Former Trump lawyer admits post-election misrepresentations  —  One of Donald Trump's high-profile lawyers pushed his post-election lies.  She's now acknowledged that many of her claims simply weren't true.  —  As recently as 2016, Jenna Ellis was not a Donald Trump admirer.

Biden's Budget Would Cut Deficits by $3 Trillion Over 10 Years, Raise Taxes on Businesses  —  Proposal will kick off talks on government spending with Republicans  —  WASHINGTON—President Biden will outline a plan to reduce federal budget deficits by nearly $3 trillion over the next decade …

Fox News Journalists Sound Off on ‘Soul-Crushing’ Dominion Filings  —  “It's just a really bad time to be working here,” one news producer told The Daily Beast in the wake of bombshell legal filings on the network's inner machinations. … “I think no regular person could read this and look …

Inside the “Private and Confidential” Conservative Group That Promises to “Crush Liberal Dominance”  —  A few months ago, Leonard Leo laid out his next audacious project.  Ever since the longtime Federalist Society leader helped create a conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court …

Republicans launch an investigation into the Jan. 6 committee that examined the riot  —  WASHINGTON — A Republican-controlled House committee launched an inquiry Wednesday into the Democratic-controlled Jan. 6 committee, which a staff member said will review whether pertinent information …

The fear and fury of these Florida parents  —  The state has introduced new laws that affect nearly every stage of parenting.  Some families are choosing between fight and flight.  —  One afternoon a few weeks ago, Alicea Hotchkiss's 14-year-old son, Eli, came home from his high school …

Jaded with education, more Americans are skipping college  —  When he looked to the future, Grayson Hart always saw a college degree.  He was a good student at a good high school.  He wanted to be an actor, or maybe a teacher.  Growing up, he believed college was the only route to a good job, stability and a happy life.

Exclusive: Trump publishing private letters from Oprah, other celebrities  —  Former President Trump, in a new book, plans to reveal 150 private letters sent to him — including one from Oprah Winfrey in 2000 in which she says: “Too bad we're not running for office.  What a team!”

How Biden Is Shaping the 2024 Battlefield  —  President Joe Biden is following a strategy of asymmetrical warfare as the 2024 presidential race takes shape.  —  Through the early maneuvering, the leading Republican candidates, particularly former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis …

A Startling Document Predicted Jan. 6.  Democrats Are Missing Its Other Warnings.  —  Weeks before the 2020 election, a secret 87-page document outlined in matter-of-fact language the threat posed by Donald Trump's still-to-come campaign of election denial.

Newly Empowered Michigan Democrats Move on Labor, Gay Rights and Guns  —  Despite Republican objections, the Michigan House of Representatives voted to repeal a right-to-work law, codify L.G.B.T.Q. rights and expand gun background checks.  —  LANSING, Mich. — Democrats in Michigan pressed ahead …

Dafna Linzer abruptly steps down as Politico's executive editor  —  The award-winning journalist had clashed with another top executive amid a new corporate owner's plans for global expansion.  —  Dafna Linzer is leaving her role as executive editor of Politico a year after she took the job.

Mitch McConnell hospitalized after falling at hotel  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been hospitalized following a fall at a hotel in Washington, his spokesperson said late Wednesday.  —  The 81-year-old Senator was attending a private dinner at a local hotel when he tripped …

Putin Is Losing His Ex-Soviet Backyard  —  Signs of President Vladimir Putin's waning power in what the Kremlin calls its “near abroad” of former Soviet republics are visible all around Russia's borders.  —  Georgia offers the latest evidence after the ruling party today abandoned controversial …

Anti-LGBTQ Tennessee Lt. Gov. McNally Comments On Racy Instagram Pics of Young Gay Male  —  UPDATE TO THIS STORY: Lt. Governor Randy Mcnally has issued a statement blaming us for calling out his hypocrisy - but, importantly, not denying he's the one who made these comments, not claiming he was hacked, and not blaming an underling.

Anthony Fauci hid the truth about COVID, until now  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci had every reason to cover up the truth.  Documents show he played a vital role in funneling through a third party roughly $600,000 in taxpayer money to the Wuhan laboratory in China where the deadly COVID virus may well have leaked.

Cloistered at Walter Reed, Fetterman Runs His Senate Operation From Afar  —  A dozen miles from the Capitol, the first-term Democrat from Pennsylvania is keeping up with his work while being treated for severe clinical depression.  —  WASHINGTON — In a cheerfully decorated common room …

Jan. 6 rioters trashed a GOP senator's office, and he hasn't acknowledged it  —  WASHINGTON — Two years ago, a mob of rioters who believed former President Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election viciously assaulted police, smashed out widows, stormed into an office …

Special Counsel Set to Ask Judge to Reject Trump's Privilege Claims in Mar-a-Lago Probe  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge is set to hear arguments Thursday over special counsel Jack Smith's push to extract more grand-jury testimony from a lawyer for Donald Trump, according to people familiar …

WWE in talks with state gambling regulators to legalize betting on scripted match results  — WWE has held discussions with state gambling regulators in Colorado and Michigan to legalize betting on scripted match results, sources said.  — WWE is working with EY, commonly known as Ernst & Young …

To see Russia's secret antiwar art: Meet at a bus stop.  At dark.  Phones off.  —  ST. PETERSBURG — The meeting place to visit the exhibition is an anonymous bus stop opposite a snowy park in the northern Russian city of St. Petersburg at nightfall.  There are no tickets and no website promoting …

Georgia Plans to Withdraw Foreign Agents Bill After Protests  —  Opposition lawmakers had said the legislation mimicked a similar one in Russia that has been used to clamp down on dissent.  —  Facing mounting pressure from protesters, Georgia's governing party said in a statement on Thursday …

6-year-old who shot teacher won't face charges, prosecutor says  —  The city prosecutor in Newport News, Virginia, said Wednesday that he would not seek charges against the 6-year-old boy who shot his elementary school teacher in January but has yet to decide whether any adults associated with the case could be held criminally liable.

Cori Bush's Bodyguard Says He Can't Be Anti-Semitic Because He's a Jewish High Priest … Rep. Cori Bush's (D., Mo,) bodyguard claims a host of supernatural abilities, including the power to summon tornadoes and read minds.  During a Tuesday evening interview with the Washington Free Beacon …

Senate votes to reject D.C. criminal code bill  —  Congress on Wednesday voted to overturn local D.C. legislation for the first time in more than 30 years, as some Senate Democrats joined Republicans in blocking a major overhaul of the city's criminal sentencing laws.  —  Fast, informative and written just for locals.