Key takeaways from six years of Donald Trump's federal tax returns  —  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.

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

Tucker Carlson's Defense of Andrew Tate Resurfaces After Influencer's Arrest in Sex Trafficking, Rape Case  —  Clips of Tucker Carlson defending Andrew Tate have resurfaced after the kickboxer turned controversial internet personality was detained in Romania on suspicion of human trafficking, rape, and organized crime.

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.”

McCarthy offers his critics a key concession in effort to clinch House speakership  —  House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has offered a key concession to critics of his bid for the House speakership during private conversations this week: reducing the threshold that is required to force …

Clemency Recipient List  —  Today, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is granting full pardons to six individuals.  —  Gary Parks Davis - Yuma, Arizona  —  Gary Parks Davis is a 66-year-old man who pleaded guilty to use of a communication facility (a telephone) to facilitate an unlawful cocaine transaction at age 22.

Harris ‘gamesmanship’ torments staff, stems from ‘deep, deep insecurity’: Book  —  Vice President Kamala Harris's “gamesmanship” against her staff has led to a long-standing pattern of dysfunction, prompting questions about her capabilities under pressure, a new book reports.

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.

Hacked Russian Files Reveal Propaganda Agreement With China … Russian officials pushed the lies first.  —  Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, a Russian defense ministry spokesperson resuscitated debunked claims about a U.S.-funded bioweapons program in the region, accusing Ukrainian labs …

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 …

Butterfield leaving Congress a few days early for DC law firm  —  U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, who was already leaving Congress at the end of this term, will check out a few days early to take a new job at a Washington, D.C., law firm, he said Friday.  —  Butterfield, a Democrat …

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.

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.