CNN Probe Eyes Jeff Zucker's Ties to Andrew Cuomo  —  The ongoing investigation, which exposed an affair that led to Zucker's abrupt resignation yesterday, has expanded to include possible improprieties during Cuomo's tenure as governor of New York, sources tell Rolling Stone

U.S. Exposes What It Says Is Russian Effort to Fabricate Pretext for Invasion  —  Officials said Russia was planning a fake video showing an attack by Ukrainians on Russian territory or Russian speakers in eastern Ukraine.  —  WASHINGTON — The United States has acquired intelligence …

Republicans rebuke Liz Cheney in unprecedented moves  —  Party leaders meeting in Salt Lake City move a censure resolution against the congresswoman from Wyoming and prepare to fund her primary opponent  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Republican leaders forged an agreement this week to potentially fund …

Facebook's dream of connecting the whole world is dead  —  The platform's first-ever decline in active users is a landmark event in social media history  —  For 18 years, ever since Mark Zuckerberg started it in a Harvard dorm room, Facebook has been growing.

The Black woman sentenced to six years in prison over a voting error  —  Pamela Moses was sentenced to six years in prison for trying to register despite a felony conviction but officials admitted making a series of mistakes  —  For the last few months, I've been following the case of Pamela Moses …

It's not just the pandemic, stupid  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With Allie Bice.  —  The Biden White House may be plotting out a new phase of the pandemic, one in which Americans live with the virus …

NBC Opens Olympics With ‘Worst Hand Imaginable’  —  John Koblin has covered the media industry for more than a decade.  —  Last year, NBC Sports executives called the Tokyo Olympics their most challenging undertaking ever.  —  Now that experience is starting to look like a cakewalk.

Kim Reynolds ending COVID disaster declaration, shutting down vaccination and case count websites … Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Thursday that she will soon end public health disaster proclamations that Iowa has operated under since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic nearly two years ago.

Sarah Palin's lawyers admit ‘uphill’ fight in libel suit against New York Times  —  NEW YORK — Attorneys for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin opened her libel case over a New York Times editorial here Thursday by acknowledging one thing that may have doomed her lawsuit from the beginning …

A disaster in plain sight  —  FENTANYL IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.  IS THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO TREATING IT LIKE ONE?  —  Additional video by CARLOS AVILA GONZALEZ and GUY WATHEN  —  It's May 2020, a Wednesday, and the carnage begins early.  Shortly after dawn, two men are found dead …

Arizona Republican House speaker effectively dooms GOP bill to allow state legislature to reject election results  —  (CNN)A Republican bill that would have overhauled elections in Arizona — including giving the state legislature the power to reject election results — proved to be too much even for state GOP leaders this week.

Florida Gov. DeSantis won't condemn Nazi rally in Orlando  —  DeSantis claimed those asking him to condemn the Nazis tried to “use this as some type of political issue.”  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has refused to condemn a Nazi rally that took place in Orlando over the weekend …

Donald Trump is facing multiple criminal investigations for his conduct.  Court buildings are bracing for violence and chaos.  — Trump encouraged his supporters to protest in cities where he and his company are under investigation.  — Fulton County DA Fani Willis and other officials are not taking Trump's comments lightly.

Dr. Oz is running as a China hawk.  It's a bit of a stretch.  —  In addition to a lucrative sponsorship deal, the celebrity physician exported his popular TV show to China.  —  Republican Mehmet Oz, whose Pennsylvania Senate campaign against David McCormick is focused on the former hedge …

Why Voter Suppression Probably Won't Work  —  Voting procedures, turnout, and vote margins in the 2020 election  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — In the aftermath of the high-turnout 2020 election, many Republican-controlled state governments have passed legislation that Democrats believe will harm their party's voter turnout.

Joe Biden News  —  Joe Biden is the country's 46th president.  Once one of Congress's youngest senators, Biden, 78, will be the oldest president sworn into office after Ronald Reagan left the White House in 1989 at the age of 77.  President Barack Obama's two-term vice president …

A Jewish Teacher Criticized Israel.  She Was Fired.  —  Jessie Sander had just started a job at a synagogue in Scarsdale.  But then a blog post she had written was found.  —  Last summer, Jessie Sander had been on the job at a Jewish school in Westchester County for less than a month …

The IRS is working with a startup called ID.me that stores the ‘inferred citizenship’ of some users.  That creates a huge new pool of personal data for police and other authorities to tap into.  — The IRS could soon require anyone logging into IRS.gov to use ID.me to verify their identity.

Pence aides decline to talk about direct conversations with Trump even as they answer other questions  —  (CNN)Top aides to Vice President Mike Pence did not discuss direct conversations with former President Donald Trump over several hours of questioning in recent interviews …