Texas mayor tells residents to fend for themselves during power outage: ‘Only the strong will survive’  —  By Tuesday morning, the residents of Colorado City, Tex., were getting anxious.  More than 24 hours had passed since a deadly Arctic blast knocked out power across the state …

Trump attacks McConnell in fiery statement  —  Former President Donald Trump issued a caustic and highly personal statement against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday, effectively declaring war on the Kentucky Republican for failing to back his attempts to undermine the 2020 election.

Trump Era in Atlantic City Will End With 3,000 Sticks of Dynamite  —  An implosion of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, the last vestige of the former president's once-dominant brand in Atlantic City, N.J., is scheduled for Wednesday morning.  —  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — It will not be the biggest or the best implosion ever.

Graham's ‘impeach Kamala’ drumbeat will lead Republicans to a 2022 defeat  —  Do you remember the riveting testimony of ... Bill Taylor?  Me neither.  How about George Kent?  Gordon Sondland ring a bell?  —  Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating.  Former President Trump's first impeachment is not totally forgettable.

The Baltimore Sun to be acquired by nonprofit from Tribune Publishing  —  Returning The Baltimore Sun to Maryland hands, the state's largest newspaper and its affiliates will be acquired by a nonprofit formed by businessman and philanthropist Stewart Bainum Jr. that would operate the media organization for the benefit of the community.

News Corp and Google Agree To Global Partnership On News  —  Long-term Deal Involves Payment For Premium Content For Google News Showcase;  —  Will Yield Substantial Benefits For Journalism And Society  —  News Corp announced today that it has agreed to an historic multi-year partnership …

Hacker Claims to Have Stolen Files Belonging to Prominent Law Firm Jones Day  —  Firm disputes network breach, says its file-transfer company was compromised  —  A hacker claims to have stolen files belonging to the global law firm Jones Day and posted many of them on the dark web.

Brent Bozell IV, Son Of Prominent Conservative Activist, Charged In Capitol Riot  —  Online sleuths looked into Bozell because he wore the sweatshirt of a Christian school where he previously served as a girls' basketball coach.  —  Leo Brent Bozell IV, the son of conservative activist L. Brent Bozell III …

CNN And NBC Both Paid $35,000 To Left-Wing Activist For Footage Of Fatal Capitol Shooting  —  A left-wing activist facing criminal charges for his involvement in the Capitol riots received $35,000 from both CNN and NBC for footage he recorded of a Trump supporter being fatally shot inside …

The Crisis Candidate Maya Wiley believes she can be a better progressive mayor for our traumatized city than her former boss Bill de Blasio.  —  Maya Wiley's parents, both activists, raised her and her brother, Dan, to be resilient.  In 1973, when Maya was 9 and her brother 10, their father, George Wiley, bought a small boat.

Crenshaw Reloaded  —  The Texas Congressman wants it both ways  —  Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw has some deep thoughts about what ails right-wing politics these days.  —  There is, he says, way too much “performance,” rather than persuasion.  Too much much grift; too much talking about …

When You Don't Have Trump to Hide Behind  —  There's now space for other scandals.  Witness the Lincoln Project.  —  In case you hadn't noticed, the Lincoln Project — an organization as pointedly anti-Trump as any other, its rise and political relevance symbiotically tied to his — is unraveling.

Princess Latifa: UN to question UAE about Dubai ruler's daughter  —  The United Nations has said it will raise the detention of Princess Latifa, the daughter of Dubai's ruler, with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).  —  Princess Latifa has accused her father of holding her hostage in Dubai since she tried to flee the city in 2018.

Who paid for Texas AG Ken Paxton to travel to DC for the Jan. 6 rally?  We asked.  He won't answer  —  The state paid for the attorney general's second in command to travel to Washington the week of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, but said the agency did not fund Paxton's trip.

Department of Homeland Security Confirms Neo-Nazi Leader Used to Work For It  —  The leader of terror group the Base once worked for an agency tasked with coordinating the U.S. government's counterterrorism efforts.  —  Ben Makuch  —  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) …

Biden reframes goal on reopening of elementary schools  —  MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Joe Biden is promising a majority of elementary schools will be open five days a week by the end of his first 100 days in office, restating his goal after his administration came under fire when aides …

COVID-19 Cases Are Dropping Fast.  Why?  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  One month ago, the CDC published the results of more than 20 pandemic forecasting models.

CNN LIVE EVENT/SPECIAL  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  (APPLAUSE)  —  ANDERSON COOPER, CNN HOST: And welcome.  We are live in the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  This is a CNN Presidential Town Hall, the first with President Joe Biden.

2021 TIME100 Next  —  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said the “ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”  Over the past few months, Congressman Adam Kinzinger has stood up for the truth …

The False and Exaggerated Claims Still Being Spread About the Capitol Riot  —  Insisting on factual accuracy does not make one an apologist for the protesters.  False reporting is never justified, especially to inflate threat and fear levels.  —  1 hr ago

The Coming Parent Revolt Over School Reopening  —  They will not sit by while Democrats and teachers unions neglect their children.  —  Inna Reznik/Shutterstock.com  —  The public health community has long since concluded that the perils of prolonged school closures are far greater …

The Post-Trump GOP  —  Florida's DeSantis offers one possibility for the party's future  —  Republicans in search of a promising politician capable of assembling a post-Trump coalition need look no further than Florida governor Ron DeSantis.  —  A pugnacious populist by disposition …

“Politically isolating”: White House issues obstruction warning to GOP  —  Mike Donilon, senior adviser to President Biden, argues in a memo to White House senior staff that GOP opposition to the COVID rescue package would shrink the party's already declining national support.