Ginni Thomas Texts Expose Rift in House Jan. 6 Panel  —  There is debate within the committee investigating the assault on the Capitol over whether to seek testimony from the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas about her efforts to overturn the 2020 election.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Forget advise and consent.  This is smear and degrade.  —  The pretense is gone — the pretense that Supreme Court confirmation hearings are about determining nominees' fitness for office, gleaning a sense of their legal acumen and approach to judging, and gathering the information necessary to exercise a solemn senatorial power.

Utah Legislature Overrides Governor's Veto of Transgender Athlete Bill  —  The measure bars transgender athletes from competing in girls' sports.  Lawmakers expect it to be challenged in courts.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  The Utah State Legislature voted on Friday …

EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden DID help secure millions in funding for US contractor in Ukraine specializing in deadly pathogen research, laptop emails reveal, raising more questions about the disgraced son of then vice president  — The Russian government held a press conference Thursday claiming …

Trump and his 2 eldest sons are scheduled to be deposed for a lawsuit accusing them of promoting a scam multi-level marketing scheme  — Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to sit for another deposition.  — It's for a case where he's accused of promoting a scam multi-level marketing scheme on “The Celebrity Apprentice.”

Putin lifts conservative media talking points to bemoan ‘cancel culture’ … Vladimir Putin had a very pointed way of summing up the international efforts to sanction his country for its invasion of Ukraine.  It's all an attempt, he said Friday, to “cancel” Russia.

The Nixon White House plotted to assassinate a journalist 50 years ago  —  The poisoning plot seemed right out of a Russian playbook.  An unhinged and vengeful chief of state, obsessed with historic grievances and destroying enemies.  Obsequious apparatchiks slavishly devoted to following orders.

Biden Administration Plans to Offer Second Booster Shots to Those 50 and Up  —  After fraught discussions, officials decided that another shot might save thousands of lives if a new coronavirus wave hit before the fall.  The F.D.A. could authorize the boosters next week.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Supreme Court sides with Navy in challenge to COVID-19 vaccine requirements by SEALs … WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Friday sided with the Biden administration in a battle over COVID-19 vaccine requirements for a group of Navy SEALs and other special forces who sought a religious exemption.

Russia says new ‘phase’ of Ukraine offensive to focus on Donbas  —  Statement made by high-ranking Russian army official met with caution by Kyiv and its western allies  —  Russia said it was refocusing its month-long military offensive in Ukraine on the country's eastern Donbas region …

Exclusive: China's Sinopec pauses Russia projects, Beijing wary of sanctions  —  China's state-run Sinopec Group has suspended talks for a major petrochemical investment and a gas marketing venture in Russia, sources told Reuters, heeding a government call for caution as sanctions mount over the invasion of Ukraine.

Adams Says Encampments of Homeless People Will Be Cleared  —  Mayor Eric Adams said his administration was pursuing a citywide effort to remove hundreds of makeshift campsites from streets and parks.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Mayor Eric Adams said on Friday …

Ivy League Republicans' phony rebellion against the ‘elites’  —  Sen. Tom Cotton is what you might call a counterfeit commoner.  —  The dour Arkansas Republican announced with indignation at this week's Supreme Court confirmation hearings that he doesn't want a justice who follows the “views of the legal elite.”

Trump accidentally proves that the Clinton campaign wasn't the driving force of the Russia probe  —  What stopped me in my tracks in the new lawsuit filed on behalf of former president Donald Trump was a reference to internal discussions at the Democratic National Committee that, the suit alleges …

Russian forces are reportedly holding Ukrainian journalists hostage  —  Russian soldiers are kidnapping Ukrainian journalists in contested territories and holding them hostage, according to international groups and survivor accounts.  —  The Paris-based global nonprofit Reporters Without Borders …

Court dismisses Washington Post reporter's lawsuit against the paper and its former top editor  —  New York (CNN Business)A judge in Washington D.C. on Thursday dismissed a high-profile case filed by a Washington Post politics reporter who alleged that the newspaper and its former top editor subjected …

New Orleans school board reverses little known ban on jazz  —  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With its president saying it had racist origins, the New Orleans school board has unanimously reversed a little known but century-old ban on jazz in schools in a city which played a huge role in developing jazz …