The Price of Lies: A Texas jury awarded $4.1 million in damages to a Connecticut couple suing the conspiracy monger Alex Jones for defamation. They had asked for $150 million.   A separate and shorter trial will start today to determine punitive …

The Trump Factor: Republicans who deny the legitimacy of the 2020 election won their party’s primary in four states for positions that would oversee or influence how elections are conducted.   Jim Marchant, the nominee for secretary of state in Nevada, has …

The War Zone: Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelensky ordered hundreds of thousands of people living in eastern Ukraine to evacuate as continuing Russian bombardment makes the area unlivable.  He said, “The sooner it is done, the more people leave Donetsk region now, the fewer people …

Kansas Surprise: Kansas voters surged to the polls to protect the right to abortion in their state. By a margin of 59 to 41 percent as of this morning, the voters shot down an amendment that would have removed the right …

Killer Killed: A US  drone strike over the weekend killed the elusive al Qaeda terrorist leader Ayman al-Zawahri, who took over the organization after the death of Osama bin Laden.   President Biden said in a speech last night that “justice” had been delivered. He …

The Erase Button: Text messages for President Trump’s acting homeland security secretary Chad Wolf and acting deputy secretary Ken Cuccinelli for the critical period  leading to the January 6thinsurrection are missing, The Washington Post reports, according to unnamed sources.   It’s similar to …

The King’s Speech: Returning to Washington to speak for the first time since he left the presidency, Donald Trump yesterday delivered a speech in which he admired the swift Chinese justice system, suggested that homeless people should be put in tent …

The War Zone: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia is waging an “overt gas war” against Europe.   “The gas blackmail of Europe, which only gets worse every month, is needed by a terrorist state to make the life of every European …

Baby, It’s Hot: Wildfires fed by extreme heat continue to burn in the West. A fire today raging for a fourth day in central California outside Yosemite National Park has burned more than 15,000 acres and forced as many as 3,000 …

Not Looking Good: Former President Donald Trump spent more than three hours during the Capitol insurrection watching Fox News in the dining room off the Oval Office without calling the military or law enforcement and refusing pleas by his staff to call …