Bloomberg News reports: Hillary Clinton will join Columbia University as a professor focusing on global politics and policy in the fall. The former US secretary of state will work as a professor of practice at the School of International and Public Affairs and as presidential fellow at Columbia World Projects, Columbia President Lee Bollinger announced today. Clinton, 75, will work …

Here’s an interesting interlude amidst the chaos: MAGA activist Ali Alexander went on a sexist offensive against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) by claiming he would have the Georgia representative brought up on criminal charges and expelled from Congress. The progressive watchdog organization Right Wing Watch flagged a portion of Alexander’s latest livestream on Telegram where the “Stop the Steal” organizer …

ABC News reports: President Joe Biden on Thursday said he plans to visit the southern border with Mexico on Sunday, for the first time since taking office. Biden said he will visit El Paso, Texas, “to assess border enforcement operations, meet with the local officials and community leaders and the folks at the border sending me what they need that …

The Tallahassee Democrat reports: A Winter Park man who admitted posting an image of a semi-automatic rifle with threats to kill gay people in a mass shooting at Florida State University was arrested by the FBI. Sean Michael Albert, 19, was arrested Tuesday on a federal charge of making an interstate communication to threaten to injure another person, according to …

CNN reports: A moderate House GOP lawmaker told CNN about the “increasing frustration” among centrists at the number of concessions unfolding as the House speaker stalemate continues. “Centrists growing increasingly frustrated at bending the knee to a handful who never wanted to be in the majority in the first place,” this lawmaker said. Asked if the moderates/centrists can stomach this …

Politico reports: The House gaveled in at noon, and for the seventh time in three days, McCarthy was formally nominated for speaker — this time by Michigan Republican John James. Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) nominated the current anti-McCarthy option, Bryon Donalds. And just as the previous six votes went, McCarthy failed to clear the 218-vote threshold. Following the news that …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: TurboTax should be ashamed of attempting to normalize sin by featuring two gay men getting married in their 2023 commercial, “Not Taxes.” It includes two men dressed in wedding attire, one in a pale pink suit and the other in a tan suit, walking down the aisle hand in hand after their …

The Charleston Post & Courier reports: The state Supreme Court has thrown out South Carolina’s law that bans abortions at roughly six weeks into a pregnancy, calling it unconstitutional. In a 3-2 split decision, justices ruled that privacy rights inserted in the state constitution do extend to a woman’s right to an abortion. The Legislature has the authority to set …

“She knows when she took that oath that she stole this election. The good thing about this being dragged out a little bit is that more and more information is coming our way. “I’m going to look for one judge that loves the Constitution and loves this country. We’re going to expose each and every one of them. And the …

CBS News reports: The race for House speaker race remains undecided as Republican leader Kevin McCarthy continued to fail to win a majority in the first six rounds of voting. It has been nearly a century since a speaker vote took multiple ballots. Only eight other times in U.S. history has it taken more than three rounds. According to the House of …

The Hill reports: Fox News host Tucker Carlson said in an interview that his “hatred” of liberals led to his inaccurate predictions of a red wave in November’s midterm elections. “That loathing clouded my judgment,” Carlson told Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA. “I was like, ‘I dislike these people so much. What they’re doing is so wrong. …

NBC News reports: Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed his military to observe a cease-fire in Ukraine for 36 hours and called on Kyiv to do the same, the Kremlin said Thursday, in a move that coincides with Russian Orthodox Christmas. Ukraine indicated earlier it wouldn’t support such a move, and has long viewed suggestions of a truce as favoring …

Mediaite reports: Brian Kilmeade can — at times— be fairly described as a loose cannon. And in the curious world of opinion-based television programming, that is a feature, not a bug. Kilmeade’s off-the-cuff and unpolished-cum-authentic broadcast style was on full display Thursday morning when he derided the “Never Kevin” set of the twenty or so House Republicans refusing to support …

The New York Times reports: Bed Bath & Beyond, the beleaguered home goods retailer, warned investors on Thursday about the darkening prospects for its future, saying that bankruptcy was a possible option. The company reported preliminary earnings, noting lower sales and slower foot traffic compared to the prior year. The company said its sales were about $1.3 billion for the …

Lansing’s ABC affiliate reports: Longtime U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, D-MI, announced Thursday she will not be seeking reelection next year. The senior U.S. senator for Michigan said Thursday: “Inspired by a new generation of leaders, I have decided to pass the torch in the U.S. Senate. I am announcing today that I will not seek re-election and will leave the …

The Daily Beast reports: A New York woman who claims she had a romantic relationship with Rudy Giuliani is now suing the former mayor—alleging that he sexually harassed her while she was working under toxic conditions at his company. She also alleges that Giuliani fired her last year and then warned her to keep quiet, noting his ties to former …

CNN reports:   A Brazilian former shop clerk allegedly defrauded out of more than $1,300 by George Santos has a message to voters who cast ballots for the Republican congressman-elect: “Don’t feel guilty, he does that really well. He’s a professional liar.” In an interview with CNN on Wednesday, Bruno Simões said that Santos in 2008 paid for merchandise using …

Posted this morning to Trump’s Truth Social account: I actually think that a big Republican VICTORY today, after going through numerous Roll Calls that failed to produce a Speaker of the House, has made the position & process of getting to be Speaker BIGGER & MORE IMPORTANT than if it were done in the more traditional way, much like me …

The Daily Beast reports: Rep. George Santos is once again on the move. At least, that’s what the embattled Republican congressman-elect told The Daily Beast this week, in response to questions about the Queens apartment he’s been staying at with his sister. It turns out, according to court records, his sister was already facing potential eviction for failure to pay …

Playbook reports: The GOP leader appears to have finally acquiesced to a demand to lower the threshold needed to force a vote ousting a speaker to just one member. While McCarthy originally indicated that restoring the one-member “motion to vacate” was a red line, his allies now argue that there’s not a huge practical difference between this and his previous …