Capitol panel to investigate Trump call to Willard hotel in hours before attack  —  Committee to request contents of the call seeking to stop Biden's certification and may subpoena Rudy Giuliani  —  Congressman Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack …

Justice Roberts Tops Federal Leaders in Americans' Approval  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chief Justice John Roberts earns the highest job approval rating of 11 U.S. leaders rated in a Dec. 1-16 Gallup poll with 60% approving of how he is handling his role.  —  Only two other leaders on the list …

POLITICO Playbook: ‘The View’ struggles to find a Republican  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Before taking off for the holidays, the four long-standing hosts of “The View” had a message for executive producer BRIAN TETA: We're tired of the rotating cast of Republican guest hosts.

Biden signs $768B defense policy bill that supersized his original Pentagon request  —  President Joe Biden signed a $768 billion defense policy bill on Monday, after Democrats and Republicans rejected his initial Pentagon plans and endorsed a major boost to military spending.

Dan Bongino and the Big Business of Returning Trump to Power  —  The Secret Service agent turned radio host is furious at liberals—so he's trying to build a right-wing media infrastructure in time for 2024. … Dan Bongino, one of America's most popular conservative commentators …

The One Thing Biden Is Doing Exceptionally Well  —  As 2021 draws to a close, President Joe Biden has good reason to be frustrated.  His legislative agenda is stymied in the Senate.  His executive authority is under assault from Donald Trump's judges.  His administration was blindsided …

Alleged ‘dead’ Georgia voters found alive and well after 2020 election  —  Trump's allegations of vast voter fraud debunked  —  False claims that there were thousands of ballots cast in the names of dead Georgia voters can now rest in peace.  —  Election investigators found …

So much happened this year, it can be hard to keep track.  Take our quiz to see if you remember when something actually occurred.  —  The United States reached 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus in the early months of 2021.  Alex Trebek, the beloved ‘Jeopardy!’ host, died of cancer at age 80 in November 2020.

Just 3 voter fraud cases closed?  It's time to end Paxton's wasteful crusade.  —  You have done enough.  Have you no sense of decency?  —  The date was June 9, 1954.  The speaker was Joseph Welch, special counsel for the U.S. Army, responding to scurrilous remarks U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy …

The Case Against the Trauma Plot  —  Fiction writers love it.  Filmmakers can't resist it.  But does this trope deepen characters, or flatten them into a set of symptoms?  —  It was on a train journey, from Richmond to Waterloo, that Virginia Woolf encountered the weeping woman.

White evangelicals dying of Covid after denouncing vaccines are wasting martyrdom  —  Most of America's religious groups have no objections to vaccines or mandates.  In that context, white evangelicals stand out.  —  This year we've seen a number of conservative personalities …

Fauci says to cancel New Year's Eve parties, as millions struggle for normalcy nearly two years into pandemic  —  Amid young adult mental health crisis, Fauci says to stay away from normalcy of New Year's Eve parties: ‘Not this year’  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for December 27

Inside Disney's Handling of the ABC News Sexual-Assault Allegations  —  A lawsuit claims executives knew of misconduct at the key revenue generator ‘Good Morning America’ but didn't follow up and discouraged an official report  —  When writer Jay Carson was doing research in the fall of 2017 to develop …

Flight disruptions continue with thousands more cancellations as Omicron thins airline crews.  —  Flight disruptions in the United States showed few signs of abating on Monday as many people embarked on their first trips in almost two years, and Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the nation's top infectious …

Why Biden Wants You to Think He's Running in 2024  —  As his first, up-and-down year as president nears its end, Joe Biden really wants you to know he plans to run for a second term in 2024.  He reiterated his intentions in an ABC News interview last week, while making the requisite hedge …

Arizona Senate candidate brings NFTs to politics  —  Blake Masters, co-author of tech pioneer Peter Thiel's blockbuster “Zero to One,” and now a Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Arizona, is offering NFTs with a limit of 99 copies.  —  Why it matters: Masters, 35, told Axios the plan is to attract support …