Watch the Disturbing Kanye Interview Clips That Tucker Carlson Didn't Put on Air  —  Motherboard obtained footage of Ye making bigoted statements about Jewish people and bizarre claims about “fake children,” as well as describing visions of “kinetic energy” cities sent to him by God.  —  Anna Merlan

New evidence to show Trump was warned of violence on Jan. 6  —  The Jan. 6 select committee's hearing this week is expected to corroborate parts of the more-startling accounts of that day  —  The probably final public hearing of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 …

UGA poll: Warnock-Walker close; Kemp builds lead over Abrams  —  U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker remain in a neck-and-neck race for the state's wildly competitive Senate seat, according to a University of Georgia poll released Wednesday, while GOP Gov. Brian Kemp …

Nury Martinez also makes crude comments about Jews and Armenians in leaked recording,  —  In the same leaked audio clips posted to Reddit in which former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez made racist remarks about Black people and Oaxacans, she also made crude remarks about Jewish people and Armenians.

House Republicans move aggressively in New England  —  Bonjour, Early Birds.  If you're reading this, this is your sign to watch “Interview with a Vampire” on AMC+.  Tips: earlytips@washpost.com.  Thanks for waking up with us.  —  Reading this online?  Sign up for The Early 202 to get scoops …

Woman says she had to press Herschel Walker to pay for abortion he wanted  —  The account, echoed by a person she confided in at the time, deepens the questions swirling around the anti-abortion Senate GOP candidate in Georgia.  —  The mother of one of Herschel Walker's children …

John Fetterman discusses health, campaign in first sit-down interview since stroke  —  Pennsylvania Lt. Governor and Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman sat down with NBC News' Dasha Burns in an exclusive interview using closed captioning.  Fetterman discussed his recovery after suffering …

Brett Favre says he has ‘done nothing wrong’ in Mississippi welfare scandal  —  Brett Favre denied wrongdoing in the Mississippi welfare scandal, speaking out for the first time on the controversy in a statement to Fox News Digital, saying, “I have done nothing wrong and it is past time to set the record straight.”

American Universities Continue to Falter in World Rankings as China Rises  —  Number of U.S. schools in top 100 list shrinks while University of Oxford keeps No. 1 spot  —  The U.S.'s pre-eminence among the world's top research universities continues to diminish, according to a new global ranking …

Democrats are still struggling to make their campaigns look like their voters  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats pride themselves on the diversity of their voters, but the people who run their campaigns are still disproportionately white graduates of elite colleges, according to new data.

U.S. natural gas production set a new record in 2021  —  U.S. dry natural gas production set an annual record in 2021, increasing by 3.5% from 2020, according to our recently released Natural Gas Annual.  In 2020, production had dipped because of reduced economic activity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

President Biden Pushes Hunter's Addiction as CNN Omits Questions on Influence Peddling and Contradictions  —  This week I wrote a column on a notable shift by political and media figures on the Hunter Biden scandal toward a last line of defense: the addiction defense.

Washington State GOP Pays a White Nationalist, Pro-Nazi Blogger  —  Add it to the list of ways in which Washington has a far-right problem.  —  It's no secret that Washington state has a white nationalist problem.  Among the rugged mountains and towering pines are neo-Nazi groups …

Scheduled to Die: The Rise of Canada's Assisted Suicide Program  —  What do you do when you discover your son has made an appointment for his death?  —  On September 7, Margaret Marsilla called Joshua Tepper, the doctor who planned to kill her son.  —  Marsilla is 46, and she lives outside Toronto …

How to Make a Semi-Fascist Party  —  The hostile, paranoid, and increasingly authoritarian path ahead for American conservatism.  —  In mid-September, I attended the National Conservatism Conference in Miami, where Republican politicians, right-wing thought leaders, and various party apparatchiks …

How Bad Can a Lawyer Be?  —  On Tuesday, September 20, 2011, a young patient walked haltingly into a medical office in South Philadelphia to have his bullet wounds examined.  —  The patient was a 17-year-old named C. J. Rice, who lived in the neighborhood.  The doctor was a pediatrician named Theodore Tapper.

City of Bloomington to limit electric scooter access after crash that killed IU student  —  BLOOMINGTON — The City of Bloomington will limit the hours during which people can use electric scooters following the recent death of an Indiana University student who was struck while riding one.

Biden says Supreme Court is ‘more an advocacy group’ than an ‘even handed’ court  —  President Joe Biden on Tuesday cast the Supreme Court as more of an “advocacy group these days” than an “even handed” court, as he continues his vocal opposition to the conservative-dominated bench.

Penn State To Host Proud Boys Leader Gavin McInnes For ‘Comedy Show’  —  Protesting students say the event could be dangerous given the Proud Boys' history of violence at similar events.  —  Students at Pennsylvania State University are in an uproar after thousands of dollars in student fees …

Exclusive: McConnell ignores Trump's attacks and says ‘I have the votes’ in quest to make history  —  It's become a throwaway line at former President Donald Trump's campaign rallies: GOP senators must boot Mitch McConnell from the leadership position he's held longer than any Republican in American history.

Republicans Plan Debt Crisis to Force Cuts to Medicare, Social Security … The November elections will likely give Republicans control of the House of Representatives as a platform from which to oppose the Democratic-controlled White House.  And one thing Republicans will do with this power …

Judge to rule Wednesday whether Biden's student loan forgiveness can move forward  —  A US district judge could decide Wednesday whether to temporarily block President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program from taking effect.  —  Six Republican-led states filed a lawsuit …

Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting Hate Crime  —  Defendant Plotted to Conduct Mass Shooting of Women  —  A local, self-identified “incel” pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio today to attempting to conduct a mass shooting of women.

She Went Out on a Limb for Trump.  Now She's Under Justice Dept. Scrutiny.  —  Christina Bobb is a former Marine and a fervent believer that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald J. Trump.  She went to work for him and quickly found herself enmeshed in an obstruction investigation.

Three Billionaires Are Spending a Fortune to Re-elect Ron Johnson  —  The donors behind Wisconsin Truth PAC reaped millions from a tax break that Johnson helped usher into law.  —  Three billionaires who have benefited from tax cuts pushed through by Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson …

FBI offered Christopher Steele $1 million to prove dossier claims, senior FBI analyst testifies  —  Shortly before the 2016 election, the FBI offered retired British spy Christopher Steele “up to $1 million” to prove the explosive allegations in his dossier about Donald Trump, a senior FBI analyst testified Tuesday.