Statement by President Joe Biden  —  Last night at my direction, U.S. military forces in the northwest Syria successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation to protect the American people and our Allies, and make the world a safer place.  Thanks to the skill and bravery of our Armed Forces …

Jeff Zucker's legacy is defined by his promotion of Donald Trump  —  Many questions still swirl around Wednesday's startling announcement that, after nine years, Jeff Zucker's reign as CNN president was over.  —  Was his ouster really all about his failure to disclose to his corporate bosses …

Josh Hawley seeks to be Putin's new favorite pet  —  In a body full of MAGA sycophants and Ivy League-educated senators spewing anti-elite rhetoric, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) manages to stand out.  From his fist-pumping approval of the Jan. 6 mob to his whining that his canceled book deal amounts …

Memo circulated among Trump allies advocated using NSA data in attempt to prove stolen election  —  The proposal to seize and analyze “NSA unprocessed raw signals data” raises legal and ethical concerns that set it apart from other attempts that have come to light.

Crime, “Normie Voters” and the Return to Normal  —  What Joe Biden Could Learn from Eric Adams  —  It's been widely noted that Democrats' biggest problem is voters' thirst for a return to normalcy which they don't believe that Democrats have delivered.  The biggest problems here are the economy …

Inside Mississippi's only class on critical race theory  —  Brittany Murphree was born and raised in Rankin County, Mississippi, one of the most Republican counties in one of the most Republican states.  —  She went to Northwest Rankin High School where she was the president of the school's chapter …

Unmasking Of Rudy Giuliani On Fox's ‘The Masked Singer’ Prompts Judges Ken Jeong & Robin Thicke To Walk Off In Protest  —  EXCLUSIVE, SPOILER ALERT: Rudy Giuliani was last week unmasked as an exiting costumed contestant in the taping of the first episode of Fox's popular prime time show The Masked Singer.

End the Covid Panic Now  —  Biden should declare the pandemic is over, so Americans can return to normal lives.  —  It is manifestly clear that the panic phase of the Covid-19 pandemic has to end.  The costs are too high.  —  I don't mean end as a state of mind.

L.A. Mayor Garcetti Says He Held His Breath For Maskless Photo With Magic Johnson  —  Los Angeles Mayor — and Biden Administration ambassadorial nominee — Eric Garcetti today defended his actions after maskless photos surfaced of him and Lakers great Magic Johnson, along …

Take The Hint, John Roberts — It's Time For You To Retire, Too  —  “Judges are like umpires,” John Roberts famously said at his confirmation hearing as Chief Justice.  “Umpires don't make the rules, they apply them ... They make sure everybody plays by the rules, but it is a limited role.

Requiescat in Pace, Alma  —  Covid took my sister, a compassionate, tough soul who always put others first.  —  Tuesday morning, the hospital wouldn't let me say goodbye to my sister.  Covid restrictions, they said.  Only Alma's two daughters, masked and gowned, were allowed in with their mother …

Facebook lost daily users for the first time ever last quarter  —  A metaverse pivot isn't going to fix the social network's main problems: slowing user and ad growth  —  Since its inception, Facebook's user growth has essentially been up and to the right.

NORTH KOREA HACKED HIM.  SO HE TOOK DOWN ITS INTERNET  —  Disappointed with the lack of US response to the Hermit Kingdom's attacks against US security researchers, one hacker took matters into his own hands.  —  For the past two weeks, observers of North Korea's strange and tightly restricted corner …

South Florida seniors alarmed after political party was unknowingly changed to Republican  —  MIAMI - Despite the security at Haley Sofge Towers, a Miami-Dade public housing building, people with clipboards and Republican Party of Florida caps were in the hallways, door knocking.

When the Pope Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie, That's Ahmari  —  From neoconservatism to integralist cosplay to active worship of China and Russia, the ‘post-liberal’ right has had a giddy five years  —  I first met Sohrab Ahmari, one of the most influential and controversial writers …

Exclusive: No. 10 policy chief quits over Boris's Jimmy Savile slur  —  Munira Mirza's departure will be painful for the Prime Minister  —  Munira Mirza, the Downing Street head of policy, has resigned over Boris Johnson's Jimmy Savile attack on Keir Starmer.

Memos Show Roots of Trump's Focus on Jan. 6 and Alternate Electors  —  Just over two weeks after Election Day, lawyers working with the Trump campaign set out a rationale for creating alternate slates of electors as part of an effort to buy time to overturn the results.

National Butterfly Center on Texas border closing indefinitely after attacks from right-wing conspiracy theorists  —  The National Butterfly Center on the Texas border is closing “for the immediate future” after conspiracy-fueled attacks against the center on social media escalated in recent days.