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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

'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.”

The truth won't speak for itself  —  The Democrats can't trust the press and pundit corps to explain to the American people that democracy as they know it is under assault.  —  Lester Holt, the NBC News anchor, interviewed the president last week.  In response to a question about inflation and …

A Strange Defense of Spying on Trump  —  A tech executive's response to Durham raises more questions.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  The press corps doesn't usually support government spying, but when it comes to Donald Trump they are making an exception.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

In France, a Racist Conspiracy Theory Edges Into the Mainstream  —  Valérie Pécresse, the center-right presidential candidate, used the phrase ‘great replacement’ in a speech punctuated with coded attacks on immigrants and Muslims.  —  PARIS — Until a couple of years ago …