Statement from President Joe Biden on Attack on U.S. Service Members in Northeastern Jordan Near the Syria Border  —  Today, America's heart is heavy.  Last night, three U.S. service members were killed—and many wounded—during an unmanned aerial drone attack on our forces stationed in northeast Jordan near the Syria border.

The Trump defense industrial complex goes a bit quiet after Carroll verdict  —  ‘Trump chaos is baked in the cake at this point,’ one Republican strategist said.  —  The most notable thing about the Republican call-and-response following the E. Jean Carroll verdict was that there was barely any response at all.

US historians sign brief to support Colorado's removal of Trump from ballot  —  Twenty-five civil war and Reconstruction scholars support invoking 14th amendment to bar Trump from ballot over January 6  —  Twenty-five historians of the civil war and Reconstruction filed a US supreme court brief …

Nikki Haley Explains Why ‘Insecure’ Trump Is His ‘Own Worst Enemy’  —  “When he feels insecure, he starts to rail, he starts to rant, he starts to flail his arms and he starts to get upset,” Haley said in a recent “Meet the Press” interview.  —  LOADING  —  Nikki Haley called Donald Trump his …

Falling inflation, rising growth give U.S. the world's best recovery  —  The European economy, hobbled by unfamiliar weakness in Germany, is barely growing.  China is struggling to recapture its sizzle.  And Japan continues to disappoint.  —  But in the United States, it's a different story.

Quiet rebellion threatens House GOP chair over surprise tax deal  —  The House GOP's top tax writer doesn't just face blowback over the surprise deal he unveiled this month: Now the background chatter suggests Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) could lose his gavel.

GOP legislatures in some states seek ways to undermine voters' ability to determine abortion rights  —  Legislative efforts in Missouri and Mississippi are attempting to prevent voters from having a say over abortion rights, building on anti-abortion strategies seen in other states, including last year in Ohio.

Snoop Dogg: ‘I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump’  —  He is the gangsta rapper who broke the mould — now 52, he's friends with Martha Stewart, makes educational cartoons and has changed his tune on the man running for President  —  Snoop Dogg is still not over the end of Game of Thrones.

Iowa school starts arming its employees to deter school shootings  —  With the increase in mass shootings at schools over the last twenty years and violent crime currently plaguing the nation, officials at Siouxland Christian School in Sioux City, Iowa, decided to take matters into their own hands when it comes to protecting students.

North Korea fired several cruise missiles, South Korea says  —  The launches followed a round of North Korean cruise missile tests last week and a Jan. 14 test-firing of the country's first solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile.  —  SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's military …