A Plot To Overturn An American Election  —  A Plot To Overturn An American Election  —  TPM Has Obtained Explosive Evidence Uncovered By The January 6 Select Committee  —  The messages you are about to read are the definitive, real-time record of a plot to overturn an American election.

2022 Review: How Republicans Lost Despite Winning the Popular Vote  —  There were several reasons Republicans struggled to translate votes into seats, including candidate quality and strength in the wrong places.  —  Here's a figure about the 2022 midterm elections that might surprise you …

FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Is Arrested in the Bahamas  —  A statement by the government of the Bahamas said Mr. Bankman-Fried was arrested after prosecutors in the United States filed criminal charges.  —  Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX …

Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council  —  Meanwhile, a former top Twitter official fled his home amid attacks following Musk tweets  —  Twitter on Monday night abruptly dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the latest sign that Elon Musk is unraveling years of work and institutions created …

Trump in trouble: Republican support for his 2024 bid falls amid political, legal setbacks  —  By double digits, GOP voters prefer DeSantis as the 2024 presidential nominee  —  Republican support for Donald Trump's presidential bid in 2024 has cratered, an exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds …

Covid vaccines averted 3 million deaths in U.S., according to new study  —  This Wednesday will mark two years since nurse Sandra Lindsay became the first person in the U.S. to receive a Covid-19 vaccine outside of a clinical trial.  A study released Tuesday by the Commonwealth Fund shows …

Mass Migrant Crossing Floods Texas Border Facilities  —  The arrival of up to 1,000 migrants, the latest big group to have crossed the border, was one of the largest single crossings in recent years in West Texas, which has seen a surge in migration.  —  EL PASO — After nightfall on Sunday …

The midterms should be a stake through the heart of the mobilization myth  —  Turnout was great for Republicans, but they lost most of the key races anyway  —  In recent years, I've become obsessed with making an argument that would have struck people as too obvious to even write about 20 years ago …

Why the Age of American Progress Ended  —  The Scourge of All Humankind  —  If you were, for whatever macabre reason, seeking the most catastrophic moment in the history of humankind, you might well settle on this: About 10,000 years ago, as people first began to domesticate animals and farm …

Putin Skips Annual News Conference, Avoiding Possible Questions on War  —  The December event has offered reporters rare — albeit stage-managed — chances to pose hard questions.  With the war going poorly for Russia, that could have been awkward.  —  It has been an annual ritual …

CPI Report Shows U.S. Inflation Eased in November  —  Price increases have eased this fall from a four-decade high earlier in year, while Federal Reserve continues to move aggressively  —  Consumer prices rose last month at the slowest 12-month pace since December 2021 …

US scientists announce fusion energy breakthrough  —  A major breakthrough has been announced by US scientists in the race to recreate nuclear fusion.  —  Physicists have pursued the technology for decades as it promises a potential source of near-limitless clean energy.

Goodbye, Twitter  —  Everything Ends, And That's Okay.  —  Today I was thinking of all the websites I've spent time on, and the people I've met there.  —  I messed around on the internet in the days of screeching dial-up modems, but I didn't really start to contribute regularly to online communities until 1995 or so.

Washington Post caught stealth-editing report that initially labeled Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss ‘conservative’  —  Taibbi, Weiss have reported this month on Twitter files released by new CEO Elon Musk  —  Recent release of ‘Twitter files’ reveals employees were ecstatic over Trump ban

The Worst Job In Washington?  Dems Struggle To Find Senate Campaign Head  —  Kyrsten Sinema's party switch is only making the hardest job in American politics worse.  —  The only thing harder than protecting Democrats' 51-seat majority during the 2024 election cycle might be finding a senator willing to take on the job.

Sam Brinton Out at Department of Energy After Alleged Bag Theft, Questions About ‘Conversion Therapy’ Story  —  The U.S. Department of Energy appears to have parted ways with Sam Brinton, the nonbinary Biden administration nuclear official who is facing charges for allegedly stealing two pieces of luggage at two separate airports.

UK Unveils Crackdown on Asylum Claims Amid Immigration Row  —  Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled plans to tackle the UK's swelling backlog of asylum claims including making it harder for arrivals from Albania to stay in Britain.  —  The premier unveiled a five-point plan to bear down on what he called …

10 years after Sandy Hook shooting, gun safety movement highlights major wins  —  WASHINGTON — What a difference a decade makes for America's gun laws.  —  Just months after a horrific mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School shocked the country in 2012, the gun violence prevention movement suffered …