Prosecutors Ask Witnesses Whether Trump Acknowledged He Lost 2020 Race  —  Jared Kushner was questioned before a federal grand jury as prosecutors appeared to be trying to establish if the former president knew his efforts to stay in power were built on a lie.

Not just cocaine: Secret Service reveals another banned substance was found in Biden's White House … The Secret Service found marijuana twice in the White House in 2022, long before cocaine was located in the West Wing.  —  The Secret Service revealed the information to members …

Majority of Republicans vote down Greene, Gaetz Ukraine bills  —  Five House Republican-backed initiatives to curtail aid to Ukraine using the annual Pentagon policy bill were shot down Thursday afternoon in votes that saw a consensus from both sides of the aisle to keep money flowing to Kyiv.

Actors say Hollywood studios want their AI replicas — for free, forever … During today's press conference in which Hollywood actors confirmed that they were going on strike, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA's chief negotiator, revealed a proposal from Hollywood studios that sounds ripped right out of a Black Mirror episode.

Trump reveals new details about $1 billion in earnings in revised filing  —  In a revision to an earlier filing, the Republican presidential hopeful showed specific income from foreign ventures, speaking fees and real estate  —  Former president Donald Trump disclosed new details …

House Ethics Committee reaching out to witnesses in revived Matt Gaetz probe  —  Investigators from the House Ethics Committee have begun reaching out to witnesses as part of a recently revived investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, focused on allegations that he may have engaged in sexual misconduct …

Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 121 and 12304 of title 10, United States Code …

Trump Super PAC Made $155,000 Payment to Melania Trump in 2021  —  The money was listed as pay for a “speaking engagement” by Ms. Trump in a new personal financial disclosure by her husband.  —  A super PAC aligned with former President Donald J. Trump paid Melania Trump $155,000 in late 2021 …

WATCH: GOP Congressman Goes on Wild ‘Colored People’ Rant on House Floor  —  “My amendment has nothing to do with whether or not colored people, or Black people, or anyone can serve, okay?”  Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) said.  —  Congressional newbie Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) got called out on the House floor …

Hunter Biden's lawyer sends cease-and-desist letter to Trump over social media posts  —  A lawyer for Hunter Biden said his client could be harmed by Trump's rhetoric.  —  LIVE  —  An attorney for Hunter Biden sent a cease-and-desist letter on Thursday to former President Donald Trump's legal team …

Confidential Ron DeSantis campaign memo reassures donors amid stumbles  —  In a confidential strategy memo obtained by NBC News, DeSantis' campaign says it will stay focused on the early states and not yet make investments in Super Tuesday battlegrounds.  —  Ron DeSantis is trying …

Leaked audio of Marianne Williamson volunteer staff call reveals a bleak state of her campaign  —  A two-hour long zoom meeting ranged from accusations to therapy.  —  Longshot Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson privately warned volunteers that her campaign was desperate …

World Health Organization releases reports on artificial sweetener aspartame and cancer risk  —  The U.S. FDA said it did not agree with the cancer research group's conclusions that linked aspartame to cancer.  —  Is aspartame safe?  —  The World Health Organization's cancer research group …

Close to 100,000 Voter Registrations Were Challenged in Georgia — Almost All by Just Six Right-Wing Activists  —  On March 15, 2022, an email appeared in the inbox of the election director of Forsyth County, Georgia, with the subject line “Challenge of Elector's Eligibility.”

New York Is Ordered by Appeals Court to Redraw House Map  —  The decision, if upheld, could allow Democrats to shift as many as six G.O.P.-held seats in their direction.  Republicans vowed to appeal.  —  The Latest  —  A New York appeals court on Thursday ordered the state's congressional map …

California replaces textbooks canceled by far-right board  —  Newsom's announcement is the latest development in a feud between state Democrats and a conservative school board.  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Southern California school district will receive social studies books from the state …

Kavanaugh: No warring camps at Supreme Court  —  The Trump-appointed justice insisted that the court is not divided along partisan lines, despite a flurry of major polarized decisions.  —  BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Justice Brett Kavanaugh pushed back Thursday against perceptions …

Australia's central bank loses chief to public ire over rates  —  The head of Australia's central bank suffered an early end to his 43-year career on Friday as past missteps in pandemic policy so tested public trust in the institution that the government felt compelled to drop him.

F.D.A. Approves First U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill  —  The price of the pill, which has not been announced, will determine how affordable it will be when it becomes available in early 2024.  —  Pam Belluck has covered reproductive health for more than a decade.