I.R.S. Routinely Audited Obama and Biden, Raising Questions Over Delays for Trump  —  The revelation that the agency had not audited Donald J. Trump during his first two years in office despite a mandatory presidential audit program raised concerns about potential politicization.

George Santos also lied about his grandparents fleeing anti-Jewish persecution during WWII  —  Congressman-elect George Santos' emotional narrative of having Jewish grandparents who fled Europe during World War II appears to be untrue, like much of the rest of his campaign biography …

In Testimony, Hannity and Other Fox Employees Said They Doubted Trump's Fraud Claims  —  On Wednesday, lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems shared some of the strongest evidence yet that some Fox employees knew what they broadcast about the claims was false.  —  On Nov. 30, 2020 …

Zelensky's visit yields remarkable moment for two presidents  —  Ukrainian leader briefly leaves his war-torn country to meet U.S. counterpart who has rallied nations on his behalf  —  Capping a year in which they each faced long odds and defied gloomy predictions, the two men stood side …

Caroline Ellison and FTX Co-Founder Gary Wang Plead Guilty to Fraud  —  Caroline Ellison, the former chief executive of Alameda Research, and Gary Wang, a founder of FTX, are cooperating in the federal criminal case against Mr. Bankman-Fried.  —  Two former top executives …

She was an ABC News producer.  She also was a corporate operative  —  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.  —  Television news producer Kristen Hentschel …

Release of Select Committee Materials  —  Washington—Today, the Select Committee made public 34 transcripts of witness testimony that was gathered over the course of the Select Committee's investigation into the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert blow through Capitol security and refuse screenings before Zelensky speech  —  Moment occurs as joint session of Congress called to hear Ukrainian leader's address  —  Biden welcomes Ukrainian president Zelensky to The White House

If Republicans Want To Get Things Done, There's Only One Choice For House Speaker  —  Editor's note: Big Tent Ideas always aims to provide balancing perspectives on the hottest issues of the day.  Below is a column arguing that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy should be elected Speaker when Republicans take the gavel in January.

3 Princeton DEI staff members resign, alleging lack of support  —  In May, the University's Director of Athletics was “incredibly excited” to announc e a new hire for the department: Jordan “JT” Turner, who would be joining the University as the inaugural Associate Director of Athletics for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).

Ronna Romney McDaniel Might Be in Trouble  —  The RNC isn't reversing course after the midterms—it's going further to the right.  —  Hey fam: JVL here.  I'm turning today's newsletter over to my new Bulwark colleague, Joe Perticone, who has a fantastic story on the cray-cray at the RNC.

If Twitter Fails, They'll Be Free  —  For some of Twitter's most prolific users, the platform was often a “hellsite.”  Now they contemplate a life without it.  —  The literary critic Fredric Jameson once said it was easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.  But what about Twitter?

'I've done it': Netanyahu announces his 6th government, Israel's most hardline ever  —  7 weeks after elections and minutes before deadline, Likud head tells president he's mustered a majority; right-religious coalition set to expand settlements, constrain judiciary

Sotomayor and Kagan need to think about retiring  —  The US Senate is a fundamentally broken institution.  Democratic judges need to account for that in their retirement decisions.  —  We have now lived with the consequences of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's late-life arrogance for more than two years.

House GOP locates emails, texts showing Pelosi office directly involved in failed Jan. 6 security  —  House Republicans have gathered a trove of text and email messages revealing that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office was directly involved in the creation and editing of the Capitol security plan …

Afghanistan's Taliban Ban All Education for Girls  —  Afghan girls and women have been squeezed out of public and professional life since the Taliban takeover last year  —  The Taliban banned girls from attending elementary school, effectively instituting a total ban on the education of girls …

As Crimes of Apartheid Worsen, the West's Exceptionalism Toward Israel Must End  —  Israel's new administration will be one that does not conceal its intention to preserve and further entrench the apartheid tyranny over the Palestinians, while fully cultivating Jewish supremacy as a political and legal credo

Trump lawyers target Adult Survivors Act in attempt to invalidate rape lawsuit  —  NEW YORK — A lawyer for Donald Trump said Wednesday he will try to dismiss a lawsuit by a woman alleging the former president raped her in the 1990s by arguing New York's Adult Survivors Act is unconstitutional …

Board Finds Loophole for South Dakota Guv in ‘No Exceptions’ Law  —  An ethics panel has ruled it can't take action against Kristi Noem for using a state plane to travel to a wedding because it has no authority to determine what state business is. … In dismissing a complaint against South Dakota …