In Congress, Republicans confront divisions posing long-term threats  —  Clashes over government spending and party leadership underscored looming challenges in the GOP as it prepares to take control of the House in January  —  Congressional Republicans confronted sharp internal divisions Wednesday …

Trump Hoarded Most Of The $147 Million In Small-Donor Money He Raised For Himself  —  The much-touted super PAC he created spent only $15 million on GOP candidates in key Senate races, and nothing at all on Herschel Walker's runoff.  —  WASHINGTON ― Just weeks after touting a new super PAC …

DeSantis Sucks Up to the Anti-Vax Crowd  —  Another stunt aimed at the fringe base.  —  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's record handling the COVID-19 pandemic is nuanced.  After initially locking down the state's businesses and schools and installing highway checkpoints to monitor travel …

Rudy Giuliani Under Threat of Disbarment After D.C. Bar Committee Finds His Failed 2020 Election Suit in Pa. Broke Ethics Rules  —  Former New York City mayor and Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani's law license is on the line after the D.C. Board of Professional Responsibility found on Thursday …

I Think I Found Kyrsten Sinema's Side Hustle  —  Last week, she ditched the Democrats.  Perhaps this is her real passion?  —  It is 11 a.m. on a Tuesday, and I am exchanging Facebook messages with Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema about a lightly used pair of Badgley Mischka heels.

An Alternate Reality: How Russia's State TV Spins the Ukraine War  —  Leaked emails detail how Russia's biggest state broadcaster, working with the nation's security services, mined right-wing American news and Chinese media to craft a narrative that Moscow was winning.

Xi Jinping Doubles Down on His Putin Bet.  ‘I Have a Similar Personality to Yours.’  —  The Chinese leader has long admired Vladimir Putin.  Now, he is strengthening ties between the two nations with increased trade and energy partnerships.  —  China's leader Xi Jinping has in recent months tried …

Five down in Apt. 307: Mass fentanyl deaths test a Colorado prosecutor  —  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — From the doorway of Apt. 307, District Attorney Brian Mason could see the five bodies inside.  They lay awkwardly on the floor and couch, their arms and legs contorted — a sign of sudden collapse.

Newly Revealed Texts Show Mark Meadows Is a Liar  —  Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.  —  Mark Meadows is a liar—at least by omission.  And newly revealed text messages prove it.  —  In 2021, the former White House chief …

Washington man charged with leaving more than 400 threatening voicemails for members of Congress  —  The 48-year-old left voicemails to numerous lawmakers on Capitol Hill threatening bodily harm.  He is due in court in Tacoma on Thursday.  —  WASHINGTON — A Washington state man has been charged …

The untimely, infuriating death of the deal to save 2 million ‘dreamers’  —  For a fleeting moment this month, a deal to protect 2 million “dreamers” and rationalize our asylum system appeared within reach.  Two senators with a history of bipartisan compromises were earnestly haggling over details.

Video Footage of Attack on Paul Pelosi Shown at San Francisco Hearing  —  David DePape, the man accused of bludgeoning the husband of Nancy Pelosi, told the police that he also had Gavin Newsom and Tom Hanks on his target list.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — It was as quick as it was brutal …

Jill Biden makes a tidal shift from her thoughts on another run at the White House  —  First lady Jill Biden, despite being so worn out from a recent circuit of White House events that she lost her voice, is now seriously looking ahead to her husband running for reelection in 2024.

The Electoral College in the 21st Century  —  Dear Readers: Join the Crystal Ball's Kyle Kondik, J. Miles Coleman, and Carah Ong Whaley for a Twitter Spaces at 2 p.m. eastern today.  They will be wrapping up the best and worst moments from politics in 2022, and listeners will also get the chance …

NCAA taps Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker as next president, succeeding Mark Emmert  —  The NCAA has chosen Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker as its next president, succeeding Mark Emmert.  Here's what you need to know:  — Baker, 66, will assume the role on March 1, 2023.

Trump vows to ban feds from ID-ing domestic ‘misinformation’ if elected  —  Former President Donald Trump vowed Thursday that he will ban the federal government from using the terms “misinformation” and “disinformation” to describe domestic speech if he retakes the White House.

Helping Trans Kids Means Admitting What We Don't Know  —  Last month, the New York Times published an investigative report on the medical treatment of children who question their gender identity.  The findings were decidedly mixed.  The reporters showed that many patients benefit …

Emails Show CDC Removed Defensive Gun Use Stats After Gun-Control Advocates Pressured Officials in Private Meeting  —  The Center For Disease Control (CDC) deleted a reference to a study it commissioned after a group of gun-control advocates complained it made passing new restrictions more difficult.

The L.A. journalist making Americans smarter about politics  —  The man who is perhaps the sharpest observer of America's political divides lives not in Washington but Los Angeles.  He has never interviewed Donald Trump.  His recent book was not a tell-all about the Trump or Biden White Houses …

U.S. widens ban on military and surveillance tech sales to China  —  The Commerce Department added 36 entities to a U.S. export blacklist, including one of China's largest chipmakers  —  The Biden administration doubled down Thursday on its high-tech containment of China …

What's Wrong at the Times  —  Management authorized $150 million for a stock buyback this year but resists the union's wage proposal, which would yearly come to $15 million more than the paper wants to pay.  —  New York Times employees and journalists participate in a 24-hour contract walkout …