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 …

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

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 …

Good news for Democrats: abortion is a strong motivator for voters  —  Welcome to Wednesday.  If you missed yesterday's breaking news, we've got you covered: A winner has been crowned in the Fat Bear Week contest after a drama-filled week.  —  Today's edition: The Biden administration finalized a fix to Obamacare's “family glitch.”

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.

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.

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 …

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.”

The Supreme Court won't let a racist jury stop a death sentence  —  “I think we should stay with our Blood Line,” a juror who later sentenced Andre Thomas to death told lawyers before trial.  The conservatives let the Texas death sentence stand.  And: More from SCOTUS.

Election deceiver, science fabulist, billionaire benefactor.  After 12 years, it's time to term-limit Sen. Ron Johnson  —  USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Editorial Board  —  He's an election falsifier who recklessly promoted lies about the 2020 presidential race long after it was clear Donald Trump lost.

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 …

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.

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.

Elon Musk Spoke to Putin Before Tweeting Ukraine Peace Plan: Report  —  The world's richest man spoke directly with Vladimir Putin, Eurasia Group's Ian Bremmer wrote.  —  MC  —  Elon Musk spoke directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin before tweeting a proposal to end the war …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Westinghouse to be sold for $7.9bn in sign of nuclear power revival  —  War in Ukraine has sparked fresh interest in industry that fell out of favour  —  Westinghouse Electric, a US nuclear power company, is being bought by a private equity-backed consortium in a $7.9bn deal four years …

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 …

Herschel Walker, pushing back against abortion allegations, says 'they've woken a grizzly bear'  —  GOP Sens. Rick Scott, Tom Cotton, join Walker on campaign trail as Republicans rally around their Senate nominee in Georgia  —  Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker on estranged son doing Democrat PAC ads: ‘I love him to death’

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 …

New book details tense call between Trump and moderate Republicans ahead of first impeachment  —  In October 2019, then-President Donald Trump faced the real possibility of Republicans voting to impeach him.  In the middle of that fight, Trump announced publicly that he planned to host …

Los Angeles staggers under cascade of scandals  —  Racist backroom plotting.  Federal corruption cases.  A mayor accused of a coverup.  —  America's second-largest city was already mired in scandal and chaos.  Now, it is reeling from a surreptitiously released recording …