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 …

Trump Sued by Two Capitol Police Officers for Inciting ‘Wild’ Riot  —  Two U.S. Capitol Police veterans who were on duty during the Jan. 6 riot sued Donald Trump accusing the former president of inciting the violent mob that injured scores of officers.  —  The complaint filed Tuesday follows …

G. Gordon Liddy, undercover operative convicted in Watergate scandal, dies at 90  —  G. Gordon Liddy, the undercover operative whose bungling of the Watergate break-in triggered one of the gravest constitutional crises in American history and led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon …

The Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Is Said to Be Powerfully Protective in Adolescents  —  A clinical trial found no infections among vaccinated children ages 12 to 15, the companies said, and there were no serious side effects.  The data have not yet been reviewed by independent experts.

Brutal Attack on Filipino Woman Sparks Outrage: ‘Everybody Is on Edge’  —  Security guards failed to intervene while a man kicked and stomped on a 65-year-old woman near Times Square, yelling, “You don't belong here.”  —  The security camera video was shocking in its brutality.

The one way Biden has broken with Democrats  —  Presented by PL+US and Paid Leave For All  —  TRIANGULATION, R.I.P. — Though his presidency is in its infancy, Joe Biden appears to have brought to an end to the primary governing theory for the past 30 years of Democratic presidential politics.

Court voids Trump campaign's non-disclosure agreement  —  A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a broad non-disclosure agreement that Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign required employees to sign is unenforceable.  —  U.S. District Court Judge Paul Gardephe's ruling generally steered clear …

A Modern Feminist Classic Changed My Life.  Was It Actually Garbage?  —  First, it must be said: Naomi Wolf is a COVID truther.  The bestselling author spent the pandemic doing things like celebrating indoor restaurant meals and declaring that children are losing the reflex to smile because of masks …

Yahoo Story on Florida COVID Study Misrepresented Key Finding, Study's Author Says  —  A Yahoo News story warning that “Florida COVID numbers face new scrutiny” incorrectly framed the key finding of the study it profiled, according to the principal researcher of the study in question …

The Fourth Surge Is Upon Us.  This Time, It's Different.  —  Across the United States, cases have started rising again.  In a few cities, even hospitalizations are ticking up.  The twists and turns of a pandemic can be hard to predict, but this most recent increase was almost inevitable …

“We're Reversing 90 Years Of Prohibition”: New York State Legislature Legalizes Marijuana  —  On Thursday night, New York went from being the marijuana arrest capital of the world to passing one of the most progressive legalized cannabis laws in the country.

Biden stands down at the border  —  President Joe Biden is ceasing the execution of federal immigration laws, and the worst crisis in 20 years (by his own Department of Homeland Security secretary's admission) is likely to reach an unprecedented level.  —  Let's take a look at how we got here.

Amazon's Twitter Army Was Handpicked for “Great Sense of Humor,” Leaked Document Reveals … Amazon's small Twitter army of “ambassadors” was quietly conceived in 2018 under the codename “Veritas,” which sought to train and dispatch select employees to the social media trenches to defend Amazon and its CEO …

Brazil's Military Chiefs Quit as Covid-19 Pandemic Pressures Government  —  High-level resignations follow months of tensions over Bolsonaro's efforts to garner political support from armed forces  —  SÃO PAULO—The heads of Brazil's army, navy and air force resigned Tuesday …

Democrats Splinter Over Strategy for Pushing Through Voting Rights Bill  —  President Biden and leading congressional Democrats have made the far-reaching bill a top priority, but some proponents believe it needs major changes.  —  Democrats in Congress are quietly splintering over how to handle …

Biden Details $2 Trillion Plan to Rebuild Infrastructure and Reshape the Economy  —  The president will begin selling his proposal on Wednesday, saying it would fix 20,000 miles of roads and 10,000 bridges, while also addressing climate change and racial inequities and raising corporate taxes.

‘A Really Good Bill’: Gov. Kemp Defends Georgia's Voting Law  —  Audio version of this story here.  —  Less than a week after Gov. Brian Kemp signed Georgia's new Republican-led voting bill into law, the scrutiny has persisted.  —  Three federal lawsuits have already been filed to challenge …

Biden looks for an infrastructure win where Obama and Trump failed  —  President Joe Biden will unveil a $2 trillion proposal Wednesday to transform America's infrastructure over the next eight years, launching a mammoth legislative offensive to turn a long-running Washington punchline …

The message of Biden's first proposals: He's not interested in going small.  —  In the face of enormous challenges — from the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout to climate change — the current president is outpacing the last two in early spending plans.

U.S. open to discussing wider nuclear deal road map if Iran wishes  —  PARIS (Reuters) - Efforts to sketch out initial U.S. and Iranian steps to resume compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal have stalled and Western officials believe Iran may now wish to discuss a wider road map to revive the pact, something Washington is willing to do.

South Dakota's governor issues executive orders banning transgender athletes from women's sports  —  Why Republicans think the transgender sports issue is a winning one  —  Washington (CNN)South Dakota's Republican Gov. Kristi Noem banned transgender girls and women from competing …

The selfishness at the heart of socialism  —  Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion, has commented that he was “enjoying the irony of ...  [Sen. Bernie] Sanders supporters lecturing me, a former Soviet citizen, on the glories of socialism and what it really means ... In practice …

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 …