The GOP is quietly ‘Trump-proofing’ our system behind his back  —  Nobody tell Donald Trump, but Republicans in the Senate appear poised to join Democrats in protecting our democracy from exactly the election subversion he attempted in 2020 — and would surely attempt again in 2024 if given the chance.

Police provide first official details of Elon Musk's alleged stalker incident  —  Police say a member of Elon Musk's security team is currently a suspect in their investigation, not a victim  —  Twitter CEO Elon Musk tweeted last week that a “crazy stalker” followed a car carrying …

Congress unveils $1.7 trillion deal to fund government, avert shutdown  —  Lawmakers must act swiftly to approve the measure, known as an omnibus, before a temporary spending agreement lapses at the end of this week  —  Democratic and Republican negotiators early Tuesday unveiled …

Exclusive: Trump's former White House ethics lawyer told Cassidy Hutchinson to give misleading testimony to January 6 committee, sources say  —  The January 6 committee made a startling allegation on Monday, claiming it had evidence that a Trump-backed attorney urged a key witness to mislead the committee about details they recalled.

Twitter Aided the Pentagon in its Covert Online Propaganda Campaign … Twitter executives have claimed for years that the company makes concerted efforts to detect and thwart government-backed covert propaganda campaigns on its platform.  —  Behind the scenes, however …

Sam Bankman-Fried's Lawyers Hash Out His Transfer to U.S. After Confusion in Court  —  The FTX founder has agreed to be extradited, with lawyers drafting documents, according to a person familiar with the matter  —  Watch: Sam Bankman-Fried Closer to Extradition After Bahamas Hearing

Wells Fargo to Pay $3.7 Billion for Mistreating Customers  —  Wells Fargo & Co. reached a $3.7 billion settlement with federal regulators, including a record $1.7 billion fine, to cover allegations that for years it mistreated millions of customers, causing some to lose their cars or homes.

Nazi camp secretary found guilty in potentially final Holocaust trial  —  'I'm sorry for everything that happened and I regret that I was in Stutthof at the time.  That's all I can say,' says Irmgard Furchner.  —  A German court convicted a former Nazi camp secretary of complicity in the murder …

Andrew Cuomo and Kellyanne Conway dine together on Upper East Side  —  Political disagreements were not on the menu at Il Postino on the Upper East Side, where Andrew Cuomo and Kellyanne Conway dined together Monday night.  —  The disgraced former governor sat with the ex-political adviser …

Council considers upping hotel tax to boost DC tourism  —  DC leaders say tourism has taken a hit during the pandemic and an increased tax will help raise money for advertising.  —  WASHINGTON — The DC Council is holding its final session Tuesday before new members are sworn in next month.

The Twitter-FBI story relies far more on insinuation than evidence  —  The third-most important story of Oct. 7, 2016, was a warning from the federal government about Russian efforts to interfere with that year's presidential election.  It was an unusual message and a relatively vague one …

New book says Biden called Harris a ‘work in progress’  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  In the first months of his presidency, JOE BIDEN vented his frustration …

Marjorie Taylor Greene attacks Lauren Boebert, calls her childish and mocks her struggle to get re-elected  — Marjorie Taylor Greene ripped into Lauren Boebert on Monday, saying she acted “childishly.”  — Greene reacted to Boebert's refusal to endorse her choice of Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the House.

Billionaire Oleg Deripaska's Sochi hotel complex seized after Russian court order … A Russian court has ordered the seizure of a luxury hotel complex owned by billionaire Oleg Deripaska, one of the few oligarchs to have criticised President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine …

How Abrams' campaign spending led to ‘incredibly bad’ cash crunch  —  The Democrat's spending on a ‘hype house’ and other lavish expenses came back to haunt her by the November midterm, former aides say  —  A rented house in an expensive Atlanta neighborhood meant for TikTok creators that sat largely unused.

Abortion roiled the midterms.  Now it will define the presidential race.  —  Donald Trump delivered the Supreme Court majority that voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, signed a laundry list of executive actions that chipped away at abortion access and openly embraced the anti-abortion movement …

Postal Service will electrify trucks by 2026 in climate win for Biden  —  Agency plans to spend almost $10 billion for 66,000 electric vehicles and related infrastructure  —  The U.S. Postal Service will buy 66,000 vehicles to build one of the largest electric fleets in the nation …

Zelenskyy expected to visit Washington on Wednesday  —  President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine intends to make a surprise visit to Washington on Wednesday, the first time the leader has left his war-torn country since Russia invaded 10 months ago.  —  Zelenskyy's plans to address …

The man behind Trump World's myth of rigged voting machines  —  Central to the election-denial movement is a galaxy of conspiracy theories about vote-flipping supercomputers.  The myths can be traced to Dennis Montgomery, a programmer and former U.S. intelligence contractor.

A Texas superintendent ordered librarians to remove LGBTQ-themed books.  Now the federal government is investigating.  —  The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights has opened what appears to be the first-of-its-kind investigation into the Granbury Independent School District …

Caro still working away on fifth LBJ book, no pub date set  —  The good news on Robert A. Caro's long-awaited next book is that he knows the final words.  The bad news is that he's known them for years and remains far from concluding his Lyndon B. Johnson series.

Scoop: ProPublica to return SBF funds  —  ProPublica, the nonprofit investigative news outlet, will return the $1.6 million in funds it received from Sam Bankman-Fried's family foundation, according to a staff memo obtained by Axios. … - The money will instead be moved to a separate account until its …

The Homeownership Society Was a Mistake  —  It is a truth universally acknowledged that an American in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a mortgage.  I don't know if you should buy a house.  Nor am I inclined to give you personal financial advice.