Evidence in Capitol Attack Most Likely Supports Sedition Charges, Prosecutor Says  —  “I personally believe the evidence is trending toward that, and probably meets those elements,” said Michael Sherwin, who had led the Justice Department's inquiry into the riot.

Assaulting the Truth, Ron Johnson Helps Erode Confidence in Government  —  Pushing false theories on the virus, the vaccine and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Mr. Johnson, the Republican senator from Wisconsin, has absorbed his party's transformation under Donald Trump.

McCarthy hires Trump's White House political director to lead operation  —  McCarthy bringing on Brian Jack, who helped organize Oval Office meetings between former president and minority leader ahead of 2020 election  —  McCarthy calls for Eric Swalwell's removal from Intel Committee

Why Obamacare Survived  —  Democrats did the work, Republicans didn't—and that says a lot about the two parties.  —  Adapted from The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage, St. Martin's Press 2021.  —  The affordable care act, the health-care law …

Scoop: Inside a crowded border patrol tent in Donna, Texas  —  Exclusive photos from inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary overflow facility in Donna, Texas, reveal the crowded, makeshift conditions at the border as the government's longer-term child shelters and family detention centers fill up.

AZD1222 US Phase III trial met primary efficacy endpoint in preventing COVID-19 at interim analysis  —  79% vaccine efficacy at preventing symptomatic COVID-19  —  100% efficacy against severe or critical disease and hospitalisation  —  Comparable efficacy result across ethnicity and age,

China is not just shackling Hong Kong, it is remaking it  —  And it does not think global finance will object  —  For most of its modern history, Hong Kong had no time for nostalgia.  Little remains of the Victorian mansions or art-deco towers that once flanked its harbour.

He Redefined ‘Racist.’ Now He's Trying to Build a Newsroom.  —  The author Ibram Kendi and The Boston Globe team up to cover racism, inspired by Boston's 19th century abolitionist newspapers.  —  BOSTON — Ibram X. Kendi and Bina Venkataraman met last summer when their big Boston institutions …

Trump looks to take down Raffensperger in Georgia  —  Former President Donald Trump is expected to endorse Rep. Jody Hice in a campaign to unseat Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in next year's Republican primary, according to three people familiar with Trump's decision.

SF couple who ran trendy poop-testing startup charged with fraud  —  Accused Atlanta gunman was a patient at evangelical treatment center...  Asian woman shoved to ground, robbed in daytime Bay Area attack  —  Cost to vaccinate Calif soars as counties refuse Blue Shield deal

When does it end?  —  Sen. Rand Paul and top Biden adviser Anthony Fauci had a spat on Thursday over masks, vaccination, and reinfection.  Partisans of both sides claimed victory, but the public lost because they never addressed the underlying question:  —  When does this all end?

High-Income Tax Avoidance Far Larger Than Thought, New Paper Estimates  —  The very top sliver of high-income Americans may underreport their income at levels far beyond what was suggested by prior IRS research, according to a new paper  —  WASHINGTON—The top sliver of high-income Americans …

Leon Black Steps Down as Apollo Chairman in Unexpected Move  —  Former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton to succeed Black as the investment giant continues governance overhaul  —  Leon Black, the billionaire co-founder of Apollo Global Management Inc., is stepping down as chairman of the investment giant …

Scoop: McCarthy hires top Trump official to run political operation  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has hired former President Trump's White House political director, Brian Jack, to lead his own political operation, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: The move to bring …

Biden's next challenge: Vaccine diplomacy  —  The U.S. accounts for 27% of the world's coronavirus vaccine production, but 0% of the global supply beyond its own borders.  Critics and allies alike say it's time for that to change.  —  Why it matters: China has gotten a head start on vaccine diplomacy …

Secret India-Pakistan Peace Roadmap Brokered by Top UAE Royals  — UAE last month helped forge deal to respect 2003 cease-fire  — Reinstating envoys next step of broader peace plan: official  —  About 24 hours after military chiefs from India and Pakistan surprised the world …

Could an accident have caused COVID-19?  Why the Wuhan lab-leak theory shouldn't be dismissed  —  I have reported on safety lapses at elite U.S. labs.  There is no reason to believe they aren't happening at labs in other countries as well. … On a warm summer evening in July 2014 …

Why Obama's Climate Plan Failed.  And How Biden's Could Succeed  —  Barbara Boxer was in Greenland in July 2007, watching chunks of ice slide off glaciers into the rising ocean.  She had brought Republican senators there with her, hoping a first-person confrontation with climate change would persuade them to take action.

Estimating the Number of Illegal Immigrants Who Might Get Covid Relief Payments  —  Steven A. Camarota is the director of research at the Center.  —  During the debate over the Covid relief bill Sen. Durbin (D-Ill.) stated that “Undocumented immigrants do not have Social Security numbers …

The mask is slipping, Dr Fauci...  He's a cable-news star first and a scientist second  —  Dr Anthony Fauci testifies before the enate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Getty)  —  To echo my friend Michael Warren Davis, I'm a big old centrist when it comes to masks.

Follow The ‘Science,’ They Said  —  As a general rule, the next time an official, a politician, or an expert lectures us on the “science,” make sure that he is not projecting his own unscientific biases onto others.  —  Throughout the Trump years and in particular during the 2020 COVID pandemic crisis …