At Biden's first news conference, it wasn't the president who was out of touch  —  The White House press corps' abysmal failure to ask important questions about pressing issues during President Biden's first news conference on Thursday was the clearest demonstration yet of the contrast between …

Georgia representative arrested after governor signs elections bill  —  Georgia state troopers arrested state Rep. Park Cannon on Thursday as she knocked on Gov. Brian Kemp's door, interrupting his livestreamed announcement that he had signed an elections bill into law.The officers forcibly removed Cannon …

Dominion Voting sues Fox for $1.6B over 2020 election claims  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Dominion Voting Systems on Friday filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, arguing the cable news giant falsely claimed in an effort to boost faltering ratings that the voting company had rigged the 2020 election.

Trump: Rioters in deadly insurrection posed ‘zero threat’  —  Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed Thursday that his supporters who stormed the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection posed “zero threat” — despite the fact that five people died as a result of the violent insurrection, including a Capitol Police officer.

Scoop: AOC's private audience with Ron Klain  —  White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain met quietly with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jamaal Bowman and other progressive lawmakers this week to discuss the filibuster, minimum wage and other issues, people familiar with the matter told Axios.

Trump's secret sit-down with Ohio candidates turns into ‘Hunger Games’  —  It was a scene right out of “The Apprentice.”  —  Donald Trump was headlining a fundraiser on Wednesday night at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Fla. But before the dinner began, the former president had some business …

Governor Hutchinson Issues Statement on Signing of SB354  —  LITTLE ROCK - Governor Asa Hutchinson issued the following statement on the signing of SB354.  —  “Today, I have signed into law SB354 called the 'Fairness in Women's Sports Act'.  I have studied the law and heard from hundreds of constituents on this issue.

Documents Show Amazon Is Aware Drivers Pee in Bottles and Even Defecate En Route, Despite Company Denial … In anticipation of Sen. Bernie Sanders's scheduled trip to Bessemer, Alabama, to support the unionization drive by Amazon workers there, Amazon executive Dave Clark cast the $1 trillion behemoth as …

Microsoft Is in Exclusive Talks to Acquire Discord  —  Deal valuing chat app at $10 billion or more could be completed next month  —  Microsoft Corp. is in advanced talks to acquire messaging platform Discord Inc. for $10 billion or more, according to people familiar with the matter …

Yellow Journalism Turns Blue  —  Ron Johnson is under attack from a press that's abandoned honesty and fairness.  —  “Yellow journalism” means a sensationalized press.  Perhaps it is time to introduce “blue journalism”—the new media practice of abandoning standards to work seamlessly with the progressive left against any opposition.

Jessica Walter Dies: Emmy-Winning ‘Arrested Development’, ‘Archer’ Actress Was 80  —  Jessica Walter, the award-winning actress whose career spanned five decades, passed away in her sleep at home in New York City on Wednesday, March 24.  She was 80.  —  Walter's career included everything …

‘You are strong.’ Vice President Kamala Harris has a message for American women  —  Vice President Kamala Harris emphasizes the strength of American women Wednesday in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office.  The bust of Frederick Douglass, created by Isaac Scott Hathaway in 1908, is on loan from Harris' alma mater, Howard University.

Far-Right Extremists Move From ‘Stop the Steal’ to Stop the Vaccine  —  Extremist organizations are now bashing the safety and efficacy of coronavirus vaccines in an effort to try to undermine the government.  —  Adherents of far-right groups who cluster online have turned repeatedly …

The Cybersecurity 202: NSA director says intelligence has a big blind spot: domestic Internet activity  —  National Security Agency Director Gen. Paul Nakasone stressed that foreign hackers are taking of the intelligence community's “blind spot” - domestic Internet activity.

Biden agenda could collide with federal judiciary remade by Trump  —  Washington — Former President Trump's reshaping of the federal judiciary is likely to be a legacy felt for years to come, with a total of 242 judges appointed to the courts, as well as three justices to the Supreme Court.

‘Alex Azar Anonymous’: Trump health officials start a club to counter former HHS chief  —  A small group of top Trump health officials recently held a series of discussions to coordinate their accounts of the administration's troubled Covid-19 response, worried they will be scapegoated by old colleagues …

The Social Justice Purge at Idaho Colleges  —  Republican lawmakers try to cancel diversity programs.  —  Last month, I wrote that right-wing legislatures trying to ban critical race theory from public schools and institutions were a far more direct threat to free speech than what's often called cancel culture.

Menendez undecided on Kahl nomination  —  Kahl is expected to face a razor-thin confirmation vote on the Senate floor  —  After advancing out of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, the nomination of Colin Kahl, President Joe Biden's choice for undersecretary of defense for policy …