Previously Secret Memo Laid Out Strategy for Trump to Overturn Biden's Win  —  The House Jan. 6 committee's investigation did not uncover the memo, whose existence first came to light in last week's indictment.  —  A lawyer allied with President Donald J. Trump first laid out a plot …

Ohio Voters Reject Constitutional Change Intended to Thwart Abortion Amendment  —  The contest was seen as a test of efforts by Republicans nationwide to curb voters' use of ballot initiatives.  —  Ohio voters rejected a bid to make it harder to amend the State Constitution on Tuesday …

DeSantis Suspends Second Elected Prosecutor in Florida  —  The Republican governor accused Monique H. Worrell, the state attorney in Orlando and a Democrat, of leniency against violent criminals, a charge her office has denied.  —  Reporting from Florida  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida suspended …

Senator Dianne Feinstein Taken to Hospital After Tripping, Falling in San Francisco  —  EXCLUSIVE  — 446 … 7:30 AM PT — Senator Dianne Feinstein's office released this statement ... “Senator Feinstein briefly went to the hospital yesterday afternoon as a precaution after a minor fall in her home.

Much of historic Lahaina town believed destroyed as huge wildfire sends people fleeing into water  —  LAHAINA (HawaiiNewsNow) - Eyewitnesses described an apocalyptic scene Tuesday in Lahaina town, where residents were forced to jump into the harbor waters to avoid fast-moving flames …

The Churchillian Case Against a Trump Pardon  —  TL;DR: JVL in yesterday's Triad: Trump Pardon, Maybe.  CJS in today's Morning Shots: No f'ing way.  —  Happy Wednesday.  —  JVL makes what he describes as “The Keynesian Case for Pardoning Trump,” based on his reading of an intellectual biography of the legendary John Maynard Keynes.

Ex-federal judge and prominent conservative: ‘There is no Republican Party’  —  J. Michael Luttig, a conservative retired federal judge and key adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence, declared on Wednesday that “there is no Republican Party” and said former President Donald Trump …

Comer Releases Third Bank Memo Detailing Payments to the Bidens from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine  —  WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today released a third bank records memorandum detailing new information obtained …

Arizona Republicans Don't Want to Hear About the Deadly Heat Wave  —  GOP lawmakers are brushing off the extreme heat — and any suggestion of climate change.  —  PHOENIX —  When Arizona lawmakers returned to the state Capitol here earlier this month, they started their day with a prayer to ease the scorching heat.

Vulnerable Republicans aren't sold on impeaching Biden  —  They have mixed feelings about whether to launch a formal inquiry, but they broadly agree the GOP doesn't have enough evidence to impeach him.  Their votes will be decisive.  —  WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces unease within …

Biden says he has ‘practically’ declared a climate emergency  —  President Biden in a new interview says he has ‘in practice’ declared a national climate emergency, though he has not actually announced such a declaration.  —  A national emergency declaration on climate change is a specific tool …

American woman, child freed after being kidnapped in Haiti last month  —  Alix Dorsainvil was kidnapped from the ministry where she worked.  —  American woman Alix Dorsainvil and her young child have been freed and are safe after being kidnapped in Haiti roughly two weeks ago …

This family is moving to Italy because they've had enough of the US  —  As dozens of Italian towns sell off old houses on the cheap, foreigners who rush to grab one are often in search of a year-round sunshine spot, a vacation retreat, or just to live their Italian dream.

Smartmatic accuses Rudy Giuliani of ‘dog ate my homework’-style excuses to avoid turning over documents in defamation suit  —  The voting technology company Smartmatic blasted Rudy Giuliani in court filings Monday night, accusing him of fabricating “excuse after excuse” to avoid turning …

U.S.-Saudi Deal Sets Path to Normalize Ties With Israel  —  Officials are now hammering out the details of a deal they hope to cement in the next nine-to-12 months, though many obstacles remain  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. and Saudi Arabia have agreed on the broad contours of a deal for Saudi Arabia …