We Were Told Biden Is Secretly Running the DOJ.  Why Is His Son Being Charged? … It has long been an article of faith on the right that Attorney General Merrick Garland is prosecuting Donald Trump because President Biden wants him to.  Even the Trump-skeptical corners …

Israel Begins Pumping Seawater Into Hamas's Gaza Tunnels  —  Early effort to flood tunnels is one of several techniques aimed at destroying network that underpins Hamas's operations  —  Israel's military has begun pumping seawater into Hamas's vast complex of tunnels in Gaza …

Tesla to Recall More Than Two Million Vehicles Over Autopilot Safety Concerns  —  Move follows two-year investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration  —  Tesla will recall more than two million vehicles over concerns over its Autopilot system, following a two-year probe …

New York's high court just blew up the fight for control of the House  —  Here are five takeaways from the Tuesday's court ruling to redistrict New York — and what to know about the chaotic weeks ahead.  —  New York's high court gave Democrats a big leg up in the dogfight for control of the House of Representatives.

André Braugher Dies: Star Of ‘Homicide: Life On The Street’, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ & Other Series And Films Was 61  —  Co-Editor-in-Chief, Film  — VIBE Editor-In-Chief Datwon Thomas Takes Executive Producer, Talent Post At Dick Clark Productions  — Mort Engelberg Dies …

Playbook: A protest that should worry Biden and Harris  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  IT'S A WRAP — “Climate summit makes ‘historic progress’ — but the world still can't quit oil,” by Karl Mathiesen, Zia Weise, Zack Colman …

Supreme Court agrees to hear showdown over abortion pill access  —  In a high-stakes legal battle, the Biden administration is defending federal approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, including a recent move to make it available by mail.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday took …

Florida abortion rights activists win over Republicans in ballot measure push  —  An abortion rights group says more than 150,000 of the voters who have signed its petition to get protections into the state constitution are registered Republicans.  —  PINECREST, Fla. — Jaymie Carter is a registered Republican.

Contraception is a winning issue, conservative strategists tell GOP  —  Former Trump confidante Kellyanne Conway and other strategists are citing poll data showing strong demand among GOP voters for birth control after the fall of Roe.  —  Kellyanne Conway is going to Capitol Hill on Wednesday …

Trump Legal Defense Fund's Biggest Expense Was Mar-a-Lago  —  New tax filings show that a legal defense fund for Trump isn't spending any money on legal services, but is dishing out for a party at Mar-a-Lago.  —  A legal defense fund for Donald Trump appears to have placed its spending priorities in a strange place: Mar-a-Lago.

White House lays out offer on immigration changes in talks with Congress  —  Washington — The Biden administration on Tuesday indicated to congressional lawmakers that it would be willing to support a new border authority to expel migrants without asylum screenings, as well as a dramatic expansion …

Ten soldiers, including two senior officers, killed in Gaza fighting and deadly ambush  —  9 troops of Golani Brigade, Air Force's Unit 669, killed in one of the deadliest incidents of ground offensive so far, taking toll to 115; combat engineer killed in separate clash

Michael D. Cohen's Lawyer Cited Cases That May Not Exist, Judge Says  —  Mr. Cohen, the onetime fixer for former President Donald J. Trump, went to prison after pleading guilty to campaign finance violations.  He wants the court to end his supervised release.

Russian Missile Attack Injures 50+, Damages Children's Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine Says  —  Ten ballistic missiles were intercepted and destroyed, officials said, but falling debris led to more pain and destruction.  —  At least 53 people were hurt in a Russian missile attack on Kyiv …

The truth about Wreaths Across America  —  Wreaths Across America is a non-profit organization that places wreaths on the graves of military veterans.  It's a simple gesture that has proven popular.  Wreaths Across America placed 33,000 wreaths in 2007, its first year.

Tech CEO Accused of Raping, Torturing Employee in ‘Slave Contract’  —  Tradeshift fired Christian Lanng in October over “serious allegations of sexual assault and harassment.”  —  The former chief executive of Tradeshift, a billion-dollar San Francisco business software startup …

Trump considers overhauling his approach to North Korea if he wins in 2024  —  The idea, which has been considered in other forms during years of U.S.-led negotiations with North Korea, would be a shift in Washington's overall approach to Pyongyang.  —  Donald Trump is considering a plan …

‘Thank God they walked out’: Oregon's partisan divide highlights heightened animosity in statehouses  —  Republicans lawmakers in Oregon are banned from running for reelection after staging a six-week protest over guns, abortion and transgender issues.  —  Ten Oregon Republican senators …

Takeaways from CNN's Iowa town hall with Ron DeSantis  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday showed new urgency in taking on Donald Trump, attacking the former president at every turn at a CNN town hall in Iowa with the state's caucuses less than five weeks away.

EXCLUSIVE: Willis hints at courtroom role during Trump trial  —  Fulton DA says she's ‘a trial lawyer at my soul’  —  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis indicated she could take an active role in the courtroom as her election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 14 others progresses.

Florida school board votes for Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler to resign  —  Ziegler's husband, the Florida GOP chair, is accused of rape, and the couple has admitted to a three-way sexual encounter with the alleged victim.  The school board's vote is nonbinding.

Nude painting row at French school sparks teacher walkout  —  France's education minister has visited a school where some pupils refused to look at a painting of nude women in class, sparking a teacher walkout.  —  The pupils also accused their teacher of making racist and Islamophobic remarks, which the school denies.

Russia Has Suffered Staggeringly High Losses, U.S. Report Says  —  The declassified intelligence assessment also found that Russia's objective has been eroding Western support for Ukraine, the country it invaded.  —  The Russian push in eastern Ukraine this fall and winter was designed …

Statement from President Joe Biden on Continued Denials of Abortion Care  —  No woman should be forced to go to court or flee her home state just to receive the health care she needs.  But that is exactly what happened in Texas thanks to Republican elected officials, and it is simply outrageous.