Cipollone corroborated virtually everything from Hutchinson, Jan. 6 panel member says  —  WASHINGTON — Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone corroborated virtually all of the revelations from previous witnesses, including former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, in lengthy testimony …

POLITICO Playbook: Jan. 6 panel zeroes in on Trump tweet  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  PHOTO OF THE DAY  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE TWEET DRIVING TODAY'S BIGGEST STORY — Today at 1 p.m. Eastern, the House Jan. 6 committee “plans to make its most complex case yet,” …

Half of G.O.P. Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind, Poll Finds  —  Far from consolidating his support, the former president appears weakened in his party, especially with younger and college-educated Republicans.  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is the most popular alternative.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Joe Biden Is Too Old to Be President Again  —  I can't help feeling very sorry for Joe Biden.  He's wanted to be president for most of his life, first running 34 years ago.  Had his son Beau not died in 2015, Biden might have entered the Democratic primary then; as vice president …

NASA's Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet  —  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date.  Known as Webb's First Deep Field, this image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 is overflowing with detail.

Starbucks Closing Some Stores, Citing Safety Concerns in Certain Cafes  —  Coffee chain said it is permanently closing 16 cafes after workers reported drug use by members of the public and crime concerns  —  Starbucks Corp. said Monday that it is closing 16 U.S. stores after workers reported …

Graham ordered to testify for special grand jury in Georgia  —  Last week Senator Lindsey Graham was compelled to testify in front of a special grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia (Atlanta).  He vowed to fight doing so.  The special grand jury is investigating possible criminal interference in Georgia's 2020 elections.

Steve Bannon's Gambit May Have Just Put Him in New Legal Jeopardy  —  The former Trump strategist thought he had a winning move.  It turned out to be a blunder.  —  What started as a Steve Bannon public relations stunt may have just ended as a spectacular self-own.

News engagement plummets as Americans tune out  —  Engagement with news content has plunged during the first half of this year compared to the first half of 2021 and in some cases has fallen below pre-pandemic levels. … Despite a slew of major stories, readers have retrenched further in 2022.

Biden's trip to Saudi Arabia erodes our moral authority  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  Fred Ryan is publisher of The Post.  —  Inexperienced politicians often learn the hard way about the difference between campaigning and governing, making bold statements on the trail that later require embarrassing reversals.

Putin set to visit Iran next week  —  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Iran next week, the Kremlin said Tuesday, a day after the U.S. warned that Tehran could provide Moscow with drones for its action in Ukraine.  —  During a trip to Tehran next Tuesday …

Debunking the false comparisons between European and American abortion policies  —  Why are conservatives talking approvingly about European abortion policies anyway?  —  With the Dobbs decision, a curious thing has happened.  I'm not talking about SCOTUS stripping away a previously established …

Uber paid academics six-figure sums for research to feed to the media  —  High-profile professors in Europe and the US were engaged as part of lobbying campaign, leak shows  —  Uber paid high-profile academics in Europe and the US hundreds of thousands of dollars to produce reports …

Executives seek briefings on Taiwan war risk  —  Russia's invasion of Ukraine and China's actions in Indo-Pacific raise alarm in boardrooms  —  Company executives are increasingly concerned about the possibility of war over Taiwan, according to consultants who have seen a sharp rise in demand …

White House Privately Signaling It's Moving Forward With Anti-Abortion Court Pick  —  Despite outcry from Democrats and reproductive rights groups, Biden isn't backing off plans to nominate Chad Meredith, a source tells HuffPost.  —  President Joe Biden is not backing off plans to nominate …

Is BA.5 the ‘Reinfection Wave’?  —  Well, here we go again.  Once more, the ever-changing coronavirus behind COVID-19 is assaulting the United States in a new guise—BA.5, an offshoot of the Omicron variant that devastated the most recent winter.  The new variant is spreading quickly …

Beware Of The ‘Recent Monticello Visitor’  —  Getting outraged over Fox News holds little allure these days, but occasionally the network will do something so quintessentially Fox News that you have to sit back and marvel at the layers of mendacity.  —  Today's little Fox News gem was a segment …

It's time to start showing the videos of police shooting white people  —  The fatal police shooting of Jayland Walker is the latest black man's death that the Left hopes to exploit for political gain.  Walker's death has started the typical routine that the country goes through after a black man …

Federal judge blocks Arizona's ‘personhood’ abortion law  —  PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge in Phoenix on Monday blocked a 2021 state “personhood” law that gives all legal rights to unborn children and that abortion rights groups said put providers at risk of prosecution for a variety of crimes.

How Elon Musk Damaged Twitter and Left It Worse Off  —  Mr. Musk swooped in and exposed Twitter's lack of business and financial prospects.  After criticizing the company's weaknesses, he now wants to back out of buying it.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

John Fetterman's fund-raising broke a record as he won the nomination for U.S. Senate  —  John Fetterman's cash machine is still rolling — and gaining speed.The lieutenant governor raised $8.3 million for his U.S. Senate campaign between his Democratic primary win and the end of June …