Brazilian Authorities Will Revive Fraud Case Against George Santos  —  A 2008 court case had been suspended because Brazilian law enforcement officials could not find Mr. Santos.  —  When Representative-elect George Santos takes his seat in Congress on Tuesday, he will do so under the shadow …

GOP dilemma: If not McCarthy, then who?  —  As House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy has struggled to lock down the votes to become speaker, his top deputy has kept his head down.  —  Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 2 in the House GOP leadership, has made clear he supports McCarthy …

Jan. 6 Panel Transcripts Show Gen. Milley Agreed With Pelosi That Trump Was ‘Crazy’  —  The transcript is part of a mass database of evidence released by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.  —  Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff …

Ukraine Strikes Russian Forces in Donbas in Deadliest Attack in Months  —  The attack in Russian-held territory came as Ukraine repelled another drone swarm on Kyiv  —  KYIV, Ukraine—A Ukrainian strike killed dozens of newly mobilized soldiers in Russian-held territory in the east …

Trump Blames Extreme Pro-Lifers for Republican Midterm Defeats  —  “It wasn't my fault that the Republicans didn't live up to expectations in the MidTerms,” Trump posted yesterday.  He added: … This is a pile of nonsense atop a kernel of truth.  —  Some Republican candidates took the positions on abortion Trump is describing.

‘Died Suddenly’?  More Than 1-in-4 Think Someone They Know Died From COVID-19 Vaccines  —  Nearly half of Americans think COVID-19 vaccines may be to blame for many unexplained deaths, and more than a quarter say someone they know could be among the victims.

America's True Divide: Pluralists vs. Zealots  —  Stop making politics about partisan identities and tribalism and get back to persuasion and policy.  —  WSJ Opinion: Congress Is Now Officially Divided  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.  —  1x

We're Going to Miss Greed and Cynicism  —  It's 2023.  What will the new year bring?  The answer, of course, is that we don't know.  There are a fair number of what Donald Rumsfeld (remember him?) called “known unknowns” — for example, nobody really knows how hard it will be to reduce inflation …

Key Vote Alert - House - Speaker Vote  —  The Club for Growth urges all Representatives to vote for a Speaker of the House of Representatives that will provide transformational reforms to the House, build a bold pro-growth legislative agenda, and restore the individual rights and powers of the rank-and-file membership.

This Land Becomes Their Land.  New U.S. Citizens Hit a 15-Year High  —  Nearly one million immigrants became Americans in 2022 after the pandemic delayed the process and prevented hundreds of thousands of people from voting in the 2020 election.  —  On a windswept morning last spring …

White contractors wouldn't remove Confederate statues.  So a Black man did it.  —  RICHMOND — Workers in bright yellow vests circled up in the morning chill.  Some clutched cups of Starbucks coffee, a last comfort before beginning the hard work of dismantling a statue of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill in the middle of an intersection.