No visitor logs exist for Biden's Wilmington home, site of classified doc discovery, WH counsel's office says  —  Biden is under a special counsel investigation for keeping classified documents in the home  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for January 16  —  There are no visitor logs …

Taliban start buying blue ticks on Twitter  —  The Taliban have started using Twitter's paid-for verification feature, meaning some now have blue ticks on their accounts.  —  Previously, the blue tick indicated “active, notable, and authentic accounts of public interest” verified by Twitter, and could not be purchased.

New details link George Santos to cousin of sanctioned Russian oligarch  —  The New York congressman once claimed Andrew Intrater's company was his “client,” while another Intrater company allegedly made a deposit with a firm where Santos worked  —  George Santos, the freshman Republican congressman …

Wagner fighter seeks asylum after dramatic escape to Norway … A former Russian paramilitary fighting in Ukraine has promised to give evidence against the notorious Wagner group after making a dramatic escape and seeking asylum in Norway.  —  Andrei Medvedev says he is a former commander …

‘Woke’ $10M MLK ‘penis’ statue insults black community: Coretta Scott King kin  —  Even some kin of Coretta Scott King hate the new $10 million sculpture just dedicated to her and her iconic civil rights leader husband in Boston — with a cousin claiming it “looks like a penis.”

Democrat Introduces Legislation to Make White People Criticizing Minorities a Federal Crime  —  It may be MLK Day, but Democrats aren't here for all that “content of character” stuff.  —  Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee, long in the running for being the vapidest member of Congress (oops …

Covid-19 Drugmakers Pressured Twitter to Censor Activists Pushing for Generic Vaccine … In mid-December 2020, Nina Morschhaeuser, a lobbyist for Twitter in Europe, emailed colleagues with a dire warning.  The drugmaker BioNTech, along with the German government, had contacted her with news of an imminent …

The Supreme Court Justices Do Not Seem to Be Getting Along  —  Supreme Court justices often get cross with lawyers arguing cases before them.  But six months after the Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the justices are betraying signs of impatience and frustration with one another—sometimes bordering on disrespect.

John le Carré's Search for a Vocation  —  The writer's collected letters reveal the high value he placed upon honorable work.  —  The summer I finished writing my dissertation, the C.I.A. tried to recruit me—as a spy.  The call came in the middle of the afternoon, as I was working on a chapter about Tolstoy and midwifery.

San Fran's reparations committee proposes $5 million to each Black longtime resident, total debt forgiveness  —  San Francisco's reparations committee also proposes supplementing lower-income recipients' income for 250 years  —  San Francisco businesses demanding full tax refund over homelessness, crime crisis

As elites arrive in Davos, conspiracy theories thrive online  —  When some of the world's wealthiest and most influential figures gathered at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting last year, sessions on climate change drew high-level discussions on topics such as carbon financing and sustainable food systems.

The Getty Family's Trust Issues  —  Heirs to an iconic fortune sought out a wealth manager who would assuage their progressive consciences.  Now their dispute is exposing dynastic secrets.  —  For the very rich, private wealth managers are in a separate class from other retainers …

Inside the One-Way Feud Between Ron DeSantis and Kristi Noem  —  Kristi Noem's aides came out of nowhere to attack Ron DeSantis.  There's more going on here than meets the eye.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn't even declared whether he'll run for president in 2024 …

UK government to block Scottish gender bill  —  The UK government has decided to block a controversial Scottish bill designed to make it easier for people to change their legally recognised gender.  —  Ministers in Westminster are concerned the bill affects UK-wide equality laws.

Manchin, Sinema and Coons meet with CEOs at private Davos luncheon for World Economic Forum  — U.S. lawmakers quietly took part in a private ritzy lunch atop the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Monday featuring dozens of influential business leaders.

1 killed, several injured after mass shooting at club parking lot in NW Harris County, deputies say … More than 50 shots were fired and at least one AK47 was used during the deadly shooting that investigators believe was a targeted shooting.  —  HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — One person was killed …

Davos Is A Grift And A Cult But It's Also A Bid For Global Domination  —  “It's a Ponzi scheme,” says an insider, “but it's also a cult.”  —  The World Economic Forum, which meets this week in Davos, Switzerland, is fighting back against conspiracy theorists who say it and its founder Klaus Schwab …

Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown draws his first GOP challenger in key 2024 race  —  CLEVELAND — Matt Dolan, who lost a raucous Republican Senate primary in Ohio last year, will run again in 2024, this time seeking to unseat longtime Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown.

Defence Secretary oral statement on war in Ukraine  —  The Defence Secretary made a statement to Parliament updating members on the UK's continued programme of military aid to Ukraine, including Challenger 2 tanks. … Location: … Delivered on:  —  Mr Speaker, it's been a month since …

CNN is serious about getting into comedy  —  CNN is considering hiring a comedian to host one of its prime time shows.  —  The “news entertainment” personality could fill the primetime 9 to 11 p.m. hours with a nontraditional version of the news, five people familiar with the planning said.

Wyoming lawmakers propose ban on electric vehicle sales  —  A group of GOP Wyoming state lawmakers want to end electric vehicle sales there by 2035, saying the move will help safeguard the oil and gas industries.  —  The measure, introduced to the state legislature on Friday …

Italy's most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested  —  Cosa Nostra ‘godfather’ arrested at a private clinic in Palermo after going on run for 30 years  —  Matteo Messina Denaro, the last “godfather” of the Sicilian mafia and one of the world's most-wanted criminals, has been arrested in Palermo after 30 years on the run.

ACURA ViewPoint: Guest Post by Branko Marcetic: Diplomatic Cables Show Russia Saw NATO Expansion as a Red Line  —  Nearly a year in, the war in Ukraine has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and brought the world to the brink of, in President Joe Biden's own words, “Armageddon.”