‘We were duped’: How George Santos raised money from wealthy GOP donors while lying about his resume  — George Santos would flaunt or hint at key pieces of his resume that have turned out to be false as he raised money for his successful congressional campaign.

BREAKING: Fulton special grand jury completes Trump investigation  —  Judge dissolves panel, sets hearing on whether to publish group's recommendations  —  The Fulton County special grand jury that has spent the last eight months examining potential criminal interference …

Voices on social media summoned the protesters to Brasília, offering free transportation and food.  —  Here's the latest on the riot in the Brazilian capital.  —  At least 1,200 protesters were detained for questioning in the wake of the storming of Brazil's capital buildings …

US Safety Agency to Consider Ban on Gas Stoves Amid Health Fears  —  A federal agency says a ban on gas stoves is on the table amid rising concern about harmful indoor air pollutants emitted by the appliances.  —  The US Consumer Product Safety Commission plans to take action to address the pollution …

How Trump's allies stoked Brazil Congress attack  —  The scenes in Brasilia looked eerily similar to events at the US Capitol on 6 January two years ago - and there are deeper connections as well.  —  “The whole thing smells,” said a guest on Steve Bannon's podcast, one day after the first round …

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green Locked Out of Twitter After for Using Dr. Dre's Music  —  12:28 PM PT — Turns out, Dr. Dre's team took action — reaching out to Twitter to get the video taken down.  As a result, MTG tells us she's been locked out of her Twitter account for using Dre's copyrighted work without permission.

IRS Funding Repeal Could Cost Over $100 Billion, Encourage Tax Cheating  —  The House is likely to vote today on a bill that would rescind roughly $70 billion of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funding over the next decade.  We estimate the bill would increase deficits by more than $100 billion …

McCarthy's fast start: Big Tech is a top target  —  House Republicans plan to launch a new investigative panel this week that will demand copies of White House emails, memos and other communications with Big Tech companies, top sources tell Axios. … The new panel, the Select Subcommittee …

Supreme Court declines to hear another longshot 2020 election fraud challenge  —  The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear another longshot case alleging the 2020 election was fraudulent brought by a Utah man seeking to have hundreds of elected officials removed from office …

House Rules Vote to Test Unity of Republicans After Speaker Fight  —  Some GOP lawmakers consider voting against package in protest of McCarthy deal with conservatives  —  WASHINGTON—House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) will face his first challenge in keeping his raucous conference united Monday …

Rogers reverses course, announcing he'll stay in plum House GOP post  —  Rep. Mike Rogers announced Monday afternoon he plans to stay on a powerful House Republican panel that decides committee assignments for conference members, an abrupt switch after confirming that morning that he planned to step down.

Germany detains brothers from Iran over alleged terror plot involving cyanide and ricin  —  Berlin — Counterterrorism police in Germany raided an apartment in the west of the country over the weekend, arresting an Iranian national and his brother who now stand accused of preparing an attack motivated by Islamic extremism.

Florida man: Madison Cawthorn, denied NC reelection, confirms move to Sunshine State  —  Former Rep. Madison Cawthorn confirmed Friday he has moved to Florida.  —  Rumblings of a potential move away from North Carolina, the state he represented in Congress, began to emerge as early as September …

Public Transit Goes Off the Rails With Fewer Riders, Dwindling Cash, Rising Crime  —  When riders stop taking subways and buses, it's harder to keep up service.  'It's becoming a vicious cycle.'  —  Several of the nation's largest urban mass-transit systems are at a crossroads …

That McCarthy PAC Concession?  It Could Elect Far-Right Candidates in 2024.  —  To secure him the speakership, a PAC linked to Kevin McCarthy promised to change how it handles races in safe Republican districts.  —  After months of miscalculation, four days of humiliation, and fifteen ballots …

Maria Bartiromo Is Still Doing the Kind of Journalism That Got Fox News Sued For Billions  —  Few people are as ill-equipped to handle an interview with an election denier as Maria Bartiromo, whose naïve (I'm being charitable) willingness to embrace stolen election conspiracy theories …

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 8, 2023  —  Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report.  —  ISW is publishing an abbreviated campaign update today, January 8.

‘I Expect More and More Violence’: Former IDF West Bank Chief Pans Palestinian Sanctions  —  Gen. (res.)  Nitzan Alon says Israel's flurry of punitive actions in response to the PA's International Court of Justice request puts ‘oil on the fire,’ as former COGAT adviser Michael Milstein warns against enabling the PA's collapse

House GOP removed metal detectors outside House chamber days before Jan. 6 riot anniversary  —  In one of their first acts in power, House Republicans removed the metal detectors outside the House chamber, just days before the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol attacks.

Supreme Court sides with Texas death row inmate who says conviction was based on bad DNA evidence  —  The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a Texas death row inmate who is trying to overturn his conviction based on faulty DNA evidence.  In a rare reversal, the inmate received the support of the district attorney involved in the case.

Noma, Rated the World's Best Restaurant, Is Closing Its Doors  —  The Copenhagen chef René Redzepi says fine dining at the highest level, with its grueling hours and intense workplace culture, has hit a breaking point: “It's unsustainable.”  —  Julia Moskin has been reporting on the restaurant industry for The Times since 2004.

Judge Delays Unsealing Trump Deposition in Rape Accuser's Suit  —  A federal judge gave former President Donald Trump more time to argue against the partial release of his deposition in a lawsuit by a woman who claims he raped her in the 1990s.  —  US District Judge Lewis Kaplan …

Federal judge temporarily blocks portions of New Jersey's new gun law  —  Much of the new law — which also overhauled the process for obtaining a concealed carry permit as well as mandated the purchase of liability insurance for gun carriers — remains unaffected.

A Korean War Wall of Remembrance Set Hundreds of Errors in Stone  —  Many names of American service members who died in the conflict are misspelled or missing from the new memorial wall in Washington, relatives and researchers say.  —  An arc of gleaming black granite slabs etched …

As legal bills mount, Florida paid about $35,000 for each migrant in Martha's Vineyard flights  —  TALLAHASSEE — Florida has agreed to pay up to $1 million to two law firms to defend it following Gov. Ron DeSantis' controversial decision last summer to relocate nearly 50 Venezuelan migrants …