‘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 …

Medium Editorial Team Update  —  We announced a buyout and leadership change to the Medium editorial team today.  Below is the email I sent to the company.  —  Team,  —  We are making some changes to our editorial strategy and leadership and giving a voluntary exit option to employees who would like to take a different path.

Israel Election Live: In Reversal, Updated Exit Polls Now Show Netanyahu Losing Majority  —  Israel elections 2021: Kahanist party makes major gains, according to exit polls ■ Gantz, Meretz spring back from brink of demise ■ Coronavirus regulations may delay vote count ■ Voter turnout lowest since 2013

Voting rights clash hurtles Senate toward nuclear breakdown  —  There's no better preview of the voting rights buzzsaw that's about to splinter the Senate than the current disagreement between Amy Klobuchar and Roy Blunt.  —  Klobuchar and Blunt are a notably effective bipartisan pair on many issues …

Duckworth backs off threat to oppose Biden nominees over lack of Asian American representation  —  Sen. Tammy Duckworth on Tuesday night backed down from her threat to block future Biden picks over a lack of nominees of Asian American descent after receiving “assurances” …

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 …

An Unusually Optimistic Conversation With Bernie Sanders  —  The Vermont senator discusses the Rescue Act, cancel culture, the filibuster and more.  —  Back to The Ezra Klein Show  —  More episodes of  —  The Ezra Klein Show  —  • 30:55  —  Andrew Cuomo and the Performance of Power

Trump's presidency was a disaster for his business  —  Michael D'Antonio is the author of the book “Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success” and co-author, with Peter Eisner, of the book “High Crimes: The Corruption, Impunity, and Impeachment of Donald Trump.”

He worked in Russian media.  He recognizes the same tactics at Fox News.  —  In a newly released report, U.S. intelligence agencies outline how Russia yet again sought to subvert American democracy.  The findings confirm that the Kremlin tried to plant damaging disinformation …

White People Don't Have a Monopoly on Hatred  —  I know.  I once held bigoted beliefs myself. … Middle school is terrible for everyone, but you're going to have to trust me that it was rougher on me than many.  I was short, funny-looking, and a practicing Muslim in a town called Kennesaw …

G.O.P. and Allies Draft ‘Best Practices’ for Restricting Voting  —  As Republican legislatures seek to usher in a raft of new voting restrictions, they are being prodded by an array of party leaders and outside groups working to coordinate the efforts.  —  In late January …

National Guardsmen transporting Covid-19 vaccines held at gunpoint in Texas … National Guardsmen transporting Covid-19 vaccines through Texas on Monday were held at gunpoint, police said.  —  Larry Harris is accused of following a convoy of National Guard soldiers before attempting to run …

Amazon Delivery Drivers Forced to Sign ‘Biometric Consent’ Form or Lose Job  —  The new cameras, which are being implemented nationwide, use artificial intelligence to access drivers' location, movement, and biometric data.  —  Lauren Kaori Gurley  —  Amazon delivery drivers nationwide have to sign a …

Steyer polls the Newsom recall — offering himself as an alternative  —  Tom Steyer is polling the California recall.  —  And the billionaire environmental activist and erstwhile presidential hopeful has included his own name among the list of possible contenders to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom …

In federal lawsuit, James Huntsman, of prominent Utah family, accuses Mormon Church of fraud  —  James Huntsman, of a prominent Mormon family from Utah, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday accusing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of fraud, saying it spent members' tithes meant for charity on commercial purposes.

Judge warns DOJ that media interviews could taint Capitol riot case  —  A federal judge lambasted the Justice Department on Tuesday, warning that top officials' comments in recent media interviews threatened to taint the prosecution of some of the most notorious participants in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.

Every Democrat who fears filibuster reform should read these two new works  —  In a way, it's fitting that Democrats are celebrating the 11th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act even as they are intensely debating major structural reforms, such as ending the legislative filibuster and granting statehood to Washington, D.C.

Live updates: San Francisco school board meets in wake of controversy over racist tweets  —  The San Francisco school board is meeting now to discuss progress on school reopening, among other agenda items.  It is the board's first meeting since critics rediscovered Vice President Alison Collins' racist tweets against Asian Americans.

Scoop: Inside the Senate GOP's private debate about earmarks  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham has been using Donald Trump to sell skeptical fellow Senate Republicans on bringing back earmarks.  —  Why it matters: Both parties swore off member-directed spending a decade ago, saying it too often led to corruption.

Some Younger Amazon Workers in Bessemer, New to Unions, Are Still Undecided … Jason receives upwards of two dozen text messages a day about his warehouse's union drive.  Some are pro-union, and some against it.  There are those from Amazon, his employer, to “protect what you have.”

E.U. Set to Curb Covid Vaccine Exports for 6 Weeks  —  The European Union has drafted new emergency rules that will most likely severely cut exports to Britain and other countries to ease supply shortages at home.  —  BRUSSELS — The European Union is finalizing emergency legislation …

Ana Liss becomes second Cuomo accuser who won't cooperate with impeachment probe  —  The revelation Tuesday that the impeachment investigation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo would likely take months led another former aide to say she won't cooperate with state Assembly's Judiciary Committee.

Recommendations to the Biden Administration On Regulating Disinformation and Other Harmful Content on Social Media  —  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  —  Produced by the Harvard Kennedy School Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government and the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights …

Scott Stringer Brings ‘30 Years of Real Experience’ in NY Politics to Mayoral Run  —  Scott Stringer, a veteran of more than three decades in New York politics, is running for mayor at a time his city is facing one of its worst-ever crises.  —  “Post-COVID New York City is going to require …

The Curious Case of Florida's Pandemic Response  —  I started reporting this essay with a clear thesis: Florida is having a moment.  To the extent that winning a pandemic is possible, Florida seemed to be winning the pandemic.  —  Despite criticism from liberals for its laissez-faire approach to COVID-19 …

Is ‘All Gas No Brakes’ Over?  —  Andrew Callaghan, 23, built a following with his YouTube series “All Gas No Brakes.”  This month, he announced that he'd left the show.  Here's what happened.  —  Since 2019, Andrew Callaghan, 23, has been crisscrossing the country in a beat-up R.V …

Senator Marco Rubio Says We Need to I.D. UFO Flying Over Military Bases  —  SENATOR MARCO RUBIO LET'S I.D. THE UFO'S FLYING OVER MILITARY BASES ... The Truth Is Out There!!! … Marco Rubio is worried as hell about unidentified flying objects buzzing over military bases and he's on board …

Poll: Dem primary for mayor wide open, half of voters still undecided  —  The June 22 Democratic primary race for mayor is still “wide open” — with half of voters still undecided, a new poll released Wednesday reveals.  —  Entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang is in the lead …

Interview with Iran's Foreign Minister Zarif  —  Negar Mortazavi speaks with Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif about the current impasse in diplomacy between Tehran and Washington and a sequence of return to the nuclear deal; President Biden's interest in follow-on negotiations on Iran's missile program …

Kim Janey Becomes Boston's First Black Mayor  —  At 11, Kim Janey was bused into a neighborhood where Black students were pelted with rocks.  As acting mayor, she hopes to help Boston step out of the shadow of that era.  —  BOSTON — On a September morning in 1976, an 11-year-old Black girl climbed onto …