Biden Rejects Trump's Claim of Privilege for White House Visitor Logs  —  The president informed the National Archives that it should turn over the logs sought by the Jan. 6 committee within 15 days.  —  President Biden is opposing another effort by former President Donald J. Trump …

S.F. school board recall: Alison Collins, Gabriela López and Faauuga Moliga ousted  —  San Francisco voters overwhelmingly supported the ouster of three school board members Tuesday in the city's first recall election in nearly 40 years.  —  The landslide decision means board President …

Jeff Zucker's Downfall at CNN: Ethical Lapses and Falling Ratings  —  The network's top-rated host and its president were forced out following ethical lapses, an office romance and a letter from a lawyer for “Jane Doe.”  —  Late in the day on Nov. 30, Jeff Zucker, the president of CNN Worldwide …

GOP culture war attacks ‘alarmingly potent,’ DCCC warns  —  The campaign committee has been showing House Democrats new polling about how to counter GOP attacks on police funding and other issues.  —  Democrats' own research shows that some battleground voters think the party is “preachy …

Russia aims to ward off NATO in the event of a Ukraine invasion  —  As Russian President Vladimir Putin sends mixed signals about his willingness to invade Ukraine, his military continues to undertake activities that appear designed not only to ready an offensive but to thwart any attempt …

P.J. O'Rourke was America's greatest satirist and coolest conservative  —  P.J. O'Rourke, who has died at the age of 74, once hosted a small New Year's party at his apartment in Washington.  The year was 1990.  He'd just returned from Germany, where he had covered the fall of the Berlin Wall.

'People's Convoy' of Truckers Reportedly Heading to DC for Mandate Protest  —  While truck drivers protest COVID-19 restrictions in Canada, American truckers are following suit with their own cross-country convoy heading to Washington, D.C., with a message: “Government has forgotten its place.”

They used to just run elections.  Now they fight foreign agents.  —  Ten state chief election officials say in interviews they have had to refocus their positions to battle a constant flow of disinformation.  This year, they say, will be no different.  —  Voting for the 2022 midterms …

Eric Adams Wields His Weapon of Identity  —  It didn't take long  —  On Tuesday, Eric Adams, the new mayor of New York City, delivered a searing indictment of the journalists covering him.  “I'm a Black man that's the mayor, but my story is being interpreted by people who don't look like me,” Adams said at City Hall.

New critical race theory laws have teachers scared, confused and self-censoring  —  A Utah student group was called “Black and Proud.”  The principal had it renamed.  A New Hampshire history teacher used to discuss current events in a unit about race and economics.  No more.

Trump's Inner Circle Freaks That His Tax Firm ‘Screwed’ Him  —  “If he gets away from this, there's no God and no reason to live,” said Barbara A. Res, a former construction executive at the Trump Organization.  —  Predictably, Donald Trump wants you to think his longtime accounting firm's decision …

Would Turkey's president have leverage over ‘Senator Doctor Oz’?  —  Members of the U.S. Senate often have conflicts of interest, both business and personal.  But never before has our country experienced a senator who has dual citizenship, served in a foreign military and maintains deep ties …

The Most Chilling Thing I Heard at the Sarah Palin-NYT Trial Came Before the Verdict  —  The former Alaska governor lost her libel suit against the New York Times.  But others were watching—and learning.  —  At about 2:30 on Tuesday afternoon, after roughly a dozen hours of deliberation …

Prince Andrew's a snivelling little coward whose denials weren't worth the paper they were written on, says Piers Morgan  —  SO, he's caved.  —  Just three weeks ago, Prince Andrew defiantly told the world he was demanding, yes DEMANDING, a trial by jury in his sex assault case - to clear his name.

Escalating hateful rhetoric leads nation down a dark, chaotic path  —  A terrifying incident in Louisville, Ky., this week revealed the dangers of the talk coming from the right about civil war and political violence.  —  Early Monday, mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg and his staff were busy …

Suspension of Afghan Fulbright Program shatters dreams for 140 semifinalists now stuck under Taliban rule  —  KABUL — They are Afghanistan's best and brightest, part of a young generation of future scientists, journalists, climatologists, government officials, educators and business leaders keen …

Iran calls for US ‘political statement’ on commitment to nuclear deal  —  Foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian seeks assurance that Washington will not abandon JCPOA accord again  —  Iran has proposed that the US Congress makes a “political statement” of its commitment to a nuclear accord …

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's approval ratings hit an all-time low, poll says  —  Views of Sen. Dianne Feinstein's job performance have tumbled to the lowest point in her three-decade Senate career, with just 30% of California voters giving her positive marks in a new UC Berkeley Institute …

U.S. ‘excess deaths’ during pandemic surpassed 1 million, with covid killing most but other diseases adding to the toll, CDC says  —  The United States has recorded more than 1 million “excess deaths” since the start of the pandemic, government mortality statistics show …

Biden's Afghanistan Counsel Left the White House in January.  Now He's Poised to Reap Financial Windfall From Billions in Seized Afghan Assets. … A lead attorney for the families of 9/11 victims who sued the Taliban — plaintiffs who could receive billions of dollars as a result …

Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported  —  Barbara Campbell was walking through a New York City subway station during rush hour when her world abruptly went dark.  For four years, Campbell had been using a high-tech implant in her left eye that gave her a crude kind of bionic vision …

Eight Republican senators say they oppose ‘no-fly’ list for disruptive passengers because it would equate mask opponents to ‘terrorists’  —  A group of Republican senators is pushing back against efforts to create a federal “no-fly” list for unruly passengers, arguing that doing …