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.

Russia Erupts in Fury Over Biden's Calling Putin a Killer  —  The Kremlin described the U.S. president's response to an interview question as “very bad,” and recalled its ambassador to “analyze what needs to be done” about the countries' relations.  —  MOSCOW — Russia recalled its ambassador …

FBI Washington Field Office Releases Videos of Assaults on Officers at U.S. Capitol, Seeks Public's Help to Identify Suspects  —  The FBI's Washington Field Office has released new information and videos of suspects in the most egregious assaults on federal officers during the riots …

Latest bipartisan gang tries to save Senate from itself  —  As progressives push the Senate into a brawl over nixing the legislative filibuster, a group of senators is setting out to do the impossible: prove that the moribund chamber can still function.  —  A group of 20 senators …

Bill would remove all members of the historical commission  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Not even two weeks after the historical commission voted to remove the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest from the state capitol, state senators are trying to vote to remove all members from the commission.

Trump faces an onslaught of legal problems, as investigations and dozens of lawsuits trail him from Washington to Florida  —  The district attorney is sifting through millions of pages of his tax records.  The state attorney general has subpoenaed his lawyers, his bankers, his chief financial officer — even one of his sons.

12 Republicans opposed Congressional Gold Medals for police who protected them on Jan. 6  —  A dozen House Republicans voted against a resolution to award three Congressional Gold Medals to the Capitol Police, the D.C. police and the Smithsonian Institution in recognition of those who protected …

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 …

House Democrats weigh ejecting GOP winner of contested Iowa race, dismissing comparisons to Trump's efforts to overturn election  —  (CNN)House Democrats are undeterred by the mounting GOP criticism over their review of a contested congressional race that could potentially overturn …

Witnesses: Elderly Asian Woman Beats Up Man Attacking Her In San Francisco  —  SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — An elderly woman being attacked on Market St. in San Francisco Wednesday - the latest victim in a wave of attacks on Asians in the Bay Area - spoke to KPIX 5 about turning the tables on her assailant …

The GOP's Political Nightmare: Running Against a Recovery  —  President Barack Obama's 2009 stimulus bill may have helped avoid a second Great Depression, but it was a political fiasco.  As then-congressman Barney Frank liked to say: “Things Would've Sucked Even Worse Without Us” …

When a secretive start-up scraped the internet to build a facial-recognition tool, it tested a legal and ethical limit — and blew the future of privacy in America wide open.  —  In May 2019, an agent at the Department of Homeland Security received a trove of unsettling images.

Conservative Fanboys  —  The conservative cinematic universe is folding in on itself.  —  Fans of big fictional universes —  Marvel, Star Wars, Star Trek, The Simpsons —  often speak to each other in references.  “I've got a bad feeling about this.”  “Cheese-eating surrender monkeys.”

Man wanted by police arrested near residence of Vice President Kamala Harris, gun and ammo found in car  — A Texas man wanted by the police was stopped by the U.S. Secret Service and arrested Wednesday afternoon near the residence of Vice President Kamala Harris.

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

Top retired Israeli security officials back Colin Kahl, a Biden nominee on ice for his Israel positions  —  WASHINGTON (JTA) — Three leading Israeli generals who worked with President Joe Biden's nominee for the undersecretary of defense, Colin Kahl, are backing him amid a Republican campaign …

BREAKING: Former President of Drag Queen Story Hour Foundation and Children's Court Judge Arrested on Seven Counts of Child Porn  —  A Milwaukee County Children's Court judge and former president and CEO of the Cream City Foundation, which runs the city's drag queen story hour program …

True ‘Compassion’ Requires Secure Borders and Stopping Illegal Immigration  —  In June 2015, Donald Trump rode down the infamous escalator at Trump Tower to announce his presidential bid.  Like a lot of people, I didn't know what to think.  From the start, I appreciated his populist instincts …

Here's why Substack's scam worked so well  —  They paid a secret group of writers to make newsletter authorship seem lucrative  —  I think of myself as having decent critical faculties, but somehow I got suckered again by a bog-standard publishing venture masquerading as a useful communications tool.

The Strange Saga of Lauren Boebert's Pro Wrestler Paternity Case  —  The gun-toting Colorado congresswoman rarely mentions her father, but in a trail of YouTube comments, she and her mother have singled out one man: 1980s journeyman tag-team specialist ‘Sweet’ Stan Lane

White Nationalist Who Met With Peter Thiel Admired Terroristic Literature  —  A white nationalist propagandist who met with billionaire investor Peter Thiel has been deeply embedded in the movement for well over a decade, and has provided an ideological bridge between suit-and-tie white nationalism …

Controversial House Republican talks to Trump ahead of likely Senate bid  —  (CNN)Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks, who led the House effort to object to the election results on January 6, told CNN he plans to make an announcement on Monday about whether he will run for the Senate.

Iranian Proxy Attacks on Americans ‘Not Helping Climate in US’ for Reviving Iran Talks, US Envoy Says  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley has indicated that recent attacks by Iranian proxies on U.S. forces in Iraq are making it tougher for the Biden administration …

'It's a very special picture.' Why vaccine safety experts put the brakes on AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine  —  Science's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation.  —  The decision this week by more than 20 European countries to temporarily stop using AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine …

The coming corporate tax hike  —  Democrats are zeroing in on raising the corporate tax rate from its current 21% to 28% as one of the easiest ways to find new revenue for an infrastructure package.  —  The big picture: While many senators are signaling that President Biden's next big-ticket bill must come …

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 …

The GOP bets against American recovery  —  The starkly different policy priorities of the two parties are dramatically on display this week.  —  The focus of President Biden and the Democratic Party is on pandemic recovery and economic revitalization, while the GOP falls …

Veselnitskaya's Trump Tower Coverup Linked to Secret Russian Chemical Weapons Program  —  DARK MONEY … Documents obtained by The Daily Beast link the $230 million fraud discussed at the Trump Tower meeting in 2016 to Russia's black-market weapons of mass destruction program.

Boebert town hall lands somewhere between a political rally and revival  —  Lauren Boebert spoke at the Turn of the Century Monday night to a packed house.  It was her first public event in Montrose since she was elected to the House of Representatives representing Colorado's House District 3.

Gov goes Uptown for ‘shot in the arm’: Embattled Cuomo finds friends in Harlem  —  Like many a struggling politician before him, Andrew Cuomo made his way to Harlem this week, seeking salvation by a dip in the warm pool of Black culture, deftly heated and stirred by civil rights leaders …

Senate Leader Stalls Climate Overhaul of Flood Insurance Program  —  Senator Chuck Schumer is objecting to a plan that would raise costs for some of his constituents by bringing flood insurance rates in line with climate risks.  —  WASHINGTON — One of the federal government's main efforts …

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 …