Harvard president's resignation highlights new conservative weapon against colleges: plagiarism  —  (Jan 02) (AP video by Rodrique Ngowi) (AP production by Javier Arciga)  —  American higher education has long viewed plagiarism as among the most serious of offenses.

State Capitols evacuated after bomb threats  —  The state Capitol complexes in Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and Michigan were evacuated Wednesday after bomb threats were made, officials said.  —  At least four state capitol complexes across the U.S. were forced to evacuate Wednesday morning due …

House committee to formally begin impeachment proceedings against Biden Homeland Security chief over border policies  —  House Republicans will forge ahead with steps to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the border crisis, a GOP source tells CNN.

Jack Smith Keeps Telegraphing Some Seriously Scandalous Trump Crimes  —  Did Donald Trump accept a bribe?  Order his FBI director to fake evidence?  Tell the National Guard to kill critics?  Sell nuclear secrets?  Jack Smith is being awfully suggestive.  —  As Special Counsel Jack Smith makes …

Trump asks Supreme Court to keep his name on Colorado ballot  —  Former president, who is the 2024 GOP frontrunner, is also appealing a Maine official's decision to bar him from the ballot in that state  —  Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to ensure he can appear …

Former Rep Says it Wasn't Her ‘Intention to Mislead’ by Posting Stolen Food Pics  —  Mayra Flores, a Republican seeking to win back her old seat in the Rio Grande Valley, is accused of routinely stealing photos of Mexican cooking to pass off as her own.  —  The ex-congresswoman Mayra Flores …

A Joint Statement from the Governments of the United States, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom  —  Recognizing the broad consensus as expressed by 44 countries around the world on December 19, 2023 …

At least 103 dead in bomb blasts near Iran general Qasem Soleimani's tomb - state TV  —  Watch: Moment crowds disperse after deadly bomb blasts in Iran  —  At least 103 people have been killed by two bomb explosions near the tomb of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani on the fourth anniversary …

Mayorkas: Texas governor's migrant busing is a ‘failure of governance’  —  Abbott has been sending a steady flow of buses filled with asylum seekers from Texas to Democratic-led cities including New York, New Jersey and Chicago.  —  Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas took aim …

Former Guard Official Says Army Retaliated for His Account of Jan. 6 Delay  —  Col. Earl Matthews, the top lawyer for the D.C. National Guard during the assault on the Capitol, said in a whistle-blower complaint that he was punished for contradicting the testimony of two top generals.

A Constitution-flouting ‘authoritarian’ is already in the White House  —  Overcaffeinated Cassandras continue to forecast an “authoritarian” and anti-constitutional Donald Trump dictatorship.  They are mistaken about the near future because, among other reasons, they misread the recent past.

Epstein-linked John Does are about to be named publicly.  Here's what we know  —  New York CNN —  Newly unsealed documents from a lawsuit connected to accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein will begin to be released Wednesday afternoon, by order of a federal judge in New York.

A right-wing tale of Michigan election fraud had it all - except proof  —  Gateway Pundit, a favorite news source of former president Donald Trump's, has pushed false claims of a stolen election even as others have pulled back in the face of consequences  —  The story had all the elements …

Michigan GOP committee plans meeting to remove Kristina Karamo.  She says it's illegal.  —  LANSING — Members of the Michigan Republican Party's state committee have scheduled a special meeting Saturday to consider the removal of Kristina Karamo, though the embattled state party chair …

Biden leaves St. Croix with wicked sunburn after 7-day island vacay — nearly a year after skin cancer surgery  —  Polls aren't the only thing burning the commander-in-chief.  —  President Biden was spotted red-faced in the US Virgin Islands on Tuesday as he prepared to head back to the White House …

Anti-abortion OB-GYNs react to court victory in Texas case  —  The anti-abortion physicians group that sued the Biden administration over abortion restrictions in Texas praised a ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit on Tuesday that found that federal regulations do not grant an absolute right to abortion.