Putin Warns the West and Ukraine, but Keeps His Intentions a Mystery  —  President Vladimir Putin said diplomatic ideas raised in a meeting by French President Emmanuel Macron were worth pursuing, but did not rule out a Russian invasion of Ukraine.  —  MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin …

Senate GOP backlash smacks RNC after Cheney-Kinzinger censure  —  Senate Republicans are not happy with the Republican National Committee.  —  In interviews on Monday evening, GOP senators lashed out at their own national party's overwhelming vote to censure Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) …

Peter Thiel to Exit Meta's Board to Support Trump-Aligned Candidates  —  The tech billionaire, who has been on the board of the company formerly known as Facebook since 2005, is backing numerous politicians in the midterm elections.  —  Peter Thiel, one of the longest-serving board members of Meta …

Sidney Powell, ‘Kraken’ Lawyers Ask Appeals Court to Reverse ‘Intemperate’ Sanctions Order: We're Not ‘Overwrought, Dangerous Lunatics’  —  Indignant about what they describe as their portrayals as “overwrought, dangerous lunatics,” attorney Sidney Powell and her fellow “Kraken” …

We Have Kyrsten Sinema's Social Security Number  —  Last month, we filed a public records request for Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's divorce papers.  The request came back with many enlightening insights, such as that the Congresswoman — who wrote the book Unite and Conquer …

‘Precipitous decline’: J.D. Vance pollster issues warning on Ohio Senate race  —  Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance “needs a course correction ASAP” — and that's according to the well-funded super PAC supporting him.  —  A 98-page PowerPoint presentation produced by Tony Fabrizio …

Biden's top science adviser, Eric Lander, resigns amid reports of bullying  —  President Joe Biden's top science adviser, Eric Lander, resigned on Monday evening following reports of his bullying and mistreatment of subordinates.  —  The resignation came despite initial insistence …

Requiem for a Liberal Giant  —  There's an indelible scene in Todd Gitlin's 1987 book “The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage,” in which he and other leaders of Students for a Democratic Society — the leading organization of what was called the New Left — meet with old guard democratic socialists from the journal Dissent.

Chris Christie: ‘Inexperienced’ DeSantis Gets ‘Too Cute’ In Avoiding Questions on Trump, Vaccines  —  Former New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie, joined the Guy Benson show to discuss the school mask mandate being lifted in NJ, VP Pence saying he could not overturn the 2020 election & the direction of the Republican party.

Supreme Court, in 5-4 Vote, Restores Alabama's Congressional Voting Map  —  A special three-judge court had ordered lawmakers to redraw the lines, saying Black voters “have less opportunity” than other Alabamians to elect their favored candidates.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …

New York Deer Infected With Omicron, Study Finds  —  White-tailed deer on Staten Island have become the first wild animals with documented Omicron infections.  The coronavirus has now been found in deer in 15 states.  —  White-tailed deer on Staten Island have been found carrying …

House Oversight chair pledges to ‘fully investigate’ Trump's record keeping  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  The composer John Williams of “Star Wars,” “Jaws” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark” fame turns 90 today.  Send tips, praise, complaints and secret recordings of White House meetings to earlytips@washpost.com.

Erik Prince Helped Raise Money for Conservative Spy Venture  —  New details reveal the ambitions of an operation intended to infiltrate opponents of Donald Trump, including moderate Republicans as well as progressives and Democrats.  —  WASHINGTON — During the summer of 2018, as Richard Seddon …

Slow-Motion Suicide in San Francisco  —  The city is carrying out a bizarre medical experiment in which they are helping homeless drug addicts use drugs.  'It's handing a loaded gun to a suicidal person.'  —  Writes Michael Shellenberger  · Subscribe

He Survived the Holocaust and Was Killed Crossing the Street at Age 99  —  Jack Mikulincer was on his way to synagogue to observe the Sabbath when he was hit by an SUV in Brooklyn, the police and family members said.  —  After surviving two wars, the Nazi invasion of Hungary and the Holocaust …

U.S university reverses decision to remove Olympic protest posters  —  The president of George Washington University in D.C. has reversed his earlier decision to remove campus posters protesting the Beijing Olympics, which Chinese student groups had said “incited racial hatred and ethnic tensions.”

SoftBank's $66bn sale of chip group Arm to Nvidia collapses  —  Transaction had faced scrutiny from regulators and was opposed by rivals  —  SoftBank's $66bn sale of UK-based chip business Arm to Nvidia collapsed on Monday after regulators in the US, UK and EU raised serious concerns …

Axios-Ipsos poll: America learns to live with COVID  —  One in three Americans expects to catch COVID within the next month — and only one in 10 thinks it will be eradicated by this time next year — according to the latest installment of the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index.

Donald Trump Promised He Wouldn't Nominate a Black Woman to the Supreme Court  —  Running for reelection in 2020, Donald Trump's slogan was “Promises Made.  Promises Kept.”  —  He certainly kept one promise.  On May 18, 2016—and again in September of that year—Trump promised …

How Manchin used politics to protect his family coal company  —  As governor, Joe Manchin supported an unusual detail in a clean energy bill that was moving through the West Virginia Legislature in 2009.  —  The provision classified waste coal as an alternative energy.

Kilar Comes Back for More...  After a series of off-the-rails newsroom conversations last week to address Jeff Zucker's ouster, the likely outgoing WarnerMedia C.E.O. returned to the barrel today via an emotional virtual meeting with select high-level staff.

How can you judge the quality of a news outlet?  Look at how politically diverse its audience is  —  One exercise I like to use when teaching college students about media is to draw a Cartesian coordinate plane, give them each a list of news organizations, and then have them place each one at some X,Y coordinate.

Re: The Federal Government's Duty To Protect the States And The States' Sovereign Power Of Self Defense When Invaded  —  Attorney General Opinion Number  —  To:  —  Arizona House of Representatives  —  Questions Presented  —  The request seeks a formal legal opinion on whether …

Roger Stone Is Raking It In—From Candidates He Endorses  —  Roger Stone is officially back, tax evasion cases be damned.  —  Less than a year after receiving a presidential pardon, Roger Stone is staging a comeback, doling out political endorsements to a spate of right-wing longshots and raking in cash.

Amy Coney Barrett's Long Game  —  The newest Supreme Court Justice isn't just another conservative—she's the product of a Christian legal movement that is intent on remaking America. … On December 1st, the Supreme Court had its day of oral argument in a landmark abortion case …