Trump kicks off his 2024 campaign: ‘We are at the brink of World War III’  —  Donald Trump took aim at President Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, U.S. foreign policy and undocumented immigrants Saturday as he kicked off his bid for a return to the White House with campaign stops in New Hampshire and South Carolina.

DePape in bizarre phone call to KTVU says he should have been ‘more prepared’  —  David DePape called the KTVU newsroom Friday, the same day a superior court judge ordered video of the hammer attack on Paul Pelosi to be released.  He told our reporter he had an important message.

Pro-western Petr Pavel sweeps to landslide win in race for Czech presidency  —  Champagne flows as former general defeats billionaire populist rival Andrej Babiš by largest margin in the country's history  —  Petr Pavel, a retired general and former senior Nato commander …

Pfizer Responds to Research Claims  —  New York, N.Y., January 27, 2023 - Allegations have recently been made related to gain of function and directed evolution research at Pfizer and the company would like to set the record straight.  —  In the ongoing development of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine …

Hunter Biden converted Delaware house with classified documents into home office  —  Hunter Biden apparently turned his father's Wilmington, Del. mansion into a high-powered and possibly compromised home office, wheeling and dealing with some of the same nations whose names have turned …

At the Pentagon, push to send F-16s to Ukraine picks up steam  —  A contingent of military officials is quietly pushing the Pentagon to approve sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to help the country defend itself from Russian missile and drone attacks, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions.

How an Oligarch May Have Recruited the F.B.I. Agent Who Investigated Him  —  The bureau tried to court Oleg Deripaska, a Russian aluminum magnate, as an informant.  Instead, one of its own top agents may have ended up working for him.  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation tried …

Trump's Evolution in Social-Media Exile: More QAnon, More Extremes  —  The former president, now free to post again on Facebook and Twitter, has increasingly amplified far-right accounts on Truth Social.  Experts on extremism worry that he will bring this approach to a far wider audience.

New trans prisoner storm looms for Nicola Sturgeon over transfer of violent stalker Tiffany Scott  —  Nicola Sturgeon faces another trans storm after a decision was made to house one of Scotland's most violent prisoners in a women's jail.  The Record can reveal that volatile Tiffany Scott …

Minnesota Legislature Passes Bill to Legalize Abortions Up to Birth By 1 Vote  —  The Minnesota Senate today passed a bill to enshrine in Minnesota law a right to abortion without limits at any time during pregnancy.  Senators approved the bill, H.F. 1, by just a one-vote margin, 34-33.

The police who killed Tyre Nichols were Black.  But they might still have been driven by racism  —  Editor's Note: Van Jones is a CNN host, political commentator and the founder of Dream.org, a national nonprofit dedicated to criminal justice reform.  The views expressed in this commentary are his own.