Material Recovered From Trump by Archives Included Classified Information  —  In a letter to Congress, the National Archives confirmed that boxes taken from the White House by the former president included classified national security documents.  —  WASHINGTON — The National Archives confirmed …

Russia Planning Post-Invasion Arrest and Assassination Campaign in Ukraine, U.S. Officials Say  —  Intelligence on possible targets has been shared with Ukraine and other partners in the region.  —  The United States has obtained intelligence that Russia may target prominent political opponents …

The media and Durham's corrupt “spying” investigation  —  Editor's note: Good news!  The audio option should be returning next week. … Subscribe to PRESS RUN  —  Fox News has lost its mind.  Again.  —  Looking for a partisan outrage to promote as Covid cases plummet …

The latest conservative to join the resistance?  Ted Cruz's mentor  —  It's been a measure of former federal Judge J. Michael Luttig's stature in the conservative legal movement that Supreme Court justices hired so many of his law clerks — 40 over 15 years.

Squad politics backfire  —  The hard-left politics of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and the so-called “Squad,” once a dominant theme for vast numbers of elected Democrats, is backfiring big-time on the party in power, top Democrats tell us. … - “It's a huge problem.”

Red Covid, an Update  —  The partisan gap in Covid deaths is still growing, but more slowly.  —  Ocean County, in central New Jersey, is a mixture of beach towns like Barnegat Light and exurban towns like Toms River and Lakewood.  Household income in the county exceeds the U.S. average.

Newsom backs legislation to allow private citizens to go after gun makers  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday announced he will support legislation that would allow for private citizens to go after gun makers, enforcing the state's ban on assault weapons.

Trump Directed $375,000 In Donations To His Own Building To Rent An Unused Office  —  “It's a huge scam,” said a former aide, and the total exceeds what Trump donated to Republican candidates - the supposed purpose behind his committees.  —  By S.V. Date  —  NEW YORK ― …

GOP bills banning critical race theory are racist, and Democrats should say so  —  Republicans believe they've found their winning issue for the 2022 election: banning what they call critical race theory from being taught to students from kindergarten to college.

Americans are fleeing to places where political views match their own  —  There's a private Facebook group with nearly 8,000 members called Conservatives Moving to Texas.  Three of them are sitting at a dinner table—munching on barbecue weenies and brownies—in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

New York City Plans to Stop Homeless People From Sheltering on Subways  —  The plan, which calls for stricter enforcement of the transit system's rules, also promises to offer more mental-health services and housing options to those who shelter underground.  —  Mayor Eric Adams …

Fresh Avocado Imports from Mexico Resume  —  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced today that its avocado inspection program in Michoacan, Mexico has restarted and avocado exports to the United States have resumed.

Dean Baquet Never Wanted to Be an Editor  —  Ahead of his expected retirement, the Times' executive editor reflects on his newsroom's unprecedented growth, Twitter's influence on journalism, and the time he punched a hole in a wall.  —  When Dean Baquet took over as the executive editor of the Times …

Minnesota Rep. Jim Hagedorn dies at the age of 59  —  Hagedorn, a Republican, was serving in his second term at the time of his death.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  MORE  —  Minnesota U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn has died at the age of 59 after a long battle with kidney cancer, according to his wife.

Jan. 6 panel interviewed Ellipse rally organizer Katrina Pierson  —  Katrina Pierson, a former Trump campaign spokesperson who helped plan the Jan. 6 rally at the Ellipse, has answered questions from the Capitol riot panel, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

Judge rejects Trump effort to toss lawsuits accusing him of Jan. 6 conspiracy  —  A federal judge has rejected former President Donald Trump's effort to dismiss multiple lawsuits accusing him of bearing legal responsibility for the violent Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Chief judge in D.C. says Jan. 6 defendants should get credit for talking to Congress  —  A prominent federal judge on Friday urged the Justice Department to incentivize Jan. 6 defendants to cooperate with congressional investigators, saying Capitol riot participants should be credited …

Wife in Maryland spy couple also pleads guilty in plot to sell U.S. nuclear secrets  —  The wife of a Navy engineer pleaded guilty Friday to helping her husband try to sell secrets about U.S. nuclear submarines to a foreign country — a high-profile espionage case that will send her to prison …

To make public health officials more accountable, they should be elected, not appointed  —  In the United States, the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in the widespread firing and resignation of public health officers.  According to one analysis, more than 300 state and local health officials were fired …

How China Uses Bots and Fake Twitter Accounts to Shape the Olympics  —  The country's propagandists have used a variety of tools online to promote a vision of the Games that is free of rancor or controversy.  —  阅读.体中 文.閱讀.體 中文.

For the first time, fewer than half of Americans have an unwavering faith in God  —  Data from the General Social Survey plots the rise of a more secular nation  —  Back in 1993, two-thirds of American adults told pollsters from the General Social Survey they “know God really exists” and had “no doubts about it.”

Phil Mickelson will deal with Saudis to pressure PGA Tour  —  LOS ANGELES — Even though the Saudi Arabian government has been accused of myriad human rights violations by watchdog groups around the world, Phil Mickelson says he is willing to get involved with a Saudi-financed breakaway golf league to have leverage with the PGA Tour.