GOP governors slash jobless aid to try to force more Americans to return to work  —  Arkansas, Montana and South Carolina have acted in recent days to end extra $300 weekly payments to unemployed Americans, even as the Biden administration maintains generous benefits are not deterring people from seeking work

‘Tired of getting whupped’: GOP convention voters offer competing visions for a red Virginia  —  Republicans around Virginia streamed into voting sites Saturday to choose their nominee for governor, and in Caroline County, Don Denton was first in line.  —  He said he was backing Amanda Chase …

Gov. Hogan grants posthumous pardons to 34 Maryland lynching victims, including 15-year-old Howard Cooper  —  Gov. Larry Hogan granted posthumous pardons Saturday to 34 Maryland lynching victims, including Howard Cooper, a 15-year-old Black boy who was hanged outside the Towson jailhouse by a white mob in 1885.

Warren says she will run for reelection in 2024  —  In a move that may surprise some ambitious Massachusetts Democrats, Sen. Elizabeth Warren says that she's going to run for reelection in 2024.  —  “Yep,” the 71-year-old said simply in a POLITICO interview Friday, when asked if she planned to make the run.

Your Woke Money Is No Good Here  —  Corporations have taken advantage of Republicans for too long.  I won't take their PAC dollars anymore.  —  Georgia's new election law runs 98 generously spaced pages.  A fast reader can get through it in one sitting.  If you're the CEO of a major corporation …

I survived brain surgery—and the American health care system  —  CNN commentator after brain surgery: I am grateful to be here  —  Karen Finney is a Democratic strategist and CNN commentator.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are hers.  View more opinion on CNN.

Schools Are Open, but Many Families Remain Hesitant to Return  —  Even as fears of the coronavirus abate, many students are continuing to opt out of in-person learning.  Some school leaders are trying to woo — or push — them back.  —  Pauline Rojas's high school in San Antonio is open.

Free Speech Inc.: The Democratic Party finds a new but shaky faith in corporate free speech  —  Share to Facebook Share to Twitter  —  After Facebook's oversight board this week upheld the social media giant's continuing ban of former President Trump, the response of Rep. Ilhan Omar …

McConnell safe in power, despite Trump's wrath  —  Share to Facebook Share to Twitter  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is safe in his job despite repeated attack from former President Trump, Republican aides and strategists say.  —  At the same time, GOP sources …

The one that gets away: Joe Biden's jaded romance with Iran  —  Nearly two decades ago, as Americans stunned by the 9/11 attacks were still sifting through rubble on the East Coast and in Afghanistan, then-Sen. Joe Biden seized the moment to call for a revival of U.S. ties with Iran.

How Child Care Went From ‘Girly’ Economics to Infrastructure  —  Experts who sounded the alarm about the care economy were often shunted to the side of policy discussions.  Not anymore.  —  When the economist Nancy Folbre got a call from the MacArthur Foundation in 1998, she was expecting rejection …

4 dead, 1 injured in Woodlawn shooting and explosion; Baltimore County police kill suspect  —  Four people died and one was injured in a shooting and explosion Saturday in a townhouse neighborhood in Woodlawn, including the alleged gunman, whom Baltimore County Police said they killed.

South Carolina may bring back electric chair, once used to execute a 14-year-old boy later exonerated  —  Barely 5 feet tall and not yet 100 pounds, George Stinney Jr. sat so small in the electric chair that the straps were too big to contain him.  —  The 14-year-old had to sit on books for his head to reach the headpiece.

Terry McAuliffe's popularity in Virginia dims some Democrats' hopes for first Black female governor … Virginia Democrats are less than a month away from picking a nominee in this year's race for governor, and two things are increasingly clear.  —  Terry McAuliffe, the former governor barred …

Chinese Rocket Debris Reportedly Crashes Into Indian Ocean  —  See update at end of article; the rocket debris has reportedly crashed into the Indian Ocean.  —  We now have more details about the 22-ton Chinese rocket that is expected to crash to Earth soon, including an approximate window of time and expected risk zone.

Biden fills immigration court with Trump hires  —  Share to Facebook Share to Twitter  —  The Biden team has hired a slate of immigration judges initially selected during the Trump era, angering advocates who argue the White House is already failing to deliver in its pledge to push …

Fox News is already distorting the American Families Plan  —  Biden's proposal would invest $1.8 trillion in education, paid leave, and other programs  —  On Wednesday night, President Joe Biden unveiled the American Families Plan — a proposal designed to expand access to education, paid leave, child care, and certain tax credits.

New York City Government Workers Offered Travel Buddies  —  Municipal employees who feel unsafe taking the subway to their offices can sign up for a commuting partner under a new program  —  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says that crime on the subway is low, but his office is still launching …

Vaccination rates lag in communities of color, but it's not only due to hesitancy, experts say  —  Focusing on hesitancy, rather than access, is looking at the problem backward.  —  Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.  —  CJ Gunther/EPA via Shutterstock  —  It started with the op-eds.

Ransomware attack leads to shutdown of major U.S. pipeline system  —  The attack on top U.S. operator Colonial Pipeline appears to have been carried out by an Eastern European-based criminal gang  —  A ransomware attack led one of the nation's biggest fuel pipeline operators to shut …

Philly DA Candidate Forced to Address Paralegal Found Dead in His Mansion  —  It's just the latest twist in an eventful, bitter race for Philadelphia's District Attorney.  —  On first look, the campaign website for Charles Peruto Jr., a bombastic Republican attorney running …

Police investigating armed confrontation on North Portland street  —  Police are investigating an armed confrontation between a motorist who pulled a handgun and at least two pedestrians dressed in black and armed with what appear to be assault rifles that erupted Thursday in the middle of a residential street in North Portland.

Miami-Dade police lieutenant and union official charged with rape in Palm Beach County  —  A Miami-Dade police lieutenant and high-ranking union member was booked into a Palm Beach County jail late Friday on rape charges, records show.  —  Lt. John Jenkins , who last week resigned …

As Biden faces a struggle to hold the Senate, Democrats' divisions resurface  —  Reporter covering national politics  —  In Pennsylvania, a Black, gay Senate candidate is already lashing out at his White Democratic primary rival, calling on him to apologize for once brandishing a shotgun to detain an unarmed Black jogger.