‘Very Anti-Social’: Suspect in Boulder Supermarket Massacre Was Paranoid, Brother Says  —  Police also identified the ten people who lost their lives when the 21-year-old gunman allegedly opened fire on Monday afternoon.  —  Authorities on Tuesday identified the suspect in the shooting deaths …

U.S. Health Officials Question AstraZeneca Vaccine Trial Results  —  According to federal officials, an independent panel of medical experts said the promising results announced by the company on Monday may have relied on “outdated information.”  —  Federal health officials …

There is no immigration crisis  —  If you've been reading or watching mainstream media over the past week or so, you've undoubtedly heard a lot about a supposed screaming emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border.  More migrants are trying to cross the border, which all three network Sunday shows …

Top Saudi official issued death threat against UN's Khashoggi investigator  —  Senior official twice threatened to have Agnès Callamard ‘taken care of’ in meeting with UN colleagues in Geneva in January 2020  —  A senior Saudi official issued what was perceived to be a death threat …

America's unique gun violence problem, explained in 16 maps and charts  —  In the developed world, these levels of gun violence are a uniquely American problem.  Here's why.  —  After a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, Americans are once again confronting the country's unique relationship with guns.

USPS chief DeJoy said to cut post office hours, lengthen delivery times in 10-year-plan  —  The postmaster general is expected to announce his long-awaited strategic initiative, one that is expected to raise prices and diminish delivery standards.  —  Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will unveil …

There's no migrant ‘surge’ at the U.S. southern border.  Here's the data.  —  Evidence reveals the usual seasonal bump — plus some of the people who waited during the pandemic  —  Last week, at the U.S. border with Mexico, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …

Trump officials hindered at least nine key oversight probes, watchdogs said.  Some may finally be released in coming months.  —  Almost as soon as she opened a politically charged investigation in 2019 into whether the Trump White House blocked hurricane relief to a devastated Puerto Rico …

Biden's first news conference is a test for him.  But it's a bigger test for White House reporters.  —  The first news conference of a new administration is always a high-stakes affair for the White House.  —  How will the new president do under the glare of direct questioning from a crowd of correspondents?

Mayor Ends Remote Work for 80,000 in Signal to Rest of New York City  —  Office workers will return starting May 3 in a move that is intended to broadcast a message that New York is reopening for business.  —  For the last year, New York City has been running in the shadow of a deadly pandemic …

Scoop: Democrats confront White House over lack of AAPI Cabinet representation  —  Two Democratic senators of Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage confronted a senior White House official Monday night over the absence of AAPI representation in President Biden's Cabinet, four Senate aides familiar with the call tell Axios.

DC Not Having Car Dealership Is Latest GOP Argument Against Statehood  —  It's been a year and a half since the last time a House of Representatives committee held a hearing about D.C. statehood, far less time than the decades that passed between the lower chamber's previous airing of the arguments …

Former professor says Yale fired her over tweet on Trump, Dershowitz  —  Bandy Lee MED '94 DIV '95, a formerly Yale-affiliated faculty member in the School of Medicine and Yale Law School, filed a complaint against the University on Monday alleging “unlawful termination …

The rush to replace Rush  —  Conservative commentator and longtime talk radio host Dana Loesch has signed a new three-year deal with Radio America, a conservative talk radio network, Loesch tells Axios.  —  Details: Loesch's new contract will keep the ‘The Dana Show’ at the 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. time-slot …

Why Democrats In Congress Need Biden's Approval Rating To Stay In The Mid-50s  —  A majority of Americans, about 55 percent, approve of President Biden's job performance so far, whereas about 39 percent disapprove.  Those are pretty good numbers for a president in this polarized era.

North Korea fires short-range missiles in direct challenge to Biden administration  —  North Korea fired off multiple short range missiles last weekend after denouncing Washington for going forward with joint military exercises with South Korea, according to people familiar with the situation.

Fox News would be in trouble without ‘actual malice’ standard  —  Media critic  —  D.C. Circuit Senior Judge Laurence H. Silberman is worried about media homogeneity in the United States.  Mainstream press organizations, he wrote in a much-discussed tract published on Friday, err in the leftward direction.

A Colorado massacre, a GOP leader's panic, and end times for our immoral filibuster  —  The $1,400 check had barely cleared when the honeymoon ended for President Biden, at least according to GOP leaders desperate to talk about something else, followed in lockstep by the type of Beltway pundit …

Evanston, Illinois, becomes first U.S. city to pay reparations to Black residents … EVANSTON, Ill. — Evanston, Illinois, on Monday became the first U.S. city to make reparations available to its Black residents for past discrimination and the lingering effects of slavery.

The Republican Electoral College Contradiction  —  State GOP lawmakers want to maximize their party's advantage in the next presidential race, but their approach is far from consistent.  —  A few months after losing the white house, Republicans across the country have had a revelation …

Senate Republicans torn over return of earmarks  —  Senate Republicans are split on whether to embrace or reject the return of earmarks as the caucus leans into deficit concerns under the Biden administration.  —  With House Republicans voting last week to join congressional Democrats …

Sidney Powell's Tucker Carlson-esque defense: ‘Reasonable people’ wouldn't take her wild voter-fraud claims as fact  —  Except lots of Trump supporters clearly did  —  Former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell has signaled her legal strategy in the defamation lawsuit brought …

White House eyes tax increases on companies and the wealthy to fund infrastructure, setting up clash with GOP  —  White House officials are exploring tax increases on businesses, investors and rich Americans to fund the president's multitrillion-dollar infrastructure and jobs package …

Biden will cancel $1 billion in student debt for defrauded borrowers  —  Washington (CNN)The Biden administration has reversed a controversial Trump-era policy that will lead to the cancellation of roughly $1 billion in student debt for borrowers who were defrauded by their colleges.