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.

Fetishized, sexualized and marginalized, Asian women are uniquely vulnerable to violence  —  (CNN)Of the eight people who were killed when a White man attacked three metro Atlanta spas, six were Asian women.  —  Investigators said it was too early to say whether the crime was racially motivated …

Journalists, Illustrating How They Operate, Yesterday Spread a Significant Lie All Over Twitter  —  Eager to obtain vindication for the pre-election falsehood they spread about the Hunter Biden story, journalists falsely claim that the CIA blamed Russia for it.  —  3 hr ago

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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

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?

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 …

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 …

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 …

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” …

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

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.

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.

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.

Russian Backer Halts Funds in New Blow to U.S. Aluminum Project  — Rusal suspends investments in Unity Aluminum project in U.S.  — Company waiting for U.S. partners to raise more funds  —  The Russian company backing an aluminum project in Kentucky said it's suspending investments …

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 …

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 …

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.

Have Biden and the Democrats already hit their high water mark?  —  Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Joe Manchin and especially Joe Biden did it.  The COVID relief/stimulus bill arguably is the most significant legislation since the Civil Rights bills of the mid-1960s.  —  It also may be the Democrats' domestic high water mark.

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.

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 …