Trump still says his supporters weren't behind the Jan. 6 attack — but I was there  —  Editor's note: This story contains language that may be offensive.  —  “I was standing amid thousands of Trump supporters on the lawn rising up to the Washington Monument,” says NPR's Tom Bowman.

Finland insists has right to join Nato, defying Russia's demands  —  Moscow's military build-up on Ukraine border and its security conditions fires up debate in Baltics  —  Russia's sabre-rattling in Ukraine has reignited the debate in Finland as to whether the Nordic country should join Nato …

Chilling Trump Letter Calling For ‘Seizure’ Of Election Material Revealed In Log To Jan. 6 Probers  —  The letter was created a day before Trump discussed naming conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell “special counsel” to probe baseless election fraud claims.  —  A chilling item in a document log provided …

Former general urges Trump supporters in the military to stop listening to ‘the pillow guy’ Mike Lindell  — A former military general took aim at MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in a recent CNN interview.  — Steven M. Anderson suggested that Trump supporters should “stop listening to the pillow guy.”

South Korean crosses armed border in rare defection to North  —  A South Korean has crossed the heavily fortified border in a rare defection to North Korea, South Korea's military said on Sunday.  —  The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it carried out a search operation after detecting …

One of Marjorie Taylor Greene's verified Twitter accounts permanently suspended from Twitter  —  (CNN)Twitter has permanently suspended Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Twitter account @mtgreenee, the company confirmed to CNN Sunday morning.  —  A Twitter spokesperson said the company …

2021 letter  —  (This piece is my year in review; here's my letter from 2020)  —  I've by now lived in each of China's main megaregions.  It is time to make assessments.  —  Everything that can go wrong in urban design has gone wrong in Beijing.  The climate is arid and prone to northerly sandstorms.

The Return of the Urban Firestorm  —  What happened in Colorado was something much scarier than a wildfire.  —  On Thursday afternoon, in the space of a few hours just a day before the new year, 100-plus mile-per-hour winds carried the most destructive fire in Colorado history through …

Inside Joe Biden's disastrous negotiations with Iran  —  One of the West's great foreign policy failures of 2021 was the Iran nuclear negotiations, which remained bitterly unresolved as the clock passed midnight.  —  Having spoken to a number of diplomatic sources on different sides in recent weeks …

K-12 Schools Press to Reopen as Omicron Variant Surges  —  Systems nationwide seek Covid-19 tests to return students to the classroom after winter break  —  K-12 schools around the country are pressing forward with tentative plans to reopen after the holiday break in the midst of a surge in Covid-19 cases.