United Airlines to Require All U.S. Employees to Get Covid-19 Vaccines  —  The airline is the first U.S. carrier to mandate vaccines for all employees  —  United Airlines will require its U.S. employees to be vaccinated this fall, the first major airline to take this step as the Delta variant drives …

Washington's hottest club is Joe Manchin's houseboat  —  Generally speaking, the first rule of visiting Joe Manchin III's houseboat is don't talk about Joe Manchin's houseboat.  —  This week, however, when Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) tested positive for the coronavirus after attending …

‘It was riot and mayhem’: Biden, honoring police, warns against distorting Capitol assault  —  President Biden signed legislation Thursday to award the Congressional Gold Medal to police who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection, taking the opportunity to mount …

Andrew Cuomo's Last Play to Hold Onto Power “He is not resigning,” said one ally.  “It is just not in his nature to ever do that.”  —  There is almost no one left in Democratic politics in New York or across the country — not from the president of the United States to the lowest local ward heeler …

Too many Republicans are taking covid-19's side in the fight against the pandemic  —  This is the GOP's pandemic now.  Cynical and irresponsible Republican politicians have created an environment that is killing Americans who shouldn't have to die, swamping hospital systems with desperately ill patients …

It is time for Congress to act again to protect the right to vote  —  Merrick B. Garland is attorney general of the United States.  —  Our society is shaped not only by the rights it declares but also by its willingness to protect and enforce those rights.  Nowhere is this clearer than in the area of voting rights.

Belarus: IOC expels two coaches over Krystina Timanovskaya case  —  Two Belarusian coaches have lost their Olympic accreditations after allegedly attempting to force an athlete to leave the games in Tokyo.  —  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed that Artur Shimak and Yury Maisevich had left the Olympic Village.

Tucker Carlson's Self-Loathing International Tourism  —  Tucker Carlson is spending a week in Budapest in order to annoy Americans and everybody else who believes in the ideals of America: the rule of law, a free press, free elections, the conviction that democracy is preferable to autocracy.

Matt Gaetz denies sex crimes and attacks Fox News in desperate hourlong YouTube video  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) targeted Fox News this week in the premiere episode of his Firebrand YouTube program.  —  Earlier this year, Gaetz disappeared from Fox News broadcasts after he made an appearance …

Biden administration considers withholding funds and other measures to spur vaccinations  —  The Biden administration is considering using federal regulatory powers and the threat of withholding federal funds from institutions to push more Americans to get vaccinated — a huge potential shift …

How Cuomo and His Team Retaliated Against His Accusers  —  Governor Cuomo relied on a shrinking cadre of trusted advisers to guide strategy over sexual harassment allegations and to hit back at the women who accused him.  —  The governor's inner circle was in a frenzy …

'We're Going Back To The Capitol': Ex Trump Campaign Official Announces ‘Huge’ Protest  —  “We're going to push back on the phony narrative that there was an insurrection,” Matt Braynard told former White House strategist Steve Bannon.  —  The former data chief for Donald Trump's 2016 campaign …

Washington is still shying away from punishing Putin's closest cronies.  Why?  —  MOSCOW — Few topics rattle the Kremlin quite as much as Western sanctions targeting its officials and oligarchs.  For all its nationalistic posturing, the regime of Vladimir Putin — as corrupt as it is authoritarian …

CRT Roundup: Fairfax County Schools Sent Second Graders Video Vilifying Cops: ‘I Feel Safe When There Are No Police’  —  Over the last year, teachers and administrators nationwide have weaponized K-12 education, injecting progressive politics into classrooms, and indoctrinating students …

Letter from Acting Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection Samuel Levine to Facebook  —  Today, Acting Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection Samuel Levine sent the following letter to Mark Zuckerberg concerning Facebook's misleading claims regarding the company's consent decree with the FTC:

How Trump stiff-armed Congress — and gaslighted the courts — to build his wall  —  Congress' power of the purse was ignored, but lawmakers remain divided over how to respond.  —  President Donald Trump tours a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Alamo, Texas.

Teaching Race in Kindergarten  —  Oregon's new standards for social science exchange colorblindness for racialism.  This is not progress.  —  From school boards to state legislatures, a battle is raging over how public schools should teach students about race and racism in the United States.

Nancy Pelosi's Surprise Flip on Student Debt Cancellation Came After Urging From Billionaire Power Couple … The drive to persuade President Joe Biden to cancel student debt took a major hit last week when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stunned Congress with a surprise statement in opposition.

Progressives keep hold of Biden agenda: The Note  —  Rep. Cori Bush's actions this week forced the White House's hand on evictions.  —  “Biden Democrats” keep winning primaries over their more progressive friends.  —  But the Biden agenda is still being shaped and defined …

You Were Warned: Automakers Team Up With Biden To Force Electric Cars On Consumers  —  In eight years, half of American car buyers will be forced to purchase overpriced, underperforming electric cars they don't want, courtesy of the federal government and a compliant auto industry.

‘All of them’: Tennessee health chief says children's hospitals will fill up as the delta variant surges  —  Natalie Allison Brett KelmanNashville Tennessean  —  The delta variant of the coronavirus is ravaging hospitals in Tennessee, and pediatric wings won't escape the crisis, the state's health chief said Thursday.

More than 800 unaccompanied kids stopped at southern border in single day  —  US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stopped a whopping 834 unaccompanied minors at the US-Mexico border Wednesday, the most since the Biden administration began releasing a daily tally of apprehensions of children earlier this year.

It's been Meghan McCain's job to make you mad.  What happens when she leaves ‘The View’?  —  Meghan McCain is leaving her co-hosting gig on “The View” on Aug. 6.  —  McCain is a polarizing figure, and seems to enjoy being one, complaining about the media while courting their attention.

Americans On COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements: Yes For Health Care Workers, No For Restaurant Customers, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Majority Support Masking Up Indoors And At Schools  — mail_outline  —  As both the government and the private sector grapple …

Shots Fired: A Reporter Visits Vermont's First Indoor Gun Range  —  I'm not a gun guy.  I haven't handled a firearm since I squeezed off a few rounds from an old .22 rifle at summer camp more than 35 years ago.  —  Nor have I felt the impulse to own a gun for personal protection, whether due to privilege or delusion or both.

‘Dark Money’ Is Funding The 2020 Election Challenge — And Could Challenge 2024  —  TERRY GROSS, HOST:  —  This is FRESH AIR.  I'm Terry Gross.  “The Big Money Behind The Big Lie” is the title of my guest Jane Mayer's new article in The New Yorker.  The Big Lie is, of course, that Donald Trump really won the election.

Reporter Removed From Kevin McCarthy Press Conference After 1/6 Commission Question: Video  —  A reporter was allegedly “dragged” by four police officers from a press conference on Thursday after asking Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy why he opposed a January 6th commission.

Novavax Delays Seeking U.S. Regulatory Approval for Covid-19 Vaccine  —  The shot, which can be stored at normal refrigerator temperatures, could provide much-needed boost to global vaccination efforts  —  Novavax Inc. said it would delay seeking U.S. emergency authorization …

Rudy Giuliani Admitted He Lied About Feds Slipping Him Info Ahead of 2016 Election, Watchdog Finds  —  The 2016 election was upended just as Giuliani went on the radio and claimed “active agents” had shared “rumors” about the Hillary Clinton email probe.  —  Rudy Giuliani has admitted …

Business Groups Call on Biden to Restart Trade Talks With China  —  U.S. chamber, others say tariffs on Chinese imports are a drag on U.S. economy  —  WASHINGTON—Nearly three dozen of the nation's most influential business groups—representing retailers, chip makers, farmers and others …