DEFINING LIFE: Following a state Supreme Court decision that a fertilized embryo is an actual child with all protections of the law, the University of Alabama at Birmingham health system announced that it is putting a hold on in vitro fertilization …

INFORMED WITH LIES: The confidential FBI informant at the base of the House Republican investigation into Hunter Biden who was charged with lying last week was fed false information by Russian intelligence, according to a filing made yesterday by the Department of Justice.  …

MONEYWORLD: Capital One is buying Discover Financial in a $35.3 billion deal that would merge two of the largest credit card companies in the US and create a financial behemoth with more than 1.3 million card holders.   Capital One issues credit …

THE RUSSIA HOUSE: Russian authorities have not yet turned over the body of dissident Alexei Navalny to his family nor given the cause of his death. If they do not allow an independent autopsy, or even turn over the body, it’s …

SUDDEN DEATH: Russian dissident Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic prison camp, according to the state news agency, Tass. He was 47.   The Federal Penitentiary Service issued a statement saying Navalny had fallen unconscious after taking a walk. “All necessary resuscitation measures were …

END OF SEASON:  One woman was killed and at least 21 wounded or injured when shooting broke out yesterday at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory celebration. Nine of the injured were children and 15 of the …

THE GANG THAT COULDN’T VOTE STRAIGHT: House Republicans voted 214-213 last night to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on charges of “high crimes and misdemeanors” for willfully refusing to enforce border laws. It’s the first impeachment of a cabinet secretary …

THE WAR ROOM: President Joe Biden is ramping up his opposition to how the war in Gaza is being conducted by Israel without calling an outright halt to the fighting. Biden joined other international leaders urging Israel to drop plans for an …

CHIEFS WIN: The Kansas City Chiefs and Taylor Swift came from 10 points behind last night to beat San Francisco and win the Super Bowl 25-22 in overtime. It’s the third win for the Chiefs, establishing the team as a dynasty. …

WHO ARE YOU CALLING OLD?: Vice President Kamala Harris and White House aides are condemning the special counsel report on Joe Biden “politically motivated.”   “The way the president’s demeanor in that report was characterized could not be more wrong on the …