The Hill: Oath Keeper repents for Jan. 6 at trial, blames ‘steady diet’ of right-wing conspiracy theories
Jessica Watkins, who has been locked up for two years following her arrest in the case, said she did not intend to stop certification of Biden’s 2020 election victory when she stormed the Capitol in a military stack formation with other Oath Keepers.

Internal Documents Show How Close the FBI Came to Deploying Spyware
Christopher Wray, the FBI’s director, told Congress last December that the bureau purchased the phone hacking tool Pegasus for research and development purposes. But dozens of internal FBI documents and court records tell a different story.

What we know about driver who hit 25 law enforcement recruits in LA County
The 22-year-old driver involved in the crash was placed in custody, but authorities have not named him the suspect. L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva explained investigators are working to see if the crash was an accident or a deliberate act.

Shock: California Projects $25 Billion Deficit — After $98 Billion Surplus
The new projections, released Wednesday, come just over a week after elections in which Democrats were reelected to every statewide office after a year of lavish public spending.

Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce Democrat-Controlled State’s New Gun Law
Several sheriffs in Oregon said they will not enforce the state’s new gun law that places a limit on magazine capacity, arguing that the provision violates the Constitution’s Second Amendment.

Whitmer To Push For Gun Control After Reelection Victory, Dem Takeover Of State Legislature
Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer told news outlet Bridge Michigan in an interview published Wednesday that gun control is a top priority heading into her second term, now with Democratic majorities in both chambers of the state’s legislature.

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Vote To Impeach Philly’s Soros Prosecutor
Lawmakers say Larry Krasner's soft-on-crime policies make the city unsafe. He is the latest Soros-backed prosecutor to face a removal effort.

Wedding photographer pistol-whipped, robbed in front of newlyweds in San Francisco
Two armed men, masked and in all black, can be seen shoving the photographer, pointing a gun in his face and demanding that he turn over his expensive equipment, the footage shows.

Official: Republicans win control of the House of Representatives, ending Democratic control of Congress
CBS, CNN, the Associated Press, the NY Times, and NBC all projected Republicans would win with more than the 218 seats needed to have a House majority, possibly possessing 221 seats, by one estimate.

House Republicans pass first wave of rule changes for new majority
The GOP is saving more controversial rule change proposals for after Thanksgiving but voted in favor of a change to how a speaker of the House could be ousted from power. The rule proposed is meant as a way to prevent a Democratic minority from having control over who gets to be speaker.

A House popular vote majority produced few seats but is a good sign for Republicans in 2024
One of the puzzles in this year’s surprising and unpredicted (including by me) off-year election results is why the Republicans’ 51% to 47% win in the popular vote for House of Representatives did not produce a majority bigger than the apparent final margin.

Rep. Waltz: We Have to Figure out How to Handle Blue-State Voting Laws, Mail Voting Can Work for GOP
"The states determine how elections are conducted. It’s in the Constitution. I don’t see some of these blue states changing, and we need to figure out how to fight on that battlefield ..."

Karen Bass Beats Rick Caruso In LA Mayoral Race: Projection
The projection was made by DecisionDeskHQ on Wednesday, with Bass holding 53.06% of the vote and Caruso holding 46.94%.

Iconic brands that slammed Georgia election law have egg on face amid state's record voter turnout
Coca-Cola, Major League Baseball among household name brands that joined in public denunciation of the voting reform measure.

McConnell defeats Scott in last-minute race for Senate GOP leader
McConnell received 37 votes while Scott received 10 votes. One senator voted present.

Ron DeSantis on Rumored ‘Civil War’ with Trump: ‘People Just Need to Chill Out’
“We just finished this election. People just need to chill out a little bit on some of this stuff. I mean, seriously. We just ran an election. We have this Georgia runoff coming, which is very important for Republicans to win that Georgia runoff.”

House Democrat eyes legislation to bar Trump from office under 14th Amendment
Rep. David Cicilline is eyeing legislation that would bar former President Trump from serving in office under the 14th Amendment “for leading an insurrection against the United States.”

Jan. 6 show trial panel hits back at Pence after he called it 'partisan'
Pence also said the panel had “no right to his testimony,” citing separation of powers.

Kinzinger: Jan. 6 show trial helped crush the red wave
"I think the January 6th Committee, even if people don’t vote on that issue, it kind of popped the bubble, so to speak, so people started feeling uneasy."

PA Gov.-Elect Arrests Democrat For Massive Ballot Fraud
Democratic Pennsylvania Governor-elect Josh Shapiro charged a former campaign consultant Wednesday with “wide scale” voter fraud, according to authorities.

Congress passes law prohibiting use of NDAs to silence sexual misconduct allegations
The House passed a bill that prohibits the use of nondisclosure or other confidentiality agreements to silence allegations of sexual misconduct within the workplace.

Diesel hits record premium over gas, oil
While the price of gasoline is up about 14% this year, diesel has climbed about 50%, to $5.35 a gallon, according to AAA/Opis.

Why Is Klaus Schwab Even At The G-20 Summit?
Schwab is a German engineer and professor by trade, as well as the founder of the World Economic Forum. He was never elected leader of a condo association, let alone a government. Nevertheless, he has been pushing for the “Great Reset” for all nations for quite some time.

Thanksgiving Dinner Will Cost 20 Percent More This Year as Inflation Bites
According to the group’s 37th annual survey, the average cost of a Thanksgiving feast for 10 will be $64.05. This is up 20 percent, or $10.74, from last year.

Target shares plunge after retailer reports profit decline, warns of soft holiday quarter
The big-box retailer saw sales decline as families contended with higher prices, making trade-offs between what they need and what they want.

FTX shrink says executives were ‘undersexed,’ denies rampant amphetamine use
Online gossip alleging the group lived in a “polycule” — or network of polyamorous relationships — surged after CoinDesk reported the executives “are, or used to be, paired up in romantic relationships with each other.”

Will FTX's bankruptcy spill into the general economy like Lehman Brothers?
"When Lehman fell, everyone felt it. Many will likely be harmed by the FTX bankruptcy, but it is too early to know whether the wreckage will reach Lehman proportions," Lipson said.

Crypto Lender BlockFi Plans Bankruptcy Filing Within Days in FTX Fallout
Sudden collapse of FTX is threatening future of crypto firms.

Sam Bankman-Fried's father drafted tax legislation for Elizabeth Warren, donated thousands to Dems
After she introduced the Tax Filing Simplification Act in April 2016, Warren touted the support of Bankman and dozens of other law professors and economists.

Maxine Waters dodges question on FTX, Democrat ties and claims 'both sides' got money
FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried hit with class-action lawsuit Wednesday

Bitcoin’s decline in value is ‘deadly blow’ for El Salvador
After the world’s most popular cryptocurrency fell 21% this week, the Central American country lost an estimated $70 million of its public finances.

Schumer Wants Amnesty For ’11 Million Or However Many’ Illegal Aliens Are In The U.S.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. In 1986, Senator Chuck Schumer successfully pushed for amnesty for millions of illegal aliens, promising that doing so would help slow the tide of illegal immigration and support America’s dwindling workforce. It failed.

Border Patrol union chief urges GOP to abandon 'stolen election' rhetoric to focus on border
"Independents do not believe that the election was stolen," Brandon Judd told Just the News.

NATO chief says Poland blast likely caused by Ukrainian missile — but not Ukraine’s fault
NATO said there was no indication that the missile strike that hit a Polish border village on Tuesday night was deliberate, saying that Russia was ultimately to blame as it continues to bombard Ukraine with missiles.

Zelensky insists missile that hit Poland was not Ukrainian
“I have no doubt that it was not our missile or our missile strike,” Zelensky told Ukrainian news outlets, adding, “I want us to be fair, and if it was the use of our air defense, then I want that evidence.”

How to Avoid Nuclear War
There are obvious ways to end the war itself, but doing so while leaving each side’s red lines on top of each other makes the nuclear war only a matter of time. Russia, like the kaiser, sees itself getting weaker and thinks now is the best time to fight.

Hot Mic Catches China’s Xi Berating Justin Trudeau Over Leaks At G20
A ticked-off Chinese President Xi Jinping dressed down his Canadian counterpart Wednesday at the G20 summit over leaks of their private meeting a day earlier in a dramatic moment caught on video.

Chinese takeover of the UK’s biggest chip plant blocked on national security grounds
Business Minister Grant Shapps on Wednesday ordered Chinese-owned Dutch chipmaker Nexperia to sell its majority stake in Newport Wafer Fab.

John Leguizamo says Latinos were tricked by 'trigger words' to vote Republican
They're "not as media savvy."

Jay Leno’s Doctor Gives Update After Comedian Suffers ‘Significant Burns’ In Car Fire
Dr. Peter Grossman told reporters that Leno suffered “significant burns to his face and hands” and required a “surgical excision and grafting procedure.”

The Trailer For ‘1923’ Is Finally Here
The next installment of the “Yellowstone” franchise is almost here, and the trailer suggests it’s going to be absolutely epic.

Robert Clary, Corporal LeBeau on ‘Hogan’s Heroes,’ Dies at 96
The French actor and singer spent 31 months in a concentration camp but said he had no reservations about starring in a TV comedy about the Nazis.

Trump Is Back (And So Are the Fact-Checkers)
They no longer have to feign interest in holding the Biden administration accountable

NBC Bay Area affiliate's report on Paul Pelosi attack shares key details with retracted 'Today' report
NBC Bay Area’s report includes details that Pelosi opened door for police, didn't try to leave house.

Ex-host Tiffany Cross wanted to ‘take down’ MSNBC before exit: Source
Ex-MSNBC host Tiffany Cross learned that she was getting pushed out days ahead of her exit — and threatened to “go out in a blaze” and “take down” the cable-TV network and its boss Rashida Jones, the NY Post has learned.

CNN Cracks Down On Drinking During ‘New Year’s Eve Live’
This year will be the first New Year’s Eve show overseen by CEO Chris Licht since he took over the network in February. During the meeting, Licht reportedly told staffers that drinking on-air eroded the presenters’ credibility and “respectability.”

David Brock Leaves Media Matters for Undisclosed Reasons
Brock abruptly announced on Wednesday that he will be giving up his role as chairman of the far-left organization Media Matters for America.

Euro zone predicted to have a deep recession and a difficult, slow recovery
The euro zone is expected to plunge into recession in the coming months with economists warning “it will not be shallow.”

Inflation in Britain Reaches 11.1 Percent, Led by Energy Costs
Prices in October rose at the fastest rate in more than 40 years, deepening the country’s cost-of-living crisis.

Kerry: US backs proposed fossil fuel drawdown
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Wednesday that the U.S. will back proposals to phase out the use of “unabated” fossil fuels at the ongoing COP27 climate summit.

12 Senate Republicans Vote With Democrats for Far-Left ‘Respect for Marriage Act’
Heritage Action for America executive director Jessica Anderson released a statement saying RFMA is an “unnecessary piece of legislation that provides for lawsuits against those who simply hold a different view on marriage.”

San Francisco launches new guaranteed income program for transgender community
The Guaranteed Income for Trans People (GIFT) Program will provide low-income transgender residents with $1,200 each month, up to 18 months to help address financial insecurity within the community.

First out gay teen in a Disney animated film
Walt Disney's latest animated feature, "Strange World," comes out on Nov. 23. It demonstrates Disney's renewed commitment to LGBTQ representation by showcasing the first out gay teenager in a Disney cartoon feature.

Biden administration warns of ‘historically large increase’ in student loan defaults without debt forgiveness
The department anticipates there “could be an historically large increase in the amount of federal student loan delinquency and defaults as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Undersecretary James Kvaal said in the filing.

Public college officials that banned anticommunism, pro-life flyers appeal judge's legal rebuff
As campus activism returns amid COVID-19 restrictions, administrators target conservative speech.

Pat Gray reacts to asinine claim that Bible verses are 'offensive'
Florida county school officer determines Bible verses on school property are "self-expression."

Elon Musk: Twitter's success requires 'extremely hardcore' workers who put in 'long hours at high intensity'
"If you are sure that you want to be part of the new Twitter, please click yes on the link below," he wrote. "Anyone who has not done so by 5pm ET tomorrow (Thursday) will receive three months of severance," he added.

Clinton-linked dark money group targeted Twitter advertisers amid Elon Musk's takeover
Accountable Tech spearheaded a letter to top Twitter advertisers as part of a larger pressure campaign demanding "non-negotiable" requirements for their business, saying that Musk's takeover will further "toxify" the social media giant and directly threaten public safety.

Harvard Professor To Lead Expedition To Locate Possible Alien Probe Off Of Remote Island
Professor Abraham "Avi" Loeb said Tuesday that he had received $1.5 million in funding to lead an expedition to Papua New Guinea to scope the ocean floor for a 2014 meteor that crashed into the ocean that he suspects may be of alien origin.

Disney World to raise prices for tickets, annual passes
A one-day ticket for Magic Kingdom will range from $124 to $189. A one-day ticket will range between $114 and $179 for Epcot and between $124 and $179 for Disney’s Hollywood Studios.