Cops: Shooting suspect says he targeted spas because of sexual addiction  —  Cherokee sheriff says 21-year-old bought gun hours earlier  —  Cherokee County Sheriff Frank Reynolds said Wednesday the suspect in a metro Atlanta spa shooting spree that killed eight people bought the gun he used hours earlier.

IRS to Delay U.S. Tax Deadline to May 17 After Disruptive Year  — Tax law changes, late start contributed to filing season chaos  — The IRS also delayed the due date last year amid pandemic  —  The Internal Revenue Service is planning to delay the April 15 tax filing deadline to May 17 …

Biden just fired a warning shot at Mitch McConnell and Republicans  —  Mark it down.  President Biden has now declared in his most explicit terms yet that Democrats may soon face a stark choice: reform the filibuster or accept that their agenda is a dead letter.

Proud Boys Leaders in Four States Are Charged in Capitol Riot  —  Prosecutors accused prominent members of the far-right nationalist group of conspiring together in connection with the Jan. 6 attack.  —  WASHINGTON — F.B.I. agents have arrested two organizers for the Proud Boys in Philadelphia …

Republicans on Biden's Covid bill: We bungled this one  —  As President Joe Biden embarks on an ambitious plan to sell his massive coronavirus relief package to the public, conservatives are starting to ask: Did we botch this?  —  The overwhelming sentiment within the Republican Party …

Border Patrol agents are ‘working to sabotage the Biden administration’, according to insiders  —  At the same time, officers have chosen to continue to treat migrants at the border like Trump is still president  —  On Monday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy accused President Joe Biden …

Rupert Murdoch Got His Shot but Fox News Wants You to Die to Own the Libs  —  AXIS OF ASSHOLES … Fox News is telling its employees to stay home at the same time that it's been telling viewers to beware of vaccines and be suspicious of public health measures.

Russia recalls ambassador to U.S. for “consultations” as tensions spiral  —  Russia's ambassador to Washington has been recalled to Moscow for “consultations” to determine how to move forward with relations with the U.S., the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Wednesday.

‘Behave like grown-ups’: Conservative rebellion boils over in House  —  A leading Republican hard-liner clashed behind closed doors with House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday, exposing a rift in the Republican conference and suggesting that a chamber-rattling floor protest by the far right isn't fading anytime soon.

The former Trump official advising House Republicans on immigration  —  FIRST IN HUDDLE — GOP MEETS WITH WOLF ON IMMIGRATION: Chad Wolf, the former acting homeland security secretary, has been meeting with House Republicans, providing them with advice and counseling as it relates to immigration, your Huddle host has learned.

House votes to reauthorize landmark Violence Against Women Act  —  The House voted on Wednesday to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, legislation originally authored by then-Sen. Joe Biden in 1994 that aims to strengthen protections for women from domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.

Exclusive: Maskless Climate Envoy Kerry Endangers Passengers on Boston to DC Flight  —  John Forbes Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, while sitting in first-class, took off his mask today as he settled into his book moments before his American Airlines flight from Boston to Washington took off.

A good boy again: Biden's dog will return to the White House  —  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — There is Major breaking news: President Joe Biden's wayward pup is no longer in the doghouse.  —  Biden, in an interview that aired Wednesday, said that his dog Major, who had been involved …

The Princeton Historian Mugged by Reality  —  On December 7, 2019, an American graduate student named Xiyue Wang was freed after 40 months in an Iranian prison.  His captors roused him in his cell early that morning and put him on a plane to Zurich.  The Swiss had offered to mediate a trade …

DHS Sec. Mayorkas, in tense exchange, calls GOP congresswoman's question ‘extraordinarily disrespectful’  —  Mayorkas in hot seat as Biden admin faces migrant surge at US-Mexico border  —  Rep. McCaul grills DHS Sec Mayorkas about characterization of border situation

J.D. Vance Joins the Jackals  —  How the path-breaking writer became a Trumpist troll.  —  The question of what will become of the Republican party in the post-Trump era seems to be on everyone's lips.  A New York Times survey found that Republicans themselves have five distinct views of Trump …

How a new government report strongly implicates Giuliani in a Russian interference effort  —  By early May 2019, former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani must have looked like the international espionage equivalent of a wide-eyed tourist walking around with his wallet hanging out his back pocket.

Substack is for independent writers  —  In recent days, we've heard from some people who are concerned that we might have been using Substack Pro, a program that funds writers to start publications on Substack, to support anti-trans writers.  These feelings have been fueled by some misunderstandings …

China Plans to Ask U.S. to Roll Back Trump Policies in Alaska Meeting  —  For the first high-level session with Biden's team, Beijing brings an agenda far apart from Washington's  —  Beijing plans to press Washington to reverse many of the policies targeting China introduced during …

Media's Entire Georgia Narrative Is Fraudulent, Not Just The Fabricated Trump Quotes  —  The fake quotes, bad as they were, are just one of many ways the media have done a horrible job of covering election disputes in the state.  —  The Washington Post was busted for publishing fabricated quotes …

Landmark Rulings Show ‘Untapped Potential’ of State Courts To Advance Civil Rights  —  An emboldened progressive majority on Washington State's highest court struck down a law that criminalized drug possession and expanded restrictions on life without parole.

Capitol attacker arrested outside of vice presidential residence had car full of weapons  —  NBC 4 News reporter Scott MacFarlane reported Wednesday that another attacker of the U.S. Capitol was arrested, but the man appears to have been outside the residence of Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington, D.C.

US intelligence report says election fraud claims ‘will almost certainly’ spur more violence by domestic extremists  —  He warned about right-wing extremism in 2009.  Hear his analysis now  —  (CNN)US intelligence agencies believe that “narratives of fraud in the recent general election” …

‘Dark money’ topped $1 billion in 2020, largely boosting Democrats  —  March 15-21 is Sunshine Week, a national initiative celebrating open government and access to public records.  Undisclosed spending by political actors undermines transparency and voters' ability to make informed decisions.