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 …

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 …

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 …

The Topic Biden Keeps Dodging  —  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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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!”

Catholic group spent millions on app data that tracked gay priests  —  A group of philanthropists poured money into a Denver nonprofit that obtained dating and hookup app data and shared it with bishops around the country, a Post investigation has found  —  A group of conservative Colorado Catholics …

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.

The Government Does a Bad Job Assessing Toxic Exposures  —  The history of the captured federal agencies that reassure the public after chemical disasters should give East Palestine residents pause.  —  Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan speaks at a press conference in East Palestine, Ohio, February 28, 2023.

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 …

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 …

Why Poverty Persists in America  —  A Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist offers a new explanation for an intractable problem.  —  In the past 50 years, scientists have mapped the entire human genome and eradicated smallpox.  Here in the United States, infant-mortality rates and deaths …

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 …

Video offers rare glimpse of police enforcing Arizona's election laws  —  As observers gathered at a suburban drop box during the midterm election, body-camera footage shows law enforcement explaining and enforcing election laws  —  PHOENIX — As activists staked out a suburban ballot drop box last year …

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 …