Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Subpoenaed in Jan. 6 Investigation  —  The special counsel overseeing the inquiry into Donald Trump's efforts to retain power after the 2020 election wants the former president's daughter and son-in-law to testify to a grand jury.

A global divide on the Ukraine war is deepening  —  Russia capitalizes on disillusionment with the United States to win sympathy in the Global South.

Donald Trump, who rolled back rail safety regulations and slashed environmental protections, donates Trump-branded water to East Palestine residents  — Donald Trump visited East Palestine, Ohio, on Wednesday, following a disastrous train derailment.  — The 2024 Republican candidate donated pallets …

Giving Jan. 6 Tapes to Carlson, McCarthy Keeps a Promise to the Hard Right  —  In granting exclusive access to Jan. 6 Capitol surveillance footage to a cable news host bent on rewriting the history of the attack, the speaker effectively outsourced a politically toxic re-litigation of the riot.

A Norfolk Southern Policy Lets Officials Order Crews to Ignore Safety Alerts  —  In October, months before the East Palestine derailment, the company also directed a train to keep moving with an overheated wheel that caused it to derail miles later in Sandusky, Ohio.

U.S. Considers Release of Intelligence on China's Potential Arms Transfer to Russia  —  Western nations have intelligence that Beijing might end its self-imposed restraint on weapons supplies to Moscow  —  The Biden administration is considering releasing intelligence it believes shows …

Spectrum News 13 crew member, 9-year-old girl killed in Pine Hills shootings  —  According to Orange County Sheriff John Mina, two members of a Spectrum News 13 crew at the scene of a homicide investigation were shot Wednesday afternoon.  —  One of the two has died, he said.  —  What You Need To Know

Georgia juror unsettles Trump investigation with revealing interviews  —  Emily Kohrs may have added to the challenge for Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis, whose investigation has come under scrutiny for what some have described legal and ethical missteps  —  The forewoman of a special grand jury …

Former Arizona attorney general failed to release report disproving election fraud claims  —  Former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich did not release to the public findings from his office that showed a series of 2020 election fraud claims were not backed up by evidence, according to documents released Wednesday by his successor.

Young people are more likely to accept gay couples — and to identify as gay  —  As it does regularly, Gallup asked Americans last year if they identified as straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.  About 7 percent of Americans said they identified as one of the latter four categories …

House GOP's top tax man throws K Street in a tizzy  —  Rep. Jason Smith hasn't been chair of the House Ways and Means Committee very long, but he's already done something rare for a Republican: He's struck fear into the heart of corporate tax lobbyists.  —  The Missouri lawmaker is making …

Taiwan Foreign Minister Held High-Level Meeting in Washington  —  Senior U.S. and Taiwan diplomats met amid heightened security concerns  —  TAIPEI—Taiwan's foreign minister traveled to the U.S. this week for an unusual high-level meeting with senior American officials in the Washington area.

Ron DeSantis' Press Secretary Throws Hissy Fit at NBC, MSNBC  —  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' office has announced it would be boycotting both NBC News and MSNBC after pushing back on a report by the network's Chief Washington Correspondent and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell.

GOP group of 16 complicates McCarthy's debt ceiling leverage … - As it stands, Republicans are already divided over which government programs to cut — handing Democrats an opening to accuse them of wanting to axe Social Security and Medicare.  — The Biden administration, meanwhile …

Evanna Lynch: ‘JK Rowling has always advocated for the most vulnerable members of society’  —  The Irish actress was mentored by Rowling, and went on to star as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films - then cancel culture arrived  —  Evanna Lynch, the Irish actress best known …

Mexico Hobbles Election Agency That Helped End One-Party Rule  —  The changes come ahead of a presidential election next year and are part of a pattern of challenges to democratic institutions across the Western Hemisphere.  —  Reporting from Mexico City  —  Mexican lawmakers passed …

Norfolk Southern, maintenance-of-way workers reach deal on sick leave  —  NS joins CSX and Union Pacific in offering sick leave  —  Norfolk Southern has reached a sick leave agreement for members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way - Employes Division, the railroad announced Wednesday.

Kyrsten Sinema's $300,000 Security Expert Is Tulsi Gabbard's Sister  —  The Arizona senator has a security arrangement that raises several ethical red flags, according to campaign law experts. … Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) spends more of her campaign funds on security than nearly every …

DeSantis administration requires events at the Capitol ‘align’ with its mission  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The DeSantis administration now requires events held at the Florida state Capitol to “align” with its mission, a recent change that is sparking concerns that the governor's office is trying to censor events it doesn't like.

Russian warlord passed UK money laundering checks with mother's utility bill  —  Law firm relied on gas invoice when scrutinising Wagner group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin as prospective client  —  A sanctions-hit Russian warlord who has been accused of human rights abuses around the world was able …

Former Proud Boy Says Group Prepared for ‘All-Out Revolution’ on Jan. 6  —  The two-day testimony of Jeremy Bertino, a former leader of the far-right group, shed new light on the Proud Boys' growing desperation in the weeks before the riot.  —  WASHINGTON — As a gang of Proud Boys stormed …

NPR says it's cutting jobs by 10% as ad revenue drops  —  NPR's chief executive announced the network would lay off roughly 10% of its current workforce - at least 100 people - and eliminate most vacant positions.  CEO John Lansing cited the erosion of advertising dollars, particularly for NPR podcasts …