Murdoch Acknowledges Fox News Hosts Endorsed Election Fraud Falsehoods  —  The conservative media mogul made the remarks under oath last month in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox by Dominion Voting Systems.  —  Rupert Murdoch, chairman of the conservative media empire that owns Fox News …

Global Disinformation Index, Inform Thyself  —  The Global Disinformation Index (GDI)—a British nonprofit that smeared Reason as an unsafe news website using dubious criteria—might want to take a closer look at newly uncovered disinformation being spread by... the website of the Global Disinformation Index.

Gov. Bill Lee will sign drag bill, reacts to yearbook photo showing him dressed as a woman  —  Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Monday he intends to sign an anti-drag show bill into law when it reaches his desk, the first time he has publicly taken a position on the legislation.

Dropping the creator of ‘Dilbert’ is free speech at work  —  Scott Adams, creator of the once-funny comic strip “Dilbert,” had the right to advise White people to “get the hell away from Black people” — just as the media companies that published Adams's work had the right to get the hell away from him.

Judge overseeing Trump Georgia grand jury speaks after foreperson's controversial interviews  —  The jurors “can talk about” their final report, the judge told ABC News.  —  After the foreperson of the Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury  —  investigating former President Donald Trump

Scoop: Jonathan Capehart quits WaPo editorial board, leaving no people of color  —  Jonathan Capehart quit the Washington Post editorial board after a dispute over an editorial about 2024 politics, leaving the paper with an all-white editorial board, Axios has learned.

As CPAC's head faces sexual assault claim, other leadership concerns emerge  —  Matt Schlapp, who runs the Conservative Political Action Conference, has been backed by prominent Republicans but some staffers complain of a ‘toxic’ culture  —  For nearly a decade, Matt Schlapp has captained …

Just how big is the Always Trump component of the Republican Party?  —  Chris Sununu, the New Hampshire governor and potential presidential candidate who once joked that former President Donald Trump is “fucking crazy,” backpedaled and pledged recently to support Trump if he's the nominee in 2024.

DeSantis's ‘Apocalyptic’ Attack on Higher Education  —  In 2017, the government of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban passed a law intended to drive Central European University, a prestigious school founded by a Hungarian refugee, George Soros, out of the country.

Top Republicans question McCarthy over release of January 6 footage as speaker vows deliberate approach  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy faced questions from his leadership team Monday night over his plans to publicly release security footage from January 6, 2021, multiple sources told CNN …

ACLU urges US lawmakers not to ban TikTok, citing free speech  —  The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday urged Congress not to ban the Chinese-owned video app TikTok, saying it would violate the free speech rights of millions of Americans, a day before a U.S. House of Representatives committee is to take up legislation.

How a disputed $55M loan plays into feds' probe of Commanders  —  DANIEL SNYDER'S FINAL breakup from his longtime minority partners in Washington's NFL franchise began with a footnote in an April 2020 financial report.  —  The note revealed a $55 million credit line the team had taken …

Supreme Court weighs Biden student loan plan worth billions  —  1 of 3  —  The Supreme Court is taking up a partisan legal fight over President Joe Biden's plan to wipe away or reduce student loans held by millions of Americans.  The high court, with its 6-3 conservative majority …

DeSantis to Visit Early Primary States, Selling His Florida Record  —  It's not a presidential campaign (yet).  It's also not a book tour (though he has a new book to sell).  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida will make his debut appearances in three early presidential primary states …

The conservative battle against ‘woke’ banks is backfiring  —  States and cities fear that blacklisting financial giants for their climate policies will hurt their bottom line, because of reduced competition  —  Conservatives have long held that the government should avoid interfering with private business decisions.

Calling the Police: Lightfoot Needs A Lifeline  —  CHICAGO — In grave danger of becoming the first Chicago mayor defeated in 40 years, Lori Lightfoot stood before an audience of mostly her fellow Black women at a union hall here Saturday and issued a warning about the left-wing challenger who's threatening …

Feds Inadvertently Reveal They're Looking Into Trump's Shady ‘Recount’ Campaign  —  It started with a FOIA looking for answers about Trump's recount efforts.  It revealed that the FEC is looking into these questions itself. … When the Federal Elections Commission rejected a recent Freedom …

A bipartisan group of Senators is talking about raising the retirement age on Social Security  —  A bipartisan group led by Sens. Angus King, I-Maine, and Bill Cassidy, R-La. is considering gradually raising the retirement age to about 70 as part of their legislation to overhaul Social Security …

Fighting ‘Woke AI,’ Musk Recruits Team to Develop OpenAI Rival  —  Elon Musk has approached artificial intelligence researchers in recent weeks about forming a new research lab to develop an alternative to ChatGPT, the high-profile chatbot made by the startup OpenAI, according to two people …

National Poll: 71% of Democratic Voters Think Biden Should Be 2024 Nominee  —  Home Polls National Poll: 71% of Democratic Voters Think Biden Should Be 2024 Nominee  —  Trump Maintains Lead While DeSantis Makes Inroads In the Midwest & with Hispanics in GOP Primary

Josh Hawley's False Choice  —  For a guy who says we should do less for Ukraine and more for America's working people, he sure doesn't support policies that help the working people.  —  Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley has been trending, sadly, for presenting a false and dangerous choice …

Biden's new deficit hawk persona has some progressives feeling some bad deja vu  —  Joe Biden spent the last two years pursuing and enacting massive domestic programs meant to remake the U.S. economy.  But as he prepares a run for reelection, Biden is trying out a new economic persona: deficit hawk.

Opposition Parties in Nigeria Call for Election Rerun, Citing Vote Rigging  —  Two parties say that the presidential vote in Africa's biggest democracy was marred by fraud and violence, and they called for the head of the election commission to step down.  —  Nigeria's two major opposition parties …

Slotkin raises $1.2M on first day of Senate campaign  —  Washington ― U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin raised over $1.2 million on the first day of her campaign for U.S. Senate on Monday, her campaign said.  —  It's a significant show of support that the Lansing Democrat hopes will help propel …