During January 6 Hearing, Schiff Doctored Text Messages Between Mark Meadows And Rep. Jim Jordan  —  Democrat Adam Schiff doctored text messages between Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan during Monday's Jan. 6 hearings, an investigation by The Federalist shows.  —  Oops, he did it again.

JFK Assassination Records - 2021 Additional Documents Release  —  Have a question about JFK Assassination Records?  —  Ask it on HistoryHub!  —  The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is processing previously withheld John F. Kennedy assassination-related records to comply …

Democrats' hopes dim that Build Back Better will pass before New Year  —  Democrats skeptical Build Back Better can pass before end of the year  —  Democrats in the Senate are preparing to miss their self-imposed deadline to pass President Joe Biden's $1.7 trillion social safety net bill …

Mark Meadows should face charges for stonewalling Congress  —  OPINION AND COMMENTARY  —  Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters.  —  BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD

SF Mayor London Breed Announces Crime Crackdown; ‘Less Tolerant Of All The Bulls-t That Has Destroyed Our City’  —  SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Mayor London Breed launched an emergency police intervention in San Francisco's crime-ridden Tenderloin neighborhood Tuesday, targeting a pipeline …

Fed Officials Project Three Rate Rises Next Year and Accelerate Wind Down of Stimulus  —  Reducing bond-buying program more quickly opens door to earlier interest rate rise  —  Most Federal Reserve officials signaled Wednesday they were prepared to raise their short-term benchmark rate …

The military-intelligence veterans who helped lead Trump's campaign of disinformation  —  After Donald Trump lost the White House, ex-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and three other current and former U.S. Army officers challenged the vote's legitimacy and pushed baseless conspiracy claims.

Derek Chauvin Pleads Guilty to Violating George Floyd's Rights  —  The guilty plea is likely to lengthen the imprisonment of Mr. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer who is already serving a prison sentence of 22 and a half years for murder.  —  ST. PAUL, Minn. …

Former Houston cop who thought A/C repairman was a voter fraud mastermind indicted on felony assault charge  —  A Harris County grand jury on Tuesday indicted former Houston police captain Mark Aguirre on an assault charge after he was accused of running a man off the road and pointing to a gun …

Bassholes  —  Stop culturally appropriating, or, a meditation on the importance of fishing hats  —  Whenever I'm lecturing in journalism schools, eyeing row upon row of tomorrow's Tom Wolfes and Janet Malcolms - or as editors like to call them, future listicle writers - I tell the kids, “Journalism is easy, I just make it look hard.”

A leader of an Ohio Muslim organization was fired for spying for a hate group  —  The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says it fired one of its top leaders after discovering he was sharing information about the organization to “a known anti-Muslim hate group.”

Omicron Is About to Overwhelm Us … For all their limitations, the models right now are flashing bright red.  Over the course of the pandemic, again and again, projections based on simplistic extrapolations of current trends have missed the mark when the trajectories turned.

Build Back Better would make Biden's annus horribilis even worse  —  At the end of his year of Old Testament afflictions — the political equivalent of Job losing his camels and acquiring boils — President Biden might be muttering: Job was at least spared Sens. Joe Manchin III and Kyrsten Sinema.

Pelosi rejects stock-trading ban for members of Congress: ‘We are a free market economy.  They should be able to participate in that’  — Speaker Pelosi rejected the idea of banning members of Congress and their spouses from trading stocks.  — “We are free market economy.

This block used to be for first-time homebuyers.  Then global investors bought in.  —  LA VERGNE, TENN. — The homes on Tammy Sue Lane aren't fancy.  Modest in size and clad in vinyl siding, the houses were priced below $200,000 when most were built about 15 years ago …

Most Americans ‘Worn Out’ By Covid  —  Public officials' Covid ratings down; dip in support for mandates  —  West Long Branch, NJ - A majority of Americans say they feel “worn out” by how Covid has impacted their daily lives, and nearly half feel “angry” about it.

Met Opera to Mandate Booster Shots for Staff and Audiences  —  It is the first major performing arts institution to require boosters, as concern mounts over rising coronavirus cases and the spread of the Omicron variant.  The rule will take effect Jan. 17.  —  The Metropolitan Opera announced …

Expand the Supreme Court  —  I don't come to this conclusion lightly or because I disagree with a particular decision; I come to this conclusion because I believe the current court threatens the democratic foundations of our nation.  —  This month, a majority of justices …

GOP gubernatorial candidate's campaign video celebrates Minnesota with stock images from Eastern Europe  —  In a recent campaign video by Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Dr. Scott Jensen, worldly stock footage abounds.  The clips purport to be from all over the state …

Inflation, Especially Gas Prices, Hurts Presidents—And It's Not the Media's Fault  —  Inflation is high, and President Biden's approval is low.  News stories are focused on the rising prices at the pump, upsetting voters.  But don't blame the media for the poor performance of the president's party.

Hillary 2024?  Given the competition, she may be the Dems' best hope  —  There may be a rematch coming in the 2024 race for the White House.  But we're not talking (God help us) Biden-Trump II.  —  Instead, 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is an interesting prospect to consider …

Edelman's dirty PR  —  Public relations is in the midst of a climate reckoning.  In the last few months, more than 210 advertising agencies and 600 independent creatives have signed the Clean Creatives pledge, promising to never create marketing for the fossil fuel industry.

The ‘West Side Story’ Remake We Didn't Need  —  Ms. Bonilla is the director of Centro, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, and a professor of anthropology at the City University of New York Graduate Center.  —  I have to confess that I never saw the original “West Side Story.”