Failed Republican candidate arrested in shootings targeting Democratic politicians' homes  —  Albuquerque SWAT officers take a man into custody Monday afternoon in Southwest Albuquerque.  (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)  —  Albuquerque police on Monday arrested the man they say is the …

What the Jan. 6 probe found out about social media, but didn't report  —  The House committee investigating the riot avoided detailed discussion in its report for fear of offending Republicans and tech companies, sources say  —  The Jan. 6 committee spent months gathering stunning new details …

The Bathroom Fight Fueling Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert's Break-Up  —  A shouting match in a bathroom.  Kevin McCarthy.  Donald Trump.  Ukraine aid.  They're all contributing to the split between two of the far right's most high-profile figures.

Two things can be true: Biden broke no laws.  His lawyers made a mess.  —  Two things can be simultaneously true: 1.)  President Biden committed no crime regarding classified documents he retained from the Obama administration; and 2.) his lawyers' failure to conduct a thorough …

Donald Trump's Telltale Sign He Knows He'll Be Indicted: Kirschner  —  Former president Donald Trump is showing his cards through his plethora of social media posts, according to attorney and former U.S. Army prosecutor Glenn Kirschner.  —  In a Sunday episode of Kirschner's podcast Justice Matters …

Ron DeSantis Takes On the Likability Issue (Sort Of)  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When a couple hundred major donors to Gov. Ron DeSantis's inauguration arrived at a candlelight dinner to the sounds of a solo saxophonist the night before his swearing-in last week they found a pair of surprises waiting for them.

Record High in U.S. Put Off Medical Care Due to Cost in 2022  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of Americans reporting they or a family member postponed medical treatment in 2022 due to cost rose 12 points in one year, to 38%, the highest in Gallup's 22-year trend.  —  ###Embeddable###

How Restaurant Workers Help Pay for Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low  —  The National Restaurant Association uses mandatory $15 food-safety classes to turn waiters and cooks into unwitting funders of its battle against minimum wage increases.  —  WASHINGTON — For many cooks, waiters and bartenders …

Video of Joe Biden Singing ‘Happy Birthday’ Sparks Avalanche of Jokes  —  President Joe Biden has been the victim of ridicule online after forgetting the name of the wife of Martin Luther King III while singing her happy birthday.  —  While at an event to commemorate civil rights leader …

House Republicans gear up for a debt ceiling fight, clashing with Democrats  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House has planted the seeds for a debt-ceiling showdown, with Speaker Kevin McCarthy endorsing a push by his hard-liners to demand spending cuts as part of any extension of the country's borrowing authority.

The McCarthy-Jordan Plan to Weaponize the House  —  A November report on Republican grievances provides a roadmap for years of hyperpartisan investigations.  —  If you want to know how twisted things already are under Kevin McCarthy's days-long tenure as speaker of the House …

China's Population Falls, Heralding a Demographic Crisis  —  Deaths outnumbered births last year for the first time in six decades.  Experts see major implications for China, its economy and the world.  —  The world's most populous country has reached a pivotal moment …

Appeal over federal transportation mask mandate heads to court  —  MIAMI, Fla. — The Eleventh Circuit of Appeals will hear arguments over a federal mask mandate on Tuesday, Jan. 17.  —  Back in April, a federal judge in Florida struck down a mask mandate for planes and other transportation.

Ford plant halted by Youngkin would have created 2,500 jobs in Southside  —  Gov. Glenn Youngkin's decision to halt plans for a $3.5 billion Ford Motor Co. battery plant over his concerns about Chinese influence cost one of the poorest areas of Virginia a reported 2,500 jobs with potential for more.

Feeling the Vern  —  Vern Buchanan exploded after losing Ways & Means to a McCarthy ally, fueling anxiety that he could retire out of pique—and that McCarthy's favor trading has eroded his narrow margin of support.  —  As I wrote last week, Republicans have been fixated on whether 71-year-old …

Billions at stake as online fundraising practices turn off voters  —  When Lloyd Cotler worked on texting programs for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, it was a relatively new campaign frontier — a blank canvas where Clinton's digital staffers answered questions about voting …

1/17/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has named Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) as a counselor on his leadership team for the 118th Congress.  —  The addition of Tillis comes after the North Carolina Republican stood out as a common denominator …

Google Didn't Show Bias in Filtering Campaign-Ad Pitches, FEC Says  —  GOP committees cited an academic article to claim Google's spam filters were designed to benefit Democrats  —  WASHINGTON—The Federal Election Commission has dismissed a complaint from Republicans that Google's Gmail …

NYC mayor visits Texas border, blasts feds' migrant response  —  During a visit to the Texas border city of El Paso, New York Mayor Eric Adams offered up a blistering criticism of the federal government's response to the influx of immigrants into U.S. cities, saying, “We need clear coordination.”

Asymmetrical Conspiracism Is Hurting Democracy  —  As an American living in Britain for the past decade, I've had a front-row seat to two dysfunctional democracies hell-bent on embarrassing themselves.  President Donald Trump warned that a hurricane was “one of the wettest we've ever seen, from the standpoint of water.”

McCarthy and McConnell, seen as polar opposites, must lead a fractious GOP  —  Colleagues say their styles are completely different.  But fiscal showdowns on the horizon mean the duo will need to work together.  —  Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …

From kumbaya to Karl Marx: How the Left's DEI agenda has hijacked campus culture  —  Students need to feel a sense of belonging.  In fact, we all do, but for elementary and secondary school students especially, a feeling of belonging to a group with whom they spend the majority of their waking hours …