Justice Department Considered but Rejected Role in Biden Documents Search  —  Officials opted for hands-off approach to leave special counsel's probe uncompromised  —  WASHINGTON—The Justice Department considered having FBI agents monitor a search by President Biden's lawyers …

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 …

Matt Schlapp Is Accused in Lawsuit of Groping Aide to Herschel Walker's Campaign  —  The aide, who was working for Herschel Walker's campaign for Senate in Georgia, made the allegations in a lawsuit filed anonymously.  A lawyer for Mr. Schlapp denied the accusations.

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.

Failed GOP candidate visited homes of New Mexico Democratic politicians to dispute election prior to shootings, officials say  —  Solomon Peña is accused of paying four men to carry out shootings at Albuquerque-area homes of two county commissioners and two state legislators.  No one was hurt.

As Debt Limit Threat Looms, Wall Street and Washington Have Only Rough Plans  —  A default would most likely rattle markets and carry big risks, no matter how the Federal Reserve and Treasury try to curb the fallout.  —  With days to go before the United States bumps up against a technical limit …

TAPES: We Investigated a Suburban LGBTQ Pedophile Ring.  Here's What We Found.  —  This is Part 1 of a four-part investigative series. … A months-long Townhall investigation reveals disturbing new details about the affluent LGBTQ-activist couple accused of sodomizing their young adopted sons …

Trump's Ties to Evangelicals Souring Despite Roe v. Wade Win - Tells CBN News 'It's a Sign of Disloyalty'  —  Former President Donald Trump is being extremely blunt about why evangelical leaders have held off endorsing him so far in the 2024 presidential race.

Greta Thunberg arrested at German mine protest, will be freed later - police  —  Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained alongside other activists on Tuesday during protests against the demolition of the coal village of Luetzerath but the entire group will be released later in the day, according to police.

FTX Executives Expressed Concern Over Use of Customer Funds, Documents Show  —  Documents obtained by The New York Times provide new details about the discussions among FTX's top leaders before the cryptocurrency exchange collapsed in November.  —  A few weeks before FTX collapsed …

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 …

Diversity Trainings Don't Work.  Here's What Could.  —  Diversity trainings have been around for decades, long before the country's latest round of racial reckoning.  But after George Floyd's murder — as companies faced pressure to demonstrate a commitment to racial justice …

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.

Biden, House GOP refuse to budge as key debt ceiling deadline looms  —  While Treasury can employ extraordinary measures to keep making payments for the next few months, it's a bad sign for how messy the standoff will grow.  —  The Biden administration and House Republicans are heading toward …

Scholz is a wartime chancellor, whether he likes it or not  —  The German leader and his new defence minister have a big decision to make on supplying tanks to Ukraine  —  The writer directs the Center on the US and Europe at the Brookings Institution  —  On Monday, Germany's ill-starred …

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 …

First on Fox: Pompeo's secret trip to North Korea detailed in former secretary of State's new memoir  —  New memoir by Pompeo highlights his years as President Trump's CIA director and secretary of State  —  Pompeo says former President Trump's 2024 announcement won't affect his own decision on whether to run for the White House.

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.”

What Brian Stelter and Seth Moulton Are Talking About at the WEF Should Concern Us All  —  After CEO Chris Licht began to take stock of the mess he'd acquired over at CNN, one of the first moves he made was to boot Brian Stelter and cancel his show, “Reliable Sources” back in August 2022.

Top U.S. general meets Ukrainian counterpart near edge of war zone  —  It was the first in-person meeting between Gen. Mark Milley and Gen. Valery Zaluzhny.  Milley shared his impressions of a Ukrainian unit training with U.S. troops, aides said.  —  SOUTHEASTERN POLAND …

Scoop: Rosen tells Israel she doesn't want to meet with members of 2 far-right parties  —  U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) told the Israeli government she doesn't want the bipartisan Senate delegation she is leading to Israel this week to meet with any members of two Israeli far-right parties …

Trump to be joined by Graham, McMaster at Jan. 28 SC event  —  Former President Donald Trump will be joined by two of his highest-profile South Carolina supporters — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Gov. Henry McMaster — at the first public campaign event of his 2024 White House bid later this month in the early voting state.