U.S. Senate Ratifies Adding Finland and Sweden to NATO  —  Resolution passed 95-1 as senators emphasize the expansion's importance to American security worldwide  —  Watch: Senate Votes to Add Finland and Sweden to NATO … The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly ratified the addition of Finland …

Exclusive: Jan. 6 Committee Prepares to Subpoena Alex Jones' Texts, Emails  —  The committee would like to know more about any contacts with Donald Trump's team regarding the Jan. 6 Capitol attack  —  The January 6th House committee is preparing to request the trove of Alex Jones's text messages …

Sinema inquires about Democrats' proposed tax hike on companies as lobbying intensifies for her vote  —  (CNN)Republican senators and the business community are mounting a full-court press on Sen. Kyrsten Sinema to sink — or substantially change — the Democrats' economic package …

Trump Lawyer Proposed Challenging Georgia Senate Elections in Search of Fraud  —  On the day of President Biden's inauguration, John Eastman suggested looking for voting irregularities in Georgia — and asked for help being paid the $270,000 he billed the Trump campaign.

Trump's pandora's box  —  A growing number of Republican candidates this cycle are refusing to concede elections they indisputably lost, promoting conspiracy theories about the results and engaging in local battles over certification.  —  Why it matters: The undercurrent of election denialism pervading …

Republican ‘doomsday ticket’ ready for November  —  LURCHING RIGHT — Even before Donald Trump, Arizona Republicans had a soft spot for hard-liners.  Think Evan Mecham and Joe Arpaio, or the party's pre-Trump censuring of the late Sen. John McCain.  —  But what may soon be different …

Exclusive: Zelensky seeks talks with China's Xi to help end Russia's invasion of Ukraine  —  Ukraine is seeking an opportunity to speak “directly” with China about its ongoing war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, noting that his country had consistently sought close ties …

U.S. Could Have Had Many More Doses of Monkeypox Vaccine This Year  —  The Department of Health and Human Services delayed asking the manufacturer to process the bulk vaccine the government already owned into vials.  —  WASHINGTON — The shortage of vaccines to combat a fast-growing monkeypox outbreak …

FIRST ON CNN: Former Deputy White House counsel subpoenaed in January 6 probe  —  The former deputy counsel to President Donald Trump has been subpoenaed in the federal criminal probe of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.

Homeland Security watchdog previously accused of misleading investigators, report says  —  The Homeland Security watchdog now under scrutiny for his handling of deleted Secret Service text messages from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack previously was accused of misleading Justice Department investigators and running …

Democrats face blowback after boosting far-right Michigan candidate  —  The party's congressional campaign arm spent $435,000 in a GOP primary to promote a candidate challenging Rep. Peter Meijer, who voted to impeach Trump  —  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Democrats faced a backlash Wednesday …

Indiana Rep. Jackie Walorski killed in a car accident  —  Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., was killed in a car accident on Wednesday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy confirmed in a tweet.  She was 58.  —  McCarthy said that Walorski's husband, Dean Swihart, was informed of her death …

Justice Department sues former Trump adviser Peter Navarro for emails from his private account  —  The Justice Department sued former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Wednesday, seeking to force Navarro to turn over emails from a private account that he used while working at the Trump White House.

Democrats Might Avoid a Midterm Wipeout  —  If Democrats avoid the worst outcome in November's midterm elections, the principal reason will likely be the GOP's failure to reverse its decline in white-collar suburbs during the Donald Trump era.  —  That's a clear message …

The U.S. made a breakthrough battery discovery — then gave the technology to China  —  When a group of engineers and researchers gathered in a warehouse in Mukilteo, Wash., 10 years ago, they knew they were onto something big.  They scrounged up tables and chairs, cleared out space in the parking lot for experiments and got to work.

HBO Max Quietly Removed Six Warner Bros. Streaming-Exclusive Movies … Warner Bros. Discovery has been quietly culling content from HBO Max — including several Warner Bros. movies that were exclusively streaming on the service — in what appears to be an effort to cut costs.

Europe's energy crisis: Controversy as Spain bans air conditioning from dropping below 27°C  —  A debate has been sparked after Spain's government moved to prevent offices, shops and other venues from setting air conditioning below 27°C in the summer.

Reuters US Journalists Plan to Strike For First Time In Decades  —  Thomson Reuters Corp. journalists in the US are preparing to launch a daylong strike Thursday, the first walkout in decades among the media company's long-unionized staff.  —  Employees plan to start a 24-hour strike at 6 …

Exclusive: Trump allies launch effort to recall Fulton County DA Fani Willis  —  American attorney, and District Attorney of Fulton County  —  Donald Trump's allies in Georgia are mounting a campaign to recall Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over her investigation …

Upset over LGBTQ books, a Michigan town defunds its library in tax vote … - A west Michigan public library may close after residents voted to defund it Tuesday  — Voters are upset about LGBT-themed graphic novels in the library  — Residents and library officials are now at a stalemate about what happens next

Mastriano fights back against antisemitism accusations, citing use of shofar  —  Pennsylvania's Republican nominee for governor mocks Democrats and journalists for criticizing his connections to Gab  —  The Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania is pushing back against Jewish criticism …

Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. sit for depositions as part of NY probe into Trump Organization's finances  —  (CNN)Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. sat for depositions as part of the New York attorney general's civil investigation into the Trump Organization's finances after months of fighting in court …

Sen. Johnson suggests ending Medicare, Social Security as mandatory spending programs  —  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has suggested that Social Security and Medicare be eliminated as federal entitlement programs, and that they should instead become programs approved by Congress on an annual basis as discretionary spending.

Is It All About 'Fealty to Trump's Delusions'?  Three Writers Talk About Where the G.O.P. Is Headed  —  Mr. Douthat is a Times columnist.  Ms. Bovard is the policy director at the Conservative Partnership Institute.  Mr. Miller is the author of “Why We Did It: A Travelogue From the Republican Road to Hell.”

After a deadly 2009 attack, the CIA's hunt for Zawahiri became personal  —  Years before the CIA strike that ended his life, Zawahiri played a key part in the deaths of American operatives  —  It was one of the darkest days in CIA history: Seven operatives killed after being lured by a rogue informant into a deadly trap.

Mark McCloskey, Who Aimed Gun at BLM Protest, Faces Heavy Defeat in Primary  —  Mark McCloskey, the pro-Trump candidate who gained notoriety after he and his wife pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters outside their home, was trounced Tuesday in Missouri's Republican primary for the Senate.