U.S. attorney reviewing documents marked classified from Joe Biden's vice presidency found at Biden think tank  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland has assigned the U.S. attorney in Chicago to review documents marked classified that were found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy …

What Drove a Mass Attack on Brazil's Capital?  Mass Delusion.  —  Sunday's riot laid bare a daunting threat to Brazilian democracy: Unlike past putsch attempts in Latin America, this one was driven by deeply rooted conspiracy theories.  —  Jack Nicas has closely covered the right-wing movement in Brazil since 2021.

Trump executive Weisselberg prepares for jail on Rikers Island  —  A longtime executive for Donald Trump is expected to be sent to New York's notorious Rikers Island jail after being sentenced on Tuesday for helping engineer a 15-year tax fraud scheme at the former president's real estate company.

‘87,000 IRS agents’ is the zombie falsehood setting the House agenda  —  “Our very first bill will repeal the funding for 87,000 new IRS agents.”  — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), in remarks on the floor, Jan. 7 … — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), in a tweet, Jan. 8

Russian artillery fire down nearly 75%, US officials say, in latest sign of struggles for Moscow  —  As Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters its 11th month, US and Ukrainian officials tell CNN that Russia's artillery fire is down dramatically from its wartime high, in some places by as much as 75 percent.

Giuliani subpoenaed amid special counsel investigation into Trump's fundraising  —  Special counsel Jack Smith's team has subpoenaed Donald Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani, asking him to turn over records to a federal grand jury as part of an investigation into the former president's …

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 …

1/10/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  The coming brawl over committees January 10, 2023 BY PUNCHBOWL NEWS STAFF THE TOP Happy Tuesday morning.  Out: Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell and Ilhan Omar.  In: Paul Gosar, George Santos and Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Lawsuit Reveals Trump Can't Stand Being Compared to Hitler  —  A new lawsuit against CNN reveals just how much Donald Trump hates being compared to “Adolph” Hitler.  —  Former President Donald Trump is doubling down on his “I am not Hitler” defamation lawsuit against CNN by adopting …

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 …

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.

2023 is the year for hunting heretics  —  The late political analyst Mark Shields was fond of classifying partisans into two types: those who seek converts and those who carry on crusades to root out heretics.  Former President Trump is the ultimate heretic hunter.

Herschel Walker closed 2022 with $5 million despite losing bid  —  It's not unheard of for losing candidates to close an election cycle with significant money left in their campaign accounts  —  Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker closed the year — after his November general election …

DeSantis Allies Plot the Hostile Takeover of a Liberal College  —  New College of Florida has a reputation for being the most progressive public college in the state.  X González — a survivor of the Parkland school shooting who, as Emma González, became a prominent gun control activist …

Nurses Retain Top Ethics Rating in U.S., but Below 2020 High  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nurses continue to garner the highest ethics rating from Americans among a diverse list of professions, a distinction they have held for more than two decades.  The 79% of U.S. adults who now say nurses have …

Adolfo Kaminsky Dies at 97; His Forgeries Saved Thousands of Jews  —  His talent for creating realistic documents helped children, their parents and others escape deportation to concentration camps, and in many cases to flee Nazi-occupied territory.  —  Adolfo Kaminsky's talent was as banal as could be …

How the Biden administration can slow the GOP's dangerous schemes  —  The rules package that House Republicans passed Monday night provides an indication of just how much damage House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has wrought in capitulating to the most extreme members of his caucus.

China unlikely to seize Taiwan in invasion but heavy losses for all: think tank  —  Beijing is unlikely to succeed in seizing Taiwan in a hypothetical invasion of the island in 2026, but such a conflict would wreak havoc on both sides of the strait, the US and Japan with total casualties running …

Statement of Support for Art Professor Fired from Hamline University  —  It is with great concern that the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) views the firing of an art professor, Erika López Prater, from Hamline University on the grounds of showing a fourteenth-century painting depicting the Prophet Muḥammad.

GOP's defense divide  —  The threat of cuts to U.S. defense spending has emerged as a flashpoint in House Republicans' first week in the majority, widening the GOP's isolationist fault line and exposing the fragility of Kevin McCarthy's young speakership.

Mutually assured obstruction: House GOP aims ‘weaponization’ panel at DOJ  —  House Republicans are declaring what amounts to an investigative war on the Biden administration, pledging to probe “ongoing criminal investigations” at the Justice Department.  —  Veterans of some of Congress …

I once ran Human Rights Watch.  Harvard blocked my fellowship over Israel  —  I was told that my fellowship at the Kennedy School was vetoed over my and Human Rights Watch's criticism of Israel  —  uring the three decades that I headed Human Rights Watch, I recognized that we would never attract donors …

House Republicans voted to gut the House Ethics Committee, and George Santos said it was ‘fantastic’  — House Republicans voted on Monday to hobble the Office of Congressional Ethics.  — The body will now likely be limited in its ability to carry out investigations due to staffing shortages.

Cherokee tribes turn to K Street to fulfill a 187-year-old promise for a seat in Congress  —  Three Cherokee tribes are pushing aggressively for the U.S. government to make good on a nearly 200-year-old promise to award them a sitting delegate in the House of Representatives.

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 …

‘Totally Unexpected’: Diamond of MAGA Duo ‘Diamond & Silk’ Dies  —  Former President Donald Trump broke the news, describing her as “our Magnificent Diamond.”  —  One-half of the ardently pro-Trump commentary duo “Diamond and Silk” died on Monday.  —  Former president Donald Trump broke …