Here's a fact-check of Biden's first prime-time White House address.  —  Just hours after he signed a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill into law, President Biden said the package would help to reopen schools and defeat the virus more quickly.  —  Mr. Biden, in a prime-time address …

Press Secretary Smites Fox Host That Dissed Diversity in U.S. Military  —  The United States military is the greatest the world has ever seen because of its diversity, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said during a news briefing this morning.  —  Kirby addressed this because a Fox …

Tucker Carlson's Opinion on Pregnant Military Women Based on ‘Zero Days’ of Service: Space Command Official  —  Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sergeant Scott H. Stalker, who currently serves as the Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL) of the U.S. Space Command, publicly called out Fox News' Tucker Carlson …

States with Republican governors had highest Covid incidence and death rates, study finds  —  States with Democratic governors had the highest incidence and death rates from Covid-19 in the first months of the coronavirus pandemic, but states with Republican governors surpassed those rates …

Latest Accusation Against Cuomo Is Referred to Albany Police  —  The police characterized the alleged groping by the governor of a female aide as something that may rise “to the level of a crime.”  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Albany Police Department officials said on Thursday that they had received …

Next Biden agenda items on immigration and infrastructure already running into trouble  —  Fresh off a major legislative victory on the coronavirus relief package, President Biden is facing a new round of battles on the next pieces of his agenda — exposing divisions within the Democratic Party …

Even Trump's Defense Secretary During the Capitol Riot Blames Him for Inciting It  —  Former Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller told VICE on Showtime he believes Trump's speech caused the violent mob to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.  —  SW  —  One of the most senior Cabinet officials …

Georgetown Law professor terminated after ‘reprehensible’ comments about Black students  —  A Georgetown law professor was terminated and a second was placed on leave after a video clip showed a conversation between the pair that included what an official called “reprehensible” statements about Black students, officials said Thursday.

Joe Biden Is a Transformational President  —  We're seeing a policy realignment without a partisan realignment.  —  This has been one of the most quietly consequential weeks in recent American politics.  —  The Covid-19 relief law that was just enacted is one of the most important pieces of legislation of our lifetimes.

The U.S. Is Sitting on Tens of Millions of Vaccine Doses the World Needs  —  Those tens of millions of doses from AstraZeneca are waiting for trial results, while countries that authorized the vaccine beg to have them.  —  WASHINGTON — Tens of millions of doses of the coronavirus vaccine …

Amazon Won't Sell Books Framing LGBTQ+ Identities as Mental Illnesses  —  Company states policy in response to several Republican senators' inquiry over recent removal of book by conservative author  —  Amazon.com Inc. said it recently removed a three-year-old book about transgender issues …

Andrew Cuomo Aides Called Former Staffers to Discredit Accuser  —  Some recipients of the calls said that the outreach felt like attempts to intimidate them  —  In the days after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was first accused of sexual harassment by a former aide, the governor's office called …

Jan. 6 aftershocks worsen as ‘Cold War’ in the House escalates  —  When a catastrophic tech failure delayed the start of a hearing Thursday on the House's ability to punish its own members for misconduct, it wasn't immediately clear that it would be the high point of the afternoon session.

'Everybody Shouldn't Be Voting,' Republican Blurts Out  —  Representative John Kavanagh, a Republican legislator who chairs Arizona's Government and Elections Committee and is shepherding through a bill to make voting more cumbersome and therefore rare, described his party's motives with blundering candor.

The Republican Freshman Class Is a Tribute to Our Nation's Notorious Local Bozos  —  Every town, midsize city, or urban neighborhood has one, or, perhaps, a family of them: the nuisance litigants, the business owners who address zoning board hearings while visibly intoxicated …

Native American tribes lead the way on coronavirus vaccinations  —  Native American tribes are pulling off many of the most successful coronavirus vaccination campaigns in the U.S., bucking stereotypes about tribal governments.  —  The big picture: Despite severe technological barriers …

‘Not suitable’: Catalan translator for Amanda Gorman poem removed  —  Victor Obiols told he had wrong ‘profile’, the second case after Dutch writer resigned from same role  —  The Catalan translator for the poem that American writer Amanda Gorman read at US president Joe Biden's inauguration …

Ulta Beauty Suspends Seven-Figure Ad Campaign in ‘Teen Vogue’ Over Incoming Editor Alexi McCammond Bigoted Tweets  —  The controversy over Teen Vogue's incoming editor-in-chief Alexi McCammond is now having an impact on the site's bottom line.  —  Per a New York Post report …

National Guard's Presence at the Capitol After Riot to Cost $521 Million  —  About 2,300 Guard members will remain in Washington as deployment is extended through most of May  —  The National Guard's monthslong deployment at the U.S. Capitol is projected to cost $521 million through May, the Defense Department said Thursday.

H.R. 1's attack on election integrity: How states can protect the vote  —  Election integrity is absolutely essential for a free society to function, let alone thrive.  Without it, the government lacks legitimate authority and the people's confidence in said government can vanish in an instant.

Private Schools Have Become Truly Obscene  —  Photo illustrations by Oliver Munday and Arsh Raziuddin; renderings by Justin Metz  —  This article was published online on March 11, 2021.  —  Dalton is one of the most selective private schools in Manhattan, in part because it knows the answer …

DOJ seeks to build large conspiracy case against Oath Keepers for Jan. 6 riot  —  The Justice Department and FBI are gathering evidence to try to build a large conspiracy indictment against members of the Oath Keepers for their roles in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol …

'We're going to lose fast': U.S. Air Force held a war game that started with a Chinese biological attack  —  Last fall, the U.S. Air Force simulated a conflict set more than a decade in the future that began with a Chinese biological-weapon attack that swept through U.S. bases and warships in the Indo-Pacific region.

The Lessons of One of the Worst Years in American Life  —  President Donald J. Trump lost his job in large part for mishandling a crisis he at first denied.  President Biden knows his legacy depends on bringing the catastrophe to a swift conclusion.  —  WASHINGTON — The 365 days between …

Drone Video of Bowling Alley Wins Praise From Hollywood  —  A drone video shot in a Minneapolis bowling alley was hailed as an instant classic.  One Hollywood veteran said it “adds to the language and vocabulary of cinema.”  —  A drone flies into a bar, swoops through an adjacent bowling alley and crashes into the pins.

Biden Is Vetting BIPOC Judicial Nominees After Trump Filled The Courts With Mostly White Men  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump's federal court nominees were overwhelmingly white men with experience as prosecutors or corporate lawyers.  President Joe Biden has pledged to tap …

As GOP lawmakers look to pass new voting restrictions, some conservatives are pushing back  —  There is rising unease among some conservatives about the increasing aggressiveness of Republicans in state legislatures to tighten election laws and erect obstacles to voting.

What's in the $1.9 trillion Covid bill that Biden just signed?  You might be surprised.  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed the massive Covid-19 stimulus bill into law Thursday, touting provisions that will put money into the pockets of millions of Americans.

India's degraded and downgraded democracy  —  “The offence of sedition cannot be invoked to minister to the wounded vanity of the governments,” declared the judge while ordering bail for the 22-year-old climate change activist Disha Ravi, who was arrested recently, accused of working …