“I do not believe that Donald Trump should be the next president of the United States. I think he’s had his opportunity there. “I think Jan. 6 really disqualifies him for the future. I want to see everything I can do to make sure there is the alternative, and that Donald Trump is not the not the nominee of the …

The Washington Post reports: The trial of five members of the Proud Boys on charges of seditious conspiracy, with the defendants including the group’s longtime chairman, Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, is heading into its second week without a word of testimony being heard. That is because the federal district court has been struggling to find 12 D.C. residents who can put …

NBC News reports: Three New York City police officers were injured after being attacked with a machete near New Year’s Eve celebrations in Times Square, authorities said. The incident happened just after 10 p.m. ET at West 52nd Street and 8th Avenue, just outside of the high-security zone where revelers are screened at checkpoints, officials said at a news conference …

The Hill reports: Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) said on Sunday that Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) must take “huge steps” to regain public trust after Santos admitted to lying about his background on the campaign trail. But the Texas Republican, who is leaving Congress, also said Santos could be forgiven by the GOP for owning up to the false statements and …

The BBC reports: Crowds of people are gathering in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia, ahead of the inauguration of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as president. The state of Brasilia has pledged to deploy “100%” of its police force – around 8,000 officers – to the city amid fears that some supporters of Mr Bolsonaro could seek to disrupt proceedings. Mr …

“I’ve spent the last three weeks doing due diligence within the RNC. Just the money itself that it costs. Forty cents for every dollar that you go out and get from big donors goes to these things, one of them’s called ‘Data Trust.’ “To me, it’s like a big money laundering operation. Don’t quote me on that, we’re still digging. …

Raw Story reports: Donald Trump invited the media for a moment he called “media availability” at Mar-a-Lago ahead of the country club’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration. When the time came, however, Trump spoke for fewer than five minutes and not one cable news station covered it, including allies like Newsmax and Fox. He began by wishing the media a …

EuroNews reports: In the new year, Croatia will become the latest country to join the Eurozone and the Schengen area, a move that European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says makes the European Union stronger. As of Sunday, the country will “join a community of 347 million Europeans who use the euro in their daily lives,” von der Leyen …

The Guardian reports: Anita Pointer, one of the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters whose string of pop, country and R&B hits in the 1970s and 80s included I’m So Excited, Jump (For My Love) and Fire, has died of cancer aged 74, her publicist said. Pointer was surrounded by family at her Beverly Hills home when she died on Saturday, publicist Roger …

Bloomberg News reports: Elon Musk was the second person ever to amass a personal fortune of more than $200 billion, breaching that threshold in January 2021, months after Jeff Bezos. The Tesla Inc. chief executive officer has now achieved a first of his own: becoming the only person in history to erase $200 billion from their net worth. Musk, 51, has seen …