The Hill reports: Former Trump White House counselor Kellyanne Conway’s memoir is set to be released in May, a book her publisher labeled as an “open and vulnerable account” that details the top aide’s “journey all the way to the White House and beyond.” The book, titled “Here’s the Deal,” will be released on May 24, according to publisher Threshold …

CNN reports: Ben Williamson, a top aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, met on Tuesday with the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, according to several sources familiar with the meeting. Williamson was in the West Wing of the White House while the attack on the US Capitol was underway. One source says his …

The Washington Post reports: The U.S. economy grew 5.7 percent in 2021, the fastest full-year clip since 1984, roaring back in the pandemic’s second year despite two new virus variants that rocked the United States. The economy grew 6.9 percent from October to December, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Thursday, a sharp acceleration from the 2.3 percent it grew …

The Guardian reports: Prominent figures in the anti-vaccine movement including Dr Joseph Mercola [photo] and Alex Berenson have large followings on Substack, which has more than 1 million paying subscribers who sign up for individual newsletters from an array of authors. Research by the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a campaign group, showed that Mercola’s newsletters made a minimum of …

The Texas Tribune reports: In a sworn declaration submitted as part of an ongoing federal court challenge, a senior Republican state senator with redistricting experience said he believes his party violated federal voting laws when it drew new boundaries for state Senate District 10 in the Fort Worth area. “Having participated in the 2011 and 2013 Senate Select Redistricting Committee …

Reuters reports: Tesla’s most important products this year and next will not be cars, CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday, but software that drives them autonomously and a humanoid robot the company expects to help out in the factory. “I would be shocked if we do not achieve full self-driving safer than human this year. I would be shocked,” Musk …

CNBC reports: A Tennessee school board has voted to remove the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel “Maus” from an eighth-grade language arts curriculum due to concerns about profanity and an image of female nudity in its depiction of Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust. The Jan. 10 vote by the McMinn County School Board, which only began attracting attention Wednesday, comes …

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Yahoo News reports: Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson argued against government efforts to make child care cheaper for parents during a visit on Tuesday to Kwik Trip’s headquarters in La Crosse. “People decide to have families and become parents. That’s something they need to consider when they make that choice,” Johnson told local Wisconsin TV station WKBT. “I’ve never really felt …

NBC News reports: Long-running “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider lost in an episode that aired Wednesday, ending the second-longest winning streak in the quiz show’s history. Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, California, was defeated by Rhone Talsma, a librarian from Chicago, who raked in $29,600 in the latest game, besting Schneider, at $19,600. She left the show with nearly $1.4 …

The Daily Beast reports: On Sept. 4, 2017, according to his confession letter, Joel Greenberg called his friend Rep. Matt Gaetz with some bad news. A teenager both men had paid to have sex with was underage, Greenberg claimed. Now, two sources tell The Daily Beast, a cooperating witness can confirm details of that call for one damning reason: He …

Mediaite reports: Sarah Palin returned to Elio’s restaurant on Manhattan’s Upper East Side Wednesday night — just two days after testing positive for Covid-19. As seen in photos obtained by Mediaite, the former Alaska governor, who is unvaccinated, dined at the establishment in a heated outdoor area on Wednesday. She dined at the same eatery on Saturday, but indoors, in …

Variety reports: Jeremiah Caplinger pleaded guilty on Nov. 5, 2021 to one count of stepping on, climbing, removing or injuring property on U.S. Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Ahead of Caplinger’s sentencing next month, newly-filed court documents obtained by Variety reveal that prosecutors in the case used a famous quote from the HBO fantasy series “Game of Thrones” …

The Washington Post reports: A federal judge ordered Stewart Rhodes to remain jailed Wednesday pending trial on a charge of seditious conspiracy, a major blow to the outspoken leader of the extremist group Oath Keepers and the highest-profile person charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. “The evidence shows Defendant orchestrated a large-scale attack on the federal …

Gothamist reports: President Joe Biden plans to meet with Mayor Eric Adams in New York City next week to discuss the steady rise in gun violence across the five boroughs. The visit comes after Adams had been pressing the federal government for help in battling gun violence, specifically since the fatal shooting of two NYPD officers last week. A spokesperson …

Britain’s Metro News reports: Former Coronation Street star Sean Ward has revealed his anti-vaxx views have left him homeless due to producers not wanting to hire him for work. The 33-year-old, who starred as Callum Logan in the ITV soap, has been outspoken over his stance against the Covid vaccine and has attended several protests. In September 2021, Sean was …

The Roanoke Times reports: Markus Maly of Fincastle was arrested at his home Wednesday morning and charged with assaulting police officers and other offenses as authorities continue an investigation more than a year after the uprising occurred. According to court documents, Maly pointed and sprayed a chemical irritant at a line of police officers who were attempting the secure the …

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports: Assembly leaders for the second time have rejected a proposal from a Republican lawmaker to pull back Wisconsin’s electoral votes cast in the 2020 election, which is illegal. Rep. Timothy Ramthun, a Republican from Campbellsport, introduced a resolution during a floor session Tuesday to take the impossible step of retracting the state’s 10 electoral votes cast …

Rolling Stone reports: Following Neil Young’s demands that his music be removed from Spotify in protest of dissemination of Covid-19 misinformation on Joe Rogan’s podcast, the streamer will take down his music, Young wrote in a letter on his website on Wednesday. Spotify also confirmed the news in their own statement. Young posted a since-deleted letter on his website on …

Canada’s Nunatsiaq News reports: A 38-year-old man faces a variety of charges after “unruly” behaviour caused a flight to be rerouted, say Nunavut RCMP. The passenger was drinking hand sanitizer during the flight, and he began “yelling, swearing and being threatening toward the staff” after it was confiscated, according to the news release. The passenger has been charged with causing …