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.

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 …

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 …

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.

Deep secrecy, high risk: How Zelensky's improbable D.C. visit came together  —  Plans were kept within a tiny group as the Ukrainian president prepared to leave his war-ravaged country for the whirlwind trip.  —  When a U.S. military aircraft landed on the tarmac in Rzeszow, Poland …

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.

House prepares for passage of $1.7T spending bill  —  The House is on track for Friday approval of a colossal $1.7 trillion government funding package, as party leaders dash to avoid a shutdown and an intensifying winter storm — hours before Christmas.  —  The spending bill …

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.

For John Eastman and Clarence Thomas, an intellectual kinship stretching back decades  —  The Supreme Court justice and the lawyer referred by the House Jan. 6 panel for criminal investigation became acquainted years before Eastman served as Thomas's clerk  —  In July 2021, dozens …

‘Majority’ Taylor Greene: Georgia lawmaker angles to be GOP kingmaker  —  White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had a telling slip of the tongue earlier this month when she briefly referred to “Majority Taylor Greene” during a press briefing.  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) …

Sam Bankman-Fried Released on $250 Million Bond With Restrictions  —  The disgraced cryptocurrency executive appeared in court in Manhattan after his extradition from the Bahamas.  He will live with his parents in California.  —  Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced former cryptocurrency executive …

Exclusive: Iranian footballer is among dozens facing execution while the West is distracted by Christmas, supporters fear  —  Shahid Alikhani square is a nondescript part of the historic Iranian city of Isfahan.  Its sole claim to prominence is the grand entrance to one of the city's main metro stations.

Kamala Harris, a Very Turbulent Year in America, and the Challenge of Being First  —  In an interview with Vanity Fair, the vice president discusses protecting abortion rights post-Roe and tackling immigration, along with how, as a woman of several firsts—from DA to AG to VP—she hopes to “create a path and widen the path for others.”

Kathy Hochul Pushes New York's Highest Court to the Right  —  Fresh off her narrow re-election win in November, Governor Kathy Hochul had an opportunity this month to steer New York's highest court toward either ideological direction.  —  She chose to push it to the right on Thursday …