Yes, the Jan. 6 insurrectionists were terrorists.  George W. Bush just indicted them.  —  Few Americans expected wisdom from former president George W. Bush on the 20th anniversary of 9/11.  Even fewer expected wisdom on the current state of our politics.  That is nevertheless what we got from his remarks in Shanksville, Pa., today.

USCP's January 6 Internal Investigations  —  After January 6, the United States Capitol Police promised to provide an update on its internal investigations related to the attack.  —  This week, the USCP provided the Department of Justice the administrative cases as part of the ongoing discovery production …

NY hospital to pause baby deliveries after staffers quit over vaccine mandate  —  LOWVILLE, N.Y. — An upstate New York hospital said it will pause the delivery of babies in two weeks because of a spate of resignations by maternity unit workers who are objecting to COVID-19 vaccination mandates.

Alabama man dies of cardiac event after 43 hospitals with full ICUs turned him away  —  The family of a man who died of heart issues in Mississippi is asking people to get vaccinated for COVID-19 after 43 hospitals across three states were unable to accept him because of full cardiac ICUs.

Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count  —  New reported cases  —  These are days with a reporting anomaly.  Read more here.  —  Daily Avg. on Sept. 10 14-Day Change Total Reported  —  Cases  —  145,666  —7%  —  Tests  —  1,620,212  —  +21%  —  Hospitalized  —  100,465

US pulls missile defenses in Saudi Arabia amid Yemen attacks  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. has removed its most advanced missile defense system and Patriot batteries from Saudi Arabia in recent weeks, even as the kingdom faced continued air attacks from Yemen's Houthi rebels …

Escape From New York The great maritime rescue of lower Manhattan on 9/11.  —  On that bright-blue morning 20 years ago, Coast Guard lieutenant Michael Day was at his office on Staten Island, looking out over lower Manhattan.  Day was a relatively junior officer whose job entailed safety …

Abimael Guzman, founder of Peruvian rebel group Shining Path, dies at 86  —  Abimael Guzman, leader of the Shining Path rebels who nearly toppled the Peruvian state in a bloody Maoist revolution, died on Saturday while in prison and following several weeks of poor health, the government said.

9/11/2001 +20  —  The expansion of government power used to deal with the very real threat of al Qaeda and other terror groups were, eventually, turned on other Americans.  And here we are.  —  On the very clear, otherwise ordinary morning of September 11, 2001, ten hijackers took control …

Biden's vaccine push wins cautious business support as political opponents fume  —  Even in deep red Texas, some employers embrace the president's vaccine strategy.  —  Bob Harvey's phone did not ring.  —  In Washington, a political furor had erupted over President Biden's new coronavirus vaccine …

Vaccine Resisters Seek Religious Exemptions.  But What Counts as Religious?  —  Major denominations are essentially unanimous in their support of the vaccines against Covid-19, but individuals who object are citing their personal faith for support.  —  When Crisann Holmes's employer announced …

The U.S. Needs an Operation Warp Speed for Rapid COVID-19 Testing  —  Dr. Michael Mina, MD, PhD, is assistant professor of epidemiology and immunology/infectious diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics; and associate medical director …

'Sophie's choice, over and over': Death panels are the new phase of the pandemic  —  Remember “death panels”?  Well, they're back, and this time, they're real.  —  “Death panels” was a phrase coined by Sarah Palin, the folksy-talkin' former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate.

Republicans seize on Biden's novel use of a law on workplace safety to attack his vaccine mandates.  —  President Biden's far-reaching assertion of presidential authority to require vaccines for 80 million American workers relies on a first-of-its-kind application of a 51-year-old law that grants …

Members of Congress and Their Staff Are Exempt From Biden's Vaccine Mandate  —  President Joe Biden's new vaccine mandates for federal employees don't apply to members of Congress or those who work for Congress or the federal court system.  —  Biden issued two executive orders …

Remembering 9/11/01: Twenty years later, solemn ceremonies are separated by politics  —  It's hard to believe that twenty years have passed since the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01.  It is a day that is impossible to forget.  As Americans gather to commemorate the day and grieving families …

Biden's Vaccine Push Aligns Him With a Fed-Up, Vaccinated Majority  —  As the president took forceful new steps to pressure Americans to get inoculated, he argued that they were urgently needed health measures.  In his allies' view, they were also good politics.