Second Set of Classified Documents Were Found at Biden's Wilmington Home, White House Says  —  A statement by the president's special counsel confirmed reports that more documents had been uncovered after a previous batch was found at a think tank.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House …

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 …

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 …

Rep. George Santos says he'll resign if ‘142 people’ ask him to  —  Rep. George Santos, the newly sworn-in New York Republican under fire for fabricating large parts of his résumé, told NBC News on Thursday that “if 142 people ask for me to resign, I will resign.”

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.

Right's new fight: Gas stoves  —  Despite official insistence that fears of a ban are unfounded, conservatives are suddenly championing gas stoves in a new culture war. … - State and local governments have battled over proposals to ban gas appliances in new construction because of their health and climate impacts.

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.

Missouri Republicans Have Found Their Post-Roe Enemy: Cardigans  —  Missouri Republicans aren't done telling women what to do with their bodies … Missouri has a lot of problems, but if you were in the statehouse today, you would have thought the biggest one was what female legislators wear.

Exxon Scientists Predicted Global Warming, Even as Company Cast Doubts, Study Finds  —  Starting in the 1970s, scientists working for the oil giant made remarkably accurate projections of just how much burning fossil fuels would warm the planet.  —  In the late 1970s, scientists at Exxon fitted …

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 …

U.S. Party Preferences Evenly Split in 2022 After Shift to GOP  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' party preferences were evenly divided in 2022, with 45% of U.S. adults identifying as Republican or saying they were Republican-leaning independents, and 44% identifying as Democrats or saying they were Democratic-leaning independents.

FTX Pre-Mortem Overview  —  Summary  —  In mid November, FTX International became effectively insolvent.  The FTX saga, at the end of the day, is somewhere between that of Voyager and Celsius.  —  Three things combined together to cause the implosion:

Climate Startup Removes Carbon From Open Air in Industry First  —  Climeworks cashes in on new technology by selling carbon credits to Microsoft and others  —  One of the most important technologies to address climate change got a boost Thursday when a startup said it pulled carbon dioxide from the open air and stored it underground.

What to do about Sotomayor  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  Back in 2013, then President BARACK OBAMA quietly met with Supreme Court Justice RUTH BADER GINSBURG to subtly encourage …

Trump discussed using a nuclear weapon on North Korea in 2017 and blaming it on someone else, book says  —  WASHINGTON — Behind closed doors in 2017, President Donald Trump discussed the idea of using a nuclear weapon against North Korea and suggested he could blame a U.S. strike …

McCarthy says he's willing to look at expunging a Trump impeachment  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Thursday that he's willing to take a look at expunging an impeachment of former president Donald Trump by the Democratic-led House.  —  Trump — now a 2024 candidate …

Minnesota Poised To Ban Christians, Muslims, And Jews From Teaching In Public Schools  —  New licensing rules in Minnesota that require teachers to ‘affirm’ students' transgender identities will meet immediate court challenges from civil liberties advocates.

‘Not An Accurate Description’: MSNBC Anchor Chides Reporter for Using ‘Pro-Life’ On-Air  —  MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell chided the network's senior Capitol Hill correspondent, Garrett Haake, on Thursday for using the term “pro-life” during an on-air discussion of the Republican-backed Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act.

U.S. Deficit Fell to $1.4 Trillion in 2022  —  The deficit was down from $2.6 trillion a year earlier, as pandemic emergency spending slowed, the economy reopened and tax revenue rose.  The new figures come as spending fights loom in a divided Congress.  —  WASHINGTON — The federal budget deficit fell …

Steve Bannon has ghosted his ‘We Build The Wall’ defense lawyers for months in what prosecutors call a delay tactic  — Steve Bannon was in Manhattan court Thursday for a hearing in his border wall charity scam case.  — His lawyers told the judge that Bannon has refused to talk to them for months.

Trump prepares to open next phase of 2024 campaign in South Carolina  —  Former President Donald Trump is planning to hold his first public campaign event of the year in South Carolina, in what aides are portraying as a first step into a more public phase of his 2024 White House run.

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.

December Inflation Report to Show Whether Price Increases Continued to Moderate  —  The annual inflation rate hit a four-decade high last June but has declined in recent months  —  The Labor Department's inflation report for December will show whether price increases continued to slow …

Remarks by President Biden on the Economy and Efforts to Tackle Inflation  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  Sorry I'm a little late.  And I'm due at the — please, have a seat — the National Cathedral at a little after 11:00.  —  But good morning.  Today, we've got some good news — good news about the economy.

Bank to pay $31M redlining settlement, largest in US history  —  The Justice Department accused Los Angeles-based City National Bank on Thursday of discrimination by refusing to underwrite mortgages in predominately Black and Latino communities, requiring the bank to pay more than $31 million …

Special counsel seeks information on who is paying Trump orbit legal bills as investigation intensifies  —  A new round of subpoenas were sent to former President Donald Trump's associates in recent weeks as part of special counsel Jack Smith's criminal investigation into efforts to overturn …