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.

‘Going very poorly’: Biden can't nail Manchin down on Dems' bill  —  Tensions are boiling over as discussions about finishing Democrats' $1.7 trillion domestic spending bill drag on between President Joe Biden and Sen. Joe Manchin.  —  The legislation looks increasingly likely to stall …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A behind-the-scenes look at PolitiFact's ‘Lie of the Year’  —  PolitiFact editor-in-chief Angie Drobnic Holan shares why lies about Jan. 6 are this year's pick for ‘Lie of the Year.’  —  We live in a time when misinformation is rampant.  Politicians lie.  Cable news pundits twist the truth to fit their agenda.

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.

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.

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 barring Congress members and their spouses from trading stocks.  — “We are free-market economy.

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.”

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 …

Retailers say thefts are at crisis level.  The numbers say otherwise  —  Organized retail crime is haunting the nation this holiday season.  —  Captured on smartphones and closed-circuit cameras, thefts involving groups of people smashing windows or individuals wheeling loaded shopping …

Governor DeSantis Announces Legislative Proposal to Stop W.O.K.E. Activism and Critical Race Theory in Schools and Corporations  —  WILDWOOD, Fla. - Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees (W.O.K.E.) Act, a legislative proposal that will give businesses …

The lawyer behind the Trump coup memo unmasks the absurdity of the coverup  —  In their frantic efforts to disrupt the work of the House select committee examining Jan. 6, Donald Trump's co-conspirators have advanced a singular argument: The committee lacks any “legitimate legislative purpose.”

Romin Iqbal, of CAIR-Ohio, fired for allegedly leaking information to anti-Muslim group  —  Danae King Yilun ChengThe Columbus Dispatch  —  The Ohio chapter of a national Muslim-American advocacy and civil rights group announced on Tuesday that its director was working with a national anti-Muslim group and had been for years.

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.

Historic wind storm slamming central U.S. with rare tornado threat in the north  —  Minnesota and northern Iowa could see their first December tornadoes on record; winds are expected to gust over 60 mph in Denver, Omaha and Des Moines.  —  Half of the Lower 48 faces a dangerous weather event Wednesday …

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 …

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 …

Freelance journalist accredited to AP detained in Ethiopia  —  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A freelance video journalist accredited to The Associated Press in Ethiopia has been detained by police in the capital, Addis Ababa, the news organization said Wednesday.  —  Amir Aman Kiyaro was detained under …

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.