Trump's tax returns shed new light on former president's finances  —  Six years of Donald Trump's federal tax returns released on Friday show the former president paid very little in federal income taxes the first and last year of his presidency, claiming huge losses that helped limit his tax bill, among other revelations.

Santos, a Suburban House and $11,000 in Campaign Payments for ‘Rent’  —  Representative-elect George Santos, under scrutiny after fabricating much of his résumé, also spent campaign funds on $40,000 worth of air travel.  —  The company was called Cleaner 123 …

Putin, unaccustomed to losing, is increasingly isolated as war falters  —  A new gulf is emerging between the president and much of the country's elite  —  When Vladimir Putin visited Minsk last week to discuss deepening cooperation, a sarcastic joke by his host, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, seemed to ring all too true.

Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because Of His Greta Thunberg Video  —  This is a lesson in media failure and misinformation.  —  Romanian authorities detained far-right misogynist internet troll Andrew Tate today on allegations related to sex trafficking.  —  Who is Andrew Tate?

Millennials are shattering the oldest rule in politics  —  Western conservatives are at risk from generations of voters who are no longer moving to the right as they age  —  “If you are not a liberal at 25, you have no heart.  If you are not a conservative at 35 you have no brain.”

Idaho murders: Suspect arrested in killings of 4 university students, law enforcement source says  —  Suspect Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, now in custody in connection to deaths of Moscow, Idaho college students  —  Idaho murders: Suspect in custody, source reveals

The U.S. Will Need Thousands of Wind Farms.  Will Small Towns Go Along?  —  In the fight against climate change, national goals are facing local resistance.  One county scheduled 19 nights of meetings to debate one wind farm.  —  MONTICELLO, Ill. — Depressed property values.  Flickering shadows.

How Justice Kagan lost her battle as a consensus builder  —  Speaking at a small university in Rhode Island earlier this year, Justice Elena Kagan committed an act of Supreme Court heresy.  —  For years, justices have told the same anecdotes to assure the public that …

What's Gone at Twitter?  A Data Center, Janitors, Some Toilet Paper.  —  Elon Musk has reduced the company to a bare-bones operation, and employees are under a “zero-based budgeting” mandate to justify any spending.  —  Kate Conger, Ryan Mac and Mike Isaac have reported on Elon Musk and Twitter since early this year.

Lawyers exit Hong Kong as they face campaign of intimidation  —  Hong Kong's human rights lawyers are fleeing abroad amid an effort to cleanse the city of dissent.  The pressure is part of a wider crackdown by the ruling Communist Party on lawyers across China, say activists, legal scholars and diplomats.

A (Surprisingly) Happy New Year  —  2022 was better than expected; 2023 is key.  —  A year ago, as we approached New Year's Day 2022, things seemed grim.  —  Things were grim.  —  At home, Donald Trump was ascendant in the Republican party.  Elise Stefanik's Dear Leader sycophancy and Big Lie enthusiasm seemed to be the future.