Trump plane made emergency landing after weekend speech to GOP donors  —  Former President Donald Trump's plane made an emergency landing on Saturday evening following his speech at a Republican National Committee-hosted donor retreat in New Orleans, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Madison Cawthorn charged with driving with revoked license for 2nd time; court dates set  —  Congressman Madison Cawthorn has been charged with driving with a revoked license, a misdemeanor that carries up to 20 days in jail.  —  The 26-year-old Henderson County Republican was pulled …

Giant spiders expected to drop from sky across the East Coast this spring  —  An invasive species of spider the size of a child's hand is expected to “colonize” the entire East Coast this spring by parachuting down from the sky, researchers at the University of Georgia announced last week.

Colorado clerk is indicted for election tampering and misconduct  —  A grand jury in Colorado has indicted Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters and her deputy on counts related to election tampering and misconduct.  —  The indictment of Peters and Deputy Clerk Belinda Knisley on felony …

Russian Agent Maria Butina Claims Ukrainians Are Bombing Themselves  —  “We have tons of evidence that the Russia army does not touch, does not bomb civilian populations,” the former darling of the NRA said of her absurd bit of Putin propaganda  —  Maria Butina, the Russia agent who infiltrated …

Cardiff Philharmonic removes Tchaikovsky from programme in light of Russian invasion of Ukraine  —  The orchestra had an all-Tchaikovsky concert scheduled for next week, but has decided to change the programme having deemed it to be ‘inappropriate’ at this time

Pulitzer Prize Winning New York Times Reporter: January 6 Media Coverage ‘Overreaction,’ FBI Involved, Event Was Not Organized Despite Ongoing Narrative  — NYT National Security Correspondent, Matthew Rosenberg, contradicts his own January 6 reporting: “There were a ton of FBI informants amongst the people who attacked the Capitol.”

Trump Refinances $100 Million Mortgage On Trump Tower With A Bank Headed By A Political Supporter  —  Donald Trump refinanced Trump Tower in February, taking out a $100 million loan, according to documents recorded Tuesday by New York City's Department of Finance.

Do Covid Precautions Work?  —  Yes, but they haven't made a big difference.  —  Daily life in red and blue America has continued to be quite different over the past few months.  It's a reflection of the partisan divide over Covid-19.  Consider:  — In the country's most liberal cities, many people are still avoiding restaurants.

Trump's man in North Carolina struggles in Senate primary  —  Donald Trump's pick in North Carolina's contentious Republican Senate primary is struggling to gain traction, raising concerns among his powerful backers about his prospects in a race that is key to control of the Senate.

Disney Pledges $5 Million to Protect LGBTQ Rights, CEO to Meet With Florida Gov to Discuss 'Don't Say Gay' Bill … Disney CEO Bob Chapek said Wednesday the company is pledging $5 million to the Human Rights Campaign and other organizations protecting LGBTQ rights following backlash …

Graham signals he's a likely no on Biden SCOTUS pick  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), an influential Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is signaling he's leaning toward voting “no” on President Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court …

A strange new defense of Trump's coup effort is both wrong and dangerous  —  Ever since Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol, we've heard endless variations of a particularly pernicious claim: Trump and many GOP voters really believed the election was stolen from him.

‘Our state is terrorizing us’: Texas families of transgender kids fight investigations  —  Texas targets trans youth and their families  —  L., a mom who lives in Austin, Texas, said she was excited and relieved when her transgender son turned 18 last month, because “he made it.”

A judge uses Tucker Carlson's own words against Fox News  —  It's a pretty remarkable state of affairs when a judge is approvingly citing Tucker Carlson's journalistic rigor, but that's precisely the situation we find ourselves in now.  —  And rather ironically, that could be bad news for Fox News.

Stephen Miller's Jan. 6 Lawsuit Reveals He's Still on Mom and Dad's Phone Plan  —  ‘PARTISAN POINTS’  —  Former Trump aide Stephen Miller has sued the House Committee investigating the Capitol riot in an effort to keep his phone records out of the committee's hands.

GOP pushes for an ‘earthquake in American electoral power’  —  A legal argument lurking in two Supreme Court cases could give Republican legislators in battleground states sweeping control over election procedures, with ramifications that could include power over how states select presidential electors.

Fox News reporter rebukes Greg Gutfeld for saying media wants ‘emotional response’ in Ukraine coverage  —  Moments after Fox News host Greg Gutfeld accused media outlets of seeking an “emotional response” in their coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the network turned …

How to have a career as a journalist in 2022  —  It's the Read Max Career Corner … Over the weekend, a fight erupted on Twitter between current Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman and former Times social-media reporter Taylor Lorenz.  The short version is something like …

How Western Firms Quietly Enabled Russian Oligarchs  —  Investment, law and lobbying firms have helped enmesh Kremlin-linked oligarchs into the Western financial and legal systems.  —  Behind a set of imposing metal doors in an easy-to-miss office building in a New York City suburb …

Texas regulators seek punishment for pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell  —  Texas legal regulators have asked a judge to discipline attorney Sidney Powell for filing lawsuits they say were frivolous in support of former President Donald Trump's false claims of election fraud.

Sanctioning Putin's oligarchs isn't going to hurt them much as long as the United States is a great place to hide their filthy fortunes  —  Making our financial system more transparent, and enforcing existing law, should be part of America's role in sanctioning Russia.  —  Russian oligarchs are in the news lately.

Endurance, Ernest Shackleton's Ship, Lost in 1915, Is Found in Antarctica  —  Explorers and researchers, battling freezing temperatures, have located Endurance, Ernest Shackleton's ship that sank in the Antarctic in 1915.  —  The wreck of Endurance has been found in the Antarctic …

The question of Roger Stone's ties to extremist groups grows more salient  —  There are at most two degrees of separation from former president Donald Trump to the leaders of far-right extremist groups that were involved in the pro-Trump riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Xi Jinping promised Trump he wouldn't invade Taiwan — and Trump believed him  —  Promises of peaceful intentions from dictators are at best worthless; at worst, they're dangerous lies designed to lull us into complacency, as Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has underscored.

Crossover voting will remain in Wyoming after party affiliation bill dies in Legislature  —  The Donald Trump-endorsed crossover voting bill died Tuesday in the Wyoming House after it was not considered by a legislative deadline.  —  The bill aimed to end same-day party affiliation changes …

MAGA-world fails to flock to Truth Social  —  At the Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida speculation of a 2024 presidential bid by former President Donald Trump loomed large.  But fanfare about his Truth Social app that had launched earlier that week?  There was hardly any.

Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:  —  Section 1.  Policy.  Advances in digital and distributed ledger technology …