Kill the Bill  —  Members of Congress have begun to say explicitly in the last couple days what I think has been clear for weeks and months.  Kyrsten Sinema's multiple trips to the White House yesterday just confirms it.  She's not negotiating about any of this in good faith.

Trump donor: Corey Lewandowski made unwanted sexual advances  —  A Donald Trump donor is accusing Corey Lewandowski, one of the former president's longtime top aides, of making unwanted sexual advances toward her at a Las Vegas charity event over the weekend.

Kristi Noem Shows Why Republicans Can't Have Nice Things  —  Exclusive: Sources reveal the South Dakota governor and potential 2024 VP candidate is having an extramarital affair with former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.  —  Multiple sources have informed American Greatness …

YouTube is banning prominent anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content  —  The Google-owned video site previously only banned misinformation about coronavirus vaccines.  Facebook made the same change months ago.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube is taking …

Dowd for Texas Announcement  —  Matthew Dowd announces his campaign for Texas Lt Governor and end the reign of the cruel and craven GOP incumbent.  He says enough is enough and it is time t...

Pentagon leaders blame State Department for chaotic Afghanistan evacuation of civilians  —  Pressed on timing of evacuations, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said it was a ‘State Department call’  —  Milley, Austin face new round of Afghanistan questions in House hearing after contradicting Biden

Why Is Every Young Person in America Watching ‘The Sopranos’?  —  The show's new audience is also seeing something different in it: a parable about a country in terminal decline.  —  To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.

In ‘Rationality,’ Steven Pinker Sticks Up (Again) for Reason's Role in Human Progress … When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission.  —  For someone who so frequently and serenely proclaims that he's right, Steven Pinker can get curiously defensive.

Trump plans to sue to keep White House records on Capitol attack secret  —  Legal strategy could delay and possibly stymie efforts by House select committee into Capitol attacks to see key documents  —  Donald Trump is preparing to sue to block the release of White House records …

America Is Having a Violence Wave, Not a Crime Wave  —  A historic rise in homicides in 2020—and continued bloodshed in 2021—has incited fears that after years of plummeting crime rates, the U.S. could be headed back to the bad old days, when a crime wave gripped the country from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Friends from Ohio get 45 days in jail for Capitol riot  —  Two friends from Ohio have been sentenced to 45 days in jail for storming the U.S. Capitol together in January  —  COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Federal prosecutors assert that everybody who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 …

Faced with vaccine mandates, most health workers are getting immunized.  —  Hundreds of sought-after nurses are leaving some U.S. hospitals that have established vaccine requirements for all employees, involving some protests and legal opposition.  But most workers, especially at large hospital chains …

Critical Race Theory Bans Are Expanding To Cover Broad Collection Of Issues  —  The conservative cancel culture panic over “critical race theory” in schools is continuing to spread.  But while some school districts are correctly pointing out that CRT is not taught in their system …

Why Biden Is Patient as Democrats Panic  —  A faint but discernible note of alarm has been slipping into Democrats' chatter about the 2022 and 2024 elections.  President Joe Biden's approval ratings have slumped to their lowest levels since his inauguration.  His governing coalition is splintering over the Haitian migrant crisis.

San Diego Unified mandates COVID vaccines by Dec. 20 for staff, eligible students  —  Hundreds protested mandate that affects students ages 16 or older  —  The San Diego Unified School Board unanimously approved Tuesday night a mandate that staff and students age 16 and older be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 20.

Wisconsin GOP lawmakers want superintendent, treasurer and secretary of state appointed, not elected  —  MADISON - Republican lawmakers are proposing to eliminate elections for the state superintendent, state treasurer and secretary of state and instead allow governors to appoint those positions.

Fumio Kishida to Become Japan's Next Prime Minister After Party Election Win  —  Former foreign minister defeated Taro Kono in runoff vote to win leadership of ruling Liberal Democratic Party  —  TOKYO— Fumio Kishida, a former foreign minister who has called for Japan's missile defenses to be beefed up …

Kamala Harris' office frustrated with ‘The View’ after last week's Covid fiasco, sources say  —  New York (CNN Business)The office of Vice President Kamala Harris is vexed with “The View” after the false Covid-19 positive tests revealed just before Harris was to appear on the show last week sent …

Ivory-billed woodpecker officially declared extinct, along with 22 other species  —  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's move underscores what scientists say is an accelerating rate of extinction worldwide, given climate change and habitat loss  —  The “Lord God Bird” is dead.

Democrats Fear 2022 ‘Bloodbath,’ Toy With Going for Broke Now on Infrastructure  —  Democrats are faced with a key moment on infrastructure.  They can do the politically popular thing, or they can deliver on the policy they believe in.  —  As they struggle to muscle through their sweeping domestic agenda …