National Archives: Meadows may not have stored all Trump-era records ‘properly’  —  Mark Meadows and the National Archives are in talks over potential records he did “not properly” turn over from his personal phone and email account, the presidential record-keeping agency confirmed Thursday.

New York attorney general seeks Trump's deposition as part of civil fraud investigation  —  New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking a deposition from former president Donald Trump early next year as part of her investigation into potential fraud inside the Trump Organization, according to people familiar with the matter.

Georgia Republicans purge Black Democrats from county election boards  —  Protesters filled the meeting room of the Spalding County Board of Elections in October, upset that the board had disallowed early voting on Sundays for the Nov. 2 municipal election.  A year ago, Sunday voting …

Birds Aren't Real, or Are They?  Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory.  —  Peter McIndoe, the 23-year-old creator of the viral Birds Aren't Real movement, is ready to reveal what the effort is really about.  —  In Pittsburgh, Memphis and Los Angeles, massive billboards recently popped up declaring, “Birds Aren't Real.”

Actor Jussie Smollett found guilty of lying to police in hate crime hoax  —  Get caught up on the Jussie Smollett saga  —  Chicago (CNN)Actor Jussie Smollett has been found guilty on five of six felony counts of disorderly conduct for making a false report to Chicago police that he was the victim …

Enes Kanter Freedom's Political Awakening  —  The N.B.A. star, who has been outspoken about human rights in China, discusses his embrace by the right and his harsh words for LeBron James.  —  Enes Kanter Freedom, a center for the Boston Celtics, has played in the N.B.A. for a decade …

Big Law Firms Promised to Punish Republicans Who Voted to Overthrow Democracy.  Now They're Donating to their Campaigns  —  But less than a year later, they're back to business as usual  —  WASHINGTON — In the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection, some of the country's biggest law firms …

OutKick Exclusive: Penn Trans Swimmer's Teammate Speaks Out As Lia Thomas Smashes More Records … While University of Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who spent three years at the Ivy League school swimming as a male, has been busy smashing female pool records …

‘Get them ready now’: Matt Gaetz and Steve Bannon discuss plan to take over government with ‘shock troops’  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Thursday talked with conservative broadcaster Steve Bannon about a plan to use “4,000 shock troops” to take over the jobs of federal government employees.

Senate Clears Last Major Hurdle to Raising Debt Ceiling  —  Fourteen Republicans joined Democrats in voting to take up legislation that would pave the way for Congress to raise the debt ceiling by a simple majority vote, skirting a filibuster.  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday cleared away …

The Supreme Court isn't well.  The only hope for a cure is more justices.  —  Nancy Gertner is a retired U.S. District Court judge.  Laurence H. Tribe is Carl M. Loeb University Professor emeritus and professor of constitutional law emeritus at Harvard Law School.

Laclede County, MO Health Department stops COVID work  —  The local health department of a rural southern Missouri county is halting its COVID-19 response efforts after Attorney General Eric Schmitt wrote agencies this week demanding they drop mitigation measures.

That Cream Cheese Shortage You Heard About?  Cyberattacks Played a Part  —  Hackers shut down the biggest cheese manufacturer during peak demand  —  The cream cheese shortage wreaking havoc on bagel shops and bakeries is, in part, due to a cyberattack on the biggest U.S. cheese manufacturer.

The Pandemic of the Vaccinated Is Here  —  Even before the arrival of Omicron, the winter months were going to be tough for parts of the United States.  While COVID transmission rates in the South caught fire over the summer, the Northeast and Great Plains states were largely spared thanks …

Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 ‘Agent Provocateur’ Is A Big Tucker Fan And An Amateur Cardinals Mascot  —  “If I'm wrong, so be it, bro,” Carlson's guest said after he'd told Fox News viewers that the St. Louis baseball booster was “clearly a law enforcement officer.”

Fox Christmas tree arson suspect released without bail  —  The arsonist who allegedly torched the Fox News Christmas tree was freed after his arraignment Wednesday night because his charges were not eligible for bail under new liberal reform laws.  —  “I didn't do it!” suspect Craig Tamanaha …

It's a Biden Boom—and No One Has Noticed Yet  —  If the current high levels of economic, job, and income growth continue, the 2020 midterms could look different than most are predicting.  —  While many people are uncomfortable communicating bad news, Democrats have a problem these days talking …

How Cryptocurrency Revolutionized the White Supremacist Movement  —  White supremacists embraced cryptocurrency early in its development, and in some cases produced million-dollar profits through the technology, reshaping the racist right in radical ways, a Hatewatch analysis found.

House passes Protect Our Democracy Act to curb presidential abuses of power  —  Fmr. Reagan official warns of threats to abortion — and to democracy  —  (CNN)The House voted 220-208 on Thursday to pass the Protect Our Democracy Act, which addresses presidential abuses of power and reinforces …

Wil Wheaton apologizes for past homophobia, criticizes Dave Chappelle  —  After condemning Dave Chappelle's remarks about transgender people in his most recent Netflix special, actor Wil Wheaton has apologized for his own past homophobia.  —  “For much of my teen years, I was embarrassingly homophobic …

New York City poised to become the largest municipality in the U.S. to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections  —  NEW YORK — The city council here will vote on a measure Thursday that would allow immigrants who are not U.S. citizens to vote for mayor and other key municipal positions …

Texas Judge Rules State Abortion Law Unconstitutional Over Its Enforcement  —  ‘EAGER IDEOLOGICAL CLAIMANTS’  —  A judge in Texas ruled the state's controversial new abortion law unconstitutional Thursday.  The statute bans abortions after six weeks, before many women even know they are pregnant …

Long covid is destroying careers, leaving economic distress in its wake … Before the coronavirus ruined her plans, Tiffany Patino expected to be back at work by now.  She and her boyfriend intended to move out of a basement in suburban Maryland, where his grandmother lets them stay for free …

USCP Arrest Capitol Hill Staffer for Carrying a Gun  —  This morning at approximately 7:40 am, our officers in the Longworth Building spotted the image of a handgun in a bag on the x-ray screen.  —  The man was tracked down four minutes later and arrested.

What a Times Journalist Learned From His 'Don't Look Up' Moment  —  A new film about a killer comet revives memories of a nail-biting night in The Times newsroom two decades ago.  —  One of the thus-far theoretical duties of the astronomer is to inform the public that something very big …

The Democrats' Hispanic Voter Problem  —  It's Not As Bad As You Think—It's Worse  —  The Democrats are steadily losing ground with Hispanic voters.  The seriousness of this problem tends to be underestimated in Democratic circles for a couple of reasons: (1) they don't realize how big the shift is …

Here comes the next phony GOP attack on the Biden agenda  —  In their effort to derail President Biden's agenda, Republicans have thrown an extraordinary array of lurid and absurd attacks at the provisions that comprise the Build Back Better proposal.  One of their biggest arguments of all is that BBB will spend us into oblivion.

North Carolina's Mark Walker staying in Senate race, for now  —  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Mark Walker will remain in North Carolina's U.S. Senate race for the remainder of the year and spend the next few weeks mulling a run for a Greensboro-area U.S. House seat …

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