Fox Has a Secret ‘Oppo File’ to Keep Tucker Carlson in Check, Sources Say  —  Eight sources tell Rolling Stone that the network's top brass has been stockpiling information on the departing primetime host … When Fox announced Carlson's departure on Monday, the network presented the separation as amiable.

The analyst who saw through 2022's red mirage has a prediction for Biden 2024  —  Throughout the 2022 elections, Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg offered up a counterintuitive diagnosis: Confident GOP predictions of a “red wave” weren't just wrong, they were designed to deenergize Democratic voters with “negative sentiment.”

Taliban Kill Head of ISIS Cell That Bombed Kabul Airport  —  Thirteen U.S. service members and scores of Afghan civilians died in the bombing as the United States was evacuating in August 2021.  —  WASHINGTON — The Taliban have killed the leader of the Islamic State cell responsible …

Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property  —  The Supreme Court justice did not report the identity of the purchaser, whose firm has had numerous cases before the court.  —  For nearly two years beginning in 2015, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch sought a buyer for a 40-acre tract of property he co-owned in rural Granby, Colo.

Clarence Thomas Billionaire Benefactor Harlan Crow Bought Citizenship in Island Tax Haven … In partnership with  —  Harlan Crow, the billionaire GOP donor who paid for luxury travel on his private jet and yacht for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was a dual citizen of the U.S …

Woman with Cancerous Pregnancy Was Told to Wait in Parking Lot Until She Was ‘Crashing’  —  “We can't touch you unless you're crashing in front of us or your blood pressure goes so high that you're fixing to have a heart attack,” she says she was told.  —  Jaci Statton, a 25-year-old mother …

Nate Silver Out at ABC News as Disney Layoffs Once Again Hit News Division  —  ABC News is expected to retain the FiveThirtyEight brand, with plans to streamline the data-driven site.  —  The second round of Disney layoffs once again hit ABC News on Tuesday, with Nate Silver's data-driven politics …

Ron DeSantis calls for cease fire in Ukraine … A.G. Gancarski  —  A.G. Gancarski has written for FloridaPolitics.com since 2014.  He is based in Northeast Florida.  He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski

‘Good riddance’: Pentagon officials cheer Tucker Carlson's ouster  —  The former Fox host ridiculed top DoD leaders over Biden-era policies.  —  From maternity flight suits to diversity policies to Ukraine aid, the military was a favorite punching bag for Tucker Carlson.

McCarthy runs into a wall of corn … - It only takes five GOP “no” votes to tank the bill.  — The group includes all four Iowa House Republicans, plus at least four more members from the corn belt, Axios has learned.  — McCarthy is meeting with this group on Tuesday evening …

Proud Boys leader: Trump caused Jan. 6 attack  —  A lawyer for Enrique Tarrio told jurors that prosecutors are using him as a “scapegoat” for the former president.  —  Former Proud Boys national chair Enrique Tarrio — the man prosecutors have portrayed as the ringleader of the Jan. 6 attack …

No end in sight to Senate fight over military nominations  —  Nearly 200 military nominees remain in limbo before the Senate with no clear end in sight as a Republican senator continues his protest over Defense Department's abortion access policies.  —  Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala. …

A Test of the News  —  Objectivity, democracy, and the American mosaic  —  We find ourselves in a perilous moment.  Democracy is under withering assault.  Technological advances have empowered propagandists to profit through discontent and disinformation.

E. Jean Carroll v. Donald Trump: Trials are unpredictable, but here's the roadmap for this one  —  As a trial begins in writer E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit against former president Donald Trump, the United States contemplates the startling possibility that a federal jury may declare …

The Tucker Realignment  —  Across Donald Trump's presidency and immediately afterward there was a lot of talk about realignment.  Everyone could see that the Republican coalition was becoming more working-class and the Democratic coalition more dominated by upper-class professionals.

America's Death Trap  —  Why the life-expectancy rate in the United States is falling behind that in other rich countries  —  Compared with its wealthy peer nations, the United States is failing the most basic test of a civilization: keeping its denizens alive.

Ex-Tucker Producer Suing Fox News Has NINETY Recordings From the Network  —  Nicolle Wallace interviewed Abby Grossberg, the former booker for Tucker Carlson Tonight who is Fox News for discrimination, on her MSNBC show on Tuesday.  —  The lengthy interview covered everything …

A 13-year-old boy was groomed publicly on Twitter and kidnapped, despite numerous chances to stop it  —  The abduction came after a series of missed opportunities where Twitter and law enforcement failed to effectively intervene.  —  The 13-year-old Utah boy hung out in the typical online spaces …

Colorado To Become 1st State To Pass ‘Right To Repair’ For Farmers  —  The law follows a nationwide outcry from farmers that manufacturers prevent them from fixing their own machines when they break down.  —  Colorado is set to become the first state to ensure farmers can fix their own machines …