GOP lawmakers were deeply involved in Trump plans to overturn election, new evidence suggests  —  Republican members of Congress were heavily involved in calls and meetings with former President Donald Trump and his top aides as they devised a strategy to overturn the election in December 2020 …

Exclusive: Madison Cawthorn photos reveal him wearing women's lingerie in public setting  —  Photographs obtained by POLITICO appear to show Madison Cawthorn, the embattled Republican congressman from North Carolina who recently accused his GOP colleagues of inviting him to orgies, wearing lingerie in what appears to be a party setting.

Gov. Greg Abbott truck inspections turned up zero drugs, migrants but cost Texas $4.2 billion  —  The costly policy, which experts estimate cost hundreds of millions of dollars over the course of a single week, did not result in any migrant detentions or illegal substance seizures.

Person of interest in shooting that injured 4 found dead, officials say  —  A man identified as a person of interest in a shooting Friday in which four people were injured by what appeared to be indiscriminate gunfire was found dead hours later in an apartment near the scene, two officials with knowledge of the investigation said.

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Wikipedia deletes entry for Hunter Biden investment firm Rosemont Seneca Partners  —  Wikipedia editors removed the entry for Rosemont Seneca Partners earlier this week on the ground that it was “not notable,” archived comments from its Talk Page reveal.  —  The deletion happened Wednesday.

McCarthy to lead GOP lawmakers, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, to southern border  —  (CNN)House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is set to lead a group of fellow Republican lawmakers to the southern border in Texas on Monday, amid debate over the Biden administration's decision to end …

Ukraine Says Russia Trying to Storm Last Stronghold in Mariupol  —  Russian forces resume air strikes on the steel plant, which has been sheltering around 3,000 civilians and soldiers, in a U-turn from Putin's order to blockade the last Ukrainian bastion in Mariupol two days earlier

Republicans face a new reckoning over what GOP House leader McCarthy said about Trump  —  The Republican Party is facing a new moment of reckoning tied to its top leaders and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.  —  It follows the release of two private audio conversations involving House …

Ukraine war: The Russia I knew no longer exists  —  There are no shells exploding in Moscow.  There are no foreign forces encircling the city.  What Muscovites are experiencing now is nothing compared to the horrors in Ukraine.  —  At first glance life here even looks normal.

The War in Ukraine Has Unleashed a New Word  —  In a creative play on three different languages, Ukrainians identify an enemy: ‘ruscism.’  —  The City Council of Mariupol, Ukraine, was trying to make a point about mass death.  Their city had been hit hardest by the Russian invasion …

Jan. 6 panel gets inconsistent testimony on key Trump family conversation  —  The Jan. 6 committee has received apparently inconsistent testimony from key witnesses on a notable point: just how much effort it took Ivanka Trump to persuade her father to criticize the attack.

Sajid Javid inquiry into gender treatment for children … Vulnerable children are wrongly being given gender hormone treatment by the NHS, Sajid Javid believes, as he prepares to launch an urgent inquiry.  —  The health secretary thinks the system is “failing children” …

Trump's Oz, Vance endorsements bring cash windfall, backlash  —  INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's late endorsements in hypercompetitive Republican Senate primaries in Ohio and Pennsylvania have unlocked a flood of support for his chosen candidates, including millions in cash.

What Happened on Day 58 of the War in Ukraine  —  Here's the latest on the war in Ukraine.  —  Ukrainian officials acknowledged Friday that Russian forces had taken more than three dozen small towns in their initial drive this week to seize eastern Ukraine, offering the first glimpse …

Biden Tries to Sell an Embattled Domestic Agenda During His West Coast Trip  —  President Biden acknowledged that the immediate demands of the presidency, including the pandemic and war in Ukraine, have taken him away from his domestic agenda.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

California Dems are eyeing Feinstein's seat — but they're not talking about it  —  Most everyone is operating under the assumption that Feinstein will not run for reelection in 2024.  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein's potential successors don't want to talk about it.

Republicans Give Up on the Free Market and Put Their Faith in Vindictive Governance  —  “The market is rational and government is dumb,” Dick Armey, one of the leaders of the 1994 Republican Revolution, liked to say.  That used to be a cornerstone of conservatism.  Today, it's increasingly the reverse.