At least 50 dead as tornadoes devastate Kentucky; Amazon warehouse collapses in Illinois  —  One tornado was on the ground for over 200 miles.  —  A devastating tornado outbreak in western Kentucky has claimed the lives of at least 50 people, according to Gov. Andy Beshear.

Election denier who circulated Jan. 6 PowerPoint says he met with Meadows at White House  —  A retired U.S. Army colonel who circulated a proposal to challenge the 2020 election, including by declaring a national security emergency and seizing paper ballots, said that he visited the White House …

Chris Cuomo's CNN producer is accused of luring mom and nine-year-old daughter to his Vermont ski home to ‘train’ the minor to be sexually submissive telling them a ‘woman is a woman regardless of her age’  — John Griffin, 44, of Stamford, Connecticut has been arrested charged with enticing minors …

Operation Whistle Pig: Inside the secret CBP unit with no rules that investigates Americans  —  It was almost 10 p.m. on a Thursday night, and Ali Watkins was walking around the capital following instructions texted by a stranger.  One message instructed her to walk through …

Omicron in Oakland: How a Wisconsin wedding with ‘super responsible’ vaccinated people led to outbreak  —  Most if not all of the guests wore masks when the Nov. 27 wedding ceremony started at a Wisconsin celebration that is now the suspected origin of an outbreak of COVID-19 …

Navarro defies House subpoena in coronavirus probe  —  The former trade adviser, who urged Trump in February 2020 to prepare for virus, has emerged as a focus of Democrats' probe  —  A senior Trump administration official told the House panel probing the government's coronavirus response …

This Amazon program has funneled thousands to anti-vax activists during the pandemic  —  The e-commerce giant helped fund the operations of anti-vaccine advocates and groups opposed to government-mandated vaccination through its AmazonSmile program.  —  SEATTLE — Groups trying …

Readout of President Biden's Call with Governors of States Impacted by Severe Weather  —  President Biden spoke with Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to express …

Boris Johnson pictured hosting Number 10 Christmas quiz ‘in breach of Covid laws’  —  Boris Johnson faces more questions over a Downing Street quiz he hosted while London was under Tier 2 “no mixing” restrictions  —  Boris Johnson was tonight accused of personally breaking Covid laws by hosting a Christmas quiz in No10 last year.

In Bid for Control of Elections, Trump Loyalists Face Few Obstacles  —  A movement animated by Donald J. Trump's 2020 election lies is turning its attention to 2022 and beyond.  —  ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — When thousands of Trump supporters gathered in Washington on Jan. 6 for the Stop …

Julian Assange has a stroke in Belmarsh prison: Fiancée blames extreme stress caused by US extradition battle  — Julian Assange had a stroke in Belmarsh Prison, his fiancee Stella Moris revealed  — WikiLeaks publisher, 50, is being held on remand in the maximum-security jail

Hundreds of people are fired, online learning set to return amid vaccine resistance at nation's second-largest school district  —  The second-largest school district in the United States is facing mounting woes over its coronavirus vaccine mandate, recently terminating hundreds of employees …

Gulf Arab states that opposed the Iran nuclear deal are now courting Tehran  —  Persian Gulf countries that once vociferously opposed the nuclear deal with Iran now say they support its revival, even as they have embarked on their own efforts to engage with Tehran during a period of uncertainty about U.S. staying power in the region.

I Left QAnon in 2019.  But I'm Still Not Free.  —  Since it became clear that the QAnon conspiracy theory was a driving force in the siege of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Anastasiia Carrier has been interviewing former QAnon believers and hearing from them, in their own words, how they were drawn into that world and how they got out.

Rand Paul begs Biden for federal aid to Kentucky tornado victims — after a career of voting ‘no’ when others needed the same  —  Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky dashed off a letter to President Joe Biden today pleading for expeditious federal relief aid to victims of a deadly 200-mile tornado that struck his state Friday.

The role of violent threats in Trump's GOP reign, according to Republicans  —  Tim Alberta is out with his latest must-read this week — a profile of freshman Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.).  Meijer joined Congress just days before the Capitol insurrection and almost immediately jeopardized …