Matt Gaetz Defended Me When My Nudes Were Shared Without My Consent.  Now He's Accused of Doing Just That  —  Matt and I forged an unlikely friendship in Congress, and he was one of the few colleagues who spoke out after a malicious nude-photo leak upended my life.

Half of Republicans believe false accounts of deadly U.S. Capitol riot: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Since the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have pushed false and misleading accounts to downplay the event …

2 Dem senators balk at Biden's new spending plan  —  Joe Manchin wants his party's leaders and President Joe Biden to make significant changes to their sweeping new tax-and-spend legislation — and he's got other Democratic senators with him.  —  The West Virginia Democrat is readying …

Live Updates: Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson Vetoes Bill Restricting Transgender Rights  —  Mr. Hutchinson, a Republican, called the state legislation “off course.”  But state lawmakers could override the veto.  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, a Republican, vetoed an anti-transgender bill.

60 Minutes' Dishonest DeSantis Hit Job  —  CBS tried to manufacture a Ron DeSantis scandal where none exists.  It failed miserably.  —  There is no more accurate way of describing last night's 60 Minutes segment on Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida than as a political hit job.

McConnell: Corporations Shouldn't Fall for Absurd Disinformation on Voting Laws  —  'There is no consistent or factual standard being applied here.  It's just a fake narrative gaining speed by its own momentum... Businesses must not use economic blackmail to spread disinformation and push bad ideas …

Why Is Major League Baseball Expected to Boycott Georgia, While Other Businesses Aren't?  —  This Thursday, the PGA Tour and Masters Tournament will begin in Augusta, Ga., despite the National Black Justice Coalition calling upon the PGA Tour and Masters Tournament to pull the upcoming event …

The New Shortage: Ketchup Can't Catch Up  —  The pandemic turned restaurants into takeout specialists, boosting demand for the condiment; ‘Everyone out there is grabbing for ketchup’  —  Supply chain problems are reaching into a far corner of the business universe: Ketchup packets.

A QAnon revelation suggests the truth of Q's identity was right there all along  —  The extremist movement's leader had purported to be a top-secret government operative.  But a possible slip-up in a new documentary about QAnon suggests that Q was actually Ron Watkins, the longtime administrator of the 8kun message board.

Frank Bruni Stepping Down as Columnist; Named Endowed Chair at Duke University  —  Frank is joining Duke University as an endowed chair in journalism in June.  He will no longer be a columnist but will continue to write his newsletter and will remain a contributing Opinion writer.

White Evangelical Resistance Is Obstacle in Vaccination Effort  —  Millions of white evangelical adults in the U.S. do not intend to get vaccinated against Covid-19.  Tenets of faith and mistrust of science play a role; so does politics.  —  Stephanie Nana, an evangelical Christian in Edmond …

Supreme Court Rejects Alex Jones's Bid to Overturn Sanctions for Rant Threatening Sandy Hook Families' Lawyer on His Show  —  The Supreme Court rejected an attempt by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to overturn sanctions affirmed by the Connecticut Supreme Court for his threatening rant …

Israel's election aftermath: The good, the bad and the ugly  —  Former Knesset Member: The last thing Israel needs is a fifth election  —  Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can't Have (and Doesn't Want) Another Great President.”

Two teen girls accused of car-jacking and killing an Uber Eats driver in D.C. ‘reach plea deal with prosecutor ensuring they will not be held past the age of 21 nor be placed in a prison facility’  — Two girls, ages 13 and 15, who were charged with the murder and carjacking of a Mohammad Anwar …

Are we entering a ‘fourth wave’ of the pandemic?  Experts disagree.  —  The data doesn't look good.  After weeks of decline, the average number of new coronavirus infections reported each day is higher than it's been in a month.  The number of people in hospitals with covid-19 has been stubbornly stagnant since mid-March.

Supreme Court Dismisses Case on Trump Blocking Twitter Followers as Moot  —  Plaintiffs lawyer applauds precedent of lower-court ruling against ex-president; Justice Thomas criticizes Twitter's permanent ban of Trump after Jan. 6  —  WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a lawsuit …

Satellite images show huge Russian military buildup in the Arctic  —  (CNN)Russia is amassing unprecedented military might in the Arctic and testing its newest weapons in a region freshly ice-free due to the climate emergency, in a bid to secure its northern coast and open up a key shipping route from Asia to Europe.

The GOP, America's most selfless political party  —  Republican politicians have proven themselves an admirably selfless bunch.  Time and again, they've handed over credit to Democrats — and Democrats alone — for all sorts of popular policy initiatives.  —  A year ago, Washington Republicans …

Facebook pledged to suspend political donations, then quietly funneled $50,000 to GOP group pushing voter suppression laws  —  On January 11, Facebook announced that “following last week's awful violence” it was suspending donations from its political committee “for at least the current quarter, while we review our policies.”

Philly may have just revolutionized evictions |  Editorial  —  Philadelphia is on the verge of upending evictions as we know them.Last Wednesday, the Municipal Court of Philadelphia, which houses landlord-tenant court, released a new order following the extension of the CDC's nationwide eviction moratorium through June.

Small-Time Landlords Struggle to Keep the Lights on as ‘Devastating’ Eviction Moratorium Continues  —  Stephanie Graves had a decision to make: buy new signage so she could open the pool at one of her apartment complexes, or pay the electric bill.  She couldn't afford both.  —  Ultimately, it wasn't a hard decision.

In a Pennsylvania town, a Facebook group fills the local news void … The day after Thanksgiving 2019, residents of Chippewa Township, Pennsylvania, watched from their windows as state and local police combed through their backyards looking for Kyle Michael Jones.

Two Yemeni Men Arrested by Border Patrol Identified on the FBI's Terrorism Watch List  —  CALEXICO, Calif. - U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector arrested two Yemeni men within the last 2 months that were identified on a terrorism watch list.