How AT&T helped build far-right One America News  —  As it lauded former President Donald Trump and spread his unfounded claims of election fraud, One America News Network saw its viewership jump.  Reuters has uncovered how America's telecom giant nurtured the news channel now at the center …

As Debt Ceiling Vote Looms, Democrats Reconsider Filibuster  —  Top Democrats say the Republican refusal to allow a vote to avert a federal default is the most powerful argument yet for weakening the Senate's signature procedural weapon.  —  WASHINGTON — With a federal default projected …

Top Trump aides set to defy subpoenas in Capitol attack investigation  —  Source says Meadows, Bannon and others will move to undercut House select committee inquiry - under instructions from Trump  —  Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and other top aides subpoenaed …

South Dakota Is a Moral Sewer and Should Be Abolished  —  South Dakota is in the news because a consortium of journalists exposed shady doings there that take advantage of the state's status as a notorious tax haven, and because the state's governor, Kristi Noem, is caught …

Screaming Matches, Oxygen Masks, and Wild Stampedes: A Congressman Describes January 6 From the House Floor  —  “This is because of you!” a Democrat yelled at a Republican as protesters battered at the doors and Capitol police officers urged lawmakers to “move!”

A ‘Historical Event’: First Malaria Vaccine Approved by W.H.O.  —  Malaria kills about 500,000 people each year, about half of them children in Africa.  —  The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the first ever vaccine to prevent malaria, debuting a tool that could save the lives …

Science Closes In on Covid's Origins  —  Four studies—including two from WHO—provide powerful evidence favoring the lab-leak theory.  —  Where did Covid-19 come from?  The answer can be found in the SARS-CoV-2 virus itself.  To get to the truth, we need only unleash the power of science.

Top Covid experts privately urge Biden admin to scale back booster campaign  —  A vocal contingent of prominent doctors and scientists is pressing the Biden administration to scrap its plans to provide booster shots to all previously vaccinated adults, according to five people familiar with the matter.

Americans Give President Biden Lowest Marks Across The Board, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Majority Say The Biden Administration Is Not Competent  — mail_outline  —  President Joe Biden receives a negative 38 - 53 percent job approval rating, the lowest score he's received …

How Trump's health department fell in love with charter jets  —  Documents offer new insight into the strategy of shuttling former HHS secretary Tom Price around America  —  In April 2017, officials at the Department of Health and Human Services grappled with an urgent request …

Two-thirds of Republicans want Trump to retain major political role; 44% want him to run again in 2024  —  Two-thirds of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say they would like to see former President Donald Trump continue to be a major political figure for many years to come …

The Many Saints of Newark Is Trash  —  The culture of corruption, romanticized for RINOs and rotten Dems  —  For some of us, The Sopranos epitomizes everything that went wrong with American popular culture this millennium.  Those of us who realize that mainstream media operate by different rules …

Bill de Blasio Thinks He Could Be Governor.  Does Anyone Else?  —  A run for higher office by New York City's mayor might be viewed skeptically across the state, but he says he wants to remain in public life.  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio has begun to tell people privately that he plans to run …

Caught on Video: Rashida Tlaib Admits She Only Wears Mask for Cameras  —  Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) thinks masks only need to be worn if someone is there to catch you without one, according to remarks caught on video during a Detroit community event.  —  The “Squad” member told attendees …

How Other Nations Pay for Child Care.  The U.S. Is an Outlier.  —  Rich countries contribute an average of $14,000 per year for a toddler's care, compared with $500 in the U.S. The Democrats' spending bill tries to shrink the gap.  —  Typical 2-year-olds in Denmark attend child care during the day …

Trump True Believers Have Their Reasons  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  Just who believes the claim that Trump won in 2020 and that the election was stolen from him?  Who are these tens of millions of Americans …

Federal Probe Scrutinizes Financial Dealings of the American Conservative Union  —  Sources say that investigators are looking into possible criminal campaign-finance misdeeds by the political organization headed by Matt Schlapp.  —  The American Conservative Union, the political organization …

Trump struggles to find a new social media platform amid talk of third White House run  —  Months after announcing plans to launch a social media platform, former President Donald Trump is still struggling to come up with a clear plan.  —  Trump plans to own whatever is built …

Sage Steele removed from ESPN following comments on Obama, vaccine; former colleague Jemele Hill calls her out  —  Hill called Steele a “clown” after Steele made references to Obama's ethnicity.  —  Sage Steele has been temporarily removed from ESPN for her comments on a podcast …

I wanted to share a note I wrote to everyone at our company.  —  Hey everyone: it's been quite a week, and I wanted to share some thoughts with all of you.  —  First, the SEV that took down all our services yesterday was the worst outage we've had in years.

Manchin's ‘red line’ on abortion splits Democrats  —  Democrats are clashing over whether to include in their sweeping spending plan a decades-old amendment that blocks Medicaid and other federal health programs from being used to cover abortions.  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) …

In Idaho, a power play while the governor's away  —  BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Gov. Brad Little said he will rescind an executive order involving Covid-19 vaccines by Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, and the commanding general of the Idaho National Guard also on Tuesday told McGeachin she can't activate troops to send to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Anybody Fighting Joe Biden Is Helping Trump's Next Coup All Republican politics is now functionally authoritarian.  —  In the aftermath of Donald Trump's bid to secure an unelected second term, his former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, in an extensive interview with Tim Alberta, registered her disgust …

Both of These Politicians Opposed Iron Dome Funding.  Only One Was Called Antisemitic  —  While Republican Senator Rand Paul drew criticism this week from the likes of AIPAC, it was nowhere near the level heaped on Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, as well as other progressives, for their stance on Iron Dome

POLITICO Playbook PM: Does McAuliffe have a Biden problem?  —  WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE — We don't love leading Playbook with oppo research, but sometimes, it's newsworthy enough and hints at a trend with broader political implications.  —  That's certainly the case with what former Virginia …

US government ordering Google to provide users' search data: report  —  The US federal government is secretly ordering Google and other search engines to track and provide data on anyone who searches certain terms through “keyword warrants,” according to a new report.

NC candidate apologizes for voting in favor of HB2 in 2016  —  North Carolina state Rep. Charles Graham, currently a candidate for Congress, apologized Tuesday for voting in favor of House Bill 2, the controversial measure lawmakers passed in 2016 that limited LGBTQ rights.

Senate Republicans Shrug Off Candidates' Domestic Violence Allegations  —  Three GOP Senate candidates, including two with Trump's backing, have been accused of violence against women.  Republicans don't seem to mind.  —  Republicans could end up backing three candidates accused of domestic …