Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) was elected Senate president pro tempore Tuesday, becoming the first woman to hold the job since its inception and putting her third in the line of presidential succession. The job has MORE
The incoming GOP majority removed the metal detectors placed outside the chamber of the House just days before the second anniversary of the Capitol riot. Magnetometers were installed outside the House chambers in January 2021 MORE
When Representative-elect George Santos from New York’s third district is sworn into Congress later today, he will be under a black cloud of investigation from authorities in Brazil who intend to revive fraud charges against MORE
Since 1976, Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, has released an annual list of words that deserve to be banished from our vocabularies due to “misuse, overuse and uselessness.” “Our nominators insisted, MORE
The January 6 Committee posted thousands of pages of its collective evidence from Trump attorneys, aides, and outside advisers surrounding Trump’s last-ditch efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the disastrous riot at the Capitol. MORE
Instead of attending Brazil’s inauguration of incoming President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and passing the ceremonial presidential sash — a symbol of a peaceful transfer of power — the departing far-right former president fled MORE
Conservative activist Ginni Thomas said she regretted sending texts to Mark Meadows after the 2020 election, and “I would take them all back if I could today.” “You know, it was an emotional time,” Thomas MORE
Controversial and provocative far-right influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in Romania on human sex-trafficking allegations a day after being roasted on Twitter by teen climate activist Greta Thunberg. The brothers MORE
Good morning, Coffee Talkers, and welcome to the 2022 Coffee Talk finale. Hope you can join me with a steamy cup of Joe and some breakfast niblets. I made a big batch of blueberry pancakes MORE
Barry Croft Jr., 47, a Delaware trucker, was described by prosecutors in a federal courtroom in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Wednesday as the “spiritual leader” and “the ideas guy” of the 2020 plot to kidnap MORE
On Tuesday night, Tulsi Gabbard was filling in for Tucker Carlson on Fox News, and interviewed the lying newly-elected Jew-ish gay Congressman from New York, George Santos. “If I were one of those in New MORE
GOP Congressman-elect George Santos, from New York’s third district, admitted to lying about his personal life, and college and work history on Monday after a weeklong silence on a lengthy list of falsehoods. After admitting MORE
Several busloads of migrants were dropped off in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence in Washington, DC, on Christmas Eve in 18 degree weather late Saturday. A total of three busloads stopped in Northwest MORE
An anonymous tipster has reported that Marjorie Taylor Greene and her family, including her ex-husband, are vacationing in Costa Rica this week. The tipster had been on the same flight as Greene and her family MORE
A powerful winter storm is bringing heavy snow, freezing rain, cold, and winds likely to bring severe disruption through the rest of the week before Christmas. The National Weather Service is calling it a “once MORE
Grab your coffee, friends! Today’s Topic There is a blizzard buzzing around a third of the country, and for those who might be missing out on that kind of fun, don’t worry — there is MORE
That woman from Georgia, Large Marge Three-Toes, is upset with her local Walmart, accusing them of selling sex toys next to children’s toothbrushes. Marjorie Taylor Greene and other conservatives seem obsessed with the sale of MORE
Several high-profile journalists were reinstated by Elon Musk early Saturday morning, including Aaron Rupar. Musk had accused those journalists of sharing private information about his whereabouts, which he described as “basically assassination coordinates.” Independent journalist MORE
The Biden administration plans to reopen a partnership with the U.S. Postal Service to mail free at-home Covid-19 tests to households that request them in order to keep ahead of a potential winter surge. After MORE
Good morning, friends, welcome to Coffee Talk, the free chat space of Thursdays — where the whole day is ahead of us to chat about anything, everything, or nothing (and also cats). Well, there’s also MORE
The following is based on an opinion piece by Dave Cullen, author of “Columbine” and “Parkland,” from the New York Times. You were right to feel hopeless. Gun safety was a lost cause. The National MORE
James and Jennifer Crumbley, charged with involuntary manslaughter in their son’s killing spree a year ago at Oxford High School in Michigan, say they have a friend who is willing to put them up if MORE
The members of the January 6 Committee and their staffers are actively preparing for a multi-pronged Republican revenge campaign when the GOP takes the House next month. They anticipate an all-out effort to discredit the MORE
Talking Points Memo obtained the 2,319 text messages that Mark Meadows turned over to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. MORE
At a special Punchline Comedy Club event last night at the Chase Center in San Francisco, comedian Dave Chappelle brought Elon Musk to the stage. “Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise for the richest man MORE