FBI informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden's ties to Ukrainian energy company  —  An FBI informant has been charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company, a claim that is central …

Will Georgia prosecutor be removed from election case against Donald Trump?  Judge to hear arguments  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Should District Attorney Fani Willis be removed from the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump because of her personal relationship with a special prosecutor?

Reporter asks Ron DeSantis why he can affirm his height with lifts, but stands against gender-affirming care  —  In a Thursday morning press conference in Florida, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, a failed 2024 presidential candidate, flanked by representatives from the Southern Poverty Law …

Rosendale drops Montana Senate bid — after less than a week  —  Rosendale had just launched his long-anticipated Senate bid last Friday.  —  GOP Rep. Matt Rosendale is dropping his Montana Senate bid less than a week after he officially launched it, he confirmed to POLITICO.

Donald Trump Will Be the First Former President to Face a Criminal Trial, Judge Rules  —  Trump's New York case will begin in March.  —  A New York judge ruled Thursday that Donald Trump will stand trial in March on charges related to the Stormy Daniels coverup.

Puck: White House Reporters Knew About Biden All Along  —  According to a recent ABC News/Ipsos poll, 86% of Americans now believe Joe Biden's too old to serve as president.  The mainstream media's fluffing of Biden and deflection to the fitness of Donald Trump hasn't fooled most voters, and that includes 73% of Democrats.

Joe Rogan and Bret Weinstein Promote AIDS Denialism to an Audience of Millions  —  Weinstein repeated discredited theories to Rogan about HIV not being the cause of AIDS, alarming and infuriating public health experts.  —  Bret Weinstein, the evolutionary biology professor turned podcaster …

House GOP sets rule-vote failure record  —  Presented by With assists from POLITICO's Congress team  —  WHY RULE VOTE FAILURES COULD ONLY GET WORSE FOR JOHNSON  —  Failing to pass a rule.  It's typically a process that leadership gives little thought, a minor bump on the path to passage.

Senator Blumenthal Pretends To Fix KOSA; It's A Lie  —  from the blumenthal's-lies-will-kill dept  —  As lots of folks are reporting, Senator Richard Blumenthal, this morning, released an updated version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA).  He and co-author Senator Marsha Blackburn …

The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger … On a Tuesday evening this past October, I put $50,000 in cash in a shoe box, taped it shut as instructed, and carried it to the sidewalk in front of my apartment, my phone clasped to my ear.  “Don't let anyone hurt me,” I told the man on the line, feeling pathetic.

Has Wired Given Up On Fact Checking?  Publishes Facts-Optional Screed Against Section 230 That Gets Almost Everything Wrong  —  from the that's-not-how-any-of-this-works dept  —  What is going on at Wired Magazine?  A few years ago, the magazine went on a bit of a binge with some articles that completely misrepresented Section 230.

The Real Dangers Behind the Russian ‘Space Nuke’ Frenzy  —  The “national security threat” that sent American officials scrambling this week can't attack humans, but it can still wreak havoc on the U.S.  —  A “troubling” U.S. national security warning has stirred chaos on both ends …

Trump-Loving Pol Wants to Execute Climate-Change Protesters  —  They tossed paint at the glass encasing the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence—two documents MAGA undermines. … The “magenta pink” powdered tempera paint scattered by two climate-change activists on Wednesday posed …

U.S. conducted cyberattack on suspected Iranian spy ship  —  The covert operation was intended to inhibit the ship's ability to share intelligence with Houthi rebels who have been attacking cargo ships in the Red Sea.  —  WASHINGTON — The United States recently conducted a cyberattack …

Parker County ‘White Nationalist Fight Club’ Leader Exposed  —  This article was published in partnership with Bellingcat, a nonprofit investigative outlet that specializes in open source research.  —  The Texas Observer and Bellingcat have identified the leader of a white nationalist group …