The Supreme Court's Texas abortion ruling reveals the conservative majority's radicalism  —  Do not let yourself be bamboozled.  Do not take any comfort in the Supreme Court's Friday ruling on the Texas abortion law, and the fact that the court allowed some challenges to the state's abortion ban to proceed.

Chris Cuomo's CNN producer charged with luring girls for ‘sexual’ training  —  A veteran CNN producer who worked “shoulder to shoulder” with now disgraced ex-anchor Chris Cuomo has been indicted on charges of luring young girls to his Vermont ski house for “sexual subservience” training.

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.

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 …

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

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.

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 …

Donald Trump entertains crowd in Sunrise by ripping Joe Biden, but also says he ‘liked’ a recent Democratic president  —  Former President Trump delivered a dose of history — from his vantage point — Saturday to an army of supporters in Sunrise.  —  That meant deriding the current president …

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 …

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Kentucky Emergency Declaration  —  Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and ordered Federal assistance to supplement Commonwealth and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting …

Statement from CISA Director Easterly on “Log4j” Vulnerability  —  WASHINGTON - Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly released the following statement today on the “log4j” vulnerability:  —  “CISA is working closely with our public and private sector partners …

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.

Anti-Lockdown Washington State Senator Is Missing After Getting COVID  —  WHERE'D HE GO?  —  An anti-lockdown state senator in Washington told his colleagues he got COVID three weeks ago—and he hasn't been seen or heard from since.  Sen. Doug Ericksen, a Republican from Ferndale …

Flynn's Fave Paramilitary Rebrands as Private Security Firm  —  ‘The Shepherd Group,’ a venture of 1st Amendment Praetorian, went live days before the right-wing group's leader, Robert Patrick Lewis, was subpoenaed in a Jan. 6 probe.  —  A far-right group that purports to recruit military …