Bill Maher pushes back at pro-choice alarmists: 'We're not going back to 1973' if Roe v Wade is overturned  —  Maher casts doubt that reversing Roe v Wade would affect other rights like interracial, same-sex marriage  —  Protests of Supreme Court justices may flout US code

CIA director says China ‘unsettled’ by Ukraine war  —  Bill Burns tells FT conference that invasion may have affected Xi Jinping's calculations over Taiwan  —  The director of the CIA said that Chinese president Xi Jinping has been “unsettled” by the war in Ukraine, which had demonstrated …

The Secrets Ed Koch Carried  —  To many New Yorkers, he was their brash and blustery mayor.  But friends are now describing the private strain endured by a public man laboring to conceal his sexual orientation.  —  Edward I. Koch looked like the busiest septuagenarian in New York.

Ohio was a test case for 2024.  The GOP establishment looks screwed.  —  The conventional view of J.D. Vance's victory in Ohio's Senate primary this week was that it demonstrated the power of Donald Trump's endorsement.  —  But the election results also delivered something else …

Irish reunification?  Sinn Féin win in Northern Ireland shakes up UK  —  The elections in Northern Ireland produced the political earthquake that the polls predicted — but what will happen when the ground stops shaking?  For the first time since partition, a nationalist party …

Afghanistan's Taliban order women to cover up head to toe  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public — a sharp, hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights activists and was bound …

REVEALED: Elon Musk plans to FIRE 1,000 Twitter staff, quintuple revenue, get 69 million users paying $3 a month and cut reliance on advertising income, presentation to investors shows  — Elon Musk plans to quintuple Twitter's revenue to $26.4 billion by 2028

White House alarmed that Commerce probe is ‘smothering’ solar industry  —  The investigation is examining allegations that China is illegally circumventing U.S. tariffs.  —  Top climate officials in the Biden administration are warning that a federal investigation into alleged dodging …

Ukraine lays out peace-talk demands as the West braces for escalation  —  Zelensky says Ukraine must get E.U. membership, restoration of pre-invasion borders, Russian accountability and the return of refugees.  —  RIGA, Latvia — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky outlined his conditions Friday …

The Limits of Privilege  —  The new abortion regime is going to affect everyone.  —  In 2015, the Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, “We will never see a day when women of means are not able to get a safe abortion in this country.”  If you have paid attention …

Fred Savage Fired As ‘The Wonder Years’ EP/Director Following Investigation Into Inappropriate Conduct  —  EXCLUSIVE: Disney is severing ties with Fred Savage following multiple complaints of misconduct in his role as executive producer and director on the freshman ABC comedy series The Wonder Years …

Jan. 6 committee narrows legal fight against Eastman as hearings approach  —  The Jan. 6 select committee is moving to sharply narrow its legal battle with attorney John Eastman, the architect of Donald Trump's last-ditch bid to overturn the 2020 election, as it prepares to unveil the findings of its 10-month investigation.

Russia's Grave Miscalculation: Ukrainians Would Collaborate  —  KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine — The solicitation to commit treason came to Oleksandr Vilkul on the second day of the war, in a phone call from an old colleague.  —  Mr. Vilkul, the scion of a powerful political family in southeastern Ukraine …

GOP donor described botched vote fraud probe in recording, prosecutors say  —  On Oct. 17, 2020, influential GOP donor Steven F. Hotze made an urgent request during a phone call with a top federal prosecutor in Texas, according to a court filing Friday by the Houston district attorney's office.

Less immigrant labor in US contributing to price hikes  —  Just 10 miles from the Rio Grande, Mike Helle's farm is so short of immigrant workers that he's replaced 450 acres of labor-intensive leafy greens with crops that can be harvested by machinery.  —  In Houston, Al Flores increased …