In stunner, House GOP bid to impeach Mayorkas fails  —  A House GOP effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas failed in embarrassing fashion Tuesday as three Republicans joined Democrats in voting against what would have been the second-ever impeachment of a Cabinet official.

Ronna McDaniel, R.N.C. Chairwoman, Plans to Step Down  —  Donald Trump is likely to back a supporter of his false claims of election fraud, Michael Whatley, the head of the North Carolina G.O.P., to replace her.  —  The chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel …

D.C. Circuit panel unanimously rejects Trump's criminal immunity claim  —  On Tuesday morning, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously rejected Donald Trump's claims that he is immune from criminal prosecution for life for acts he took while president.

Gaetz, Stefanik offer resolution declaring Trump ‘did not engage in insurrection’  —  Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) unveiled a resolution Tuesday that declares former President Trump “did not engage in insurrection or rebellion against the United States.”

Behind the border mess: Open GOP rebellion against McConnell  —  The Republican leader told POLITICO that his critics “had their shot” already.  But conservatives are not done whacking him over the immigration-for-Ukraine aid implosion.  —  Conservative hardliners once celebrated Mitch McConnell …

Nikki Haley loses to ‘none of these candidates’ in the Nevada GOP primary  —  NBC News projects that more voters chose not to pick a candidate at all than back Haley.  Trump wasn't on the ballot, since he's participating in Thursday's caucus, instead.  —  Nikki Haley faced no major challenger Tuesday in Nevada's presidential primary.

Not wearing a mask during COVID-19 health emergency isn't a free speech right, appeals court says  —  A federal appeals court has shot down claims that there's a First Amendment right not to wear face masks during the COVID-19 outbreak  —  TRENTON, N.J. — A federal appeals court shot …

A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail.  That's Bad News for All of Us.  —  It's a nightmare situation on a highway: Your car hits a patch of ice and starts to skid.  Unable to regain control, you panic as you veer toward the roadway's edge.  —  In emergencies like this, guardrails provide a failsafe.

Kremlin: We Reject All Western Media but Tucker Carlson Is Different  —  He's just not like those other Western journalists in one very important way, the Russian president's spokesman said.  —  The Kremlin confirmed Wednesday that an interview between Tucker Carlson and Vladimir Putin …

James Lankford Stands in Border Deal Wreckage Wrought by His Own Party  —  Senator James Lankford, the Oklahoma Republican who brokered the doomed compromise, has fended off attacks from his own party while fighting to keep the bill alive.  —  It was late on a Thursday afternoon …

JPL Workforce Update  —  Workforce statement and memo to employees. … - I am directing most employees to work from home tomorrow, Wednesday, February 7, so everyone can be in a safe, comfortable environment on a stressful day. … - Tomorrow, leadership (mostly at the Division and Directorate level) …

IRS: Fund us, and we'll collect hundreds of billions from tax cheaters  —  A new Treasury Department study, taking aim at GOP critics, argues a bigger budget prevents massive tax evasion  —  The Internal Revenue Service is fighting back against Republican efforts to shrink its budget …

Shocking Fox News Moment Sees Guardian Angels Give Man ‘Pain Compliance’ On Live TV  —  “His mother back in Venezuela felt the vibrations,” the group's founder Curtis Sliwa boasted to Sean Hannity, adding the man is now “sucking concrete.”  —  LOADING  —  Fox News host Sean Hannity's interview …

Getting serious about wage theft  —  Over $203 million in wages were stolen by employers from nearly 127,000 workers in New York between 2017 and 2021, according to a report last year by Documented and ProPublica.  Of that amount, more than $52 million was stolen from people working in restaurants - the most in any industry.