French intelligence chief Vidaud fired over Russian war failings  —  The head of French military intelligence, Gen Eric Vidaud, is losing his job after failing to predict Russia's war in Ukraine, reports say.  —  Seven months after he took on the role, one report said he was blamed for …

What explains the suspicious gap in Trump's call log? … From the moment we learned the extent of the 7.5-hour gap in White House records of President Trump's phone calls on Jan. 6, 2021, the question has been: How did this happen?  Could it just be sloppy record-keeping …

She Took the White House Photos.  Trump Moved to Take the Profit.  —  The former chief White House photographer made plans to publish a book of Trump photos.  The former president had other plans.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  WASHINGTON — As President Donald J. Trump's tenure came …

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Five fetuses found at home of anti-abortion activist, DC Police say  —  Lauren Handy and eight others were indicted this week on felony charges stemming from the 2020 invasion of an abortion clinic.  —  WASHINGTON — Police discovered five fetuses at the home of an anti-abortion activist …

Fight with Clinton campaign and DNC looms in Sussmann case  —  Defense attorney warns of a “hornet's nest” in special counsel John Durham's drive to access records that Democratic groups say are privileged.  —  A looming legal battle could reveal new details about the decision …

Concerns about Bruce Willis' declining cognitive state swirled around sets in recent years  —  Just days before Bruce Willis was scheduled to turn up on the set of one of his latest action films, the director of the project sent out an urgent request: Make the movie star's part smaller.

'We've got to stop fooling ourselves': Enthusiasm gap keeps getting worse for Dems  —  At the end of October, Republicans held an 11-percentage-point advantage in voter enthusiasm.  By January, that margin had ticked up to 14 points.  Now, according to the most recent NBC News poll …

Facebook's algorithm was mistakenly elevating harmful content for the last six months … A group of Facebook engineers identified a “massive ranking failure” that exposed as much as half of all News Feed views to “integrity risks” over the past six months, according to an internal report on the incident obtained by The Verge.

Daily Wire to make conservative kids' shows to rival ‘woke’ Disney  —  Ben Shapiro grew up loving Disney movies, he told his podcast listeners last week.  The conservative firebrand passed that love on to his kids by taking them to Disneyland as soon as they were old enough — 6 months of age in the Shapiro household.

FACT SHEET: President Biden's Plan to Respond to Putin's Price Hike at the Pump  —  Americans face rising prices at the pump because of Putin's Price Hike.  Since Putin accelerated his military build-up around Ukraine, gas prices have increased by nearly a dollar per gallon.

Wisconsin lawmaker held in contempt over 2020 election records … A Wisconsin judge has ordered one of the state's top Republican lawmakers to be held in contempt after he failed to produce records from an investigation he had launched into the 2020 presidential election.

There Is No Liberal World Order  —  In February 1994, in the grand ballroom of the town hall in Hamburg, Germany, the president of Estonia gave a remarkable speech.  Standing before an audience in evening dress, Lennart Meri praised the values of the democratic world that Estonia then aspired to join.

Amazon hired an influential Democratic pollster to fight Staten Island union drive  — Amazon hired Global Strategy Group, an influential Democratic polling firm, to fight unionizing efforts on New York's Staten Island, CNBC has learned.  — The firm created anti-union materials on behalf …

“Putin's Regime Is Going to End Very Soon”: The Oligarch Jailed by Putin Speaks  —  There's no name on the front of the nondescript building in Central London's Marylebone neighborhood, known for its preponderance of medical and dental offices.  There's also no visible security at the entrance.