Exclusive: US intelligence materials related to Ukraine, Iran and UK found in Biden's private office, source tells CNN  —  Among the classified documents from Joe Biden's time as vice president discovered in a private office last fall are US intelligence memos and briefing materials …

Trump's Longtime Finance Chief Sentenced to 5 Months in Jail  —  Allen H. Weisselberg served the family company for decades but agreed to testify about its tax fraud in exchange for a lighter punishment.  —  Allen H. Weisselberg, once one of Donald J. Trump's most loyal lieutenants …

Crime Concerns Drove Asian Americans Away From New York Democrats  —  Worries about public safety, especially attacks against Asian Americans, caused some in the once-reliably Democratic bloc to vote Republican last year.  —  Asian Americans have typically formed a crucial and reliable voting bloc …

Divided House Approves G.O.P. Inquiry Into ‘Weaponization’ of Government  —  Republicans pushed through a measure to create a powerful new committee to scrutinize what they have charged is an effort by the government to target and silence conservatives.  —  WASHINGTON — A divided House voted …

House Republicans in the dark on McCarthy's shadow document  —  A private document that only some House Republicans have seen and others refuse to talk about could play an outsized role in the governance of the chamber over the next two years. … - Those members have threatened …

Twitter bans account for D.C. area bus system without explanation  —  The social media app suspended the @metrobusinfo account on Tuesday and gave Metro transit officials no explanation why.  —  Twitter suspended the account Tuesday that the D.C.-area's largest transit system uses …

California Rep. Katie Porter, a rising progressive star, announces U.S. Senate bid  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Katie Porter, a rising progressive star who represents coastal Orange County, is running for U.S. Senate, she announced Tuesday.  Sen. Dianne Feinstein's term ends in 2024 …

Exclusive: Surveillance Footage of Tesla Crash on SF's Bay Bridge Hours After Elon Musk Announces “Self-Driving” Feature … Highway surveillance footage from Thanksgiving Day shows a Tesla Model S vehicle changing lanes and then abruptly braking in the far-left lane of the San Francisco Bay Bridge, resulting in an eight-vehicle crash.

Internet Troll ‘Baked Alaska’ Sentenced To 60 Days In Prison For Jan. 6 Role  —  Far-right livestreamer Anthime Gionet pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor charge.  —  WASHINGTON — Anthime Joseph Gionet, better known as the far-right internet troll “Baked Alaska,” was sentenced Tuesday …

Gaetz introduces amendment to bring C-SPAN cameras back to House floor  —  Gaetz says pool view of Congress is 'antiquated, ‘boomer-fied’  —  The House is in a stronger position after these concessions: Rep. Matt Gaetz  —  EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is introducing an amendment …

Trump's tax returns show he was a bigger risk than we realized  —  ‘That was a surprise’ What we learned from Trump's revealed tax returns  —  Last month the House Ways and Means Committee published six years of former President Trump's tax returns — documents that should have been released years earlier …

How a speaker of the House can be ousted with a ‘motion to vacate’  —  WASHINGTON — In his bid to become speaker of the House, Rep. Kevin McCarthy agreed to a number of concessions to secure the support of Republicans who originally opposed him.  One was a rule change to allow just a single member to try to force him from office.

Bolsonaro eyes early return to Brazil as US stay irks Biden  —  The Biden administration is under growing pressure from leftists in Latin America as well as U.S. lawmakers to expel Jair Bolsonaro from a post-presidential retreat in Florida following his supporters' brazen attack on Brazil's capital over the weekend.

Curious about George: House Republicans debate Santos' fate  —  House Republicans know George Santos is a problem.  They're just not sure what to do about him yet.  —  The New York Republican landed on the Hill for his first term last week with a reputation marred by multiple public falsehoods …

The Normalization of Marjorie Taylor Greene  —  Once considered a blight on the Republican party, she is now one of its prominent leaders.  —  During one of Kevin McCarthy's gauntlet of punishing votes, it was striking to see with whom he passed the time.  There she was, dressed …

Death Toll in Peru Rises to 47 Amid Extraordinary Violence  —  “What happened yesterday was really a massacre,” said one human rights activist.  —  LIMA, Peru — A young medical student in his work uniform, desperate, his family said, to help injured protesters.

Lynnette Hardaway, of pro-Trump social media duo Diamond and Silk, dies at 51  —  Lynnette “Diamond” Hardaway, an African American commentator who drew a right-wing fan base for her piercing and unflinching embrace of President Donald Trump as part of the sister-act social media duo Diamond and Silk, has died.

Trump's Tax Returns Expose Sweetheart Loans For Ivanka And Her Brothers  —  The real-estate billionaire used loans with rock-bottom interest rates to shift some of his fortune to his kids—and he may have employed savvy tax techniques to ensure it all happened legally.

Satellite images show crowds at China's crematoriums as covid surges  —  An overwhelmed funeral home in Chengdu, China, stopped offering memorial services, budgeting just two minutes for each family to say goodbye to loved ones before cremation.  A funeral parlor on the outskirts of Beijing quickly cleared space for a new parking lot.

Southern states rebel against RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel  —  A growing Sunbelt uprising among GOP activists at the state and local level has emerged as a threat — or at least a noisy nuisance — to Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel's bid for another term.

Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, dies at 82  —  Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, has died at a private hospital in Athens, his doctors announced late Tuesday.  He was 82.  —  Staff at the private Hygeia Hospital in Athens confirmed to The Associated Press …

Ground-up decision: How Bills, Bengals led the way after Damar Hamlin collapsed  —  An hour after Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field and about 35 minutes after he was rushed to a Cincinnati hospital, a small knot of people gathered amid a chaotic scene outside the locker rooms beneath Paycor Stadium.

House Republican files articles of impeachment against DHS Sec. Mayorkas  —  Kevin McCarthy called for Mayorkas to resign in November or face an impeachment inquiry  —  DOJ admits temporary increase in illegal immigration expected once Title 42 ends  —  Texas Republican Rep. Pat Fallon …

Can Ron DeSantis Avoid Meeting the Press?  —  The Florida governor easily won re-election despite little engagement with mainstream news outlets, another sign of partisan division ahead of the 2024 presidential race.  —  Assigned to cover the re-election campaign of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida …

UPS and the Package Wars  —  The company offers old-fashioned middle-class jobs and is enjoying record profits.  So why is a strike looming? … For nearly twenty years, Antoine Andrews has been driving a UPS route in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge.