Comedian Bob Saget Dead at 65, Found in Orlando Hotel Room  —  BOB SAGET DEAD AT 65  —  EXCLUSIVE  — 1.01M … 5:59 PM PT — Bob's longtime friend and costar John Stamos just tweeted the following, “I am broken.  I am gutted.  I am in complete and utter shock.  I will never ever have another friend like him.

Dems on Manchin: “Like negotiating via Etch A Sketch”  —  President Biden, Democratic leaders and their emissaries are trying to convince Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to pass a sweeping federal elections bill with a menu of filibuster alternatives.  The problem is speaking with him is …

Omicron Makes Biden's Vaccine Mandates Obsolete  —  There is no evidence so far that vaccines are reducing infections from the fast-spreading variant.  —  Federal courts considering the Biden administration's vaccination mandates—including the Supreme Court at Friday's oral argument—have focused on administrative-law issues.

Horrific Bronx fire leaves at least 19 dead, dozens more critically injured  —  At least 19 people are dead, including nine children, after a horrific fire broke out in a Bronx apartment building Sunday morning, according to a police official.  —  The five-alarm blaze broke out at 333 E 181st St …

A Defense of Jeremy Strong (and All the Strivers With No Chill)  —  Ms. Spiers is a writer and digital media strategist.  She was the editor in chief of The New York Observer, and the founding editor of Gawker.  —  In a December New Yorker profile of the actor Jeremy Strong …

Penn's Transgender Swimmer Lost To Yale's Transgender Swimmer In A Hotly Contested Women's Ivy League 100 meter Race … Penn transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who had been crushing her competition since joining the women's swim team after three years swimming as a biological male …

GOP hasn't confirmed most of Gov. Tony Evers' picks to UW Regents, tech college board  —  Most of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' appointees to the boards overseeing Wisconsin's higher education systems remain unconfirmed by the Republican-controlled state Senate, a move that could allow the GOP …

The January 6th Capitol attack was the inevitable product of the Christian Right's hatred of America  —  Journalist and researcher Bruce Wilson discusses how religious hatred for a ‘fallen nation’ fueled a presidential coup attempt  —  Episode Summary  —  It's now been a full year since …

AOC tests positive for COVID-19 after partying in Miami maskless  —  The positive test comes shortly after the congresswoman was seen without a mask in a Miami bar, according to video that circulated on social media  —  Raymond Arroyo calls out AOC: The left's ‘rule for thee not for me’ over and over again

Rep. Jim Jordan says he won't cooperate with Jan. 6 committee's interview request  —  Rep. Jim Jordan, one of former President Donald Trump's closest allies, said Sunday evening he would not cooperate with an interview request from the select panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol …

Beer Hall Project aims to counter Jan. 6 disinformation, protect American democracy … It was the summer of 2015, and Fred Wellman was lost, politically speaking.  —  A lifelong Republican, West Point graduate and 22-year veteran of the Army, Wellman was distraught over the rise of Donald Trump …

Raskin: Ex-Trump press secretary gave “a lot of names” in Jan. 6 conversation  —  Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham named “a lot of names” during their phone call about the events of Jan. 6, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told CNN.  —  Catch up quick: Raskin …

Saudi Princess Is Released, but Other Royals Are Still Locked Up  —  The Saudi government has not said why it detained or freed Princess Basmah bint Saud, a daughter of a former king who has criticized the country's policies.  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon — A Saudi princess, a critic of her country's government …

The Cheneys can't do it alone.  We need Republican all-stars for democracy.  —  The tableau of Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and her father, former vice president Richard B. Cheney, standing on the floor of the House as the sole Republicans to honor the police officers who died as a result …

ABC's ‘This Week’ Uses Jan 6 Anniversary to SMEAR Military As ‘Extremists’  —  Text to Speech Font Size  —  On Sunday's This Week, former Clinton administration hack turned anchor George Stephanopoulos and ABC chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz decided to trash …

Left Out of High-Level Talks, Ukraine Tries Other Diplomatic Channels  —  While the United States and NATO speak with Russia this week, the Ukrainian government has been sidelined and is instead quietly pursuing separate negotiations with Moscow.  —  KYIV, Ukraine — Peace negotiations …

Biden faces delays in undoing Trump's war on efficient dishwashers, dryers and lightbulbs that made him ‘look orange’  —  Nearly three dozen efficiency standards are overdue for an update, and further delays could undercut Biden's climate goals  —  Before Donald Trump launched his war …

Alan Dershowitz asked Donald Trump to grant Ghislaine Maxwell a pre-emptive pardon  —  Jeffrey Epstein's former lawyer lobbied Donald Trump to pre-emptively pardon Ghislaine Maxwell during the final days of his presidency after talks with her family.  —  Alan Dershowitz, 83 …

Is A Battle For Power Raging Within Kazakhstan's Government?  —  What began as peaceful protests that quickly enveloped Kazakhstan in major upheaval just after the new year seems to have spawned something quite different — a battle for control of the upper echelons of power in the country.