  The five states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan …

New York Moves to Allow 800,000 Noncitizens to Vote in Local Elections  —  New York City will become the largest municipality in the country to allow legal residents to vote if the legislation is approved as expected in December.  —  New York City lawmakers are poised to allow more than 800,000 …

Apple Sues Israeli Spyware Maker, Seeking to Block Its Access to iPhones  —  Apple accused NSO Group, the Israeli surveillance company, of “flagrant” violations of its software, as well as federal and state laws.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Apple sued the NSO Group, the Israeli surveillance company …

Chris Christie and the Death of the Never Trump Republican … “Never Trump” was a label embraced by a handful of Republicans who deemed Donald Trump disqualified for office by some combination of his ignorance, his mendacity, his bigotry, and/or his authoritarianism.

‘Toxic is spot-on’: House members describe roiling animosity among lawmakers  —  CNN breaks down Gosar's history of controversies prior to his censuring  —  (CNN)Many members within the House of Representatives have told CNN in recent days that they find themselves in a toxic work environment …

The Democratic brand is broken.  The infrastructure bill isn't fixing it.  —  In the days after the Democratic Party's collapse in the Virginia governor's race, party strategists descended on the commonwealth to figure out what went wrong and understand just how bad the national outlook might be next year.

Trump receives honorary ninth-degree black belt in taekwondo  —  ​He got a kick out of this honor.  —  Former President Donald Trump was presented with an honorary ninth dan black belt in taekwondo over the weekend by the head of one of the sport's governing bodies at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.

How Big-Time Right-Wing Trolls Andy Ngo and Tim Pool Tied Waukesha Killings to Black Lives Matter  —  SORRY, NOT SORRY  —  They raced to put up facts that supported what appears to be a false narrative about a racially motivated attack.  —  Hours after a suspect was detained by the police …

How Trump Repeatedly Duped the GOP Elites  —  Bob Woodward and Robert Costa's new book, in describing the end of Trump's presidency, offers a modern tale of the definition of insanity.  —  When a blockbuster nonfiction book like Bob Woodward and Robert Costa's Peril comes out …

What we know so far about the five victims of the Waukesha Christmas Parade  —  Bill Glauber Sophie Carson Sarah Volpenhein Talis ShelbourneMilwaukee Journal Sentinel  —  Every parade has an act that draws the eye, that brings a quick smile and a delighted laugh.

Boris Johnson's Peppa Pig speech forces him to answer the question: ‘Is everything okay?’  —  LONDON — “Is everything okay?” is probably not a question any world leader wants to be asked, especially in relation to their competence.  —  But that is the question politicians …

World Cup host Qatar used ex-CIA officer to spy on FIFA  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The tiny Arab nation of Qatar has for years employed a former CIA officer to help spy on soccer officials as part of a no-expense-spared effort to win and hold on to the 2022 World Cup tournament, an investigation by The Associated Press has found.

Trump's Voter Fraud Claims Test Republican Candidates  —  Some embrace, and all must navigate, an issue the former president has said will help the party win back Congress  —  WASHINGTON—Former President Donald Trump's yearlong campaign falsely claiming he won the 2020 election …

Covid Live Updates: Cases in U.S. Children Are Surging, Doctors Say  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  Pediatricians say Covid cases in children are on the rise.  —  Coronavirus cases in children in the United States have risen by 32 percent from about two weeks ago …

We All Live in the John Birch Society's World Now  —  When Lionel Trilling dismissed America's conservative intellectual tradition as a series of “irritable mental gestures,” it's a safe bet that he had people like Robert Welch in mind.  Welch, the irascible candy executive who founded …

German Lopez Joins The Morning as a Reporter and Writer  —  German will enable The Morning to expand to seven days a week early next year.  Read more in this note from David Leonhardt and Amy Fiscus.  —  German Lopez is one of journalism's clearest writers on a remarkable array of topics …

What New Documents Reveal About Jeffrey Epstein's Final Days  —  Newly released records show the disgraced financier living a mundane existence in jail before his suicide, while also spinning deceptions until the very end.  —  The disgraced financier, jailed in Manhattan …

Stephen Colbert on Rittenhouse verdict: 'If he didn't break the law, we should change the law'  —  Late-night hosts discuss the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse, Biden's 79th birthday and Kevin McCarthy's nine-hour rant  —  On the Monday before Thanksgiving, Stephen Colbert listed numerous reasons …

Judge orders two lawyers who filed suit challenging 2020 election to pay hefty fees: ‘They need to take responsibility’  —  A federal judge has ordered two Colorado lawyers who filed a lawsuit late last year challenging the 2020 election results to pay nearly $187,000 to defray the legal fees …

Rep. Jim Jordan says he won't commit to cooperating with Jan. 6 committee  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack has not yet subpoenaed any sitting members of Congress, but it has left the door open to do so.

The Democrats' child care proposal is deeply flawed  —  It could actually raise costs for many parents in the first three years.  —  On Friday, the House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act on a near party-line vote.  Every Republican voted against the bill, while all Democrats but one voted for it.

Breakfast is going to be more expensive next year  —  New York (CNN Business)Expect to pay more for some of your favorite cereals, snacks, soups and cooking brands next year.  —  General Mills (GIS) notified retail customers that it's raising prices in mid-January on hundreds of items across dozens of brands.

Our Foghorn Leghorn Republican senator little resembles his former Democratic self, but in Louisiana we know the type  —  Robert Mann, a mass communication professor at Louisiana State University and former press secretary for Democratic senators Russell Long and John Breaux of Louisiana …

Breaking: Arabella's Left-wing Activist Network Raked in $1.7 Billion in 2020—a “Dark Money” Blowout  —  If there was any doubt that the Left's biggest “dark money” network had its way with the 2020 election, this should silence it.  —  Newly obtained filings reveal a record-smashing $1.7 billion haul …

Dollar Tree hikes prices 25%.  Most items will cost $1.25  —  New York (CNN Business)Dollar Tree will soon be $1.25 tree.  —  The company — one of America's last remaining true dollar stores — said Tuesday it will raise prices from $1 to $1.25 on the majority of its products by the first quarter of 2022.

One Rochester Cop's Abuses Reveal A Culture of Police Impunity  —  If Officer Matthew Drake had faced serious discipline for his misconduct, he might not have been on duty the night of Tyshon Jones's death.  —  In March, Rochester, New York, police officer Matthew Drake shot and killed Tyshon Jones …

Biden Needs an Enemy  —  Can the president change the narrative and save democracy again?  —  About the author: Molly Jong-Fast is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and the author of its newsletter Wait, What?  She is also the host of The New Abnormal and a columnist for Vogue.

Maryland police officer convicted of rape is sentenced to home detention  —  A Baltimore County, Maryland, police officer convicted of raping a woman and assaulting another was sentenced to home detention after a judge found that there was no “psychological injury” in one of the cases, prosecutors said Monday.

The Kenosha shooting was the inevitable result after decades of the NRA's twisted self-defense rhetoric … The National Rifle Association has spent decades poisoning the media landscape with a twisted and paranoid definition of self-defense, making a tragedy like the Kenosha shooting almost inevitable.

Proud Boys leader denied early release from D.C. jail  —  Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, a national leader of the far-right group the Proud Boys, has been denied early release from the D.C. jail by a judge who ruled that poor living conditions in the facility are not sufficient reason for Tarrio to be transferred to home confinement.

D.C. records 200th homicide of the year, a mark not seen since 2004  —  The District on Monday recorded its 200th homicide this year, the first time that symbolic threshold of deadly violence has been reached in the nation's capital since 2004.  —  A man was fatally shot just after 10:15 p.m …