Former FBI general counsel says more lawsuits are probably coming for Fox News over election lies  —  In a conversation with Stephanie Ruhle on Monday, former FBI general counsel, Andrew Weissmann, suggested that “more” charges might be coming “on the criminal side” for Fox News.

DeSantis' new memoir skips juicy details about his life that could emerge in a presidential bid.  Here's what he left out.  — DeSantis published his first memoir, “The Courage to Be Free,” on Tuesday  — The book is widely viewed as laying the groundwork for a presidential run.

You probably won't get any student loan relief, thanks to a GOP-controlled Supreme Court  —  At the end of the day, the most important question in US law is which political party controls the Supreme Court.  —  If you were hoping that your student loans would be forgiven under a program …

‘Sometimes Things Break’: Twitter Outages Are on the Rise  —  Elon Musk's repeated job cuts are stoking new fears that there aren't enough people to triage Twitter's problems.  —  After Elon Musk bought Twitter last year and eliminated thousands of its employees, many users were so alarmed …

FBI director says COVID pandemic ‘most likely’ originated from Chinese lab … Christopher Wray: COVID-19 origins most likely caused by Chinese lab ‘incident’  —  FBI Director Christopher Wray said that the COVID-19 pandemic was likely caused by a lab leak in Wuhan, China.

The Bidens ordered the same dish at a restaurant.  Who does that?  —  Where and what presidents eat is an enduring fascination.  We love to scrutinize former president Donald Trump's ketchup-doused steaks or the Obamas' penchant for culinary hot spots.  —  And so when President Biden and his wife …

The story behind Gaetz citing Chinese propaganda at a hearing  —  In 2021, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) decried what he labeled “a fusion of the interest of the Chinese Communist Party and much of the apparatus of the United States government.”  —  At a hearing Tuesday, Gaetz cited …

Biden to tap Julie Su as next Labor secretary  —  President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he would nominate Julie Su to be his next Labor secretary, moving swiftly to fill a coming vacancy within his cabinet.  —  “It is my honor to nominate Julie Su to be our country's next Secretary of Labor,” Biden said in a statement.

NYC Mayor Adams dismisses separation of church and state principle, declares himself ‘a servant of God’  —  Mayor Adams dismissed the notion that there should be a separation between church and state in U.S. society on Tuesday, drawing ire from fellow Democrats who contended that line …

House GOP moving to let Jan. 6 defendants access Capitol security footage  —  House Republicans are moving to provide defendants in Jan. 6-related cases access to thousands of hours of internal Capitol security footage, a move that could influence many of the ongoing prosecutions stemming from 2021's violent attack.

Government watchdog report finds FBI, Capitol Police identified but didn't share “credible threats” before Jan. 6  —  Federal agencies responsible for protecting the U.S. Capitol did not “fully process” or share critical information — including about militia groups arming themselves ahead of the Jan. 6 …

Georgia Republicans want to make it easier to challenge voters' eligibility  —  Georgia Republicans introduced legislation Tuesday making it easier to kick voters off the rolls through mass challenges, according to a copy of the bill sent to lawmakers and shared with NBC News by an aide to two of the bill's sponsors.

GOP Congressman Claimed He's an Economist.  He Took One Class—and Got a C.  —  ‘I WAS MISTAKEN’  —  Freshman Republican Rep. Andy Ogles (TN) says he's a trained economist, but in reality, he only took one community college course on the subject—and he got a C, a transcript obtained by NewsChannel 5 in Nashville revealed.

Exposed: Fox's Pander-for-Profit Business Model  —  The Dominion lawsuit reveals how the network truckles for ratings.  —  Fox News loves to project bravado, but the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit shows how deeply threatened the network is by flimsy, fringe competitors …

Iowa lawmakers propose a ban on same-sex marriage  —  Nearly eight years after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage and several months after Congress codified gay nuptials, Iowa lawmakers proposed banning such unions in their state constitution.  —  “In accordance with the laws …

Blaise Ingoglia bill would ‘cancel’ Democratic Party … Mike Wright  —  Mike Wright is a former reporter with the Citrus County Chronicle, where he had covered county government and politics since 1987.  Mike's skills as an investigative reporter earned him first-place awards in investigative writing.

As Americans Work From Home, Europeans and Asians Head Back to the Office  —  Return-to-office rates in Paris and Tokyo have climbed to over 75%, while U.S. often sits around half  —  While U.S. offices are half empty three years into the Covid-19 pandemic, workplaces in Europe and Asia are bustling again.

Iran investigates poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls with toxic gas  —  Almost 700 girls have been poisoned by toxic gas in Iran since November, in what many believe is a deliberate attempt to force their schools to shut.  —  No girls have died, but dozens have suffered respiratory problems, nausea, dizziness and fatigue.

'That's weaponization': Dem smacks down Jim Jordan for ignoring Trump DOJ corruption  —  Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) called out House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) because he had no plans to investigate abuses at the Justice Department during the Trump administration.

Hundreds massacred in Ethiopia even as peace deal was being reached  —  Soldiers from neighboring Eritrea went house to house killing villagers in Ethiopia's Tigray region, witnesses say  —  NAIROBI — Just days before a deal to end the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region …

The House was supposed to grow with population.  It didn't.  Let's fix that.  —  What if we increased the size of the House?  —  Given that most of us are pretty frustrated with Congress, this might sound crazy.  But growing the House of Representatives is the key to unlocking …

Scoop: Jonathan Capehart quits WaPo editorial board, leaving no people of color  —  Jonathan Capehart quit the Washington Post editorial board after a dispute over an editorial about 2024 politics, leaving the paper with an all-white editorial board, Axios has learned.

Axel Springer to Restructure Its German Business as It Shifts Focus to U.S.  —  The media conglomerate aims to eliminate print editions and become digital-only publisher  —  BERLIN—The German owner of Politico and other U.S. outlets announced a restructuring of its domestic operation …

President Joe Biden's $39 billion semiconductor project is open for business … Authorized by the CHIPS and Science Act last year, the Commerce Department opened the application process Tuesday for companies jockeying for a share of the funding.  This first round prioritizes applicants seeking …

Underrecognized: Extremist murders are usually from right-wing actors  —  Even before the attack at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, even further back than the Trump administration, federal authorities have been fretting about the threat of violence committed by domestic extremists.

Flurry of drone strikes hits Russia as TV, radio are hacked  —  1 of 2  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ordered officials to tighten control of the border with Ukraine after a spate of drone attacks that Russian authorities blamed on Kyiv delivered a new challenge to Moscow …

Ukrainian Innovation in a War of Attrition … The Prussian general and military theorist Carl von Clausewitz wrote that war is filled with unpredictability and that “in war more than anywhere else in the world things happen differently to what we had expected.”

US Postal Service to Buy 9,250 Electric Vehicles From Ford  —  The U.S. Postal Service is buying more than 9,000 battery-powered delivery vans made by Ford Motor Co. as part of a $10 billion push to electrify its aging fleet.  —  The Ford E-Transit Battery EVs, which the Postal Service expects …

Democrats push to end security exemption on Capitol Hill as Republicans demand the right to carry guns  —  WASHINGTON — Staff Sgt. Aquilino Gonell recently retired from the U.S. Capitol Police after he was injured in the Jan. 6 attack.  But he remains worried about one, seemingly small …

Another Santos Scandal?  He Diverted Voter Registration Money to a GOP-Allied Gay Rights Site  —  Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.  —  During Rep. George Santos' second run for a congressional seat on Long Island …