Pence Gets Subpoena From Special Counsel in Jan. 6 Investigation  —  The move by Jack Smith, the special counsel, is one of the most aggressive in his investigation of Donald Trump's efforts to stay in power and is likely to lead to a battle over executive privilege.

FEC orders Santos to formally declare his 2024 candidacy or ‘disavow’ post-midterm fundraising  —  The Federal Election Commission sent a letter to GOP New York Rep. George Santos ordering him to officially declare that he is running for reelection in 2024, after he raised enough money following …

Fetterman, Recovering After Stroke, Labors to Adjust to Life in the Senate  —  The first-term Democrat is adapting to Congress while coping with the lasting effects of a near-fatal stroke, and the institution is adapting to accommodate him.  —  WASHINGTON — At Senator John Fetterman's desk …

Pentagon looks to restart top-secret programs in Ukraine  —  If approved, the move would authorize U.S. Special Operations troops to employ Ukrainian operatives to observe Russian movements and counter disinformation  —  The Pentagon is urging Congress to resume funding a pair of top-secret programs …

Senators say ‘very disturbing possibility’ US manufacturing may have helped build Chinese surveillance balloon  —  Hawley and Sullivan say administration officials didn't answer definitively if US manufacturing was used to build the Chinese spy balloon  —  Pentagon reveals the full extent …

Ron DeSantis once expressed support for privatizing Social Security and Medicare giving his rivals an opening  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis expressed support for privatizing Medicare and Social Security during his first campaign for Congress in 2012, giving political rivals who have pledged …

“The Florida of Today Is the America of Tomorrow”: Ron DeSantis's New College Takeover Is Just the Beginning of the Right's Higher Ed Crusade  —  Republican politicians and right-wing activists are transforming one of the Sunshine State's liberal arts schools into the “Hillsdale of the south …

‘Do you want a dead daughter or an alive son?’  St. Louis trans clinic is investigated for harming 600 children - as whistleblower reveals doctors perform transition surgeries on MINORS and teens who want hormones to avoid pregnancies or being gay  — The Washington University Transgender Center …

The making of Anna Paulina Luna  —  Luna's sharp turn to the right, her account of an isolated and impoverished childhood, and her embrace of her Hispanic heritage have come as a surprise to friends and family who knew her before her ascent to the U.S. House this year.  —  By Jacqueline Alemany and Alice Crites

Santos was charged with theft in 2017 case tied to Amish dog breeders  —  NEW YORK - Rep. George Santos was charged with theft in Pennsylvania's Amish Country in 2017 after a series of bad checks were written in his name to dog breeders, according to the court and a lawyer friend who helped him address the charge.

What climate law?  Voters clueless about Biden's top achievement  —  President Joe Biden and his team are fanning out across the country to tout the climate-change-fighting, job-creating, money-saving benefits coming from Democrats' landmark Inflation Reduction Act.  —  The problem?

Extremist influencers are generating millions for Twitter, report says  —  Ads from major brands are running alongside hateful content and dangerous conspiracy theories from far right Twitter users, group claims  —  Elon Musk's restoration of 10 Twitter accounts that were banned under …

The NRA Has Lost Over a Million Members Since Corruption Allegations Surfaced  —  The National Rifle Association keeps shrinking.  —  Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre told attendees at the gun-rights group's most recent board meeting that the organization is down to 4.3 million members, according to multiple sources.

Rep. Lee planning to launch Senate run in Calif. this month, as rivals ramp up  —  The Democrat is aiming to time her announcement to coincide with Black History Month, according to a person with knowledge of the plans  —  LOS ANGELES — Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee is planning to formally launch …

Bill Barr, Trump's legal enabler, needs to be investigated  —  For more than 30 years, the former AG subverted the Constitution to protect his bosses.  —  Before taking office as Donald Trump's attorney general in February 2019, William Barr made his agenda clear: To use the Department …

The Relentless Attack on Trans People Is an Attack on All of Us  —  Over the past year, we have seen a sweeping and ferocious attack on the rights and dignity of transgender people across the country.  —  In states led by Republicans, conservative lawmakers have introduced or passed dozens …

Fear of a Female Body  —  Controlling women's bodies is a hallmark of religious fundamentalism.  Why are liberal institutions getting on board? … Another liberal arts college is in the news this week after a handful of Muslim students claimed offense at an on-campus art exhibition …

House Democrat: George Santos getting access to 'America's secrets' was ‘final straw’ for expulsion effort  —  U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) says that Speaker Kevin McCarthy's decision to allow U.S. Rep. George Santos access to classified intelligence on Thursday was the “final straw” …

U.S. officials prepping legislation to revamp asylum system  —  U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is developing a sweeping bill that would revamp the country's asylum system to speed up the resolution of claims in large-scale processing centers at the border with Mexico …

Quake Latest: Turkey's Erdogan Concedes Problems Dispatching Aid  —  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the initial state response had been slowed by the fact that emergency personnel and their families were themselves trapped under collapsed buildings.

McConnell knocks GOP Sen. Rick Scott's plan to sunset federal programs amid sparring over entitlements  —  “It's just a bad idea,” McConnell said.  “I think it will be a challenge for [Scott] to deal with this in his own re-election in Florida, a state with more elderly people than any other state in America.”

‘It just rang’: In crises, US-China hotline goes unanswered  —  Within hours of an Air Force F-22 downing a giant Chinese balloon that had crossed the United States, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reached out to his Chinese counterpart via a special crisis line, aiming for a quick general …

Fox News Believes Super Bowl Interview With President Biden Won't Take Place … When Super Bowl LVII arrives on Sunday, Fox is prepared to broadcast hours and hours of the event, with all of the usual trappings — except, perhaps, one.  —  With just three days to go before the Kansas City Chiefs square off …

Finish line: Fighting unwinnable wars … - Ailes, who died in 2017, blacklisted Politico journalists from Fox News after Fred Ryan, our publisher, leveraged his role as head of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library to land two presidential debates for Politico.  —  The library picked CNN and MSNBC as partners over Fox.

Democracy on the agenda as Biden meets Brazil's Lula at the White House  —  When Brazil's new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, meets President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday, the two hope to reset relations after an era defined by right-wing populists and threats to democracy in both nations.

The Missing GOP Agenda … Sarah Huckabee Sanders did not mince words in her response to the State of the Union address on Tuesday.  The Arkansas governor, just weeks into her term, blamed President Biden for appeasing the radical Left.  She gave a preview of what the GOP presidential nominee will say next year.