David Crosby, Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash Co-Founder, Dies at 81 … Singer-songwriter-guitarist David Crosby, a founding member of two popular and enormously influential '60s rock units, the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash (later Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), has died.  He was 81 years old.

Alec Baldwin Expected to Be Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter in ‘Rust’ Shooting  —  Film's armorer also expected to be charged while assistant director has agreed to plead guilty to negligent use of deadly weapon  —  Watch: Alec Baldwin Rehearses With Gun Before Fatal ‘Rust’ Shooting

Video shows drag-denier George Santos dressed in drag, boasting about drag shows  —  Video has emerged showing lying Long Island Rep. George Santos boasting about performing as a drag queen in Rio de Janeiro — despite his claims Thursday morning that he had never done any such thing.

Supreme Court Says It Hasn't Identified Person Who Leaked Draft Abortion Opinion  —  The leak of the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, published by Politico in May, was an extraordinary breach of the court's usual secrecy.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Thursday …

The Pressed Secretary  —  Frustration among White House reporters with press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is reaching a boiling point.  —  That is according to conversations I had on Wednesday with more than a half-dozen White House reporters who painted a picture of a White House press corps …

In new memoir, Mike Pompeo says Trump told him to ‘shut the hell up’ about China  —  Donald Trump told former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to “shut the hell up for a while” about China at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in order to avoid angering the country's leader, according to a memoir that Pompeo will publish next week.

‘They have us over a barrel’: Inside the US and German standoff over sending tanks to Ukraine  —  The Biden administration is stuck in a standoff with Germany over whether to send tanks to Ukraine ahead of a key meeting of Western defense leaders in Germany on Friday.

The Not Particularly Talented Mr. Santos  —  With Kevin McCarthy and co. giving government oversight power to election deniers, it's perhaps fitting that the comically dishonest New York representative is also landing a couple committee seats.  As Rep. Ritchie Torres put it, “House Republicans have sunk to the level of self-parody.”

Trump Is Plotting How to Kick DeSantis ‘In the Nuts.’ Here's His Playbook, So Far  —  Team Trump is preparing to paint the Florida governor as an establishment hawk who'll put Social Security on the chopping block  —  FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD Trump and his allies have already started charting …

Judge refuses to dismiss Peter Navarro's contempt of Congress case and clears the way for trial  —  A federal judge declined Thursday to dismiss the criminal contempt of Congress charge brought against former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro for his failure to comply with a subpoena …

California is in decline.  And it's likely to get even worse.  —  California's status as the most important state in the nation will remain secure for quite some time.  But its falling population coupled with its $22.5 billion budget deficit suggest it could experience a swift and wrenching decline.

25 “Randoms” on the 25th Anniversary of the Bill Clinton Calamity  —  My name became public 25 years ago this week.  What have I observed and learned in the quarter century since?  Oh, plenty.  —  On January 21, 1998, the political maelstrom that eventually led to President Bill Clinton's impeachment began …

House GOP's swing votes demand talks on debt ceiling and push back on White House's hard-line stance  —  House Republicans from swing districts are flatly rejecting the White House's position that there be no negotiations with Congress over raising the national debt ceiling …

‘Virulent Hatred’: Global Far-Right Celebrates Jacinda Ardern's Resignation  —  The New Zealand prime minister was a prominent hate figure for international far-right and conspiracy theorist networks, whose vilification of her may have played a role in her resignation, experts tell VICE World News.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's rationale for targeting Ilhan Omar isn't believable  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy recently confirmed his campaign pledge to remove Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar, Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell from their respective House committees.

CIA director holds secret meeting with Zelensky on Russia's next steps  —  High-level visit by Burns comes at critical juncture in war and as government in Kyiv airs concern about durability of U.S. support  —  CIA Director William J. Burns traveled in secret to Ukraine's capital at the end …

Matt Yglesias and the secret of blogging  —  How to be a successful content entrepreneur  —  What is the secret to a successful career as a blogger/newsletter author/content creator?  No one ever asks me this, because my career is not successful, but if they did I would tell them to read …

ANDY NGO REPORTS: Seven charged with domestic terrorism following deadly shooting at Atlanta autonomous zone  —  Clockwise: Sarah Wasilewski, Matthew Ernest Macar, Teresa Yue Shen, Spencer Bernard Liberto, Christopher Reynolds, Geoffrey D. Parson and Timothy A. Murphy are facing charges …

Hawaii Businesswoman Gets 2 Years for Trying to Stop 1MDB Probe  —  A Hawaii businesswoman was sentenced to two years in prison for helping to illegally lobby the Trump administration to drop an investigation into the 1MDB global bribery scandal and remove a Chinese dissident from the US.

The empty threat of a white-collar recession  —  Layoffs in media and tech don't mean you're getting laid off, too.  —  It's hard not to notice the recent stream of headlines about high-profile layoffs.  —  In tech, they've hit big names such as Amazon, Salesforce, and Facebook parent Meta …

Kansas man tells jury God threatened Rep. LaTurner through him  —  Chase Neill is standing trial for death threats against the congressman  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for January 19  —  A man told jurors Thursday that a death threat he made against U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner came from God …

Trump sold his DC hotel.  GOP spending disappeared. … In June the Waldorf Astoria opened for business in downtown D.C.'s Old Post Office Building, replacing the Trump International Hotel, which for five years served as an assembly point for Republican officials, lobbyists and anyone who wanted to buy Donald Trump's attention.

Harvard Reverses Course on Human Rights Advocate Who Criticized Israel  —  News that the university had blocked a fellowship for the former head of Human Rights Watch stirred debate over academic freedom and donor influence.  —  The Harvard Kennedy School reversed course on Thursday …

Stakeouts, a Missing Scarf, and a Dying Dog: Inside the George Santos Media Circus  —  A Long Island Patch reporter is racking up scoops while congressional correspondents chase down the fabulist freshman rep, who may just be leaning into the press frenzy.  Says one member of the scrum, “He's an idiot, but he's not an idiot.”

3 Active-Duty Marines Charged in Jan. 6 Capitol Riot  —  STILL GOING  —  Three active-duty Marines have been hit with federal misdemeanor charges for their alleged roles in the Capitol siege by a mob of Trump supporters.  After one of them posted photographs from Jan. 6 to his Instagram page …

Bitter RNC chair race roiled by questions of Trump loyalty  —  The current chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel, argues she is best positioned to prevent Donald Trump from forming a third party if he fails to win the 2024 nomination.  —  Republican Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, facing …

Easing College-Degree Requirements Should Be a No-Brainer for Conservatives  —  Lifting barriers to government and other jobs would benefit the economy, weaken the higher-ed cartel, and appeal to voters drawn to the conservative side.  —  In his first move as governor of Pennsylvania …

After Indiana Univ. stabbing, Asian American students say they haven't received enough support from school  —  Asian Americans at Indiana University Bloomington are reeling after an 18-year-old student was stabbed on a city transit bus last Wednesday, allegedly because of her identity.

Nikki Haley exploring 2024 presidential run: 'I've never lost a race'  —  Nikki Haley said that she has ‘never lost a race’ and is not ‘going to lose now’  —  Nikki Haley addresses possible presidential run  —  See Bret Baier's full interview with Nikki Haley tonight on Special Report at 6pm ET.