First on CNN: Federal prosecutors file new criminal case against Hunter Biden  —  Federal prosecutors have filed a new criminal case against Hunter Biden, people briefed on the matter said.  —  The exact nature of the charges couldn't immediately be learned because court documents have not been made public.

UPenn board chair expected to speak with president Liz Magill about stepping down  —  New York CNN —  The University of Pennsylvania's board of trustees held an emergency meeting Thursday as school president Liz Magill faces scathing criticism over her performance at a House hearing earlier this week.

Where Are All the Anti-Trump Republicans?  —  A vast array of GOP power brokers detest and disdain the former president.  So why are they keeping so quiet?  —  Here's a portrait of how Donald Trump reclaims power.  —  At a Hoover Institution conference here last week …

Bystanders Stop Woman Torching Martin Luther King Jr.'s Atlanta Birth Home  —  She had already poured gasoline on the property when people intervened, police said.  —  Off-duty police officers and tourists on Thursday helped to stop a woman setting fire to the house where Martin Luther King Jr …

North Dakota senator's son charged with manslaughter after officer killed in police chase  —  Sen. Kevin Cramer's son, Ian Cramer, was charged in connection with a police chase on Wednesday that led to the death of a sheriff's deputy in Mercer County, North Dakota.

Alan Hostetter, ex-police chief who brought hatchet to Capitol on Jan. 6, sentenced to 11 years in prison  —  A former California police chief who brought a hatchet to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for his role in the siege.

Exclusive: Pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro cooperating in multiple state probes into 2020 fake electors plot  —  The pro-Trump lawyer who helped devise the 2020 fake electors plot and already pleaded guilty to the conspiracy in Georgia is now cooperating with Michigan and Wisconsin state investigators …

GOP lawmaker: Ousted aides targeted my daughter for OnlyFans account  —  Rep. Brandon Williams, who represents a battleground seat, says his altercation stemmed from a threat to expose his daughter's OnlyFans account.  —  A Republican member of Congress is alleging that a former top aide spearheaded a …

Texas progressive group previously bailed out suspect charged in deadly Austin, San Antonio shooting rampage  —  Shane James, 34, previously served as a U.S. Army infantry officer before he was discharged in August 2015, the Army said  —  A suspect accused of six murders across Texas during …

Albany Police: Man fired gun outside Temple Israel, told officers ‘Free Palestine’  —  One person investigated for shooting at Temple Israel  —  One person investigated for shooting at Temple Israel  —  A 28-year-old man is accused of firing shots on the grounds of Temple Israel and yelling “Free Palestine” before he was arrested.

N.Y. appeals court upholds Judge Engoron's ruling that Trump committed ‘widespread fraud’  —  Former President Donald Trump was dealt a major blow by the New York Court of Appeals on Thursday in the midst of his ongoing civil fraud trial in the Empire State.

Putin tells soldiers: I will run for president again in 2024  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday told soldiers who had fought in the Ukraine war that he would run for president again in the 2024 election, a move that will allow the former KGB spy to stay in power until at least 2030.

Police have recovered video of Florida GOP chair and alleged victim in rape investigation  —  Disclaimer: This story contains explicit sexual content and details involving an alleged sexual assault.  —  Sarasota police have recovered a cell phone video taken by Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler …

Why Fundamentalists Love Trump  —  I just finished reading Tim Alberta's masterly new book, “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism.”  It's a powerful and emotionally resonant account of the transformation in evangelical politics that has brought us …

White Supremacists Are Celebrating Vivek Ramaswamy's ‘Great Replacement’ Rant  —  Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy boosted multiple far-right conspiracy theories during the GOP debate on Wednesday night, in a dangerous mainstreaming of once-fringe claims.

Democrats eye Montana abortion ballot measure to boost Tester  —  Democrat-aligned groups are working to put a state constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights on Montana's ballot next year, a move that would boost embattled Democratic Sen. Jon Tester's re-election bid.