Trump team descends into infighting over Jan. 6  —  We've seen just two relatively brief hearings of the House Jan. 6 committee.  Yet already members of Donald Trump's inner circle are accusing one another of lying under oath, taking bribes from Democrats, shilling for Marxists and being past their primes.

Scoop: Keisha Lance Bottoms to join White House  —  President Biden is tapping former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to replace Cedric Richmond as one of his most senior aides, bringing a Democratic rising star and former VP contender into the White House at a critical juncture, Axios has learned.

New details emerge of Oval Office confrontation three days before Jan. 6  —  Jeffrey Clark, a mid-level Justice Department official, wanted Trump to name him attorney general in a plan aimed at potentially overturning the election  —  Three days before Congress was slated to certify …

Photos capture election-night tension at White House as Trump family, aides watch lead fade away  —  They reflect what advisers told the Jan. 6 committee despite Trump's claims.  —  A series of photos taken on election night 2020 inside the Trump White House captures the tension as Trump's family …

Bass pulls ahead of Caruso in latest vote count for L.A. mayor  —  Mail-in votes are helping Rep. Karen Bass pull ahead of developer Rick Caruso in the primary election for Los Angeles mayor.  —  Bass leads Caruso, 41% to 38%, respectively, according to results released Tuesday …

White House has security concerns about any deal for NSO hacking tools  —  The Biden administration is warning that a potential deal between a major American defense firm and NSO Group, a blacklisted Israeli spyware company, to buy the Israeli firm's hacking tools would raise “serious” …

Trump's pick for Pa. governor says he sees ‘parallels’ to Hitler's power grab in Capitol riot  —  WASHINGTON — The Donald Trump-endorsed nominee for governor in Pennsylvania compared the Jan. 6 attack to historical events staged by the Nazis, saying that he saw “parallels” …

How a centrist, a liberal and two conservatives achieved 4-part harmony on guns  —  One day after the mass shooting of 19 children and two teachers in Texas, Kyrsten Sinema held a rare off-the-cuff press gaggle where she vowed to talk to Republicans about a gun safety deal.

Most Americans oppose trans athletes in female sports, poll finds  —  Even as an increasing share of Americans report familiarity with and tolerance for transgender people, most oppose allowing transgender female athletes to compete against other women at the professional, college and high school level …

Police in the Dallas area kill a gunman who entered a summer camp for kids  —  A gunman opened fire inside a building where more than 250 kids and staff were starting a day of summer camp on Monday, setting off a panic that ended with a gunfight with police in Duncanville, Texas.

Beasley, Budd in close race for US Senate seat, WRAL News poll shows  —  Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Budd are locked in a tight race for North Carolina's open U.S. Senate seat, according to a WRAL News poll.  And stances on gun control in the wake of a deadly school shooting …

Ex-FBI senior official Michael Steinbach had numerous contacts with media: watchdog  —  A former senior FBI official who reportedly oversaw a number of high-profile investigations in the lead-up to the 2016 election, including the probe into Hillary Clinton's email server …

Herschel Walker Says He's a Model Dad.  He Has a Secret Son.  —  The GOP Senate hopeful, who has bemoaned “fatherless households,” was named in a paternity case. … For years, former football star turned Republican senatorial candidate Herschel Walker has expressed an enormous pride …

How Houston Moved 25,000 People From the Streets Into Homes of Their Own  —  The nation's fourth-largest city hasn't solved homelessness, but its remarkable progress can suggest a way forward.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Written by Michael KimmelmanReported by Michael Kimmelman …

Joe Kahn is now editing the New York Times.  Don't expect a revolution.  —  In an interview, the new executive editor holds forth on labels, social media bubbles, threats to democracy and why not to expect big changes at the Times  —  Joe Kahn took over as executive editor of the New York Times on Tuesday …

Major water cutbacks loom as shrinking Colorado River nears ‘moment of reckoning’  —  As the West endures another year of unrelenting drought worsened by climate change, the Colorado River's reservoirs have declined so low that major water cuts will be necessary next year to reduce risks …

Officer Who Displayed Nazi Insignia Will Receive $1.5 Million to Resign  —  Derek Kammerzell, an assistant police chief in Kent, Wash., was investigated and disciplined after he taped the insignia of an SS officer to his office door in September 2020.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

A message from Coinbase CEO and Cofounder, Brian Armstrong  —  Earlier today, I shared the following note with all Coinbase employees.  —  Team,  —  Today I am making the difficult decision to reduce the size of our team by about 18%, to ensure we stay healthy during this economic downturn.

Mental-Health Startup Cerebral Investigated by FTC  —  Regulators focus on whether online provider engaged in deceptive or unfair marketing practices  —  The Federal Trade Commission has begun an investigation into mental-health startup Cerebral Inc., according to a letter the FTC sent …

Is Twitter-Famous Princeton Historian Kevin Kruse a Plagiarist?  —  When former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke intimated in early 2017 that he would be joining Donald Trump's nascent administration, CNN obtained a copy of Clarke's master's thesis from the Naval Postgraduate School and revealed …

Morticians describe the devastating toll assault-style weapons inflict on bodies  —  Not much stuns mortician Hari Close after embalming more than 12,000 bodies over 30 years.  —  But Close was left speechless last spring when he was tasked with preparing the body of a man who had been shot in the head with an assault-style weapon.

Border officers circulate coin memorializing treatment of Haitian migrants in Del Rio  —  A controversial moment captured last fall on the U.S. southern border of an officer on horseback in Del Rio, Texas, has been memorialized on “a challenge coin” that is circulating among border patrol officers.

Stanford's War on Social Life  —  JP's favorite college story is the night he built an island.  In the fall of 1993, JP was a junior in Stanford's chapter of Kappa Alpha.  The brothers were winding down from Kappa Alpha's annual Cabo-themed party on the house lawn.

INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: Rape victim ordered to pay her abuser child support … PONCHATOULA- It's one of the most egregious cases victims' advocates tell the WBRZ Investigative Unit they have ever seen, after a judge awarded full custody to a woman's abuser and forced her to pay child support.

“Top Gun: Maverick” is Military Propaganda.  Official Documents Prove It  —  BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF - “Top Gun: Maverick” is a box-office smash, a massive hit with both critics and the public alike.  Navy and Air Force units across the country have set up recruitment stalls inside movie halls …

Two prominent Democratic lawmakers violated a federal conflicts-of-interest law.  Again.  — Hickenlooper was late disclosing stock purchases by his wife that are worth as much as $1.2 million.  — Rep. Jamie Raskin didn't properly disclose a stock share exchange for his wife.

Why The Biden Admin Wants Censorship Of Renewable Energy Critics  —  National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy calls on Big Tech to censor renewable energy critics in the name of “public health”  —  In the face of widespread public outrage, the Biden Administration last month backed away …