A Minnesota man can't be charged with felony rape because the woman chose to drink beforehand, court rules  —  After a 20-year-old woman took five shots of vodka and a prescription pill, she said she was standing outside a Minneapolis bar in May 2017 when a man invited her and a friend to a party.

Birx shares her chilling conclusion as America arrives at a moment of introspection on the coronavirus  —  (CNN) — The US may finally be getting a handle on the coronavirus pandemic, but for so many Americans, it's too late, and that disconnect is raising fresh questions about why the US couldn't have done more earlier.

Joe Biden Botches the Georgia Voting Law  —  His claim that the law prohibits giving water to voters standing on line is way off base.  —  Joe Biden, grasping the latest left-wing talking point pushed by Stacey Abrams and her media allies everywhere, has launched a misleading attack …

After two months in office, Kamala Harris is still living out of suitcases — and she's getting frustrated with it  —  (CNN)It has been more than two months since Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president of the United States, a historic moment for the country, as Harris is the first woman …

Armed White men who showed up at a Black family's home were acquitted.  Now, they want an apology  —  (CNN)An African American mother says she won't sit down to talk with two men who came armed with about 13 other White people to her North Carolina home last year looking for a missing teenage girl …

It's Official.  “Vaccine Passports” Are Required In New York  —  This happened even sooner than most people expected.  We were warned at the beginning of the month that New York State was working to implement a system of immunity passports for people who wish to reenter most “normal” aspects of society.

Criminal charges filed against Kansas Senate majority leader  —  One of the Kansas Legislature's most powerful lawmakers has been charged with driving under the influence and a felony offense for trying to elude law enforcement  —  TOPEKA, Kan. — One of the Kansas Legislature's …

Prosecutors struggle with consistent story in Jan. 6 cases  —  BOSTON (AP) — There's little doubt the Oath Keepers were planning for something on Jan. 6.  The question at the heart of the criminal case against its members and associates in the attack on the U.S. Capitol is: What, exactly, did they intend to do?

In Washington, Policy Revolves Around Joe Manchin.  He Likes It That Way.  —  Mr. Manchin's belief in the need to keep the filibuster has set the stage for a collision between Democrats eager to use its majorities to pass sweeping legislation and a political throwback determined to restore bipartisanship.

Mo Brooks calls U.S. Capitol rioters ‘fools’; says sedition charges up to Justice Department  —  The mob of pro-Trump supporters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6 were “fools” who wrecked efforts by Republicans in Congress to debate baseless allegations of “voter fraud and election theft …

Media are falling into Stephen Miller's trap  —  Journalists who normalize Trump's former senior adviser ‘are helping him launder his white supremacist ideas into the mainstream.’  —  It was only a matter of time before Stephen Miller returned to the spotlight.

USA Today fires race and inclusion editor who falsely claimed Boulder shooter was an ‘angry white man’  —  USA Today's race and inclusion editor Hemal Jhaveri was fired this week after she claimed that “it's always an angry white man” who commits mass shootings, race-baiting in the wake of the Boulder attack.

A Collapse Foretold: How Brazil's Covid-19 Outbreak Overwhelmed Hospitals  —  The virus has killed more than 300,000 people in Brazil, its spread aided by a highly contagious variant, political infighting and distrust of science.  —  PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — The patients began arriving …

MN lawyer sanctioned $10,000 for filing election challenges without plaintiffs' knowledge  —  ‘To my horror, I saw that I had sued Steve Simon and Ilhan Omar,’ a plaintiff said.  — More-  —  A Minnesota attorney who filed legal challenges to the November election of five congressional Democrats …

The popularity of Congress is at its highest level in more than a decade as stimulus checks hit bank accounts  —  For the second time in the pandemic era, Congress is experiencing a burst of relative popularity, the normally reviled institution winning public support in the early days of a Democratic-run Washington.

DeSantis hires top GOP operative for 2022 campaign  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has tapped a veteran national Republican political operative to help spearhead his 2022 reelection race.  —  Phil Cox, a former executive director of the Republican Governors Association, has joined the DeSantis team as a senior-level adviser.

‘Be aware’: The Pentagon's target list for extremist infiltrators — right and left  —  Flags from the left-wing Antifa movement.  Depictions of Pepe the Frog, the cartoon character that's been misappropriated by racist groups.  Iconography from the far-right Proud Boys, including the phrase …

Dozens Shot Dead in Myanmar as Military Continues Ruthless Campaign Against Civilians  —  The killings occurred days after the U.S. imposed new sanctions to pressure the generals to give up power  —  On a day when Myanmar's commander in chief, who seized power in a coup last month …

US military has gone full woke, waging war on those who disagree with them  —  The Pentagon has turned into the Yale faculty lounge with cruise missiles  —  Tucker: Our military leadership has gone ‘woke’  —  The Pentagon's Special Operations Command recently made an announcement from its official Twitter account.

Collins avoids state-party censure after voting to convict Trump  —  Sen. Susan Collins avoided censure from her state party on Saturday, escaping the fate of other Republicans who voted to convict former President Donald Trump in his most recent impeachment trial.

Iran and China sign 25-year cooperation agreement  —  DUBAI (Reuters) -China and Iran, both subject to U.S. sanctions, signed a 25-year cooperation agreement on Saturday to strengthen their long-standing economic and political alliance.  —  “Relations between the two countries have now reached …

Sharon Osbourne Is Out at ‘The Talk’  —  After the longtime panelist offered a controversial defense of friend Piers Morgan, past colleagues came out with more accusations of racist language and behavior.  —  Sharon Osbourne is out of the conversation, parting ways with The Talk in the wake …

Trump helped the GOP raise $2 billion.  Now former aides and allies are jockeying to tap into his fundraising power.  —  One day before the Republican Party's elite donors are slated to gather for their spring retreat in Palm Beach, Fla., early next month, a nonprofit group aligned …

Note to Mitch McConnell: The Senate's longest filibuster was definitely racist  —  At his first White House news conference Thursday, President Biden said he agreed with former president Barack Obama that the filibuster is “a relic of the Jim Crow era.”  This follows a Tuesday statement …