Israel strike in Gaza destroys building with AP, other media  —  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets hours after another Israeli air raid on a densely populated refugee camp killed …

Investigation: Marjorie Taylor Greene filed homestead exemptions on 2 homes, violating state law  —  ATLANTA — A Channel 2 Action News investigation has found that Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and her husband have two active homestead exemptions, which is against Georgia law …

Rep. Matt Gaetz Snorted Cocaine With Escort Who Had ‘No Show’ Gov't Job  —  GRAND OL' PARTY … Witnesses revealed the wild scene at an after-party for a GOP fundraiser in Orlando.  —  When Rep. Matt Gaetz attended a 2019 GOP fundraiser in Orlando, his date that night was someone he knew well …

The G.O.P.'s Big Cancellation  —  The party's cancel mob runs wild on Capitol Hill.  —  Mr. Potato Head is under siege.  —  So are the Muppets, baseball and Coca-Cola.  —  Even a horse fell victim.  “It was like a cancel culture kind of thing,” the trainer of Medina Spirit told Fox News …

Why the CDC Changed Its Advice on Masks  —  Two scientific findings altered the calculus: Vaccinated people don't transmit the virus, and the shots are effective against variants.  —  Advice from federal health officials that fully vaccinated people could drop their masks in most settings came …

Stolen election myth rattles key GOP race  —  To get an idea of how deeply the myth of a stolen election has taken root within the GOP, one need only look to South Carolina.  —  In a key early voting state that plays an outsized role in presidential primaries, the contest to lead …

Damon Weaver, kid reporter who interviewed President Obama, dies at age 23  —  As an intrepid student reporter whose dreams carried him all the way to an interview in the White House with President Barack Obama, Damon Weaver found himself in the national spotlight at a young age.

Arizona audit divides wobbling state GOP  —  Arizona Republicans have an opportunity in 2022 to claw back ground they've lost as the state shifted towards Democrats.  But first, the fight over 2020 has to end.  —  Republicans in the state are still divided over the results of the last election …

Six questions with Sally Buzbee, the Washington Post's new executive editor  —  On Tuesday, the Washington Post announced it has found a new editor to take the helm: Sally Buzbee, the 55-year-old executive editor of the AP, who will be the Post's first woman editor since the paper started publishing in 1877.

Take Off That Mask  —  If you are fully vaccinated, the time to resume normal life is now.  —  1 hr ago  —  Yesterday evening, I went out to dinner with a few friends.  Since it had gotten a little chilly, and we are all fully vaccinated, we decided, on the spur of the moment, to dine indoors.

‘Maximum pressure’: NY prosecutors work to flip Trump money man  —  New York prosecutors subpoenaed records from a Manhattan private school seeking information about tuition payments that Trump made on behalf of his key money man, the Trump Organization's CFO Allen Weisselberg.

Cuomo Accusers Are Subpoenaed as State Inquiry Enters a Critical Phase  —  Four women who have accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual misconduct have been formally asked to testify under oath.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Four women who have accused Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of sexual harassment …

We Found Joe Biden's Secret Venmo.  Here's Why That's A Privacy Nightmare For Everyone.  —  BuzzFeed News found President Joe Biden's Venmo account after less than 10 minutes of looking for it, revealing a network of his private social connections, a national security issue for the United States …

Mississippi justices toss voter-backed marijuana initiative  —  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will remain in the minority of states without a medical marijuana program after the state Supreme Court on Friday overturned an initiative that voters approved last fall …

FBI quietly admits 2017 GOP baseball shooting was domestic terrorism after all  —  The FBI quietly admitted Friday that the 2017 Alexandria, Virginia, baseball field shooting that nearly killed Rep. Steve Scalise has been classified as “domestic terrorism” carried out by a “domestic violent extremist” …

Former Apple Engineer Accuses Company of Defamatory Statements Over Dismissal  —  Author of controversial ‘Chaos Monkeys’ says tech giant was aware of his book's contents before hiring him  —  The prominent advertising-technology engineer let go by Apple Inc. this week amid an uproar …

House Dems and Republicans Strike a Deal on a 1/6 Commission—But There's One Big Catch  —  Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.  —  On Friday morning, big news hit: Democrats and Republicans …