Texas mayor tells residents to fend for themselves during power outage: ‘Only the strong will survive’  —  By Tuesday morning, the residents of Colorado City, Tex., were getting anxious.  More than 24 hours had passed since a deadly Arctic blast knocked out power across the state …

Rush Limbaugh, conservative radio provocateur and cultural phenomenon, dies at 70  —  Rush Limbaugh, who deployed comic bombast and relentless bashing of liberals, feminists and environmentalists to become the nation's most popular radio talk-show host and lead the Republican Party into a politics …

Cuomo said ‘he can destroy me’: NY assemblyman alleges governor threatened him over nursing homes scandal  —  (CNN)New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been pleading with lawmakers for support and even threatening political retribution against Democrats who have criticized him in an aggressive effort …

Promotions for Female Generals Were Delayed Over Fears of Trump's Reaction  —  Under a Biden administration, the nominations are expected to go from the Pentagon to the White House within weeks and then to the Senate for approval.  —  WASHINGTON — Last fall, the Pentagon's most senior leaders agreed …

Perry says Texans willing to suffer blackouts to keep feds out of power market  —  WASHINGTON - Former Texas governor Rick Perry suggests that going days without power is a sacrifice Texans should be willing to make if it means keeping federal regulators out of the state's power grid.

Changes to Sharing and Viewing News on Facebook in Australia  —  In response to Australia's proposed new Media Bargaining law, Facebook will restrict publishers and people in Australia from sharing or viewing Australian and international news content.  —  The proposed law fundamentally misunderstands …

Watch the Trump Era in Atlantic City End With 3,000 Sticks of Dynamite  —  The implosion of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, the last vestige of the former president's once-dominant brand in Atlantic City, N.J., took place Wednesday morning.  —  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — It was not the biggest or the best implosion ever.

Spare us: After Trump, seven Republican lectures Democrats never need to hear again  —  It probably would be easier to list what Republicans are still qualified to pontificate on.  Why the federal deficit is a huge problem?  Hmmm.  Never mind.  —  There's nothing like a new Democratic administration …

Ben Rhodes cites ‘very aggressive, pro-Likud media’ in the U.S. for intensity on Israel  —  PODCAST PLAYBACK  —  Rhodes joined Peter Beinart on his podcast, Occupied Thoughts  —  Peter Beinart, a fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace and editor-at-large of Jewish Currents …

'I wouldn't be complaining.' Gov. DeSantis threatens to pull coronavirus vaccine from communities that criticize distribution  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested Wednesday that he would divert COVID-19 vaccines from communities that criticize his distribution methods, sparking complaints that he is playing politics with lifesaving medicine.

News Analysis: The tragedy of Dianne Feinstein  —  If Dianne Feinstein hadn't lived the life she had, her story might be the product of a screenwriter's over-fertile imagination.  —  The synopsis: After surviving an abusive childhood, Feinstein overcomes personal loss — she is widowed at age 45 …

Half Of Americans Approve Of The Job President Biden Is Doing, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Most Say Conspiracy Theories In The U.S. Are Out Of Control  —  Four weeks after being sworn into office, President Joe Biden receives a positive job approval rating as Americans approve 50 …

Grassley: Decision on another run may be a few weeks away  —  Longtime U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said he may decide in a few weeks whether to seek another term in 2022.  —  Grassley, 87, would be 95 at the end of what would be his eighth term.  A Republican, he is Iowa's senior senator.

COVID-19 Cases Are Dropping Fast.  Why?  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  One month ago, the CDC published the results of more than 20 pandemic forecasting models.

Behind Disney's Firing of ‘Mandalorian’ Star Gina Carano  —  The ouster of Carano from the show draws the ire of the political right-wing and marks an inflection point for Lucasfilm, whose star was warned repeatedly about her social posts.  —  It's a plot twist that no studio relishes …

Millions of jobs probably aren't coming back, even after the pandemic ends  —  The United States needs to invest more in retraining workers, economists warn.  —  Millions of jobs that have been shortchanged or wiped out entirely by the coronavirus pandemic are unlikely to come back …

Crenshaw Reloaded  —  The Texas Congressman wants it both ways  —  Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw has some deep thoughts about what ails right-wing politics these days.  —  There is, he says, way too much “performance,” rather than persuasion.  Too much much grift; too much talking about …

The Crisis Candidate Maya Wiley believes she can be a better progressive mayor for our traumatized city than her former boss Bill de Blasio.  —  Maya Wiley's parents, both activists, raised her and her brother, Dan, to be resilient.  In 1973, when Maya was 9 and her brother 10, their father, George Wiley, bought a small boat.

Why So Few Absentee Ballots Were Rejected In 2020  —  It was the nightmare scenario for the 2020 election: With so many more people than usual casting absentee ballots, observers feared that a significant share of ballots would be rejected for not following proper procedure.

FOX NATION TO LAUNCH NEW EXCLUSIVE CONTENT WITH TUCKER CARLSON  —  Carlson to Host New Video Podcast and Long-form Documentary Series “Tucker Carlson Originals”  —  NEW YORK - February 17, 2021 — FOX Nation, FOX News Media's on demand subscription-based streaming service, has signed a new …

Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry enters U.S. Senate race with endorsements from several top Milwaukee Democrats  —  Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry, who helped lure the 2020 Democratic National Convention to Milwaukee, entered the race for U.S. Senate Wednesday with a vow to bring …

How Democrats can ensure Trump never runs again  —  The second impeachment of former President Donald Trump ended as predictably as the first: an acquittal based on evidence that was never actually presented.  Even when their eyes were riveted to the grotesque footage of armed insurrectionists invading …

Mitch McConnell Has Learned Nothing And Forgotten Nothing  —  The idea that McConnell is the right man to decide who is ‘electable’ is a joke.  —  The Senate impeachment trial of former President Trump is over, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to move on.

Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Executioners who put 13 inmates to death in the last months of the Trump administration likened the process of dying by lethal injection to falling asleep and called gurneys “beds” and final breaths “snores.”