We Can Prevent More Bank Failures  —  No one should be mistaken about what unfolded over the past few days in the U.S. banking system: These recent bank failures are the direct result of leaders in Washington weakening the financial rules.  —  In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis …

Trump has ‘no plans’ to participate in Manhattan grand jury probe, attorney says  —  Attorney Joe Tacopina spoke with George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America.  —  Former President Donald Trump has “no plans” to participate in a Manhattan grand jury investigation into a  —  hush money payment

The Incredible Tantrum Venture Capitalists Threw Over Silicon Valley Bank  —  If the technological innovation coming out of Silicon Valley is as important as venture capitalists insist, the past few days suggest they haven't been very responsible stewards of it.

An Ivermectin Influencer Died.  Now His Followers Are Worried About Their Own ‘Severe’ Symptoms.  —  Danny Lemoi took a daily dose of veterinary-grade ivermectin and told his thousands of followers to give the drug to children.  He died of a common side effect of the medication.

House Republicans Quietly Halt Inquiry Into Trump's Finances  —  G.O.P. leaders are declining to enforce a court-supervised settlement for Mazars, Donald J. Trump's former accounting firm, to turn over records in an investigation into whether he profited from the presidency.

Fox News braces for more turbulence as second defamation lawsuit advances  —  New York court greenlights $2.7bn suit against news channel by election company Smartmatic over 2020 presidential election lies  —  As Rupert Murdoch's Fox Corporation battles to contain the Dominion lawsuit scandal …

Inside Pence world's decision to go hard at Trump at the Gridiron  —  The Friday after Jan. 6, 2021, then-Vice President Mike Pence sat down for his daily devotions, thumbed his Bible to the New Testament and James 1:19, and read these words: “Be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.”

International Court to Open War Crimes Cases Against Russia, Officials Say  —  The cases before the International Criminal Court would accuse Russia of abducting Ukrainian children and of deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure.  —  The International Criminal Court intends to open …

Who Killed Silicon Valley Bank?  —  WSJ Opinion: What's Up-or Down-with the U.S. Economy?

The Supreme Court Just Keeps Deciding It Should Be Even More Powerful  —  Whatever conservative ethos of restraint there once was has vanished.  —  By its own maneuvering, the modern Supreme Court has made itself the most powerful branch of government.  Superior to Congress.  Superior to the president.

Michelle Yeoh is the first Asian woman to win best actress Oscar  —  For the first time in its 95-year history, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded the Oscar for best actress in a leading role to an Asian woman.  Michelle Yeoh accepted the Oscar for her role …

21 South Carolina GOP Lawmakers Propose Death Penalty for Women Who Have Abortions  —  It's not just a lone extremist: The bill has 21 co-sponsors in the state's House of Representatives … The “South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act of 2023” would amend the state's code of laws …

The Colorado GOP's Slow-Rolling MAGA Suicide  —  A MAGA lunatic who tried to legally add “Let's Go Brandon” to his name now leads a decaying state party.  —  It was the early hours of November 5, 1998, well past my bedtime on a school night.  Sister Sledge blared over the house speakers …

China's Xi to Speak to Zelensky, Meet Next Week With Putin  —  Virtual meeting between Chinese and Ukrainian leaders would be first since start of war  —  Watch: China's Xi Jinping Secures Unprecedented Third Term as President … SINGAPORE—Chinese leader Xi Jinping plans to speak …

Hate crimes in U.S. rose to highest-ever level in 2021, FBI says  —  The number represents the most since the federal government began tracking bias-motivated attacks in 1990.  —  Hate crimes in the United States rose in 2021 to the highest level since the federal government began tracking …

The New Crisis of Increasing All-Cause Mortality in US Children and Adolescents  —  Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH1; Elizabeth R. Wolf, MD, MPH2; Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH3,4  —  Although life expectancy in industrialized countries has lengthened over the past century, increases …

Plans to Build AirTrain to La Guardia Are Officially Scrapped  —  Ballooning costs help doom what had been a pet project of former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.  —  There will be no AirTrain to La Guardia Airport.  —  Gov. Kathy Hochul has abandoned plans to build a light-rail link to La Guardia …

Woody Guthrie's family tells Josh Hawley ‘This Land Is Your Land’ not for use by ‘insurrectionists’  —  The family of the author of “This Land Is Your Land” has called on Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) to stop using the song's lyrics.  —  The Kansas City Star reported Nora Guthrie …

Let's Talk Barbara Walters  —  Seventeen leading broadcasters on her legacy and making their way in the world she made.  Barbara Walters died on December 30 at the age of 93 during a low ebb in the news cycle.  Her home of 50 years, ABC News, pressed PLAY on a two-hour prime-time special …

Why Fox's Call on Arizona, Which Was Right, Was Still Wrong  —  It was more a risky guess than a sound decision, and easily could have led to a missed call.  —  If you're a subscriber to this newsletter, I'd guess you'd be interested in my colleague Peter Baker's article about the drama …

White House condemns Pence's homophobic, misogynistic comments  —  Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said former vice president ‘should apologize’  —  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key)  —  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre issued …

Retreat in Rodanthe  —  Along three blocks in a North Carolina beach town, severe erosion is upending life, forcing hard choices and offering a glimpse of the dilemmas other coastal communities will face  —  RODANTHE, N.C. — Early last year, a house crumbled into the sea …