The Cop Who Said The Spa Shooter Had “A Bad Day” Previously Posted A Racist Shirt Blaming China For The Pandemic  —  The Georgia sheriff's official who said the man accused of killing six Asian women and two others in shootings at spas in the Atlanta area had “a bad day” previously shared a photo of racist T-shirts on social media.

DC police say Texas man arrested at VP's mansion had rifle, large capacity clip  —  Police: Armed man arrested near VP residence  —  WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - D.C. police say a man they arrested outside of the Vice President's residence on Wednesday afternoon had a rifle and a large capacity clip.

‘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.

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.

Trump set to do at least 12 book interviews in the coming weeks  —  Get ready for the Donald Trump book barrage.  —  The former president is scheduled to sit for a dozen interviews in the coming weeks with authors examining his presidency, some of whom are penning sequels to books …

Democrats seize on Biden's embrace of changing the filibuster  —  Democrats favoring a filibuster overhaul moved swiftly Wednesday to seize on President Biden's new embrace of changing Senate rules to ease the way for his agenda, hoping to inject momentum to alter the long-standing rules …

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 …

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.

IRS Delays 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 delaying the April 15 tax-filing deadline to May 17 …

Why This Wave of Anti-Asian Racism Feels Different  —  The author Cathy Park Hong sees the recent upsurge in violence as a turning point for Asian Americans.  —  Assistant editor at The Atlantic  —  “The indignity of being Asian in this country has been underreported,” …

Oklahoma Diner Customers Tell CNN They Won't Get Vaccinated Even If Trump Told Them to: Why Listen to a ‘Liberal New Yorker’ Like Him?  —  The nation's battle to reach herd immunity against the Covid-19 virus could face an uphill challenge if one Oklahoma diner crowd's unanimous reluctance to get the shot is any indication.

Tanzania's president dies after mysterious illness  —  Covid-denier Magufuli had been out of public view for two weeks while his ministers insisted he was healthy  —  Tanzania's president John Magufuli, who long denied that Covid-19 posed a threat to his country, has died after a mysterious …

Is the US at Risk of a Roman Republic-Style Collapse?  This Historian Says Yes.  —  Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox?  Sign up here.  —  The January 6 Capitol insurrection was a tumultuous moment in American democracy—but how unusual was it, really, in the course of world events?

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

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” …

Chicago Hospital Executive Bragged About Vaccinating Eric Trump On Day His Hospital Vaccinated Workers At Trump Tower  —  Hospital officials said their doctor's relationship with Trump and his owning a condo in Trump Tower had nothing to do with the improper vaccine event.

Biden talks Cuomo, Putin, migrants, vaccine in ABC News exclusive interview  —  He even gave an update on whether Major Biden is out of the dog house.  —  EXCLUSIVE: Biden says Cuomo should resign if investigation confirms women's claims  —  Biden stopped short of calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to step down immediately.

Florida Man Charged For Attacking Cops During Capitol Riot While Wearing ‘Trump’ Flag Jacket  —  Robert Scott Palmer, known to online sleuths as #FloridaFlagJacket, was arrested by the FBI following a HuffPost investigation revealing his identity.  —  Federal authorities have charged …

Mars rover sends back grinding, squealing sounds of driving  —  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's newest Mars rover has sent back the first-ever sounds of driving on the red planet — a grinding, clanking, banging affair that by Earth standards would be pretty worrisome.

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 …

How the WHO's Hunt for Covid's Origins Stumbled in China  —  A team of scientists hoped a mission to Wuhan would provide some clarity about the coronavirus's origins.  New details about the team's constraints reveal how little power it had to conduct a thorough probe.

Republicans: End the Filibuster, and We'll Punish America By Enacting Our Agenda  —  A spectre is haunting the Republican party.  And that spectre, oddly enough, is a future world in which Republicans control government and pass bills that they campaigned on.

The Grammys Proved You Can't Get Canceled for Anti-Semitism  —  , SENIOR FELLOW, THE TEL AVIV INSTITUTE  —  These days, one can get canceled for anything...except anti-Semitism.  Food critic Allison Roman lost her job at The New York Times for saying she doesn't want a cookware line like Chrissy Teigen.

Postal Service finds no evidence of mail ballot fraud in Pa. case cited by top Republicans  —  Letter carrier Richard Hopkins told federal agents he “assumed” supervisors discussed backdating ballots and then recanted his claim, inspector general's report says

Irish humor, Irish temper: How Biden's identity shapes his political image  —  He admits he can have an Irish temper.  If he gets heated, he may explain that his Irish is up.  When he displays affection, it's Irish warmth.  A wry joke?  It's Irish humor.  If he's feeling down, it's a “black Irish” mood.

Colorado Judge Strikes Down Boulder's AR-15 Ban  —  A judge struck down Boulder, Colorado's ban on the possession of AR-15s and magazines holding more than 10 rounds on Monday.  —  Colorado state judge Andrew Hartman ruled the city's gun ban violated the state's preemption law …

Va. candidate's COVID charity shrouded key information  —  Virginia gubernatorial candidate Pete Snyder boasted about a cash haul for his COVID-19 relief nonprofit last year that was more than five times what it had estimated raising in a sworn statement to the IRS, Axios has learned.

Wisconsin Republicans vote to honor Rush Limbaugh, reject Black History Month efforts  —  MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Senate Republicans voted 18-12 Tuesday to pass a resolution honoring Rush Limbaugh, the divisive conservative commentator and radio host who died February 17.