Inside the CNN Newsroom's Clash with Jason Kilar  —  Fear, anger, profound loyalty to Jeff Zucker and full-blown resentment for Jason Kilar dominated a confidential meeting in CNN's D.C. newsroom on the night of Zucker's February surprise.  —  Just after 7 p.m. ET last night …

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 …

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 …

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.

Fox News is filling its editor positions with GOP operatives and Trump staffers  —  Since the start of President Joe Biden's term, Fox News has hired at least nine editors who previously worked for former President Donald Trump's administration, Republican campaign offices, or Republican politicians.

Whoopi Goldberg's American Idea of Race  —  It made sense, to the New York Daily News sports editor, that these guys dominated basketball.  After all, “the game places a premium on an alert, scheming mind and flashy trickiness, artful dodging and general smartalecness,” not to mention their “God-given better balance and speed.”

Before death, Reid emptied campaign accounts  —  The day before he died, federal campaign accounts affiliated with former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) reported doling out more than $133,000 in donations to a broad swath of federal, state and local-level Democratic candidates in Nevada.

Why are Democrats struggling with working class voters?  Don't blame ‘wokeness.’  —  With President Biden set to meet New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday, pundits will spin this as a sign of profound political failure on Democrats' part, an act of ritual penitence for failing to treat rising crime as a serious issue.

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 …

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.

Opening statements in Palin's libel case against the New York Times  —  NEW YORK — Attorneys for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Thursday argued there was “no link” between their client and a 2011 shooting that left six people dead and an Arizona congresswoman injured …

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.

Lewandowski's New Gig: Get Rid of Gov. Sununu  —  On the Howie Carr radio show Wednesday, Trump advisor Corey Lewandowski said his old boss has given him a new job: Get rid of Gov. Chris Sununu.  —  “When we spoke earlier in the day, you told me that [President Trump] assigned you a couple …

Biden nominee scrutinized over work with fintech company that got prized Fed account  —  Sarah Bloom Raskin, President Joe Biden's pick for a top Federal Reserve role, is facing scrutiny over her role at a financial technology company and her husband's violation of stock disclosure rules.

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 …

‘I am doing the devils work’ — Staff at Dem firm revolt over work for Sinema  —  Since the beginning of 2020, Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's reelection campaign has paid the Democratic consulting firm Authentic nearly a half million dollars for digital work and list acquisition.

Biden greenlights $15 million infusion to Democratic campaign committees  —  White House looks to ease Democratic tensions amid ‘strained’ relationship with DNC  —  With his party facing stiff political headwinds, President Joe Biden has authorized a transfer of $15 million …

Katrina Robinson expelled from Tennessee Senate  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Katrina Robinson has been expelled from her position in the Tennessee Senate.  —  The state's full Senate voted Feb. 2 on whether to expel her from office.  —  A Senate Ethics Committee recommended the expulsion …

Alabama officials receive complaints about Black History Month as state debates CRT legislation  —  1,214  —  As Alabama lawmakers look to take up multiple bills in the coming weeks that would ban divisive concepts associated with critical race theory, Alabama Superintendent Eric Mackey …