Dog Rescue Charity Linked To Lara Trump Funneling Money Into Donald Trump's Pocket  —  The Big Dog Ranch Rescue has spent as much as $1.9 million at his properties in recent years and is spending $225,000 more at Mar-a-Lago this weekend.  —  A dog rescue charity with links to Lara Trump …

17 Reasons to Let the Economic Optimism Begin  —  A reporter who has tracked decades of gloomy trends sees things lining up for roaring growth.  —  The 21st-century economy has been a two-decade series of punches in the gut.  —  The century began in economic triumphalism in the United States …

For Biden, there's no place like a weekend home in Delaware  —  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — As he stood in the Rose Garden celebrating his first big legislative win, President Joe Biden gestured to the White House and said it's a “magnificent building” to live in.  —  Except on weekends.

So there was a law professor at Georgetown who was a racist.  —  And now she's gone, but wait — what do we mean by “racist” these days?  And why am I a heretic to even ask the question and want real answers?  —  11 hr ago  —  A law professor at Georgetown Law School, Sandra Sellers, has been fired because she is racist.

Maggots, Rape and Yet Five Stars: How U.S. Ratings of Nursing Homes Mislead the Public  —  Nursing homes have manipulated the influential star system in ways that have masked deep problems — and left them unprepared for Covid-19.  —  Twelve years ago, the U.S. government introduced a powerful …

Russia opposition: Moscow police raid election forum  —  Russian police have broken up an opposition conference and detained 200 people including high-profile opposition figures.  —  The weekend forum had just begun in a Moscow hotel when police burst in and said they were detaining everyone.

Navy investigators found contractor in Capitol riot was known as a white supremacist  —  A U.S. Army reservist who participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was widely known as a white supremacist and regularly discussed his hatred of Jews while working at a New Jersey-based naval facility …

POLITICO Playbook: A 9-step guide to winning Trump's endorsement  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  In case you haven't noticed, DONALD TRUMP has every intention of throwing his weight around in Republican primaries in 2022.  And whether it's for an incumbent looking to ward off an intraparty threat …

How a commune-like encampment in Echo Park became a flashpoint in L.A.'s homelessness crisis  —  It began with a few tents pitched on the grassy rise on the banks of an L.A. landmark, Echo Park Lake.  —  Then, last year, more homeless people set up camp.  By latest count …

‘A tremendous sea change’: Democrats see a path to remaking the Senate filibuster  —  WASHINGTON — When Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia opened the door this week to making it more “painful” for to block legislation, some Democrats saw a game-changing opportunity to remake the Senate and lift a key obstacle to a progressive agenda.

Biden's Revolution Takes Shape  —  If you ever believed he would govern like Obama, it's time to rethink.  —  23 hr ago  —  The past year has been a bewildering period in American political and social history.  We are in the last, maddening stages of a year-long pandemic that forced deep changes in everyone's lives.

A GOP lawmaker says the ‘quality’ of a vote matters.  Critics say that's ‘straight out of Jim Crow.’  —  Amid a contentious hearing over proposed restrictions on Arizona's vote-by-mail system, a Republican state lawmaker argued that voters who hadn't participated in recent elections …

Ron Johnson says Capitol attackers ‘love this country’ but he would have felt unsafe if Black Lives Matter stormed building instead  —  MADISON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is facing accusations of racism after saying the supporters of former President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol …

Civil suits may pry out the information we need to hold Trump accountable  —  The former president faces at least 10 lawsuits, and procedural rules he can't dodge  —  Joyce White Vance, a former U.S. attorney in Alabama, is a professor at the University of Alabama School of Law.

Sanders: Americans Care More About $1,400 Checks From Aid Plan Than Lack Of GOP Votes  —  With the passage this week of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, the United States is now on track to spend some $6 trillion in total on measures related to ending the pandemic.

When Intentions Don't Matter  —  As recent controversies show, moral judgment requires asking if people deserve punishment for harms they inflict without meaning to  —  A journalist at the New Yorker was fired for exposing himself in a Zoom call; another lost his job at the New York Times …

He helped Trump bring American hostages home.  Now he's working for Biden.  —  WASHINGTON — Just days before Christmas last year, Roger Carstens, a former Green Beret turned diplomat, was thousands of miles away from home.  He had flown to Saudi Arabia in a last-ditch attempt to attend …

‘Covid is taking over’: Brazil plunges into deadliest chapter of its epidemic  —  Last year, Jair Bolsonaro declared Brazil had reached ‘the tail end’ of one of the world's worst outbreaks.  Three months later the country has lost almost 100,000 more lives  —  t was midway through February …

Leadership Lessons From A Scandal-Ridden Governor  —  Dems show how the GOP should have treated Trump.  Plus: Q-A-Mom?  —  2 hr ago  —  1. Dems realize Cuomo's gotta go  —  A popular leader massively botches a crisis and covers up his mistakes.  He is credibly accused by multiple women of inappropriate behavior.

Hundreds of covid cases reported at Tesla plant following Musk's defiant reopening, county data shows  —  Alameda County had initially denied releasing the data, citing requirements under health privacy law.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla's Bay Area production plant recorded hundreds …

HS Basketball Announcer Apologizes for N-Word Comments, Blames Diabetes  —  HS BASKETBALL ANNOUNCER BLAMES N-WORD COMMENTS ON DIABETES ... ‘I Am So Sorry’ … 3:51 PM PT — The man who made the racist comments is apologizing for his words — and chalking the whole thing up to a diabetic episode.

Iranian investigator says Israel likely behind attack on container ship  —  DUBAI (Reuters) - Israel is highly likely to have been behind an attack in the Mediterranean this week that damaged an Iranian container ship, an Iranian investigator was quoted as saying on Saturday by Iran's media.

Covid stimulus bill passes as Republicans use cancel culture to hide their obstruction  —  A simple formula, or what we might call a neat magic trick, allows Republican Party leaders to retain the support of their “base” even as they enact policies that hurt their own voters.

How the far-right group behind AFPAC is using Twitter to grow its movement  —  Founder Nicholas Fuentes has been banned from almost all other social platforms.  —  Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.  —  A group of far-right youth activists looking to capitalize …

Texas loses at court, Austin's mask mandate to stay in place for at least 2 weeks  —  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Texas District Court judge refused to grant the State of Texas an emergency, temporary injunction on Friday, meaning the mask mandate from Austin and Travis County will stay in place for at least two more weeks.