Matt Gaetz Is Said to Be Investigated Over Possible Sexual Relationship With a Girl, 17  —  An inquiry into the Florida congressman was opened in the final months of the Trump administration, people briefed on it said.  —  Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida and a close ally …

Bidens' dog Major involved in another biting incident  —  (CNN)The Bidens' dog Major has been involved in another biting incident that required medical attention, two people with knowledge of the incident tell CNN.  —  The incident, which involved a National Park Service employee …

Florida COVID numbers face new scrutiny  —  published earlier this month in the American Journal of Public Health argues that Florida is undercounting the number of people who died from COVID-19 by thousands of cases, casting new doubt on claims that Gov. Ron DeSantis navigated the coronavirus pandemic successfully.

Dominion lawsuit outs Fox News' disinformation campaign  —  Media critic  —  Back in December, Dominion Voting Systems warned Fox News and other spreaders of election-related conspiracy theories that lawsuits were imminent.  For reasons that remain murky, the voting-machine company became …

WHO chief, U.S. and other world leaders criticize China for limiting access of team researching coronavirus origins  —  The head of the World Health Organization, the U.S. government and 13 other countries on Tuesday voiced frustration with the level of access China granted an international mission …

Biden's Judicial Nominees Have Diverse Backgrounds  —  The president's first choices for district and appeals court openings reflected his campaign promise to choose judges from outside of traditional backgrounds.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden began a drive to reshape the federal courts …

Attack on Asian Woman in Midtown Prompts Another Hate Crime Investigation  —  The New York Police Department said it was searching for a man who kicked a 65-year-old woman, stomped on her and made anti-Asian statements.  Building staff members who witnessed the attack and did not intervene have been suspended.

Ethics upholds Gohmert's $5,000 metal detector fine  —  The House Ethics Committee said Tuesday that it is upholding the $5,000 fine levied against Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) for bypassing a security screening to enter the House chamber.  —  Gohmert had appealed the fine issued …

The Kremlin may be slowly killing Alexei Navalny in prison.  The world must not let it happen.  —  There are many ways to kill an opponent.  Sometimes it's done out in the open, for the whole world to see — as happened with Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned …

If You Want to Make It As a Writer, For God's Sakes, Be Weird  —  you're in a market, so sell something other people aren't … Writing is not a hard profession.  Writing is actually an impossibly easy profession.  I could sleep until noon every day if my cat didn't wake me up at 5:30 AM.

Spotify jumps into social audio, acquires sports-focused live audio app  —  Spotify said Tuesday it has acquired the company behind the live audio app Locker Room, giving the music and podcast platform a new foothold in a space that has seen a surge of interest following the rise of the app Clubhouse.

Former Parler CEO says Dan Bongino owns no shares, got hustled by Rebekah Mercer  —  Fox News contributor Dan Bongino claims to be a Parler investor — but former CEO John Matze says he was duped  —  Pro-Trump pundit, conservative media tycoon and self-proclaimed Parler investor Dan Bongino …

Celebrating Passover With Amar'e Stoudemire  —  The ex-NBA star and current Brooklyn Nets coach, who recently converted to Orthodox Judaism, heard about the James Harden trade from his rabbi.  —  Editor's note: These photos were taken Friday afternoon before sundown as Amar'e and family prepared for the next night's Seder.

US court sentences Honduran president's brother to life in drug case  —  Juan Antonio ‘Tony’ Hernández was sentenced in Manhattan federal court and ordered to forfeit $138m  —  Guardian staff and agencies in New York  —  The brother of the Honduras president, Juan Orlando Hernández …

Many Capitol rioters unlikely to serve jail time  —  Americans outraged by the storming of Capitol Hill are in for a jarring reality check: Many of those who invaded the halls of Congress on Jan. 6 are likely to get little or no jail time.  —  While public and media attention in recent weeks …

Romney Says He Won't Support Gun Reform  —  Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Pinterest Reddit Print Mail Flipboard  —  Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) announced he would not support gun reform and will not vote for new federal gun laws.  —  “I made that commitment when I ran for office …

Elizabeth Warren unloads on Archegos meltdown: ‘All the makings of a dangerous situation’  — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a member of the powerful Senate banking and finance committees, is one of the first lawmakers to respond to what turned out to be disastrous trades by Archegos.

Blinken announces plans to roll back Trump-era human rights initiatives  —  Some conservatives fear ‘human rights’ are now less about fundamental rights and more about economic or social rights  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for March 30  —  Secretary of State Antony Blinken diverted …

Brazil on edge as three military chiefs resign after Bolsonaro fires defense minister  —  Political earthquake rattles country already grappling with one of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks  —  Jair Bolsonaro's crisis-stricken administration has been rocked by the sudden sacking …

To cover or not to cover Trump?  Unfortunately, the choice is easy  —  “Please stop covering the crazy stuff out Trump's mouth [sic].  The nightmare is over.  Please #CNN, #NBC, #CBS, #ABC.”  —  That's just one of probably thousands of similar tweets in recent months imploring the media …

Lawmakers anxious over lack of Pentagon picks  —  President Joe Biden hasn't yet tapped nominees for some of the Pentagon's most senior posts — and lawmakers are taking note.  —  The White House hasn't sent any defense nominees to the Senate since January, when Biden tapped the Pentagon's top three leaders.

Exclusive: Jamie Dimon speaks out on voting rights even as many CEOs remain silent  —  New York (CNN Business)JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is speaking out in defense of voting rights in the wake of Georgia's restrictive voting law and as other battleground states consider similar actions.

Behind the dark-money web that put Barrett (and Kavanaugh and Gorsuch) on the Supreme Court  —  When future Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to a federal appeals court in 2017, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., at the time ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee …

How Elizabeth Loftus Changed the Meaning of Memory  —  The psychologist taught us that what we remember is not fixed, but her work testifying for defendants like Harvey Weinstein collides with our traumatized moment.  —  Elizabeth Loftus was in Argentina, giving talks about the malleability of memory …

Virginia seals deal for $3.7 billion rail plan, including new Potomac River bridge  —  Virginia finalized agreements Tuesday with CSX, Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express as part of the state's $3.7 billion passenger rail expansion program that seeks to relieve a rail bottleneck and get more commuters onto trains.

New U.S. coronavirus cases rise by 12 percent; nation braces for fourth pandemic wave  —  The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free.  For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter where all stories are free to read.

Trump's heir?  Pence reemerges, lays groundwork for 2024 run  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — When former President Donald Trump was asked to list those he considers the future leaders of the Republican Party, he quickly rattled off a list of names, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz.

Russia suspected of stealing thousands of State Department emails  —  Suspected Russian hackers stole thousands of State Department officials' emails last year, according to two Congressional sources familiar with the intrusion, in the second known Kremlin-backed breach on the department's email server in under a decade.

The GOP is facing a sickness deeper than the coronavirus  —  It is the sign of a sickness deeper than covid-19 that the defiance of public health guidance has become a political selling point in the Republican Party.  —  Consider the case of South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem.

Woman who filmed George Floyd's death tells court she regrets ‘not doing more’  —  The woman who filmed George Floyd's death and sparked a worldwide debate over race relations told the court on Tuesday that she apologizes for “not doing more.”  —  “When I look at George Floyd, I look at my dad …

A Very Early Look At The 2022 Governor Races  —  The 2022 midterm elections will decide not only who controls the U.S. Senate and House but, crucially, which party governs 36 of the nation's 50 states.  These contests will play a key role in determining the policies that states adopt …