US in talks with Qatar over gas supplies to Europe in event of Ukraine invasion  —  Washington discusses contingency measures with Gulf state and others in case Russian incursion were to lead to shortfalls  —  The US is holding discussions with Qatar and other large gas exporters …

2 N.Y.P.D. Officers Killed in Shooting in Harlem, Officials Say  —  The officers were the third and fourth to be shot in the line of duty in recent days.  —  Two New York City police officers were killed in a shooting in Harlem on Friday, officials said.  They were the third and fourth officers …

Crypto Crash Erases More Than $1 Trillion in Market Value  —  For Bitcoin, there's only been one constant recently: decline after decline after decline.  And the superlatives have piled up really quickly.  —  With the Federal Reserve intending to withdraw stimulus from the market, riskier assets the world over have suffered.

We're All Trying to Find the Guy Policing Our Behavior  —  Who or what is preventing us from going “back to normal” exactly?  —  I dropped my kid off at school this morning, as I do most mornings.  We took the city bus, which, as always, crawled in traffic and grew steadily more crowded …

Omicron has changed the shape of the pandemic.  Will it end it for good?  —  (CNN)The world feared the worst when a worrying new coronavirus variant emerged in late November and ripped through South Africa at a pace not seen before in the pandemic.  —  But two months later …

In-depth: Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance talks platform, issues  —  LEBANON, Ohio — J.D. Vance, the author of “Hillbilly Elegy” and a venture capitalist, is one of six serious GOP candidates running for the U.S. Senate seat Rob Portman is retiring from this year.

The Perpetual Battle Over Abortion Rights  —  Why the fight over a woman's right to choose continues—and how it can finally end.  —  The political battle over cultural or moral issues—like, say, same-sex marriage—typically follows a familiar path.  When the vast majority …

Feds issue subpoenas seeking records related to Rep. Cuellar and his wife, associates  —  Cuellar's attorney said the congressman is “fully cooperating” with the probe.  —  The federal grand jury probe that led to the raid of Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar's home and office in Texas …

New York gov: My daughter got used to wearing sneakers, your kid will get used to wearing a mask  —  Grim.  And out of step with her own party, which has been trying harder lately amid the many reports of children suffering during the pandemic to signal that it's putting kids first now.

‘House of Trump is crumbling’: why ex-president's legal net is tightening  —  Some Trumpland observers are convinced that he is in serious legal trouble as New York's AG investigation of Trump Organizations's finances intensifies  —  hen Donald Trump announced plans in 2006 to build …

‘That raise meant nothing’: Inflation is wiping out pay increases for most Americans  —  After years of barely budging, wages are finally up.  But the same strong recovery that is emboldening workers is also driving up inflation, leaving most Americans with less spending power than they had a year ago.

Read the never-issued Trump order that would have seized voting machines  —  Among the records that Donald Trump's lawyers tried to shield from Jan. 6 investigators are a draft executive order that would have directed the defense secretary to seize voting machines and a document titled “Remarks on National Healing.”

Leaked Oath Keepers list names 20 current military members  —  (Tribune News Service) — When they enlisted in the military, they swore an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and to obey the orders all the way up to those from the president of the United States.

The unfiltered year of Aaron Rodgers  —  SITTING IN WHAT has become the most famous living room in football, sipping a scotch and wearing a half-zip with a Masters logo, Aaron Rodgers couldn't stop grinning.  —  Peyton Manning and Eli Manning had just asked him, as part of their ManningCast …

Was Dorothy Day Too Left-Wing to Be a Catholic Saint?  —  The Archdiocese of New York has asked the Vatican to consider the social activist for sainthood.  But church leaders are not entirely comfortable with her politics.  —  Hundreds of people gathered at St. Patrick's Cathedral to celebrate …

CDC: Natural immunity stronger than vaccines alone during delta wave  —  DENVER (KDVR) — Natural immunity was six times stronger during the delta wave than vaccination, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  —  The report, published Jan. 19 …

How Biden Lost The Plot  —  Listening to interest groups and activists is no way to get re-elected.  —  If I were president (I know, I know) I'd take an hour or two each week and observe a focus group.  Presidents never get the full truth talking directly with the public …

Russia proposed interim nuclear deal to Iran, with U.S. knowledge, sources say  —  Iran says it is not interested in an interim deal.  Experts say Iran is close to having enough fissile material for a bomb.  —  As part of an effort to revive the international nuclear deal with Iran …

Wisconsin GOP lawmaker calls for election cheating in video  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican Wisconsin state lawmaker was recorded on video saying that Republicans need to “cheat like the Democrats” to win elections and that he'd like to punch Democratic Gov. Tony Evers over pandemic restrictions.

Thousands of Giuliani's communications turned over to Manhattan U.S. attorney following privilege review  —  NEW YORK — The retired federal judge assigned to review the contents of 18 electronic devices seized from Rudolph W. Giuliani's home and offices in Manhattan last spring has withheld …

Milwaukee County prosecutor seeks to pass off case over fake electors to state or federal agencies  —  MADISON - A Milwaukee County prosecutor has consulted with Attorney General Josh Kaul on whether 10 Republicans committed fraud by claiming to be presidential electors even though Donald Trump lost in Wisconsin.

Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Master and Political Reformer, Dies at 95  —  A monk with global influence and an ally of Martin Luther King, he championed what he called “engaged Buddhism,” applying its principles in pressing for peace.  —  Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who was one of the world's …

Bill Maher On 'Real Time's 20th Season, Being “Over Covid” & America's Upcoming “Real Day Of Reckoning”  —  EXCLUSIVE: Bill Maher is back and ready to rumble.  —  “I feel like Covid is still the dominant issue of our lives right now and it should not be anymore,” the Real Time with Bill Maher host …

Leaked Messages Show Gettr in Crisis Mode Over Joe Rogan Criticism  —  Last week, Gettr, the social media site that sells itself as a MAGA alternative to Twitter, entered damage control mode.  The hugely popular podcaster Joe Rogan, who days earlier had signed up for the app …

Here's how Ohio won a bid by Intel to build the world's largest chip factory  —  It was a Christmas morning surprise for Ohio's governor and lieutenant governor: Intel was coming to Ohio.  —  Gov. Mike DeWine was enjoying the kind of chaotic Christmas morning at the Governor's Residence that most parents and grandparents experience.

University of Rhode Island revokes honorary degrees given to Rudy Giuliani and Michael Flynn  —  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn will no longer hold honorary degrees from the University of Rhode Island, the school announced Friday.

MitchPlease, Black Americans are Americans  —  Hold up!  Did Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) say what I thought he said?  —  When asked on Wednesday what he would tell voters of color who fear they won't be able to vote in November's midterm elections because of the Senate's failure …