Jury Orders Giuliani to Pay $148 Million to Election Workers He Defamed  —  Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, wrongfully accused by Rudolph W. Giuliani of having tried to steal votes from Donald J. Trump in Georgia, were awarded the damages by a federal court in Washington.

The mystery of the missing binder: How a collection of raw Russian intelligence disappeared under Trump  —  A binder containing highly classified information related to Russian election interference went missing at the end of Donald Trump's presidency, raising alarms among intelligence officials …

Please stop taking nudes in the halls of Congress  —  The so-called hallowed Halls of Congress play host to a plethora of indecent acts every day — but one staffer for Senator Ben Cardin is taking it to new levels.  —  The public Twitter account of the audacious young “twink” …

House GOP reeling after a top recruit blasts Trump on tape  —  In a must-win Ohio race, one Republican candidate is facing allegations of stolen valor — and now another is inviting the former president's wrath by bashing him.  —  House Republicans are scrambling to fix …

Behind the Scenes at the Dismantling of Roe v. Wade  —  On Feb. 10 last year, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. showed his eight colleagues how he intended to uproot the constitutional right to abortion.  —  At 11:16 a.m., his clerk circulated a 98-page draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

10 IEDs found at US-Mexico border in cartel gunfight  —  CBP is warning its agents to ‘exercise extreme caution’ after the Mexican military seized 10 IEDs at the border  —  U.S. Customs and Border Protection is warning agents to be on the lookout for explosive devices.

What's Driving Former Progressives to the Right?  —  In a new essay in the progressive magazine In These Times, the writers Kathryn Joyce and Jeff Sharlet grapple with the contemporary version of an old phenomenon: erstwhile leftists decamping to the right.  There have been plenty …

'I'm not a progressive': Fetterman breaks with the left, showing a maverick side  —  Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has drawn fire from progressives over his fierce support for Israel and broken with immigration advocates with his support for curtailing migration.

Appeals court rules against Alex Jones, upholding $75K fine after missed deposition  —  An appeals court in Connecticut upheld a $75,000 fine against right-wing personality Alex Jones due to him missing a deposition in March of last year Friday.  —  “We agree with the trial court …

He Was Set to Play Santa.  His Views on the Middle East Got in the Way.  —  Ken Dorph had grown out his white beard, but a tense discussion of the Israel-Hamas war at a local synagogue led to complaints that cost him the gig.  —  In the months since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war …

As Student Loan Collections Restart, Millions Are Not Yet Paying  —  After a pandemic freeze, 22 million people received their first bill in years in October — and around 60 percent paid, the government said.  —  Just over half of the millions of borrowers who received …

GOP pushes Speaker Johnson to start picking sides in its endless battles  —  Refereeing House Republicans' clashes is like “drinking from Niagara Falls” for their new leader, as one lawmaker put it.  But pressure is mounting on the speaker to be more assertive.

Senators Hold Up 43 Biden Diplomatic Nominees as Crises Roil World  —  The State Department says the monthslong blockade has damaged U.S. national security.  Several Republican senators have objected to advancing the slate of nominees.  —  The Biden administration has 43 presidential …

Mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher in Virginia gets 2 years in prison for child neglect  —  The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for felony child neglect, nearly a year after her son used her gun to critically wound the educator.

Judges dubious of Mark Meadows' bid to avoid facing charges in Georgia state court  —  The former White House chief of staff is charged alongside Donald Trump with a conspiracy to tamper with the 2020 election in Georgia.  —  A federal appeals court panel took a skeptical stance Friday toward …

Billionaires Are Bankrolling Judges' Luxury Travel  —  Two deep-pocketed conservative organizations paid to send federal judges on 251 trips in 2021 and 2022 — far more than any other source.  —  In 2021 and 2022, two conservative, billionaire-funded legal interests sent more than 100 federal judges …