Statement by President Joe Biden on Armenian Remembrance Day … Each year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again occurring.  Beginning on April 24, 1915 …

Tucker Carlson: US journalists are ‘cowards’ and ‘cringing animals’  —  Fox News host also tells Outkick ‘unrestrained mass immigration has put a huge strain on the natural world’  —  Mainstream US journalists are “cowards”, the Fox News host Tucker Carlson said on Friday …

Japanese man arrested after dating 35 women at the same time in bid to ‘get birthday presents’  —  A Japanese man has been arrested after reportedly dating more than 35 women at the same time.  —  Takashi Miyagawa, a part-time worker, is being investigated for allegedly defrauding dozens …

Minutes before Trump left office, millions of the Pentagon's dormant IP addresses sprang to life  —  After decades of not using a huge chunk of the Internet, the Pentagon has given control of millions of computer addresses to a previously unknown company in an effort to identify possible cyber vulnerabilities and threats

As Covid-19 Devastates India, Deaths Go Undercounted  —  Fatalities have been overlooked or downplayed, understating the human toll of the country's outbreak, which accounts for nearly half of all new cases in a global surge.  —  NEW DELHI — India's coronavirus second wave is rapidly sliding …

George W. Bush Can't Paint His Way Out of Hell The chilling spectacle of watching the political class redeem a criminal, again.  —  I am not an art critic, but I don't think George W. Bush's new portraits are very good.  They inspire nothing but malaise and communicate a dilettante energy.

In NYC Jail System, Guards Often Lie About Excessive Force  —  More than half of the roughly 270 correction officers disciplined over a 20-month period lied to investigators or filed incomplete or inaccurate reports.  —  One New York City Correction officer struck a jailed person in the face for no legitimate reason.

This millennial GOP congressman voted to impeach Trump.  Now he's trying to save his party from going off a cliff. … The GOP freshman congressman who purchased a flak jacket following his “aye” vote for President Donald Trump's impeachment walked into what was once Grand Rapids' largest funeral home …

In-custody death reports under former Maryland medical examiner to be reviewed after he testified Chauvin did not kill George Floyd  —  The Maryland's Attorney General's Office said Friday it believes there should be a review of “in custody” death reports produced by the state's Office …

The Right to Crash Cars Into People  —  Earlier this week, Florida Republicans enacted a law they claimed would prevent riots in the state.  Its real purpose, of course, was to discourage protesting and punish demonstrators.  One of the bill's provisions has received a fair amount of national attention …

Hollywood's Anti-Black Bias Costs It $10 Billion a Year  —  If the industry won't change on principle, it can at least change for the money.  Reform would enrich people of color, and everyone else.  —  Days after a Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, suffocated George Floyd and the video went viral …

Far right extremism is influencing state Republican parties  —  MSNBC's Brian Williams discusses the rise in extremism affecting Republican parties at the state level with Melissa Ryan, author of the Ctrl Alt-Right Delete newsletter, who is an expert in disinformation and the dark corners of the internet.

Chocolate chip diplomacy: Biden courts Congress with gusto  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The pictures always make it look so presidential: Joe Biden sitting in a tall-back chair, surrounded by the arrayed members of Congress invited for a meeting at the White House.

The fading GOP establishment moves to support Cheney as Trump attacks and McCarthy keeps his distance  —  Following her vote to impeach Donald Trump, Rep. Liz Cheney has received a groundswell of financial support from the most powerful figures in traditional GOP politics and the corporate world.

1 verdict, then 6 police killings across America in 24 hours  —  Even as the Derek Chauvin case was fresh in memory — the reading of the verdict in a Minneapolis courtroom, the shackling of the former police officer, the jubilation at what many saw as justice in the death of George Floyd — even then, blood flowed on America's streets.

After Testing the World's Limits, Putin Steps Back From the Brink  —  The Russian president pulled back troops from Ukraine's border and relented on medical treatment for his nemesis Aleksei A. Navalny, after a performance blending fear and force to affirm his power.

White House's new $1.8 trillion ‘families plan’ reflects ambitions — and limits — of Biden presidency  —  Big spending increases and tax changes will test Democrats' majority and GOP's willingness to stand in the way  —  The White House is preparing to unveil a roughly $1.8 trillion spending …

As pandemic surges anew, global envy and anger over U.S. vaccine abundance  —  As India announced grim records — the highest daily coronavirus infection tallies in a single country — Americans were enjoying a spring of vaccine abundance.  —  In India, just 1.4 percent of the population …

Volatile and Vengeful: How Scott Rudin Wielded Power in Show Business  —  For decades, the producer has cultivated and castigated people at all levels of entertainment.  Now his past is catching up with him.  —  Scott Rudin has long been one of the most celebrated and powerful producers in Hollywood and …

Trump says he does not miss ‘very boring’ Twitter and claims his press releases are ‘more elegant’  — Donald Trump told Fox News this week that Twitter has become “very boring” without him.  — The former president said that he prefers communicating via his “more elegant” press releases.