Nashville private school shooting suspect had maps of building and scouted possible second attack location, police say  —  A shooter who killed three 9-year-old students and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville Monday had maps of the school …

GOP Senators Break With Trump Over ‘Offensive’ Jan. 6 Tribute At Texas Rally  —  “What happened on that day was as close to an attempted insurrection as we've seen in a very long time,” Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said.  —  WASHINGTON ― Former President Donald Trump's extraordinary tribute …

Netanyahu Delays Bid to Overhaul Israel's Judiciary as Protests Rage  —  The Israeli prime minister called for dialogue as civil unrest and work stoppages reached a crisis point, grinding the country to a halt.  —  JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he was delaying …

The secret list of Twitter VIPs getting boosted over everyone else  —  Congratulations to Ben Shapiro, AOC, and ... LeBron?  —  Last week, Twitter began notifying users who were verified under the company's previous regime that their blue check marks will be taken away unless they become paid subscribers for $8 a month.

The IRS Makes a Strange House Call on Matt Taibbi  —  An agent shows up at the home of the Twitter files journalist who testified before Congress.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Democrats are denouncing the House GOP investigation into the weaponization of government, but maybe that's because Republicans are getting somewhere.

DeSantis Doubts, A.O.C.'s Strategy & Pompeo Whereabouts  —  An unapologetic insider conversation about the storylines fixating Washington this week, from the TikTok circle jerk to the pre-primary consolidation of the '24 field.  —  Republicans and Democrats don't see eye to eye on much …

We Spoke To The Guy Who Created The Viral AI Image Of The Pope That Fooled The World  —  “I just thought it was funny to see the Pope in a funny jacket,” he told BuzzFeed News.  —  Over the weekend, a photo of Pope Francis looking dapper in a white puffer jacket went mega-viral on social media.

NY Times Fires Off Warning to Staffers After Trans Coverage Brouhaha  —  Confider reveals this week that Times brass have hauled the staffers who signed an open letter criticizing the paper into “tongue-lashing” sessions and sent them a warning memo. … The New York Times has left …

This 40-year veteran lawmaker shows top Democrats one eye-popping chart revealing her party's problem winning over the working class  — Democrat Rep. Marcy Kaptur is concerned that her party is losing touch with working-class voters.  — She made a chart showing Democrats overwhelmingly represent …

Professor Suggests Murder as Alternative to Shouting Down Speakers  —  An English professor at Wayne State University apparently had an overheated reaction to the fiasco at Stanford Law School.  He thought the protesters did not go far enough, and he took to Facebook to say so.

FBI Releases Files on Ivana Trump  —  Documents show ‘preliminary inquiry’ was recommended in 1989 Donald Trump's first wife, Ivana, was under an FBI counterintelligence inquiry into allegations about her connections in her home country of Czechoslovakia in the 1990s, according to excerpts from her FBI file obtained by Bloomberg News.

Texas judge rules against immediate relief for students facing drag show ban  —  Citing a procedural rule but giving no further explanation, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk holds off on granting relief to students whose university president banned a charity drag show.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul says staff member ‘brutally attacked,’ sustained ‘life-threatening’ injuries  —  A suspect has been arrested, according to a DC Metropolitan Police report  —  The office of Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul confirmed Monday that a member of his staff was …

The gun that divides a nation … The AR-15 wasn't supposed to be a bestseller.  —  The rugged, powerful weapon was originally designed as a soldiers' rifle in the late 1950s.  “An outstanding weapon with phenomenal lethality,” an internal Pentagon report raved.