Trump Has a Master Plan for Destroying the ‘Deep State’  —  I study government bureaucracies.  This is not normally a key political issue.  Right now, it is, and everyone should be paying attention.  —  Donald Trump, the former president and current candidate, puts it in apocalyptic terms …

Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers  —  There was nothing in Drew Ortiz's author biography at Sports Illustrated to suggest that he was anything other than human.  —  “Drew has spent much of his life outdoors, and is excited to guide you through his never-ending list …

Man pleads not guilty in shooting of 3 Palestinian American students in Vermont  —  The man accused of shooting three Palestinian American students in Vermont pleaded not guilty to charges at an arraignment hearing Monday.  —  Jason Eaton, 48, appeared in court virtually …

Expelling George Santos: Democrats May Force GOP's Hand  —  Democrats may make the first move if Santos doesn't resign, or if GOP leaders don't act  —  As GOP leaders agonize over how to handle disgraced Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., whose expulsion from Congress seemed inevitable last week, Democrats have a plan to force action.

Word of the Year 2023  —  ‘Authentic,’ plus ‘rizz,’ ‘deepfake,’ ‘coronation,’ and other words that defined the year  —  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2023 is authentic—the term for something we're thinking about, writing about, aspiring to, and judging more than ever.

‘Stop the price-gouging’: Biden hits corporations over high consumer costs  — President Joe Biden took aim at corporations for charging prices he said were artificially high.  — “Any corporation that has not brought their prices back down, even as inflation has come down …

Donations to GOP drop as worries mount about the party's finances  —  Donors have not cut as many large checks to the RNC in recent years, and the party's small-dollar program has also suffered  —  The Republican Party's finances are increasingly worrisome to party members …

Biden campaign jumps into ObamaCare fight  —  The Big Story  —  President Biden's reelection campaign is enthusiastically jumping into a fight with former President Trump over the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare.  —  © Greg Nash, The Hill

Trump Rallies Aren't Even Really About Politics at This Point  —  Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley have partisans.  Donald Trump has fans.  —  For all of Donald Trump's rhetorical innovations, personality quirks, and alleged criminal malfeasance, what has made him truly unique as a political figure …

Matt Gaetz is 2023's ‘Politician of the Year’  —  Two numbers define the last year in politics.  The first is 15, for the 15 votes it took in January to confirm a Republican Speaker of the House.  The second is three, for when the House shut down in October for three weeks …

Just How Bad Is the US Cost-of-Living Squeeze?  We Did the Math  —  After years of inflation, US consumers are shouldering a burden unlike anything seen in decades — even as the pace of price increases has slowed.  —  It now requires $119.27 to buy the same goods and services a family could afford with $100 before the pandemic.

Texas Gov. Abbott goes skydiving with 106-year-old  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) just checked an item off his bucket list: going skydiving with a 106-year-old World War II veteran.  —  The Texas Tribune reported Monday that the governor traveled to an area near San Marcos to go skydiving with Al Blaschke …

Speaker Johnson says he's ‘confident’ Ukraine, Israel aid will pass House  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he is “confident and optimistic” that Congress can push through supplemental funding for both Israel and Ukraine — but did not commit to tying the two together …

Jonathan Braun, the drug smuggler Trump pardoned, once flew to California to beat an associate with a belt, prosecutors alleged  — A drug smuggler pardoned by Trump was accused of “viciously” beating a younger employee with a belt.  — Braun's “brutal assault left the 'kid's' entire body ‘black and blue,’” prosecutors alleged.

Why Biden's Weakness Among Young Voters Should Be Taken Seriously  —  Almost all the polling shows the same pattern.  Could the coming campaign restore Democrats' usual advantage?  —  Could President Biden and Donald J. Trump really be locked in a close race among young voters …

How Christie dropping out could help Haley  —  Yes, polls suggest his supporters would largely move to her.  But it's probably helpful only in one state, and it's not nearly enough.  —  A battery of recent New Hampshire polls has shown Nikki Haley and Chris Christie running second and third …

Two women arrested in NYC attack on Jewish victim who confronted them for tearing down hostage posters: cops  —  Two women have been slapped with hate crime charges for allegedly attacking a Jewish person who confronted them on the Upper West Side for tearing down posters of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas, cops said Monday.