Bernie Sanders to delay defense veto override in bid for $2,000 checks  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders will filibuster an override of President Donald Trump's defense bill veto unless the Senate holds a vote on providing $2,000 direct payments to Americans.  —  “McConnell and the Senate want to expedite …

GOP lawmaker sues Pence in bid to overturn Biden win  —  Vice President Pence was sued Sunday by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and several other Republicans in a far-fetched bid that appeared aimed at overturning President-elect Joe Biden's election win.  —  The lawsuit focuses on Pence's role …

Biden accuses Trump appointees of obstructing transition on national security issues  —  President-elect Joe Biden on Monday accused President Trump and his political appointees of obstructing the transition of power to his incoming administration, particularly on national security issues …

Ivanka Trump said weighing run for US Senate or Florida governor  —  After president's daughter and husband Jared Kushner buy $31 million mansion in Miami, speculation swirls about her political ambitions  — 2,698 shares  —  The recent purchase of a Florida mansion by Ivanka Trump …

Judge Denies ‘Flight Risk’ Ghislaine Maxwell's Second Attempt to Get Out of Jail Ahead of Jeffrey Epstein-Related Trial  —  A federal judge denied Ghislaine Maxwell's second bail application on Monday, finding that Jeffrey Epstein's accused accomplice could not be trusted to stay in the United States …

REVEALED: Nashville bomber Anthony Warner ‘targeted AT&T after his father who worked for subsidiary died of dementia - fueling his conspiracy theory that 5G is killing people’  — FBI identified Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, as the Nashville Christmas bomber  — Source tells DailyMail.com investigators …

Warnock, Ossoff appeal to young voters at hip-hop focused DeKalb rally  —  Do the names J.I.D., Tokyo Jetz, Shelley FKA DRAM and BRS Kash ring a bell?  If not, Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock's latest campaign event wasn't for you.These hip hop artists performed at Monday's drive-in rally …

Chinese Citizen Journalist Sentenced to 4 Years for Covid Reporting  —  Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer, is the first known person to be tried for challenging the Chinese government's narrative about the coronavirus pandemic.  —  A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a citizen journalist …

The New York Times Helped a Vindictive Teen Destroy a Classmate Who Uttered a Racial Slur When She Was 15  —  Jimmy Galligan is an 18-year-old college freshman from Leesburg, Virginia.  He may also be cancel culture's Count of Monte Cristo.  —  Some months ago, Galligan—who is biracial …

Russia admits to world's third-worst Covid-19 death toll … Russia said on Monday that its coronavirus death toll was more than three times higher than it had previously reported, making it the country with the third-largest number of fatalities.  —  For months, the Russian president …

What the Hole Is Going On?  The very real, totally bizarre bucatini shortage of 2020.  —  Part I: The Mystery  —  Things first began to feel off in March.  While this sentiment applies to everything in the known and unknown universe, I mean it specifically in regard to America's supply of dry, store-bought bucatini.

How a Crisis in Masculinity Paved the Way for Fascism  —  Heidi Siegmund Cuda speaks to the historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat about the new global rise in authoritarianism and why the recent defeat of Donald Trump in the US Presidential Election was so significant  —  Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat's latest book …

How the Police Killed Breonna Taylor  —  None of the police officers who raided Breonna Taylor's home wore body cameras, impeding the public from a full understanding of what happened.  The Times's visual investigation team built a 3-D model of the scene and pieced together critical sequences …

‘I Regret Nothing’: Doctor Who Criticized Trump Parade Works Last Day At Walter Reed  —  Dr. James Phillips, the Walter Reed physician who criticized President Trump's decision to greet supporters outside the facility where he was being treated for COVID-19, has worked his last shift at the hospital.

We Found The Factories Inside China's Mass Internment Camps  —  Observers have long warned of rising forced labor in Xinjiang.  Satellite images show factories built just steps away from cell blocks.  —  Copy … This project was supported by the Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism …

L.A. was uniquely vulnerable to this COVID catastrophe.  Here is what went wrong  —  Los Angeles is careening toward catastrophe.  —  An explosion of COVID-19 patients has begun to flood hospitals and may soon force doctors to ration care.  The number of available beds in intensive care units …

Biden's climate plan will not address gender and racial inequality  —  Women and minorities have suffered disproportionately from the pandemic recession and must be part of any comprehensive recovery program.  —  The Biden administration's quest to green the American economy promises …

Trump plays golf but remains mum on Nashville bombing, following a familiar pattern  —  President Trump was at his private golf club in South Florida on Christmas Day when a White House spokesman issued a short statement that the president had been briefed on the massive explosion in downtown Nashville …

Camper Recounts Abuse at Warnock Church Camp  —  Among the indignities 12-year-old Anthony Washington endured at the church camp overseen by Reverend Raphael Warnock: counselors who tossed urine on him and locked him outside his cabin overnight.  —  Washington, now 30, recounted the events …