Garland Appoints Special Counsel to Investigate Handling of Biden Documents  —  The appointment of Robert K. Hur comes two months after the attorney general named a special counsel to investigate former President Donald J. Trump's mishandling of classified material.

The Mysterious, Unregistered Fund That Raised Big Money for Santos  —  A review of records and newly uncovered documents reveals that efforts to elect George Santos may have run afoul of campaign finance rules.  —  A month before George Santos was elected to Congress, one of his large donors received …

Republican candidate's wife arrested, charged with casting 23 fraudulent votes for her husband in the 2020 election  — Kim Phuong Taylor was arrested Thursday and accused of multiple counts of voter fraud.  — According to prosecutors, Taylor cast 23 fraudulent votes for her husband in the 2020 election.

Gas Stoves Should Be a Matter of Individual Choice  —  Appliances are important, and politicians and the public need to be brought in on sweeping regulation.  —  Dear readers,  —  Douglas has written in with a timely question: … “There is this misconception that if you want to do fine-dining kind …

‘Lost their minds’: Missouri Dems cry foul over GOP-proposed dress code for female state lawmakers  —  The Missouri House of Representatives has started off 2023 receiving scrutiny nationwide as they have debated the proper attire that women legislators should wear when they are on the floor …

Steve Bannon Delays Trial by Ghosting His Own Lawyers  —  Bannon had a pre-trial hearing Thursday, but threw the judge some curveballs.  —  Lawyers revealed in court on Thursday that far-right media figure Steve Bannon has, for months now, ghosted his legal team—a tactic that has managed …

SEC charges Gemini and Genesis with unregistered securities offering  — The SEC charged both Gemini and Genesis with unregistered offering and sale of securities to retail investors, some of who were in the U.S.  — This comes amidst a public fight between the leadership of the two companies …

Exclusive: Alex Jones Phone Dump Reveals Text Convos With Tucker Carlson  —  “Everyone who thought it was fine that they deplatformed Alex Jones will look like a f**king moron,” Tucker Carlson told the Infowars boss in a text.  —  In early March 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic began …

Trump: Special counsel Jack Smith might ‘turn out to be a criminal’  —  Donald Trump is lashing out at special counsel Jack Smith in increasingly hysterical ways.  These are not the actions of someone expecting exoneration.  —  Immediately after Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith …

‘Rick and Morty’ co-creator Justin Roiland faces felony domestic violence charges  —  Justin Roiland, the star and co-creator of the animated comedy series “Rick and Morty,” has been charged with felony domestic violence in Orange County, California, in connection with a 2020 incident …

Alabama governor declares state of emergency as tornadoes sweep through state  —  Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) declared a state of emergency for six counties after severe storms pummeled the state Thursday.  —  Ivey issued a state of emergency for Autauga, Chambers, Coosa, Dallas …

How Democrats can flip the script on the GOP's ‘weaponization’ subcommittee  —  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) won't make the same blunder that Republican leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) made when he pulled all of his party's members off the House Jan. 6 select committee.

Survey finds ‘classical fascist’ antisemitic views widespread in U.S.  —  At points in the past half-century, many U.S. antisemitism experts thought this country could be aging out of it, that hostility and prejudice against Jews were fading in part because younger Americans held more accepting views than did older ones.

Lisa Marie Presley dies at 54 after hospitalization  —  Lisa Marie Presley — the only child of Elvis Presley — died Thursday after being hospitalized earlier that day, her mother said in a statement.  The singer was 54.  —  “It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news …

Lisa Marie Presley hospitalized after suffering cardiac arrest  —  Lisa Marie Presley was admitted to a Southern California hospital on Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest, a source told CBS News.  Elise Preston has the latest.

The seismic shift that has brands like Sony and Sennheiser disrupting the hearing aids market  —  Once the Food and Drug Administration announced last August that it would let some hearing aids be sold over the counter for the first time, it seemed clear that the technology would be all over the Consumer Electronics Show this year.

Historic transportation crises haunt Buttigieg  —  A historic string of air, rail and supply-chain meltdowns has plagued Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's first two years in office, placing him — for better or worse — at the center of crises affecting millions of people.

Sweden discovers biggest rare earths deposit in EU  —  Lapland mine could help reduce Europe's dependence on China imports  —  Sweden's state-owned mining company LKAB has said it has discovered Europe's largest deposit of rare earth metals.  The discovery bolsters the continent's ambition …

Why Japan is the latest ally moving Biden's way  —  When President Joe Biden sits down with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday, it will mark a major tete-a-tete that could have profound implications for U.S. policy toward a critical part of the globe.

Progressives eagerly await their chance to harass McCarthy  —  Kevin McCarthy's concessions to conservatives did more than win him the speaker's gavel — they empowered House progressives to wreak havoc.  And they're eager to mess with him.  —  Republicans' new rules allow just one member …

First on CNN: US Navy veteran released from Russian custody  —  An American Navy veteran who has been detained in Russia for nearly a year was released from Russian custody on Thursday, his family's spokesperson told CNN, after months of negotiations spearheaded by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.