Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Agency Now Says  —  Energy Department's revised assessment is based on new intelligence  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. Energy Department has concluded that the Covid pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according …

Musk defends ‘Dilbert’ creator, says media is ‘racist against whites’  —  The Tesla and Twitter chief blasted media outlets for dropping Scott Adams's comic strip after the cartoonist's rant against Black people  —  Twitter and Tesla chief Elon Musk defended Scott Adams, the under-fire creator of …

Why Fox News Lied to the Viewers It ‘Respects’  —  There are some stories that are important enough to pause the news cycle and linger on them, to explore not just what happened, but why.  And so it is with Fox News's role in the events leading up to Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump White House Pressured Disney to Censor ... Jimmy Kimmel  —  The former president was so incensed by the late-night host making fun of him that he had his staff take action  —  IN EARLY 2018, the American national security apparatus was fixated on reports that North Korea …

Putin casts war as a battle for Russia's survival  —  President Vladimir Putin cast the confrontation with the West over the Ukraine war as an existential battle for the survival of Russia and the Russian people - and said he was forced to take into account NATO's nuclear capabilities.

Joe Manchin Declines to Describe Himself as a Democrat  —  The moderate West Virginia senator hasn't said whether he will run for re-election in 2024  —  WASHINGTON—West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin declined to describe himself as a Democrat during a television interview on Sunday …

Tens of thousands protest Mexico electoral reforms  —  1 of 9  —  Tens of thousands of people filled Mexico City's vast main plaza Sunday to protest President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's electoral law reforms that they say threaten democracy and could mark a return to the past.

Doctors who touted ivermectin as covid fix now pushing it for flu, RSV  —  First, the group of doctors championed ivermectin as a covid panacea.  It failed to live up to the hype.  Now, they're promoting the anti-parasitic to prevent and treat the flu and RSV.

James Bond books edited to remove racist references  —  Reissued versions of Ian Fleming's classic works will feature a disclaimer following a review by sensitivity readers  —  James Bond novels have been rewritten to remove a number of racial references from Ian Fleming's work, The Telegraph can reveal.

Biden's student loan forgiveness program comes before Supreme Court  —  Tuesday's oral arguments will focus on the limits of executive power — and who has standing to challenge the $430 billion loan initiative  —  By Robert Barnes and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

Contaminated waste shipments from Ohio derailment to resume  —  Shipment of contaminated waste from the site of a fiery train derailment earlier this month in eastern Ohio near the Pennsylvania state line will resume Monday to two approved sites in Ohio, according to federal environmental authorities.

How the Fed Opened Pandora's Box  —  Jerome H. Powell's no-holds-barred response to the pandemic was made possible by history.  It raises questions about the future.  —  It was July 2019 when Representative Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, asked Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve …

‘Hell on earth’: I reported from the war in Ukraine.  What I witnessed still haunts me.  —  We don't talk about the nightmares, the survivors' guilt or the loss of identity from getting too consumed by the story.  That needs to change.  —  View Comments  —  The past year …

Texas asks a Trump judge to declare most of the federal government unconstitutional  —  Ordinarily, this lawsuit would be laughed out of court.  But you never can tell with Trump's judges.  —  Earlier this month, Texas's Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit claiming …

Trump, Haley to battle for spotlight at CPAC  —  Former President Trump and his ex-United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley are set to give dueling addresses at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) next week, putting a sharp focus on the ongoing tug-of-war within the GOP.

What Layoffs?  Many Employers Are Eager to Hang On to Workers.  —  Despite interest rate increases meant to cool the labor market, companies outside the tech industry worry about having too few workers, not too many.  —  During the height of the pandemic, hungry and housebound customers clamored …