Trump recorded pressuring Wayne County canvassers not to certify 2020 vote  —  Then-President Donald Trump personally pressured two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election, according to recordings reviewed …

New Hampshire Man Indicted for Threatening to Kill Three Presidential Candidates  —  For Immediate Release  —  A New Hampshire man has been indicted in connection with sending threatening text messages to three presidential candidates.  —  Tyler Anderson, 30, of Dover …

Disqualifying Trump may be legally sound but fraught for democracy, scholars say  —  Experts say there's a strong basis for the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to bar Trump from the ballot, but the larger political context makes the question one of the thorniest in recent memory

Scoop: Biden campaign plots late push ahead of South Carolina primary  —  President Biden's re-election campaign is planning a January push in South Carolina to drive turnout and boost the overall campaign ahead of the Democratic primary on Feb. 3, three people familiar with the plans tell Axios.

Rudy Giuliani files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York after defamation case  —  Rudy Giuliani has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York, one day after a federal judge ruled that he must immediately pay the $148 million he owes two Georgia women he falsely accused of helping to steal the 2020 election.

Raunchy celebrity party in Russia draws outrage over ‘nude illusion’ theme  —  RIGA, Latvia — A raunchy celebrity-filled party in Moscow has drawn the ire of Russian politicians and fervent Christian Orthodox activists who are urging law enforcement to punish the event's guests and organizers …

Jan. 6 rioters the far right claimed were antifa keep getting unmasked as Trump supporters  —  Misinformation about the Capitol attack continues to go viral on the right, but the claims are slowly getting debunked, federal case by federal case.  —  WASHINGTON — In nearly three years since …

Crisis communicators face blowback after disastrous college hearing  —  Who got paid to give advice on one of the most disastrous public relations moments in modern memory?  —  The appearance of three elite university presidents on Capitol Hill this month to testify about campus antisemitism …

Khashoggi's widow wins political asylum in the United States  —  The decision may be the last act in a tragic chain of events that began in 2018, when Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled and dismembered in Turkey  —  Jamal Khashoggi's widow, who went into hiding after The Washington Post columnist …

Substack says it will not remove or demonetize Nazi content … More than 200 Substack authors asked the platform to explain why it's “platforming and monetizing Nazis,” and now they have an answer straight from co-founder Hamish McKenzie: … While McKenzie offers no evidence to back these ideas …

How DeSantis's Ambitious, Costly Ground Game Has Sputtered  —  The Florida governor's field operation, one of the most expensive in modern political history, has met challenges from the outset, interviews with a range of voters and political officials revealed.

Hunter Biden Text Cited in Impeachment Inquiry Is Not What G.O.P. Suggests  —  A 2019 message from the president's son alluded to giving his father half his salary.  The back story offers unflattering insights into the Biden family but does not support assertions of corruption.

A Forgotten Chapter of Abortion History Repeats Itself  —  Much of the country no doubt watched in amazement last week as a woman with a doomed pregnancy was forced to flee her home state, Texas, to get the abortion her doctors deemed necessary to protect her future ability to bear children.

Palestinian support for ‘armed struggle’ is rising as Gaza death estimate tops 20,000  —  “You cannot kill people into liking you,” a policy analyst said in response to a recent poll.  —  As the death toll in Gaza reached an estimated 20,000 on Thursday, the majority of them women and children …

Judge keeps Chris Christie off Maine's Republican primary ballot  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's latest attempt to get on the Maine Republican presidential primary ballot failed Thursday after his campaign tried to recover from a surprising setback in the Super Tuesday state.

John Schneider Probe Opened By Secret Service After ‘Dukes Of Hazzard’ Star Urges Public Hanging Of Joe Biden  — Vin Diesel's Ex-Assistant Sues ‘Fast & Furious’ Star For Sexual Battery & Retaliation; Read Full Complaint  — ‘Warnamount’ Merger Talk Confounds Investors And Industry …

Americans Are Signing Up for Obamacare in Record Numbers  —  More than 15 million people have signed up for health insurance plans offered on the Affordable Care Act's federal marketplace, a 33 percent increase compared to the same time last year, according to preliminary data released by the Biden administration on Wednesday.

Statement from National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard on U.S. Steel  —  The President believes U.S. Steel was an integral part of our arsenal of democracy in WWII and remains a core component of the overall domestic steel production that is critical to our national security.