Major Highlights of the January 6 Report  —  What follows are highlights of the January 6th Select Committee's final report from our initial review.  Our discussion includes but is not limited to the report's findings and treatment of issues including:  — Criminal misconduct in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

House passes $1.7 trillion spending bill that rewrites U.S. election law, sending it to Biden to sign  —  WASHINGTON — The House on Friday voted to finalize a massive $1.7 trillion government funding bill, sending it to President Joe Biden and marking the end of two years of Democrats controlling both chambers of Congress.

The Final Campaign … Donald Trump was calling from Mar-a-Lago.  It was a Monday afternoon in the middle of December.  He was at his desk in what is known as 45 Office, a room on the second floor, above what is known as the Donald J. Trump Grand Ballroom, 20,000 square feet festooned …

George Santos's Early Life: Odd Jobs, Bad Debts and Lawsuits  —  Representative-elect George Santos, who is under scrutiny over potentially misrepresenting key parts of his campaign biography, had other undisclosed troubles in his early career.  —  The polite young customer service agent …

Putin, Isolated and Distrustful, Leans on Handful of Hard-Line Advisers  —  Russia's president built a power structure designed to deliver him the information he wants to hear, feeding into his miscalculation on the Ukraine war  —  MOSCOW—Russian troops were losing the battle for Lyman …

Exclusive: Bloomberg eyes WSJ-parent Dow Jones, WaPo  —  Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire businessman and media mogul, is interested in acquiring either Wall Street Journal parent company Dow Jones or The Washington Post, a source familiar with his thinking told Axios.

Arizona Gov Forced To Dismantle $80 Million Cargo-Container Wall He Just Built  —  Under the duress of a federal lawsuit, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has agreed to dismantle two long sections of border wall the state built out of stacked shipping containers capped by concertina wire.

Journalists who won't delete Musk tweets remain locked out of Twitter  —  Elon Musk suspended reporters from Twitter and later reinstated them, but with a catch: They must nix their tweets related to the account @ElonJet, which has tracked Musk's private plane using public data

McConnell calls out ‘diminished’ Trump, vows not to bow to his candidates in 2024  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell deferred to former President Donald Trump's handpicked candidates in competitive midterm races, culminating in jarring defeats and a larger Democratic majority that bucked the odds.

IRS conducted audits on Bidens, House passes requirement for mandatory IRS audit of president  —  The IRS has conducted audits on the federal income taxes of President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden for the last two years, one of which required the first couple to pay slightly more than originally owed.

Charlie Kirk delivers a warning to the RNC, and sparks a backlash  —  Kirk's Turning Point Action debuted an initiative designed to pick off GOP committee members insufficiently attentive to the ‘grassroots voice’  —  Charlie Kirk, the 29-year-old activist who leads Turning Point USA and a network of affiliates, wrote with a warning.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been vacationing in Costa Rica during one of the most consequential legislative weeks of the year  — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been vacationing in Costa Rica this week.  — That's despite the House voting on a major government spending bill that she's dubbed the “omnimonster.”

Special counsel Durham has spent at least $6.5 million on inquiry into Trump-Russia probe  —  John Durham, the special counsel investigating potential misconduct in the Trump-Russia probe, has spent at least $6.5 million on his inquiry, including $2 million this year, according …