Why The White House isn't stressed about Elon Musk's Twitter  —  Joe Biden's White House is less concerned about Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter than many Democrats, officials said in recent interviews.  —  That's because Biden's team believes Twitter is largely valuable for just two things:

Elon Musk Gets Viciously Booed by Stadium Crowd at Dave Chappelle Show  —  “You shut the fuck up,” Chappelle said as the crowd booed the billionaire.  —  Alerts  —  Elon Musk, the billionaire who wants nothing more in life than to be adored by legions of fans, was loudly booed by a crowd …

White House: Marjorie Taylor Greene's latest Jan. 6 comments a “slap in the face” to law enforcement, victims' families  —  Washington — The White House is reacting sharply to comments made over the weekend by Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and how the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021 …

How Kari Lake's campaign to be the Trump of 2022 unraveled  —  Interviews, internal documents and audio show how the former TV news anchor squandered a chance to become Arizona's governor — a defeat that carries warnings for the GOP in 2024  —  PHOENIX — After Kari Lake rode former president …

Special counsel sends Trump subpoena to Ga. secretary of state Raffensperger  —  State or local officials in five of the six contested battlegrounds where former president Donald Trump tried to reverse his defeat have received similar subpoenas  —  Special counsel Jack Smith has sent …

Young voters' enthusiasm for Democrats waned during midterms  —  Young voters who have been critical to Democratic successes in recent elections showed signs in November's midterms that their enthusiasm may be waning, a potential warning sign for a party that will need their strong backing heading into the 2024 presidential race.

How a Trump-allied group fighting ‘anti-white bigotry’ beats Biden in court  —  America First Legal was founded last year by Stephen Miller, the architect of Trump's immigrant family separation policy  —  The deal in early 2021 was hailed by advocates for Black farmers as the most significant piece …

Hoodie-loving, shorts aficionado John Fetterman makes New York Times most stylish people list  —  Big shorts and hoodie-loving Sen.-elect John Fetterman's (D-PA) unique fashion has landed him on the New York Times's list of the 93 most stylish people of 2022.

Iran execution: Man publicly hanged from crane amid protests  —  Iran executed a second prisoner on Monday convicted over crimes committed during the nationwide protests challenging the country's theocracy, publicly hanging him from a construction crane as a gruesome warning to others.

Scott Stringer Sues for Defamation Over Sexual Assault Claim  —  Mr. Stringer, the former New York City comptroller, said that a woman's claims of sexual assault were lies and caused “irreparable harm” as he ran for mayor.  —  Nearly 20 months after allegations of unwanted sexual advances derailed …

Cause of death: Washington faltered as fentanyl gripped America  —  During the past seven years, as soaring quantities of fentanyl flooded into the United States, strategic blunders and cascading mistakes by successive U.S. administrations allowed the most lethal drug crisis in American history …

U.S. to announce fusion energy ‘breakthrough’  —  Scientists hit a key milestone in the quest to create abundant zero-carbon power through nuclear fusion.  But they still have a long way to go.  —  The Department of Energy plans to announce Tuesday that scientists have been able …

Red-Pilled Elon Musk Still Loves the Chinese Communist Party … A decade ago, Elon Musk was an object of contempt for conservatives.  Tesla was “a prodigious harvester of government favors and handouts,” complained Phil Kerpen of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity.

Sam Bankman-Fried to testify before Congress remotely: ‘Quite overbooked’  —  Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said Monday he will testify remotely rather than in person before Congress because he's “quite overbooked” and has security concerns about “paparazzi” if he were to travel to Washington, DC.

Judge Cannon Forced to Toss Trump's Special Master Bid for Mar-a-Lago Docs  —  Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case Monday morning.  —  Former President Donald Trump's clumsy attempt to halt the FBI investigation into the way he hoarded classified documents at Mar-a-Lago has reached its inevitable end …

Biden faces growing pressure to drop charges against Julian Assange  —  Biden faces a renewed push, domestically and internationally, to drop charges against Assange, who is languishing in a UK jail  —  The Biden administration has been saying all the right things lately about respecting …

Christopher Nolan: “Oppenheimer is one of the most challenging projects I've ever taken on in terms of scale”  —  By Matt Maytum Contributions from Jack Shepherd published  —  Exclusive: Christopher Nolan tells Total Film about recreating the first-ever nuclear weapon detonation without the use of computer graphics

Trump who?  GOP senators rave over a potential Tim Scott presidential run.  —  Joni Ernst is “very excited” about a potential Tim Scott presidential run.  John Cornyn would “advise him to go for it.”  And John Barrasso said it “doesn't get any better than Tim Scott.”

Hundreds of Oath Keepers Have Worked for DHS, Leaked List Shows  —  Homeland Security Secretary Says Violent Extremists Should Have “No Place” in Department  —  This investigation was produced in partnership with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.

Inside the secret $32M effort to stop ‘Stop the Steal’  —  A pair of progressive organizations operating in complete secrecy spearheaded a $32 million campaign during the midterms to push back against former President Donald Trump's “Stop the Steal” movement.

The Autocrat in Your iPhone … In the summer of 2020, a Rwandan plot to capture exiled opposition leader Paul Rusesabagina drew international headlines.  Rusesabagina is best known as the human rights defender and U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient who sheltered more than 1,200 Hutus …

Live news: Putin cancels annual press conference as unease grows over Ukraine war  —  Today's top headlines:  —  Global debt burden drops as inflation surges  —  Global debt as a share of output fell by the most in at least 70 years last year, as economies rebounded from their sudden slowdown …