Trump's Killing Spree: The Inside Story of His Race to Execute Every Prisoner He Could  —  Before 2020, there had been three federal executions in 60 years.  Then Trump put 13 people to death in six months … N THE FINAL moments of Brandon Bernard's life, before he was executed …

Court releases video of attack on Paul Pelosi  —  San Francisco Superior Court on Friday released video and audio recorded during last year's attack on Paul Pelosi after a California court ruled the district attorney's office must make the materials public.  —  CNN has obtained the CD containing …

Exclusive: Supreme Court did not disclose financial relationship with expert brought in to review leak probe  —  The Supreme Court did not disclose its longstanding financial ties with former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff even as it touted him as an expert who independently validated …

FEC wants answers on Rep. Santos' chaotic treasurer switch  —  Rep. George Santos' campaign committee is facing new questions from federal regulators after submitting paperwork listing a new treasurer who says he never took the job.  The Federal Election Commission sent a letter Thursday …

Ronna McDaniel wins a race for RNC chair that grew very messy by the end  —  DANA POINT, Calif. — Ronna McDaniel will serve a rare fourth term as chair of the Republican National Committee, emerging victorious in a contentious bid for reelection.  —  McDaniel on Friday defeated her main challenger …

Statement from President Joe Biden on Personnel Announcement  —  I've known Ron Klain since he was a third-year law student.  He came to work for me on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and I knew the moment he started that he was a once-in-a-generation talent with a fierce and brilliant intellect.

Former Jones County GOP chairman charged with 3 counts of child pornography  —  Update: This story has been changed to include a comment from the South Dakota GOP.  —  A Lincoln County man has been charged with three counts of possession of child pornography.

Peter Navarro contempt of Congress trial delayed for months over executive privilege issues  —  A federal judge on Friday delayed the contempt of Congress trial for former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro, likely for months, to allow for additional pre-trial debate over the role executive privilege …

New Yorkers Never Came ‘Flooding Back.’ Why Did Rents Go Up So Much?  —  Getting to the bottom of a COVID-era real estate mystery.  —  For a minute there, things looked grim for New York City landlords.  The pandemic caused an exodus of such proportions that building owners were forced …

Exclusive: Inside the extramarital affair and cash-fueled double life of Charles McGonigal, the FBI spy hunter charged with taking Russian money  —  2023-01-27T11:00:00Z … One morning in October 2017, Allison Guerriero noticed something unusual on the floor of her boyfriend's Park Slope, Brooklyn, apartment: a bag full of cash.

Attorney who helped firebomb NYPD car during BLM protests sentenced to prison … President of the United States since 2021  —  BROOKLYN — In a dramatic hearing on Thursday, a federal judge sentenced a corporate attorney who firebombed a police car during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests …

Election losses only deepen Arizona Republicans' insistence on fraud  —  Some lawmakers refuse to acknowledge legitimacy of democratic governor, resist attempts to lessen division  —  PHOENIX — As Republicans in Arizona's largest county gathered earlier this month, the routine task of choosing …

THE TOP … The Republican chair of the House Budget Committee is adamant that the U.S. government won't default on its debt - even in the event of a debt-limit breach. … “We won't default now,” he added. … But, hypothetically, what if we do run out the fiscal clock and breach the debt limit?

FDA to relax blood donation rules for gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships  —  Gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships will soon be able to donate blood without abstaining from sex under new federal guidelines, parting from a long-standing policy that barred men …

US inflation and consumer spending cooled in December  —  The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge eased further in December, and consumer spending fell — the latest evidence that the Fed's series of interest rate hikes are slowing the economy.  Friday's report from the Commerce Department showed …

Adam Schiff faces ethics complaint for political ad one day after announcing Senate campaign  —  Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is facing an early obstacle to his 2024 Senate bid after a nonprofit ethics organization filed a complaint to the Office of Congressional Ethics accusing the California Democrat …

Woman fired for following conservative Twitter accounts accuses her firm of caving to woke mob: ‘I follow accounts of every political affiliation!’  — Kara Lynne spoke out after being fired by Limited Run Games last week  — She was the target of an online campaign led by trans activist ‘Purple Tinker’

Not an anomaly: 2020's red states have higher murder rates  —  The murder rates in Trump-voting states from 2020 have exceeded those in Biden-voting states every year since 2000, according to a new analysis by ThirdWay, a center-left think tank. … - Four reliably-red states consistently …

5 Memphis ex-police are charged with murder and jailed over the death of Tyre Nichols  —  Five former Memphis police officers have been indicted and jailed in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, who died days after a traffic stop on Jan. 7.  —  Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III …

House Oversight Chair Promises Newsmax He'll Investigate DirecTV  —  Comer's vow to hold hearings into DirecTV's cancellation of Newsmax comes after the network begged the GOP-led House to intervene on its behalf.  —  After relentlessly crying for Congress to intervene because DirecTV dumped it …

U.S. Attorney Announces Charges And New Arrest In Connection With Assassination Plot Directed From Iran  —  Members of Eastern European Organized Crime Group Allegedly Plotted to Murder a U.S. Citizen of Iranian Origin in New York City Who Has Publicly Opposed the Iranian Government

The Classified Document Scandal Is Even Dumber Than You Think  —  “It's a ridiculous system that's not fit for purpose anymore,” one State Department official told VICE News.  —  Cameron Joseph  —  WASHINGTON, US  —  It's hard to imagine a dumber way to protect our national intelligence.

On Trump's Social Network: Ads for Miracle Cures, Scams and Fake Merchandise  —  Truth Social, the social network started by former President Donald J. Trump, has struggled to attract large brands.  —  Between posts about conspiracy theories and right-wing grievances was an unusual advertisement …

U.K. jails right-wing extremist who helped “inspire” U.S. mass shootings  —  London — A 19-year-old British man whose extreme right-wing videos helped “inspire” two recent U.S. shootings, according to police, was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison by a U.K. court.  Daniel Harris was convicted of encouraging terrorism.