How the Special Counsel's Portrayal of Biden's Memory Compares With the Transcript  —  The special counsel, Robert K. Hur, accused the president last month of “significant” memory problems.  The interview transcript offers context to his report.  —  A transcript of a special counsel's hourslong interview …

Trump's Corruption-Policy Nexus Comes Into Focus  —  Did the disgraced former one-term president sell Social Security and Medicare the same way he sold his position on TikTok and Bud Light?  —  ∙ Paid  —  It didn't escape the Biden campaign's notice that Donald Trump abruptly changed …

Aileen Cannon Continues To Make A Mess Of The MAL Case  —  A lot of things happened.  Here are some of the things.  This is TPM's Morning Memo.  —  What Cannon Hath Wrought  —  Two developments yesterday that show what an absolute mess U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is making of the Mar-a-Lago case.

It Sure Seems Like the Courts Have Placed Christianity Above Other Faiths  —  “Religious freedom” is having a moment in federal courts.  One of the big successful goals of the conservative legal movement was that religious freedom would be advanced in a way that it supposedly had not been before.

‘Absolute bloodbath’ at RNC as new leadership loyal to Trump purges staff  —  Chair Michael Whatley and co-chair Lara Trump move to reorganize the party, with an expected cull of 60 members  —  Donald Trump's new leadership team at the Republican National Committee started the process …

Boeing whistleblower found dead in US  —  Prior to his death, whistleblower John Barnett was testifying against Boeing over concerns about standards.

Trump asked Elon Musk if he wanted to buy Truth Social  —  The idea went nowhere, but the former president and the billionaire X owner have continued to communicate more than was previously known  —  Former president Donald Trump asked Elon Musk last summer whether the billionaire industrialist …

Trump's newfound opposition to a TikTok ban isn't swaying Republicans  —  The House is moving forward with a Wednesday vote on legislation that would ban TikTok in the U.S. unless its China-based owner divests the popular app.  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Trump reversed course and now opposes a ban on social media giant TikTok.

Donald Trump Stung as New Poll Shows How Unpopular He Is  —  Donald Trump continues to have a low favorability score among Americans, new polling shows, despite being the likely Republican nominee after winning the lion's share of primaries and seeing off his only remaining rival.

Diplomatic source to ‘Post’: Gaza maritime route was Netanyahu's idea - exclusive  —  According to the source, on October 22, two weeks following the war's outbreak, Netanyahu discussed with President Biden the concept of “delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza via the sea”

Statement from President Joe Biden on Itay Chen  —  Today, our hearts are heavy.  Jill and I are devastated to learn that American Itay Chen was killed by Hamas during its brutal terrorist assault on October 7.  —  In December, Itay's father and brother joined me at the White House …

‘The rats are ... all high,’ NOPD chief says of vermin-infested HQ, evidence room  —  Heavy mold and deteriorating elevators, HVAC units and plumbing are some of the issues that have been plaguing New Orleans Police Department headquarters.  —  But those aren't the only problems …

New data explodes myth of crime wave fueled by migrants  —  Republican politicians and sympathetic media outlets are claiming that America is in the midst of a violent “crime wave,” driven in part by undocumented immigrants.  New data, however, demonstrates that there was not a spike in violent crime in 2023.