‘Very Anti-Social’: Suspect in Boulder Supermarket Massacre Was Paranoid, Brother Says  —  Police also identified the ten people who lost their lives when the 21-year-old gunman allegedly opened fire on Monday afternoon.  —  Authorities on Tuesday identified the suspect in the shooting deaths …

There's no migrant ‘surge’ at the U.S. southern border.  Here's the data.  —  Evidence reveals the usual seasonal bump — plus some of the people who waited during the pandemic  —  Last week, at the U.S. border with Mexico, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …

Former professor says Yale fired her over tweet on Trump, Dershowitz  —  Bandy Lee MED '94 DIV '95, a formerly Yale-affiliated faculty member in the School of Medicine and Yale Law School, filed a complaint against the University on Monday alleging “unlawful termination …

Manchin says he doesn't support House-passed background check bill  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said on Tuesday that he does not support House-passed legislation to expand background checks to all gun sales.  —  “What the House passed?  Not at all,” Manchin said, when asked if he supports the legislation.

Judge warns DOJ that media interviews could taint Oath Keepers case  —  A federal judge lambasted the Justice Department on Tuesday, warning that top officials' comments in recent media interviews threatened to taint the prosecution of some of the most notorious participants in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.

U.S. Health Officials Question AstraZeneca Vaccine Trial Results  —  According to federal officials, an independent panel of medical experts said the promising results announced by the company on Monday may have relied on “outdated information.”  —  Federal health officials …

Scoop: Democrats confront White House over lack of AAPI Cabinet representation  —  Two Democratic senators of Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage confronted a senior White House official Monday night over the absence of AAPI representation in President Biden's Cabinet, four Senate aides familiar with the call tell Axios.

Amazon Delivery Drivers Forced to Sign ‘Biometric Consent’ Form or Lose Job  —  The new cameras, which are being implemented nationwide, use artificial intelligence to access drivers' location, movement, and biometric data.  —  Lauren Kaori Gurley  —  Amazon delivery drivers nationwide have to sign a …

Netanyahu clinches 61 majority on Right on way to victory - exit polls  —  Three polls give Netanyahu's bloc a 61 seat majority in the Knesset with Naftali Bennett's Yamina Party.  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be able to form a government for the seventh time in his three-decade …

Fox News failed in its coverage of the Atlanta shootings … In the aftermath of last week's shootings at several Atlanta-area spas that left eight people dead, including six Asian women, Fox News largely failed to include Asian voices and frequently ignored important context about the wave of anti-Asian sentiment in the country.

Top Saudi official issued death threat against UN's Khashoggi investigator  —  Senior official twice threatened to have Agnès Callamard ‘taken care of’ in meeting with UN colleagues in Geneva in January 2020  —  A senior Saudi official issued what was perceived to be a death threat …

MyPillow's Mike Lindell hires frequent Trump booster Alan Dershowitz to ‘countersue’ Dominion Voting Systems: report  —  Embattled pillow magnet, Trump supporter and conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell has hired frequent cable network “legal expert” Alan Dershowitz to “countersue” …

What we learned registering thousands of our neighbors for vaccines  —  By S. Mitra Kalita, with contributions from Epicenter volunteers Sree Bhagavan, Kris Brewer, Eric Garcia, Abby Gewanter, Devi Gupta, George Hagstrom, Julia Kopelson, Kenisha McFadden, Sarah Kulkarni, John O'Neil …

The NRA blocked an AR-15 ban and innocents immediately paid the price  —  This week's mass shooting in Colorado makes it clear the NRA's pro-death policies have gone from absurd political theatrics to clear and present danger.  Just last week, the NRA celebrated a big victory over the city of Boulder …

Biden's first news conference is a test for him.  But it's a bigger test for White House reporters.  —  The first news conference of a new administration is always a high-stakes affair for the White House.  —  How will the new president do under the glare of direct questioning from a crowd of correspondents?

Mayor Ends Remote Work for 80,000 in Signal to Rest of New York City  —  Office workers will return starting May 3 in a move that is intended to broadcast a message that New York is reopening for business.  —  For the last year, New York City has been running in the shadow of a deadly pandemic …

The Strongest House Candidates In 2020 Were (Mostly) Moderate  —  Moderate politicians are becoming an endangered species.  The most liberal Republican in Congress nowadays is still ideologically to the right of the most conservative Democrat, reflecting the fact that the median voters …

Trump officials hindered at least nine key oversight probes, watchdogs said.  Some may finally be released in coming months.  —  Almost as soon as she opened a politically charged investigation in 2019 into whether the Trump White House blocked hurricane relief to a devastated Puerto Rico …

White People Don't Have a Monopoly on Hatred  —  I know.  I once held bigoted beliefs myself. … Middle school is terrible for everyone, but you're going to have to trust me that it was rougher on me than many.  I was short, funny-looking, and a practicing Muslim in a town called Kennesaw …

Is ‘All Gas No Brakes’ Over?  —  Andrew Callaghan, 23, built a following with his YouTube series “All Gas No Brakes.”  This month, he announced that he'd left the show.  Here's what happened.  —  Since 2019, Andrew Callaghan, 23, has been crisscrossing the country in a beat-up R.V …

DHS looking at tracking travel of domestic extremists  —  The Department of Homeland Security is considering monitoring the travel of domestic extremists and expanding its use of the No Fly List, law enforcement sources told POLITICO.  —  The discussions are part of the Biden administration's strategy …

North Korea fires short-range missiles in direct challenge to Biden administration  —  North Korea fired off multiple short range missiles last weekend after denouncing Washington for going forward with joint military exercises with South Korea, according to people familiar with the situation.

Biden Can Make Mark on Judiciary with Trial Court Appointments  —  Listen  —  President Joe Biden soon is expected to announce his first judicial nominations, and much attention is focused on the potential elevation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Biden extending Obamacare's pandemic enrollment season  —  The Biden administration is extending a special Obamacare enrollment season it opened for the pandemic, giving Americans three more months to shop for health coverage after Congress recently boosted insurance subsidies in the Covid stimulus package.

A Colorado massacre, a GOP leader's panic, and end times for our immoral filibuster  —  The $1,400 check had barely cleared when the honeymoon ended for President Biden, at least according to GOP leaders desperate to talk about something else, followed in lockstep by the type of Beltway pundit …

G.O.P. and Allies Draft ‘Best Practices’ for Restricting Voting  —  As Republican legislatures seek to usher in a raft of new voting restrictions, they are being prodded by an array of party leaders and outside groups working to coordinate the efforts.  —  In late January …