Trump walks out of explosive Piers Morgan interview after being pressed on 2020 election  —  Former President Donald Trump blasted Piers Morgan as “very dishonest” while walking out of an interview with the TV presenter and Post columnist after being pressed on his claims that he lost the 2020 presidential election due to voter fraud.

Ron DeSantis's Misguided Attack on Disney's Legal Status  —  The governor already won.  There is no need for the Republican Party of Florida to salt the earth.  —  MEDIA  —  MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace Compares DeSantis, Youngkin Parental Choice Bills to ‘Russian War Tactics’  —  By CAROLINE DOWNEY

Alex Jones Reaches Out to Justice Dept. About Jan. 6 Interview  —  The effort by the Trump ally to get an immunity deal is the latest sign of progress in the investigation, which recently brought on a well-regarded prosecutor.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

CDC Newsroom  —  CDC Statement on Masks in Public Transportation Settings  —  To protect CDC's public health authority beyond the ongoing assessment announced last week, CDC has asked DOJ to proceed with an appeal in Health Freedom Defense Fund, Inc., et al., v. Biden, et al.

Inside the New Right, Where Peter Thiel Is Placing His Biggest Bets  —  They're not MAGA.  They're not QAnon.  Curtis Yarvin and the rising right are crafting a different strain of conservative politics.  —  It was Halloween in Orlando, and we had piled into a car to make a short trip …

Majority of Americans want masks for travelers: AP-NORC poll  —  FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A majority of Americans continue to support a mask requirement for people traveling on airplanes and other shared transportation, a new poll finds.  A ruling by a federal judge has put the government's transportation mask mandate on hold.

Trump Campaign Ordered to Pay $1.3 Million to Omarosa Manigault Newman in NDA case  —  An arbitrator found Mr. Trump's campaign owes the former White House aide and “Apprentice” star for legal fees, after he sued her for writing a tell-all book.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Checking Out: Trump Hotel Sale Will End an Era  —  The $375 million sale of a Washington hotel that served as an influence and access bazaar for lawmakers, administration officials and other Trump allies is slated to be finalized this month.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Parachute demo causes brief evacuation of US Capitol  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol was briefly evacuated Wednesday evening after police said they were tracking an aircraft “that poses a probable threat,” but the plane turned out to be a military aircraft with people parachuting …

Sanders ‘has not ruled out another run for president’ if Biden doesn't  —  ‘In the event of an open 2024 Democratic presidential primary, Sen. Sanders has not ruled out another run for president,’ writes a top adviser  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is open to running for president in 2024 …

Abbott's border policy cost the U.S. almost $9 billion in just 10 days  —  Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's short-lived policy of requiring state troopers to conduct secondary inspections of trucks crossing into Texas from Mexico cost the United States almost $9 billion in just 10 days, Axios reported Tuesday.

They Know How Journalism Works!  They're Just Against It!  —  On Tuesday, Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz published a story about a repulsive creep who uses her large online following to, essentially, subject random LGBTQ people (and especially trans people) to harassment, and worse.

Youngkin vetoes bipartisan bill designed to rein in slumlords  —  The horror stories have cropped up from tenants across the state: no heat, holes in the walls, rotten floors and flooded kitchens.  In cases ranging from Glenwood Farms in Henrico to Aqua Vista in Newport News …

Romney: 'From what I've seen, I don't think Sen. Lee has done anything illegal'  —  Mike Lee appeared with Mitt Romney and Rep. Blake Moore at an event in Ogden on Wednesday.  —  Ogden  • On Wednesday in Ogden, Sen. Mike Lee again refused to answer questions from reporters …

Russia's Chernobyl seizure seen as nuclear risk ‘nightmare’  —  CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — Here in the dirt of one of the world's most radioactive places, Russian soldiers dug trenches.  Ukrainian officials worry they were, in effect, digging their own graves.

Jan. 6 panel piecing together details of final Trump-Pence call  —  Congressional investigators entering the last stage of their probe are gathering new evidence about a crucial moment on the Jan. 6 timeline: the final, fateful phone call between Donald Trump and Mike Pence before a pro-Trump mob attacked the Capitol.

We Are Sorry to Say That You Should Take Tucker Carlson's Testicle-Tanning Stuff Seriously  —  Tucker Carlson wants you to tan your testicles.  Or at least to seriously consider it.  No, really, he does.  Unless, of course, he doesn't.  In fact, he's probably just using a juvenile joke …

Hillary Clinton moves to shut down Trump lawsuit  —  Hillary Clinton is moving quickly to shut down an epic federal lawsuit that former President Donald Trump filed last month accusing her, her political allies and various government officials of a racketeering conspiracy to propagate false claims …

Brazil puts five-year seal on data about Bolsonaro's Russia trip  —  The Jair Bolsonaro administration imposed a five-year seal on documents concerning the president's official visit to Russia in February, just days before Moscow invaded Ukraine.  Requested via Brazil's Freedom of Information Law …

Court halts South Carolina plan for firing squad execution  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's highest court on Wednesday issued a temporary stay blocking the state from carrying out what was set to be its first-ever firing squad execution.  —  The order by the state Supreme Court puts …

Former Intelligence Officials, Citing Russia, Say Big Tech Monopoly Power is Vital to National Security  —  When the U.S. security state announces that Big Tech's centralized censorship power must be preserved, we should ask what this reveals about whom this regime serves.

A young Democrat's viral takedown demands a ‘wokeness’ rethink  —  “Wokeness is a problem and we all know it,” James Carville recently told Vox in his inimitably splenetic way.  The veteran strategist called on Democrats to distance themselves from “faculty lounge bulls—” and to undo their image as an …

This firm made Republicans go viral — now it's falling apart … In the breathless world of conservative online politics, Arsenal Media is here to help you go viral.  Co-founded by gadfly meme enthusiast Benny Johnson, the firm lists clients like Rep. Madison Cawthorn and Dana Loesch …

Moral Equivalence and Ukraine  —  The Russian invasion of Ukraine was a criminal act: waging aggressive war, the supreme crime for which the Nazis were punished at Nuremberg.  And Russian forces have also engaged in other crimes of war: the unremitting shelling and bombing of civilian targets …

He Was a Penniless Donor to the Far Right.  He Was Also a Russian Spy.  —  An investigation in Slovakia has exposed how Russian clandestine operations are trying to sow discord in Europe and create sympathy for Moscow over Ukraine.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Barack Obama Takes On a New Role: Fighting Disinformation  —  The former president has embarked on a campaign to warn that the scourge of online falsehoods has eroded the foundations of democracy.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  SAN FRANCISCO — In 2011 …