Warnings of violence before Jan. 6 precipitated the Capitol riot  —  and his team had spotted increasing signs that supporters of President Donald Trump were planning violence when Congress met to formalize the electoral college vote, but federal law enforcement agencies did not seem to share his sense of urgency.

Tight Race for Virginia Governor Tests Dueling Party Strategies  —  Democrats see the contest as a referendum on Trump, while Republicans say voters will be moved by school issues and waning enthusiasm for President Biden  —  HANOVER, Va.—A fiercely competitive race for governor …

GOP relishes political upsides as Dems toil for unity  —  Most of the House GOP isn't lifting a finger to help Democrats out of their infrastructure jam, and with good reason.  Just ask Rep. Randy Weber.  —  “They're probably going to put us back into power,” the conservative Texas Republican said with a loud laugh.

U.S. Military Jury Condemns Terrorist's Torture and Urges Clemency  —  Seven senior officers rebuked the government's treatment of an admitted terrorist in a handwritten letter from the jury room at Guantánamo Bay.  —  GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Seven senior U.S. military officers …

GOP candidate: Michael Flynn trying to run extortion plot on U.S. officials to reinstall Trump  —  Pennsylvania Senate candidate Everett Stern made the bombshell accusation in a press conference Saturday  —  A Republican Senate candidate alleged over the weekend that former national security adviser …

Biden says Russia, China 'didn't show up' on climate change commitments  —  ROME — U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday blamed Russia and China for any disappointment over the level of commitment by G20 leaders to fight climate change.  —  “With regard to the disappointment …

Take the win, Democrats, and don't look back  —  Celebrate victory.  Explain what you've achieved.  Defend it from attack.  Change the public conversation in your favor.  Build on success to make more progress.  —  And for God's sake, don't moan about what might have been.

Southwest Airlines apologizes for pilot's “Let's Go Brandon” remark  —  A pilot on a Southwest Airlines flight from Houston to Albuquerque delivered a three-word sentence that set off some of his passengers.  During the pilot's greeting to the passengers, he finished up with “Let's Go Brandon”, a popular hashtag on social media.

Florida Democrats anxious as DeSantis seems unbeatable  —  TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis appears unstoppable.  —  A year before the Florida gubernatorial election, the Republican governor has nearly $60 million in the bank.  The GOP is on the cusp of becoming the state's majority party …

Houthi missile attack on mosque, religious school kills and injures 29 civilians in Yemen - minister  —  A Houthi ballistic missile attack on a mosque and a religious school killed and injured 29 civilians, including women and children, in the Yemeni province of Marib, the country's information minister …

The Administration of Abortion Laws—and More  —  We should be wary of an outsourced, passive-aggressive administrative state.  —  The abortion case that the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing this morning isn't actually about abortion.  —  To be sure, the case—really a pair of cases …

‘When do we get to use the guns?’  The life-or-death stakes of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial  —  The late conservative icon Barry Goldwater famously said “extremism in defense of liberty is no vice,” but last Monday the limits of that — and American political speech in general …

2022 and ‘the passion gap’ — why Republicans are more fired up  —  The culture war in the U.S. has been raging for more than 50 years, ever since the 1960s when divisions over values (civil rights, diversity, sexual liberation) began to emerge.  Those divisions have intensified to the point where today …

New Trouble for Trump: His Company Is Accused of a Major Insurance Scam  —  Two former insiders tell Rolling Stone that Trump's team attempted to turn a storm into a massive payday — part of a pattern of shady insurance practices that have caught law enforcement's attention