Trump brazenly asks Putin to release dirt about Biden's family  —  When asked about Ukraine, Trump ranted about windmills  —  Washington (CNN)In a new interview published Tuesday, former President Donald Trump called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to release any damaging information …

Jan. 6 White House logs given to House show 7-hour gap in Trump calls … Internal White House records from the day of the attack on the U.S. Capitol that were turned over to the House select committee show a gap in President Donald Trump's phone logs of seven hours and 37 minutes …

Will Smith Carefully Edited His Image For Years.  It Has All Come Undone Now.  —  For whatever it's worth, I think The Slap was unnecessary and wrong, and shouldn't have happened.  For a couple who has been in the public eye for 30 years, and who, in recent years at least …

What Is Ginni Thomas?  —  “Activist” is a euphemism for “silly woman with a powerful spouse.”  —  1. An Open Secret  —  Here is a secret no one in Washington is willing to say out loud: Ginni Thomas is an idiot.  The only reason she was texting the president's chief of staff instead …

Cawthorn's orgies-and-drugs comment stirs trouble within Freedom Caucus  —  Kevin McCarthy isn't the only senior Republican who wants to have a talk with Rep. Madison Cawthorn about his claim that some of his colleagues invited him to orgies and used cocaine.

‘Significant’ evidence suggests Trump Organization misstated asset values for more than a decade, NY AG says  — The New York Attorney General's probe of the Trump Organization “uncovered significant evidence” suggesting that the company's financial statements for more than a decade relied …

Clarence Thomas faces growing pressure to step aside from Jan. 6 cases  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress are turning up the heat on Justice Clarence Thomas, with some calling for him to step back from cases involving Jan. 6, after his wife was found to have actively pressured …

A Heat Pump Might Be Right for Your Home.  Here's Everything to Know.  —  Heat pumps are good for your wallet—and the world.  —  They're the cheapest and most efficient way to handle both heating and cooling for your home, no matter where you live.  They're also better for the environment.

St. Louis beer heiress joins race for U.S. Senate  —  JEFFERSON CITY — St. Louis beer heiress Trudy Busch Valentine joined the heated race for Missouri's U.S. Senate seat Monday.  —  The move triggered former state Sen. Scott Sifton, who had represented south St. Louis County …

AOC's Warning for Democrats: 'We're in Trouble'  —  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thinks President Biden got played by Senator Joe Manchin — and that the president's nostalgia for a bygone era of backroom dealmaking could prove disastrous for Democrats in the midterms.

U.S. Households Face $5,200 Inflation Tax This Year  —  Paying More  —  Inflation means the average U.S. household has to spend an extra $5,200 this year  —  Notes: This chart shows our estimate of the inflation cost for each income quintile assuming differential inflation rates facing each income group …

Poll: Trump leads Biden, Harris in 2024 match-ups  —  Former President Trump is leading President Biden in a hypothetical 2024 match-up, according to a new Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey released exclusively to The Hill on Monday.  —  If the 2024 presidential election were held right now …

EXCLUSIVE Two former U.S. officials help ethics probe of Trump ally Clark, source says  —  The top two U.S. Justice Department officials in the waning days of Donald Trump's presidency are cooperating with a Washington legal body's ethics probe of their former colleague Jeffrey Bossert Clark …

Accounts of Russian Rapes Are Growing, Ukraine Officials Say  —  The crime first came to light last week, when Ukraine's prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova, said in a Facebook post that a Russian soldier had killed an unarmed civilian and then repeatedly raped his wife.

“I see their faces”: a saboteur hunter in Kyiv remembers his victims  —  Sasha worries that killing Russians is corroding his soul  —  On the first day of the war, Sasha woke up to the sound of bombing at 4am.  It was roughly “the same time that Hitler began his invasion” of the Soviet Union in 1941, he told me.

Andrew Giuliani Brings Up Baby Daughter in Gross Anti-Trans Remarks  —  The New York gubernatorial candidate made the off-color comments as he and fellow Republican Lee Zeldin attended a far-right rally.  —  New York gubernatorial hopeful—and son of disgraced Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani …

Biden officials bracing for unprecedented strains at Mexico border if pandemic restrictions lifted  —  Biden administration officials who are coping with record numbers of migrants crossing the southern border said Tuesday they are making contingency plans for an even bigger surge …

What if Putin Didn't Miscalculate?  —  The conventional wisdom is that Vladimir Putin catastrophically miscalculated.  —  He thought Russian-speaking Ukrainians would welcome his troops.  They didn't.  He thought he'd swiftly depose Volodymyr Zelensky's government.  He hasn't.  He thought he'd divide NATO.

David Perdue says he misunderstood ‘lock him up’ chants about Brian Kemp  —  Republican David Perdue said he “misunderstood” the Donald Trump supporters who chanted about imprisoning Gov. Brian Kemp when he smiled and flashed them a thumbs-up sign at the former president's rally.The former U.S. senator …

DeSantis says Disney ‘crossed the line’ in calling for 'Don't Say Gay' repeal  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday lashed out at the Walt Disney Co. and “California corporate executives” after the company said Florida's “Parental Rights in Education bill” — dubbed “Don't Say Gay” by opponents — should be repealed.

Kristi Noem blasts lawmakers for voting against impeachment of attorney general  —  South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem accused a top Republican state lawmaker of “covering” for state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg after a committee recommended against impeaching him for his involvement in a fatal car crash.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Second Booster Dose of Two COVID-19 Vaccines for Older and Immunocompromised Individuals  —  For Immediate Release:  —  Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized a second booster dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech …

Estimating the Illegal Immigrant Population Using the Current Population Survey  —  Data shows number fell from 2019 to 2021 but rebounded by more than one million by early 2022 … Among the findings of our analysis: … Overview  —  The Foreign-Born and Illegal Immigrants.

An ex-college football player admitted to rape.  He was given probation.  —  Derek Nygaard wanted to go into his ex-girlfriend's Butte, Mont., home in the fall of 2020, and because he was drunk and struggling to walk, she let him in, a prosecutor said in court documents.

Garcetti on the ropes as Dems privately raise concerns  —  Eric Garcetti's confirmation to be U.S. ambassador to India is increasingly in doubt.  —  Multiple Democratic senators have privately raised concerns over his professed lack of knowledge about sexual assault and harassment allegations against a top adviser.

Manchin shoots down Biden's new billionaire tax plan  —  Centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Tuesday shot down President Biden's new plan to raise $360 billion in revenue by imposing a 20 percent minimum tax on billionaires, a proposal the president formally unveiled Monday in his budget request to Congress.