Jan. 6 committee to vote on referring Trump for criminal charges  —  The vote is expected at a public meeting on Monday as the committee prepares to release its final report  —  The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol is set to vote …

Twitter announces, then quickly retracts ban on promoting other social media  —  Hours after Twitter banned users from promoting accounts on other major social media sites, including Facebook, Instagram and Truth Social, the controversial prohibition vanished from its policy page.

'He's Got a Huge Problem'  —  PHOENIX — A few weeks before Election Day, Mike Pence stood in the arid Arizona heat to give a boost to someone who was at that moment locked in a fight for a Senate seat.  —  Pence had been invited by David McIntosh — the president of the conservative Club for Growth and …

Who Is Rep.-Elect George Santos?  His Résumé May Be Largely Fiction.  —  Mr. Santos, a Republican from New York, says he's the “embodiment of the American dream.”  But he seems to have misrepresented a number of his career highlights.  —  George Santos, whose election …

Elizabeth Warren Raises Questions About Elon Musk and Twitter  —  In a letter to Tesla's board, the Democratic senator asks whether investors have been harmed by the billionaire tech mogul's time running the social network.  —  Elizabeth Warren has questions for Musk

How Naming the James Webb Telescope Turned Into a Fight Over Homophobia  —  Did the former head of NASA discriminate against gay people?  One physicist tried to rebut the accusation, only to find himself the target of attacks.  —  For half a decade now, influential young scientists …

Scoop: Kevin McCarthy goes on offense in speaker battle … - “Kevin gave them an opportunity to negotiate in good faith,” a McCarthy adviser told me.  — “Now there's going to be more of an effort to expose the craziness of what they're doing.” … - Now, fears are rising …

In the Southeast, power company money flows to news sites that attack their critics  —  NPR's David Folkenflik reported this story with Mario Ariza and Miranda Green of Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action.

‘THE central issue’: How the fall of Roe v. Wade shook the 2022 election  —  On May 4, less than 48 hours after a draft opinion was published showing the Supreme Court was poised to end the federal right to abortion, a group of eight strangers gathered around a conference table in the Detroit suburbs to talk about the news.

U.S. Scores $4 Billion Windfall on Oil-Reserve Sales  —  Washington emerges as unlikely winner after releases from Strategic Petroleum Reserve  —  Volatile energy markets have made 2022 a big year for commodity traders.  One of the biggest and perhaps most unlikely winners: The U.S. government.

Scoop: Stacey Abrams campaign in debt after blowout loss  —  After raising more than $100 million in her second bid to be Georgia governor, the Stacey Abrams campaign owes more than $1 million in debt to vendors, two-time campaign manager Lauren Groh-Wargo confirmed to Axios.

DOJ Preps Charges Against Former ABC News Producer  —  Nearly eight months after the FBI raided James Gordon Meek's home, sources say the government is preparing an indictment, unrelated to his work as a journalist, for a grand jury's consideration  —  MORE THAN SEVEN months …

Donald Trump Jr. Joins Outrage After NYT Publishes Crossword Resembling Swastika  —  The New York Times came under fire Sunday for publishing a crossword puzzle resembling a Nazi swastika, with readers pointing out its appearance coincided with the first day of the festival of Hanukkah …

The U.S. Needs to Change the Way It Does Business With China  —  In a recent speech, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo suggested an incremental shift in how the United States approaches “competitiveness and the China challenge.”  She recognized the serious threat from China …

McDaniel faces furious campaign from right in race for RNC chair  —  PHOENIX — Ronna McDaniel's path to another two-year term leading the Republican National Committee faces a major obstacle: Some of the loudest voices in the conservative movement are calling for her to go.

Veteran CNN investigative journalist Drew Griffin dead at 60  —  Drew Griffin, CNN's award-winning Senior Investigative Correspondent, known for getting even the cagiest of interview subjects to engage in a story, died Saturday after a long battle with cancer, his family said.  He was 60.

Nevada could clear out its death row this week  —  Outgoing Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has asked the Board of Pardons, on which he sits, to consider a mass commutation at its meeting on Tuesday.  Also: McCarthy and Musk's difficulties.  —  While most eyes will be on the Jan. 6 Committee later today …

Raphael Warnock, Election Denier  —  Victory hasn't stopped him from leveling false charges that Georgia is engaged in ‘voter suppression.’  —  WSJ Opinion: Stacey Abrams Changes Her Story on Election Denial  —  Created with sketchtool.  —  1x  —  Atlanta