Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, indicted by Justice Department  —  New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted in federal court on Thursday as President Donald Trump's Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents …

Why Schumer thinks Dems have momentum … It's Day 9 of the government shutdown.  There's no resolution in sight to this crisis.  —  When you take stock of where things stand, it's not difficult to see why House and Senate Democrats feel good about their strategy — for now.

Greg Bovino Emerges as Trump's Man For Conjuring Up a Blue-City Insurrection  —  Elected officials, activists, and at least one former high-ranking Department of Homeland Security official have all noticed the same thing: when the Trump administration wants to turn up the heat, they send in Gregory Bovino.

Norway on Edge Over Trump Ahead of Nobel Peace Prize Verdict  —  Norway is bracing for the aftermath of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on Friday as the Nordic nation has faced increasing pressure from Donald Trump and his administration to award it to the US leader.

Trump suggests tariffs played a role in peace deal  —  Trump said during a Fox News interview tonight that his tariffs may have played a role in getting Israel and Hamas to sign off on the first phase of a peace deal.  —  “I think we shocked everybody by a lot with the tariffs and all of that.

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official … - Liberty is owned by Scott Leiendecker, who in 2011 created a software program focused on enabling election workers to verify voters and check them in at polling locations.  — According to Leiendecker's LinkedIn page …

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport  —  Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled  —  A Rutgers University professor who taught a course on anti-fascism was blocked from leaving the US …

Trump's war on the left: Inside the plan to investigate liberal groups  — Powerful Trump aide Stephen Miller key part of crackdown  — ICE agents being redeployed to target activist groups  — George Soros' charitable network on White House list  — Trump using isolated ICE clashes to justify national crackdown

Oklahoma's Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago  —  Gov. Kevin Stitt, the current chairman of the National Governors Association, broke with Texas, saying, “Oklahomans would lose their mind” if Illinois sent troops to their red state.

DOJ defends employees reposting Trump's comments about Luigi Mangione  —  Two DOJ employees reposted a video of President Donald Trump saying Mangione “shot someone in the back as clear as you're looking at me.”  —  Federal prosecutors on Wednesday challenged arguments that two Justice …

The Boat Strikes Are Just the Beginning  —  What the U.S. government is portraying as a drug mission may be about a lot more.  —  the videos of carnage on the open seas have, by now, become almost routine: A small, fast-moving boat skips along the waves.  Seconds later, it erupts into a ball …

Harvard Must Take a Stand Against Trump's Compact  —  The Trump administration's authoritarian offensive is accelerating.  —  It is now openly persecuting opponents, bullying media to silence critics, and sending masked security forces to terrorize cities, and the president recently told …

Americans' Job Ratings of Six Key U.S. Agencies Worsen  —  Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' ratings of six prominent federal government agencies have deteriorated markedly since last year.  The job ratings of each of these agencies — the Federal Emergency Management Agency …

Alex Jones asks Supreme Court to block massive defamation judgment  —  Jones says the court must act immediately to prevent his site, InfoWars, where he has spread conspiracy theories, from being handed over to the satirical news site The Onion.  —  WASHINGTON — Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones …

What's Really at Stake in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia Case?  —  Thanks to a Supreme Court that has blessed anything short of physical torture, prosecutors have more coercive tools than ever before, including the ability to threaten to indict a defendant's family members or friends.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing.  A federal grant that might help him was canceled  —  The device is about the size of a AA battery, and it has the potential to help a baby or infant heart keep beating in the face of failure.  —  It's called the PediaFlow, an implantable artificial heart for the littlest, most vulnerable humans.

How Ken Paxton, a Rising MAGA Star, Got Rich as a Texas Politician  —  The state's attorney general, who is vying to be the Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat, became a multimillionaire as a public official  —  AUSTIN, Texas—Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton went from being a middle-class lawyer …

Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity  —  A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people's risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination  —  BY SARA NOVAK EDITED BY LAUREN J. YOUNG

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration … Robert E. Primus, the first Black board chairman of the federal regulator responsible for approving railroad mergers, at first thought there was something wrong with his work phone.  When he couldn't unlock it he switched …

Judge Rules Feds Can't Pepper-Spray, Tear-Gas Journalists After Block Club Chicago And Others Sue  —  Block Club and news organizations sued the federal government for its actions against journalists outside the Broadview ICE detention facility.  Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray bullets and tear-gassed.

Senate strikes deal to vote on defense bill, breaking impasse  —  The Senate broke a monthlong impasse on its annual defense policy bill and secured a deal that could see the legislation pass as soon as Thursday.  Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) locked in an agreement …