CNN Exclusive: ‘We control them all’: Donald Trump Jr. texted Meadows ideas for overturning 2020 election before it was called  —  Two days after the 2020 presidential election, as votes were still being tallied, Donald Trump's eldest son texted then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that …

Pro-Trump Rally Planner Is Cooperating in Justice Dept.'s Jan. 6 Inquiry  —  Ali Alexander, who was a key figure in the “Stop the Steal” movement, said he had received a grand jury subpoena and would assist the expanding investigation.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Russian Blunders in Chernobyl: ‘They Came and Did Whatever They Wanted.’  —  Tanks treads ripped up the toxic soil, bulldozers carved trenches and bunkers, and soldiers spent a month camped in — and dug into — a radioactive forest.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

A Stunning Surprise In The Michigan Kidnapping Case Calls The Government's Domestic Terror Strategy Into Question  —  Despite the government's extraordinary efforts to muzzle the defense, a jury in Grand Rapids federal court on Friday acquitted two men on charges including conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

State Department: WH gift records for Trump, Pence missing  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it is unable to compile a complete and accurate accounting of gifts presented to former President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials by foreign governments during Trump's final year in office …

How Republican Rep. John Rose Found His Wife  —  This Tennessee representative married a college undergraduate when he was 45.  —  Rep. John Rose (R-TN) attends a House Financial Services Committee organizational meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 30, 2019.

Russia: Government Shuts Down Human Rights Watch Office  —  After 30 Years, ‘De-Registered’ Along with Other Foreign Groups  —  (Berlin) - Russia's Justice Ministry on April 8, 2022 canceled the registration of Human Rights Watch, along with Amnesty International and 13 other offices …

Starr County woman arrested for “self-induced abortion”  —  STARR COUNTY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A woman has been charged with murder after authorities say she performed a “self-induced abortion.”  —  Lizelle Herrera, 26, was arrested on Thursday by the Starr County Sheriff's Office and charged with murder.

After Russians' retreat, scarred Ukrainian village recounts month of terror  —  On a two-day visit, tales emerge of killings and looting by a demoralised invasion force  —  he day the Russians arrived in the sleepy, windswept village of Staryi Bykiv, they killed six men.

Donations Steered to Trump Super PAC by Canadian Are Found to Be Illegal  —  The Federal Election Commission fined a Canadian steel billionaire, Barry Zekelman, $975,000 in the case, one of the biggest penalties it has ever assessed.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Spurred by Putin, Russians Turn on One Another Over the War  —  Citizens are denouncing one another, illustrating how the war is feeding paranoia and polarization in Russian society.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Marina Dubrova, an English teacher on the Russian island …

Stash of assault rifles, body armor, passports with multiple visas, and sham uniforms found in penthouse of ‘fake’ Homeland agents - including one with ‘links to Pakistani intelligence’ - who 'infiltrated Biden, Kamala and Jill's Secret Service details'  — A motion for detention shows …

Jackson, after a tough confirmation, celebrates at White House … Dabbing tears from her face on the South Lawn of the White House, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson spoke of her personal journey to the steps of the Supreme Court, and how it dovetailed with the hopes and history of people she had come to symbolize.

US to send officials to Solomon Islands due to tensions over China security pact  —  Washington fears Beijing will gain strategic toehold in Pacific close to Australia  —  The White House's top Asia official is preparing to travel to the Solomon Islands in a rare high-level visit …

Judge Says Trump Firm Can Keep Running Bronx Golf Course After de Blasio Broke Contract  —  The Trump Organization can continue to operate a city-owned Bronx golf course, a judge ruled Friday.  —  Former Mayor Bill de Blasio terminated a Trump company's contract for the Ferry Point Park golf course …

Biden won't remove Iran's Revolutionary Guard from terror list.  He's right.  —  The Biden administration plans to reject an Iranian demand that the United States lift its designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization as a condition for renewing …

Academy Bans Will Smith From Oscars for 10 Years … The Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences met Friday morning to discuss the consequences for actor Will Smith following his slap of presenter Chris Rock during the 94th Oscars telecast, and voted to ban Smith …

Ohio GOP Senate hopeful: Middle class doesn't pay fair share  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Mike Gibbons, a leading Republican Senate candidate from Ohio, said at a media event last fall that middle-class Americans don't pay “any kind of a fair share” of income taxes.