Collins, leading Senate GOP centrist, won't endorse Trump in 2024  —  Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee and a key figure in getting bills passed through Congress, says she will not endorse former President Trump, even if he becomes the Republican Party's nominee for president.

Raped, pregnant and in an abortion ban state?  Researchers gauge how often it happens  —  As an abortion provider in Montana, Dr. Samuel Dickman has seen patients routinely who tell him they became pregnant after a rape.  His sense was the patients who were telling him were only a fraction of the true number.

Arizona GOP chair resigns, alleges Kari Lake blackmail  —  The chairman of the Arizona Republican Party announced he will resign on Wednesday after leaked audio appeared to show him attempting to pay Senate candidate Kari Lake not to run for office in 2024.  —  Jeff DeWit said that the audio was “selectively edited.”

Exclusive: House ethics probe of Gaetz seeks information from DOJ and woman who allegedly had sex with congressman as a minor  —  The House Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz has reached out to the woman whom the congressman allegedly had sexual relations with when she was a 17-year-old minor …

Trump's White House Pharmacy Handed Out Drugs Like Candy: Report  —  A Department of Defense report found an obscene lack of control over the handling of controlled medications while Trump was in office  —  White House pharmacists reportedly distributed uppers and downers like candy …

Ohio lawmakers override DeWine veto of gender-affirming care ban, transgender athlete restrictions  —  The Ohio Senate voted 23-9 Wednesday to override Republican Gov. Mike DeWine's veto of legislation banning gender-affirming health care for minors and preventing transgender women and girls from competing on female school sports teams.

Penn Jillette Wants to Talk It All Out  —  Penn Jillette has a large, framed French-language poster of Renaldo and Clara behind him.  Most people wouldn't know what that is, but as a Bob Dylan fan, I do — it's his largely forgotten, widely panned 1978 film that he wrote, directed and starred in.

Democrats win challenge to North Carolina voter election law  —  A federal judge blocked a specific provision of the law's same-day voter registration requirements.  —  Joe Biden quietly scored a legal victory in North Carolina this week, in what could prove to be a consequential development in a closely divided state.

Republicans Turn on Their Impeachment Chairman: ‘Parade of Embarrassments’ (Exclusive)  —  One Trump ally told The Messenger ‘the base is starting to get more and more frustrated’ with Comer  —  JWPlayer  —  House Republicans are increasingly disenchanted with Rep. James Comer, R-Ky. …

FDA warns consumers not to purchase or use Neptune's Fix or any tianeptine product due to serious risks … [1/23/2024] FDA continues to receive severe adverse event reports after use of Neptune's Fix products, including seizures, loss of consciousness and death.

Statement from NSC Spokesperson Adrienne Watson on Reported Strikes at UNRWA Facility in Southern Gaza  —  We are gravely concerned by reports today of strikes hitting a UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) facility — with subsequent reports of fires in the building—in a neighborhood …

Auto Workers Union Endorses Biden Over ‘Scab’ Trump  —  The UAW is backing the president months after he made history by picketing alongside striking workers  —  THE UNITED AUTO Workers (UAW), one of the nation's largest and most influential unions in the country, has endorsed Joe Biden for president.

Judge denies Smartmatic bid to dismiss counterclaim made by Fox News  —  A judge in New York has denied a motion by voting systems company Smartmatic to toss a counterclaim made by Fox News as part of an ongoing legal battle between the two companies over the network's coverage of the 2020 election.