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 …

Republican group planning $50M campaign to block Trump from reelection  —  An anti-Trump Republican group is planning to spend $50 million in a campaign to stop the former president from winning a second term to the White House.  —  Republican Voters Against Trump plans to share testimonial videos …

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.

Bloodbath at the RNC as Team Trump Takes Over  —  There's a new team in town and the RNC is experiencing an overhaul.  Trump has installed his leadership team.  Monday the process of letting about 60 staffers go began.  —  The RNC staffers being let go are from the political, communications, and data departments.

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 …

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

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.

Republicans Can't Restructure North Carolina Election Boards, Judges Rule  —  A panel made up of two Republicans and one Democrat ruled that a law passed last year to change the makeup of election boards is unconstitutional.  —  A bipartisan panel of three judges in North Carolina ruled …

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 …

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.

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”