Former FBI general counsel says more lawsuits are probably coming for Fox News over election lies  —  In a conversation with Stephanie Ruhle on Monday, former FBI general counsel, Andrew Weissmann, suggested that “more” charges might be coming “on the criminal side” for Fox News.

2024 poll: DeSantis slides as Trump surges to 1st head-to-head lead in months  —  The Florida governor's lead over the former president has evaporated, with Trump now leading DeSantis 47% to 39%.  —  Read full article … 45th President of the United States  —  American politician

You probably won't get any student loan relief, thanks to a GOP-controlled Supreme Court  —  At the end of the day, the most important question in US law is which political party controls the Supreme Court.  —  If you were hoping that your student loans would be forgiven under a program …

FBI director says COVID pandemic ‘most likely’ originated from Chinese lab … Christopher Wray: COVID-19 origins most likely caused by Chinese lab ‘incident’  —  FBI Director Christopher Wray said that the COVID-19 pandemic was likely caused by a lab leak in Wuhan, China.

‘Sometimes Things Break’: Twitter Outages Are on the Rise  —  Elon Musk's repeated job cuts are stoking new fears that there aren't enough people to triage Twitter's problems.  —  After Elon Musk bought Twitter last year and eliminated thousands of its employees, many users were so alarmed …

Lori Lightfoot becomes the first Chicago mayor in 40 years to lose re-election  —  CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost her bid for re-election Tuesday, ending her historic run as the city's first Black woman and first openly gay person to serve in the position.

The story behind Gaetz citing Chinese propaganda at a hearing  —  In 2021, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) decried what he labeled “a fusion of the interest of the Chinese Communist Party and much of the apparatus of the United States government.”  —  At a hearing Tuesday, Gaetz cited …

House GOP moving to let Jan. 6 defendants access Capitol security footage  —  House Republicans are moving to provide defendants in Jan. 6-related cases access to thousands of hours of internal Capitol security footage, a move that could influence many of the ongoing prosecutions stemming from 2021's violent attack.

The Bidens ordered the same dish at a restaurant.  Who does that?  —  Where and what presidents eat is an enduring fascination.  We love to scrutinize former president Donald Trump's ketchup-doused steaks or the Obamas' penchant for culinary hot spots.  —  And so when President Biden and his wife …

Eric Adams: ‘When we took prayers out of schools, guns came into schools’  —  At an interfaith breakfast Tuesday, Mayor Eric Adams seemed to regret the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that banned school-sponsored prayer in 1962.  —  “When we took prayers out of schools, guns came into schools …

Biden to tap Julie Su as next Labor secretary  —  President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he would nominate Julie Su to be his next Labor secretary, moving swiftly to fill a coming vacancy within his cabinet.  —  “It is my honor to nominate Julie Su to be our country's next Secretary of Labor,” Biden said in a statement.

Government watchdog report finds FBI, Capitol Police identified but didn't share “credible threats” before Jan. 6  —  Federal agencies responsible for protecting the U.S. Capitol did not “fully process” or share critical information — including about militia groups arming themselves ahead of the Jan. 6 …

GOP Congressman Claimed He's an Economist.  He Took One Class—and Got a C.  —  ‘I WAS MISTAKEN’  —  Freshman Republican Rep. Andy Ogles (TN) says he's a trained economist, but in reality, he only took one community college course on the subject—and he got a C, a transcript obtained by NewsChannel 5 in Nashville revealed.

Blaise Ingoglia bill would ‘cancel’ Democratic Party … Mike Wright  —  Mike Wright is a former reporter with the Citrus County Chronicle, where he had covered county government and politics since 1987.  Mike's skills as an investigative reporter earned him first-place awards in investigative writing.

As Americans Work From Home, Europeans and Asians Head Back to the Office  —  Return-to-office rates in Paris and Tokyo have climbed to over 75%, while U.S. often sits around half  —  While U.S. offices are half empty three years into the Covid-19 pandemic, workplaces in Europe and Asia are bustling again.

Georgia Republicans want to make it easier to challenge voters' eligibility  —  Georgia Republicans introduced legislation Tuesday making it easier to kick voters off the rolls through mass challenges, according to a copy of the bill sent to lawmakers and shared with NBC News by an aide to two of the bill's sponsors.

'That's weaponization': Dem smacks down Jim Jordan for ignoring Trump DOJ corruption  —  Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) called out House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) because he had no plans to investigate abuses at the Justice Department during the Trump administration.

Iran investigates poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls with toxic gas  —  Almost 700 girls have been poisoned by toxic gas in Iran since November, in what many believe is a deliberate attempt to force their schools to shut.  —  No girls have died, but dozens have suffered respiratory problems, nausea, dizziness and fatigue.

Iowa lawmakers propose a ban on same-sex marriage  —  Nearly eight years after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage and several months after Congress codified gay nuptials, Iowa lawmakers proposed banning such unions in their state constitution.  —  “In accordance with the laws …

40 Percent of Liberal Professors Are Afraid They'll Lose Their Jobs Over a Misunderstanding  —  As the academy gets younger it grows more authoritarian, according to a new survey of over 1,400 faculty members conducted by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).

West Virginia Adds to Election Deniers' Ongoing Takeover of State Politics  —  In January 2021, days after rallying outside the U.S. Capitol against legitimate presidential election results, West Virginia state Senator Mike Azinger said he hoped for an encore.

President Joe Biden's $39 billion semiconductor project is open for business … Authorized by the CHIPS and Science Act last year, the Commerce Department opened the application process Tuesday for companies jockeying for a share of the funding.  This first round prioritizes applicants seeking …

Underrecognized: Extremist murders are usually from right-wing actors  —  Even before the attack at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, even further back than the Trump administration, federal authorities have been fretting about the threat of violence committed by domestic extremists.

US Postal Service to Buy 9,250 Electric Vehicles From Ford  —  The U.S. Postal Service is buying more than 9,000 battery-powered delivery vans made by Ford Motor Co. as part of a $10 billion push to electrify its aging fleet.  —  The Ford E-Transit Battery EVs, which the Postal Service expects …

Ron DeSantis shows how not to run an education system  —  It's no coincidence that Republican governors who have weaponized government against vulnerable populations represent states that are spectacularly failing their residents on a wide range of issues.  There's no better illustration than Ron DeSantis's war on education.

Hundreds massacred in Ethiopia even as peace deal was being reached  —  Soldiers from neighboring Eritrea went house to house killing villagers in Ethiopia's Tigray region, witnesses say  —  NAIROBI — Just days before a deal to end the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region …