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 …

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

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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

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.

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 …

US fails to give money promised for developing countries to ease climate impacts  —  Spending bill passed by Senate includes less than $1bn in climate assistance for poorer nations even though Biden promised $11.4bn  —  The US has risked alienating developing countries hit hardest by the climate crisis …

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) …

The Back End of an Omnibus  —  WSJ Opinion: Will Biden Run Again?  Should He?  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.  —  Listen to article 00:00 / 05:29  —  1x  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said this week he was “pretty proud” of the $1.8 trillion-plus omnibus …

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.

Personal Income and Outlays, November 2022  —  Personal income increased $80.1 billion (0.4 percent) in November, according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (tables 3 and 5).  Disposable personal income (DPI) increased $68.6 billion (0.4 percent) …