Gone Too Far  —  The Capitol riot happened because President Donald Trump simply lied, and lied, and lied.  —  s cable television broadcast the scenes of Trump supporters breaking past police lines and even smashing their way into the Capitol on January 6, the president's son, Donald Trump Jr. …

Cornell University goes on high alert after finding evidence of the Omicron variant on campus.  —  Cornell University canceled a ceremony for December graduates, closed libraries and took other restrictive measures on Tuesday after the school's coronavirus testing lab found evidence …

Trump Fraud Inquiry's Focus: Did He Mislead His Own Accountants?  —  The investigation, by the Manhattan district attorney, is zeroing in on information the former president and his company shared about the value of his assets.  —  As prosecutors in Manhattan weigh whether to charge Donald J. Trump …

The military-intelligence veterans who helped lead Trump's campaign of disinformation  —  After Donald Trump lost the White House, ex-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and three other current and former U.S. Army officers challenged the vote's legitimacy and pushed baseless conspiracy claims.

Biden on passing agenda by year's end: ‘I hope so’  —  President Biden on Wednesday said some progress has been made toward passing his Build Back Better agenda in the Senate, but acknowledged it was possible it would not reach his desk before the end of the year.  —  “I hope so.

That Dana Milbank column is even dumber than you think  —  Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank is as lousy a statistician as he is a political commentator.  —  Milbank claims journalists have been harder on President Joe Biden in the first year of his presidency than they were on former President Donald Trump in his last.

This block used to be for first-time homebuyers.  Then global investors bought in.  —  LA VERGNE, TENN. — The homes on Tammy Sue Lane aren't fancy.  Modest in size and clad in vinyl siding, the houses were priced below $200,000 when most were built about 15 years ago …

Far too little vote fraud to tip election to Trump, AP finds  —  ATLANTA (AP) — An Associated Press review of every potential case of voter fraud in the six battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump has found fewer than 475 — a number that would have made no difference in the 2020 presidential election.

Biden set to surpass Trump in first-year judicial nominees; a window into a major Democratic push  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden will soon announce his latest wave of nine judicial nominees, according to a White House official, capping a year where the selections — and an effort to establish …

Lafayette City Judge Michelle Odinet responds to use of racial slurs in home video following burglary  —  LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Lafayette City Court Judge Michelle Odinet confirmed with News 10 that over the weekend she and her family were victims of an armed burglary at their home in the upscale area of Bendel Gardens.

Republicans Who Assailed Biden's Stimulus Bill Are Embracing the Money  —  Republican governors who criticized the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill as wasteful are championing state projects funded by the money.  —  WASHINGTON — At her annual budget address this month, Gov. Kristi Noem …

Five Republican governors seek vaccine exemptions, escalating a fight with the Pentagon.  —  Governors from five states have written a joint letter to Lloyd J. Austin III, the defense secretary, asking that their National Guard troops be exempted from a federal coronavirus vaccine mandate …

A leader of an Ohio Muslim organization was fired for spying for a hate group  —  The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says it fired one of its top leaders after discovering he was sharing information about the organization to “a known anti-Muslim hate group.”

Eric Adams picks Keechant Sewell as the first female police commissioner of the NYPD  —  Mayor-elect Eric Adams has tapped Nassau County Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell as the first female police commissioner of the NYPD — a stunning, close-to-home pick from a field of seasoned top women cops across …

Hillary 2024?  Given the competition, she may be the Dems' best hope  —  There may be a rematch coming in the 2024 race for the White House.  But we're not talking (God help us) Biden-Trump II.  —  Instead, 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is an interesting prospect to consider …

After extraordinary sacrifice, and years of delay, Alwyn Cashe gets his Medal of Honor  —  Cashe died 16 years ago after saving his men from a burning vehicle in Iraq.  He will become the first Black recipient of the award for actions since 9/11.  —  Staff Sgt. Douglas Dodge was dazed …

Democrats Legalized Crime, Thousands Died  —  And the killing is just getting started.  —  Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.  —  4,901 more people were murdered last year than in 2019.

EXCLUSIVE U.S. lawmakers call for sanctions against Israel's NSO, spyware firms  —  A group of U.S. lawmakers is asking the Treasury Department and State Department to sanction Israeli spyware firm NSO Group and three other foreign surveillance companies they say helped authoritarian governments commit human rights abuses.

U.S. Retail Sales Rose Modestly in November  —  Sales rose 0.3% in the month  —  Retail sales rose a modest 0.3% in November from the previous month, the Commerce Department said Wednesday, suggesting consumers are challenged to keep up with rising prices.

North Korea Executes People for Watching K-Pop, Rights Group Says  —  At least seven people have been put to death in the past decade for watching or distributing K-pop videos, as the North cracks down on what its leader calls a “vicious cancer.”  —  SEOUL — North Korea has publicly executed …

N.Y.C.'s Gas Ban Takes Fight Against Climate Change to the Kitchen  —  New York is set to become the nation's largest city to enact a ban on gas heat and stoves in new buildings.  It's a major step away from fossil fuels that is expected to influence wider markets.

Menendez slips, fractures shoulder in rush to get to U.S. Senate floor for vote  —  His Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing had ended and a vote awaited, so Robert Menendez darted to the U.S. Capitol to reach the Senate floor.  —  But en route, the New Jersey senator slipped getting onto …

Biden admin, House GOP scrutinize Ilhan Omar's Islamophobia bill  —  The Biden administration has outlined several issues it has with Omar's bill  —  Rep. Boebert: Rep Omar wants public humiliation, not a public apology  —  Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is pushing a controversial Islamophobia bill …

Phil Waldron, backer of Jan. 6 PowerPoint, is invited to speak to Louisiana voting panel  —  A retired Army colonel who worked with then-President Donald Trump's outside legal team to claim that the 2020 election results were rigged was an invited speaker Tuesday at a state commission charged with shaping Louisiana's voting system.

Google tells employees they'll lose pay and will eventually be fired if they don't follow vaccination rules  — In a memo circulated by leadership, Google told employees that they must comply with vaccine policies or they face losing pay and then losing their job.

Nearing ‘end of the road’ to save Iran nuclear deal -France  —  The door to resuscitating the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is open for now but “we are rapidly reaching the end of the road” to revive a pact that is being gutted by Iran's nuclear advances, France's ambassador to the United Nations said on Tuesday.