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 …

When candidates make reckless statements just to get attention, should they get attention?  Letter from the Editor  —  We're having a challenging discussion of late about our responsibility in how we cover the candidacy of Republican Josh Mandel for the U.S. Senate in 2022.

‘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.

The Imperious Rise and Accelerating Fall of Andrew Cuomo  —  Even as he tries to plot a political survival strategy in the face of sexual misconduct allegations, Mr. Cuomo is an object lesson on the dangers of kicking people on the way up.  —  Last spring, when the coronavirus outbreak …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

‘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 …

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 …

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 …

'I'd Much Rather Be in Florida'  —  Floridians are out and about and pandemic restrictions have been lifted.  There's just one problem: The virus never went away.  —  MIAMI — Other than New York, no big city in the United States has been struggling with more coronavirus cases in recent weeks than Miami.

Kids detained in overcrowded border facility are terrified, crying and worried, lawyers say  —  (CNN)Children detained in an overcrowded government-run tent facility at the US-Mexico border say they haven't been able to shower for days or contact their parents, according to lawyers who interviewed them this week.

Alabama GOP to give Trump framed resolution calling him one of the ‘greatest’ presidents in history  —  The resolution also cites Trump's handling of COVID-19 vaccine distribution, and other accomplishments.

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 …

Nurses fight conspiracy theories along with coronavirus  —  Los Angeles emergency room nurse Sandra Younan spent the last year juggling long hours as she watched many patients struggle with the coronavirus and some die.  —  Then there were the patients who claimed the virus was fake or coughed in her face, ignoring mask rules.

Jordan Peterson shares poll showing white liberals embrace using violence to pursue political goals more than conservatives  —  This breaks the narrative the corporate media is telling you  —  Like Blaze News?  Get the news that matters most delivered directly to your inbox.

One year later, Breonna Taylor's mother and advocates still want accountability for the police who killed her  —  Louisville, Kentucky (CNN)Tamika Palmer has been in the same battle for justice in Breonna Taylor's death for the last year.  —  Palmer said her daughter was killed senselessly …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 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.

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 …

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.

Chris Harrison won't host the next season of ‘The Bachelorette’  —  After nearly 20 years of hosting ABC's Bachelor reality dating shows, Chris Harrison will sit out the 2021 season of “The Bachelorette.”  —  In his absence, Warner Horizon and ABC Entertainment announced Friday night …

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.