Flights across U.S. affected after FAA experiences computer outage  —  Flights across the United States were affected Wednesday morning after the Federal Aviation Administration said it experienced a computer outage.  —  All flights in the U.S. were grounded following the incident …

POLITICO Playbook: Blake Hounshell, 1978-2023  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Most of you reading this newsletter didn't know Blake Hounshell, but all of you were influenced by him.  —  He nurtured and mentored dozens of young journalists …

In the case of the classified documents, it's more serious for Trump than Biden  —  The former president's retention of papers at Mar-a-Lago appears to satisfy more criteria for prosecution than the find at Biden's institute  —  Donald Trump's retention of documents marked classified …

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 …

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 …

‘We started running’: Pelosi aide tells jurors about flight from Jan. 6 chaos  —  While rioters attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, Emily Berret was hunkered down with Speaker Nancy Pelosi at Fort McNair when an image popped on the TV screen that stopped her in her tracks.

Xi Jinping's plan to reset China's economy and win back friends … The costs of China's chaotic exit from its zero-Covid strategy are surging.  In spite of a virtually static official death toll, a slew of obituaries for elderly public figures from academics to opera singers demonstrate …

Prince Harry says he was bred to offer spare organs to heir William  —  FOLLOW THE STORY  —  Prince Harry bitterly believes he was only bred to offer literal spare parts for his brother in case the heir apparent ever needed new organs.  —  “Two years older than me, Willy was the Heir …

Assault weapon sales now illegal in Illinois: ‘This will save lives,’ Pritzker says after quickly signing bill into law  —  The governor paid tribute to some of the lives lost to assault weapons: “We have done this for Highland Park's Kevin and Irina McCarthy, Jacquelyn Sundheim …

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 …

Rep. Katie Porter announces bid for Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat  —  Rep. Katie Porter, a Democratic star known for her incisive questioning of corporate leaders and use of a whiteboard to distill complex concepts in congressional hearings, announced Tuesday that she is running for the U.S. Senate.

USC's nonsensical decision to declare the word ‘field’ as racist  —  The University of Southern California's School of Social Work sent a letter declaring it would no longer use the word “field” when referring to one's area of expertise.  Instead, it is replacing it with the word “practicum.”

U.S. Supreme Court considers narrowing federal protections for unions  —  U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday wrestled with a labor dispute that could narrow federal protections for unions by making it easier for employers to sue over strikes that result in damage to company property.

Biden Is Coming for Your Gas Stove  —  The Consumer Product Safety Commission enlists in the crusade to ban fossil fuels from the kitchen.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  WSJ Opinion: Welcome to the 2024 Horse Race for the Presidency  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.  —  1x

How Finland Is Teaching a Generation to Spot Misinformation  —  The Nordic country is testing new ways to teach students about propaganda.  Here's what other countries can learn from its success.  —  A typical lesson that Saara Martikka, a teacher in Hameenlinna, Finland …

Lynette Hardaway, of Pro-Trump Duo Diamond and Silk, Dies at 51  —  Ms. Hardaway rose to fame with one of her sisters as a conservative media celebrity.  —  Lynette Hardaway, who was better known as Diamond from Diamond and Silk, the outspoken sisters who became prominent conservative media personalities …

George Santos Took Donation From Migrant-Smuggler  —  Serial liar and border-hardliner George Santos accepted support from an Italian caught piloting a yacht full of Chinese migrants and from his prominent restaurant-owning family. … Embattled Rep. George Santos took an almost certainly illegal donation …

McCarthy, GOP, Dems unite behind new China committee: ‘The era of trusting communist China is over’  —  Several Democrats spoke in favor of new committee during House debate  —  Criticism of McCarthy fair, but he has ‘opportunity to reach out to Democrats’: Ford Jr.

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.

Turkey Is Sending Cold War-Era Cluster Bombs to Ukraine  —  The artillery-fired cluster munitions could be lethal to Russian troops-and Ukrainian civilians.  —  Turkey began sending Ukraine a form of U.S.-designed, artillery-fired cluster bomb in late 2022 after months of Kyiv pleading …

The Party's Over for Us.  Where Do We Go Now?  —  For decades, conservative values have been central to Bret Stephens's and David Brooks's political beliefs, and the Republican Party was the vehicle to extend those beliefs into policy.  But in recent years, both the party …

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.

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 …

Counter-terrorism police investigate after uranium seized at Heathrow  —  Border Force officials found small amount on passenger flight from Oman on 29 December  —  Counter-terrorism police have launched an investigation after Border Force officials seized material containing uranium at Heathrow.