G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’  —  The Republican National Committee voted to censure Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for participating in the inquiry into the deadly riot at the Capitol.  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican Party on Friday officially declared …

Exclusive: Newly obtained records show Trump and Jim Jordan spoke at length on morning of January 6  —  (CNN)The House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection is now in possession of White House records that provide new details about a phone call Donald Trump made to Republican …

Michael Avenatti convicted of stealing $300k from Stormy Daniels  —  Attorney-turned-criminal Michael Avenatti was convicted Friday of swiping nearly $300,000 in book-advance money from his then-client Stormy Daniels.  —  The now twice-convicted felon — and one time rising star …

How Jeff Zucker Turned CNN Into A Cult  —  In movies and history books when someone is fighting with the French Resistance against the Nazis nobody cares if they are cheating on their spouse, or engaged in dubious ethical practices.  It's an existential crisis, and normal rules don't apply.

In censure of Cheney and Kinzinger, RNC calls events of January 6 ‘legitimate political discourse’  —  Salt Lake City (CNN)In a resolution formally censuring GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the Republican National Committee on Friday called the events surrounding the January 6, 2021 …

Revealed: Trump reviewed draft order that authorized voting machines to be seized  —  Then president, during contentious December 2020 meeting, also agreed to appoint Sidney Powell as special counsel to investigate fraud  —  Weeks after the 2020 election, Donald Trump reviewed a draft executive order …

Judge temporarily halts Youngkin order making masks optional in Va. schools after lawsuit from school boards  —  An Arlington judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring enforcement of Gov. Glenn Youngkin's mask-optional order for schools — a major victory for the seven school boards …

Jon Stewart sides with Joe Rogan as more artists leave Spotify: ‘This overreaction is a mistake’  —  Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and more have removed their catalogues from the streaming platform  —  Video mash-up compares Joe Rogan's apology to what he says on podcast

US grants sanctions relief to Iran as nuke talks in balance  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday restored some sanctions relief to Iran's atomic program as talks aimed at salvaging the languishing 2015 nuclear deal enter a critical phase.

Bombshell picture shows Boris Johnson holding can of beer at lockdown birthday party  —  Sources said that pictures taken by the official No10 photographer have been handed over to Scotland Yard for their investigation into the Downing Street parties - including one of the PM with a can of beer

G.O.P. Lawsuit Casts N.Y. Congressional Maps as Brazen Gerrymandering  —  A Republican-led legal effort faces an uphill battle to overturn newly drawn congressional districts, which Democrats have defended as lawful.  —  A Republican-led group of voters filed a lawsuit late Thursday challenging …

Lia Thomas should not be allowed in women's competitions, 16 UPenn swimmers argue  —  Transgender athlete Lia Thomas should not be allowed to compete as a woman, 16 fellow members of the University of Pennsylvania women's swimming team argue.  —  The swimmers, who currently compete alongside Thomas …

The Hidden Failure of the World's Biggest Privacy Law  —  The EU's landmark privacy law, GDPR, was supposed to change the world of tech privacy forever.  What the hell happened?  —  Alerts  —  This week, European authorities struck a massive blow to the digital data-mining industrial complex …

A Black Iraqi's Sudden Career in TV News: ‘They Wanted to See All Colors’  —  Randa Abd Al-Aziz was joking with friends in a Baghdad cafe when she got a surprise job offer: broadcasting the news in Iraq, whose Black citizens have little media presence and even less power.

A new GOP bill would give workers an alternative to unions.  Republicans should get behind it.  —  Republicans such as Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) and Rep. Jim Banks (Ind.), the chairman of the Republican Study Committee, have been working on ways to make the GOP policy agenda align better with its increasingly working-class voters.

Kabul airport attack involved a single bomb with ‘disturbing lethality,’ Pentagon inquiry finds  —  A single bomb with “disturbing lethality” caused the carnage at Kabul's international airport near the culmination of the United States' chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan …

Neo-Nazi group's leader among 3 arrested in attack at Orlando demonstration  —  Three members of the National Socialist Movement, including Kissimmee-based leader Burt Colucci, were arrested after a scuffle during a demonstration at Waterford Lakes last weekend made national headlines …

The making of a modern Republican  —  Paths to power and winning elections inside the GOP are changing rapidly and radically, spawning a new generation of kingmakers while diminishing the clout of many who lorded over the party for years.  —  Why it matters: Fourteen of the Republican Party's top consultants …

Oklahoma bill would fine teachers $10k for teaching anything that contradicts religion  —  Under Senator Rob Standridge's Students' Religious Belief Protection Act subjects like LGBT+ issues, evolution and the big bang theory, even birth control could be off the table