Trump hid plan for Capitol march on day he marked as ‘wild’, panel says  —  New evidence and testimony showed the president's tweet promoting a protest on Jan. 6 united extremist groups and led to calls for violence  —  Gift Article  —  Donald Trump scrawled the words on Twitter …

Exclusive: Watch Uvalde school shooting video obtained by Statesman showing response  —  Editor's note: The video footage, audio, and events described in this story are disturbing.  Discretion is advised.  This exclusive story and video are being made available free of charge as a public service.

‘Unhinged’: The White House meeting that preceded Trump's ‘will be wild’ tweet  —  Gift Article  —  Late on a Friday night about six weeks after Donald Trump lost his reelection, a fistfight nearly broke out in the White House between the president's fired national security adviser and a top White House aide.

Leaked Audio: Before Election Day, Bannon Said Trump Planned to Falsely Claim Victory  —  “That's our strategy.  He's gonna declare himself a winner.” … On the evening of October 31, 2020, Steve Bannon told a group of associates that President Donald Trump had a plan to declare victory on election night—even if he was losing.

House centrists mull Manchin counteroffer: No new taxes  —  Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) is gauging support among House centrists for a counteroffer to the emerging Senate reconciliation package, with one big clause: No new taxes. … That could deprive President Biden — and vulnerable lawmakers …

A Former Mueller Prosecutor Takes Merrick Garland to Task  —  Few people know complex federal criminal investigations as well as Andrew Weissmann does.  —  Over the course of his career, Weissmann has worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, as a deputy and eventually director …

Half of G.O.P. Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind, Poll Finds  —  Far from consolidating his support, the former president appears weakened in his party, especially with younger and college-educated Republicans.  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is the most popular alternative.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Charges: Man lit his camper on fire, defaced own garage to appear targeted due to Trump flag  —  MINNEAPOLIS - A Brooklyn Center man faces federal charges after he lit his own camper on fire to make it look like a politically-motivated crime, and then allegedly filed several fraudulent insurance claims.

Professor Schools Sen. Josh Hawley For His Transphobic Questions In Abortion Hearing  —  Khiara M. Bridges, a Berkeley law professor, invited Hawley to join her class sometime because the anti-abortion senator “might learn a lot.”  —  A University of California, Berkeley School …

Twitter sues Elon Musk, setting stage for epic legal battle  —  The lawsuit is the first legal volley in what will likely be one of the most watched and contentious business trials in recent history  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  Twitter filed suit Tuesday against Elon Musk to force …

Logs show 10 House Republicans attended White House meeting on pressuring Pence  —  Ten Republican members of Congress attended a Dec. 21 White House meeting focused on efforts to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence to help overturn the 2020 election, according to the Jan. 6 committee.

Twitter went easy on Trump because it ‘relished’ the power, ex-employee says  —  In testimony before the Jan. 6 committee, the unidentified former employee said they'd tried for months ‘to raise the reality that ... if we made no intervention into what I saw occurring, people were going to die.’

Mehmet Oz bragged about hunting in Florida, but he's never held a license  —  He also claimed to own a hunting ranch in Florida.  —  Television personality Mehmet Oz spent months in a Pennsylvania Senate race touting a history of hunting in Florida.  But the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission …

The Constitution Isn't Working  —  On the last day of the Supreme Court's most recent term, the Court released two cases that highlight a challenge to American democracy—a challenge that is the direct result of one of the Founders' more consequential miscalculations.

He worked from home and died suddenly.  Five days passed before his body was found  —  Dominic Green signed out of work as he always did, exactly at 4:30 p.m.  —  “Good afternoon everyone, my shift has ended,” the 28-year-old emailed from his desk in the living room of his Los Angeles apartment on a winter Wednesday afternoon.

What happened after Pete Buttigieg went on Fox News Sunday  —  Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg went on Fox News Sunday over the weekend and gave a good answer to a question he was asked about pro-choice protests against Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

Former senior U.S. official John Bolton admits to planning attempted foreign coups  —  John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former White House national security adviser, said on Tuesday that he had helped plan attempted coups in foreign countries.

Sri Lanka: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees the country  —  Sri Lanka's president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country, the BBC has confirmed, following mass protests over the island's economic crisis.  —  The president had been in hiding after crowds stormed his palace on Saturday.

Backlash continues as Dave Chappelle receives two Emmy nominations for controversial Netflix special  —  Even after receiving backlash for his transphobic commentary in “The Closer,” Dave Chappelle is still collecting accolades.  —  The Netflix comedy special received two Primetime Emmy nominations Tuesday …

Republicans threaten Wall Street over climate positions  —  BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase and other asset managers face complaints from the left — and threats from the right  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  Republican officials across the country, tearing a page from the ongoing culture wars …