Tucker Carlson said he hates Trump ‘passionately’, Fox lawsuit documents show … Among the documents released Tuesday as part of the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems was an email from Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch to Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott …

‘Just a lie’: Senate Republicans blast Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 narrative  —  Speaker McCarthy, meanwhile, said he didn't regret allowing Carlson exclusive access to security footage and claimed it as a victory for transparency  —  Senate Republicans blasted Fox News on Tuesday for airing …

Capitol Police chief blasts Tucker Carlson over ‘misleading’ Jan. 6 footage  —  Video aired by Carlson showed “QAnon shaman” Jacob Chansley accompanied by police, but not violence on the day rioters stormed the Capitol  —  After watching the first installment of Fox News host Tucker Carlson's look …

F.T.C. Intensifies Investigation of Twitter's Privacy Practices  —  The commission is seeking an interview with Elon Musk, who has made major cuts at the company since acquiring it last year.  —  The Federal Trade Commission is intensifying an investigation into Twitter's data and privacy practices …

Biden FCC nominee withdraws, following bruising lobbying battle  —  Gigi Sohn notified the White House she would drop out after her nomination stalled for 16 months, amid industry opposition  —  Biden's pick to serve as a telecommunications regulator is withdrawing her nomination …

Zelensky invites House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to visit Ukraine  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is inviting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to visit Ukraine to see the situation on the ground first hand - an invitation that comes as the Republican Party faces a divide over whether …

Biden Is Set to Detail at Least $2 Trillion in Measures to Reduce Deficits  —  The president's proposals, included in the budget he will release on Thursday, are expected to heavily feature tax increases on corporations and high earners.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden on Thursday …

Kyle Rittenhouse, the MAGA Star That Wasn't  —  Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.  —  Modern conservatives love to own the libs by supporting people who claim they've been “canceled.”

TikTok Asks Creators to Help Win Over Lawmakers  —  TikTok sent a message to some creators this week inviting them to join top company executives in Washington D.C. in late March as the ByteDance-owned company continues to fight calls for a ban of the app in the U.S.

Available evidence still points to covid originating from spillover  —  Angela Rasmussen is a virologist and principal research scientist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan.  Saskia Popescu is an infectious-disease epidemiologist …

A new nuclear reactor in the U.S. starts up.  It's the first in nearly seven years  — On Monday, Georgia Power announced that the Vogtle nuclear reactor Unit 3 has started a nuclear reaction inside the nuclear reactor.  Technically, this is called “initial criticality” …

Is a Democrat really the favorite in the Kentucky governor race?  —  Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is entering his reelection contest in a rare position for a red state Democrat: the frontrunner.  —  It is a remarkable chain of events for Beshear, the son of a popular former governor who upset …

Washington teeters on the brink of a Cold War over Social Security  —  Congress, whose members struggle to accomplish simple tasks like funding the government and raising the debt ceiling, is suddenly talking about changes to Medicare and Social Security.  —  There's plenty of reasons …

Intelligence officials suspect Ukraine partisans behind Nord Stream bombings, rattling Kyiv's allies  —  A senior Western security official said an investigation had uncovered evidence that pro-Ukraine entities had discussed the possibility of carrying out an attack on the pipelines

Twitter just let its privacy- and security-protecting Tor service expire … Twitter has allowed the certificate for its Tor onion site to expire, effectively killing off a privacy- and speech-protecting service that it introduced last year.  Visiting the Tor-specific onion site address …

China likely to be focus of worldwide threats in congressional hearing  —  The actions and intentions of the Chinese government are likely to be a central focus when top U.S. intelligence leaders testify on global security threats this week, as questions linger about Beijing's potential plan …

House GOP Chairman Calls It ‘A Mistake’ That Trump Didn't Bomb Meth Labs In Mexico  —  Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) appears to be the only House Republican wishing we had launched a military attack on a longtime U.S. ally.  —  The House Republican chairman with oversight of border issues …

Trump, Vowing ‘Retribution,’ Foretells a Second Term of Spite  —  In a speech before his supporters, the former president charged forward in an uncharted direction, talking openly about leveraging the power of the presidency for political reprisals.  —  Donald J. Trump has for decades trafficked …

NYC Mayor Eric Adams is telling stores to have customers remove their face masks  —  Worries about the safety of New York City's deli clerks and bodega workers have Mayor Eric Adams making an unusual request: Members of the public should lower their face masks to reassure store workers they're not criminals …

Mississippi Senate OKs bill affecting majority-Black city  —  The majority-white and Republican-led Mississippi Senate voted Tuesday to pass its version of a bill that would allow an expanded role for state police and appointed judges inside the majority-Black capital city of Jackson, which is led by Democrats.