Is the ‘smoking gun’ in Trump's Jan. 6 attempted coup hiding in plain sight?  —  While America was preoccupied last week with getting home from the holidays or lining up around the block for COVID-19 testing, there was a bombshell development in the investigation to learn just how far Donald Trump …

Eldest Trump children won't comply with subpoenas from New York attorney general  —  Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump are now respondents in the civil case.  —  Former President Trump's eldest son and daughter have refused to comply with subpoenas issued by the New York State attorney general's office …

If American democracy is going to survive, the media must make this crucial shift  —  Journalists stepped it up in 2021, but now we need a concerted effort  —  In the year since the Jan. 6 insurrection, mainstream journalists have done a lot of things right.

Long-Secret Jeffrey Epstein Settlement at Issue in Lawsuit Against Prince Andrew Made Public for First Time  —  A once-confidential 2009 settlement agreement signed by Jeffrey Epstein that has figured prominently in the lawsuit against Prince Andrew became public on Monday …

Facebook ‘permanently’ locks account of conservative children's book publisher  —  Heroes of Liberty publishes books about Amy Coney Barrett, Ronald Reagan and Thomas Sowell  —  Facebook has “permanently disabled” the ads account of a conservative children's book publisher …

Kathy Hochul Will Propose Term Limits for New York Governors  —  The state's Covid response will continue to demand her attention, but other contentious issues await as the Legislature returns and a primary looms in June.  —  Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York will propose a limit of two four-year terms …

How the E.U. Allowed Hungary to Become an Illiberal Model  —  After years of complacency and wishful thinking, Brussels is finally trying to rein in the country's pugnacious leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orban.  —  BRUSSELS — After long indulging him, leaders in the European Union …

Republicans who watch Fox News are more likely to believe false theories about Jan. 6  —  What makes someone think that the 2020 election was stolen?  Part of it, obviously, is that a former president of the United States has insisted it was for more than a year.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Takes Multiple Actions to Expand Use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine  —  For Immediate Release:  —  Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to:

What It Means to Be a Republican in 2022  —  Inside the GOP, it's a war of all against all.  —  (SHUTTERSTOCK)  —  What does it mean to be a Republican in the year 2022?  Being hated.  Yes, by the left—but more importantly, also by members of your own party.  —  Here in the bad, red place, hardly anyone gets along.

My New Year's resolution: I'm quitting YouTube  —  Every year, people resolve to do things that are better for their health — quitting alcohol, processed food, toxic relationships.  I have come to the realization that my relationship with YouTube is dysfunctional.  —  Sure, I can get millions of views.

Bridgewater CEO McCormick Stepping Down to Consider Senate Run  —  Nir Bar Dea and Mark Bertolini named co-CEOs  —  Bridgewater Associates named two new co-chief executives to head the world's largest hedge-fund firm on Monday, after CEO David McCormick told staff he would be stepping …

U.S. Catches Kremlin Insider Who May Have Secrets of 2016 Hack  —  IT executive Vladislav Klyushin's journey into U.S. custody is a blow to the Kremlin, say people familiar with a Russian intelligence assessment of what he may have to offer  —  In the days before Christmas …

The White Vote and Educational Polarization  —  Over the last 30 years, the American electorate has undergone a major realignment, driven primarily by polarization along educational lines.  Degree-holding suburban voters, previously a solidly Republican group, have drifted to the left …

Jamie Raskin, Democracy's Defender  —  Most every night, just after he slips into bed, Jamie Raskin picks up a volume of the collected works of Shakespeare, thumbs through it, and reads a few pages before sleep takes him.  He is not, he admits, a big reader of fiction; doesn't have the time.

Five Rudys from the Abyss  —  If Giuliani-like sycophants had replaced just five officials, Trump's coup would have succeeded.  —  There are two reasonable ways to look at the 2020 presidential election.  —  The first is that despite a ferocious effort by Team Trump to steal a presidential election, the center held.

The Corporate Insurrection: How companies have broken promises and funded seditionists … On January 6, an armed and violent mob stormed the Capitol.  It was the first time the building had been breached since the War of 1812.  At the end of the day, the death toll stood at five.

Biden offers $1 billion to small meat producers to fight inflation  —  The Biden administration will offer $1 billion to help independent meat and poultry producers in its latest measure to fight inflation, the White House announced Monday.  —  Driving the news: The Biden administration …

Election-Fraud Stars Vow to Stab Each Other—'With the Truth'  —  “I will stab you in the face with the truth,” inventor Jovan Pulitzer warned a rival.  —  Inventor Jovan Pulitzer is a pillar of the MAGA election-fraud movement.  His theories were integrated into the Arizona audit …