Kyrsten Sinema Faces a Growing Revolt From Her Former Supporters  —  The centrist senator is key to President Biden's agenda in Washington.  Her positions have angered some Democrats back home.  —  PHOENIX — Jade Duran once spent her weekends knocking on doors to campaign for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema …

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.

Scoop: Milley's blunt private blame for the State Department  —  In a classified briefing with senators on Tuesday, Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley directly blamed the State Department for a botched evacuation from Afghanistan, saying officials “waited too long” to order the operation …

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 …

Select Committee Subpoenas Organizers of Rallies and Events Preceding January 6th Insurrection  —  Washington—Today, Chairman Bennie G. Thompson announced that the Select Committee has issued subpoenas for deposition testimony and records to individuals tied to the events and rallies leading …

Trump Still Faces a Reckoning in New York  —  Court documents and interviews indicate that the Manhattan District Attorney is accumulating evidence of pervasive tax fraud.  —  Last Monday, eighty days after their first courtroom appearance in a case known as The People of the State of New York v …

Olympic medalist and USC swimmer Klete Keller pleads guilty to Capitol riot charge  —  Klete Keller, the five-time Olympic swimming medalist from USC, agreed to a plea bargain Wednesday after facing seven federal charges for participating in the U.S. Capitol riot.

VP Harris to student who accused Israel of ‘genocide’: Your truth must be heard  —  US Vice President Kamala Harris applauded a student who accused Israel of “ethnic genocide,” saying “your truth cannot be suppressed.”  —  During a discussion with students about National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday …

Think tank president quits after domestic violence complaint  —  Jerry Taylor, the co-founder and president of the Niskanen Center, recently resigned from the Washington, D.C.-based think tank after being charged with violently attacking his wife, according to court records obtained by POLITICO.

Tennessee parents say some books make students ‘feel discomfort’ because they're White.  They say a new law backs them up  —  Battle over how race is taught in classrooms heats up in school district  —  Williamson County, TN (CNN)Robin Steenman pulled her daughter out of public school over a mask mandate last year.

Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 - Updates on Spectators, Vaccination and COVID-19 Countermeasures  —  IOC News Press Release Beijing 2022  —  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) held an Executive Board (EB) meeting today, in the presence of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

Jan. 6 investigators subpoena organizers of rallies that preceded Capitol attack  —  The Jan. 6 select committee has subpoenaed Katrina Pierson, a veteran Trump campaign operative who helped organize the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the insurrection at the Capitol.

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.

Lawmakers drowned out by protesters as they announce critical race theory bill  —  Lawmakers were drowned out by protesters outside the U.S. Capitol Building on Wednesday as they announced a bill that would ban critical race theory in federally funded schools.

The Cops Who Touched Fentanyl  —  Can you overdose on fentanyl just from being near it?  Over the past few years, a number of police officers have said that they O.D.'d merely from brief exposure to the drug.  In 2016, the Drug Enforcement Administration even issued a warning to cops about the dangers of such encounters.

“I Felt Like There Was No Mercy”: Cori Bush Is Ready to Talk About Her Abortion  —  Bush, who will tell her story at a Congressional hearing on Thursday, recognizes that as reproductive rights come under legislative attack, accounts like hers are crucial.  —  Seated on the edge of a grey couch …

Congress primed to avert shutdown despite remaining conflicts  —  The Senate appears on track to prevent a government shutdown on Thursday at midnight, as Democrats and Republicans wade through last-minute impediments to a stopgap funding bill's speedy passage.

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.