Florida, in a First, Will Fine Social Media Companies That Bar Candidates  —  The new law is a direct response to Facebook's and Twitter's suspensions of former President Donald J. Trump.  —  WASHINGTON — Florida on Monday became the first state to regulate how companies like Facebook …

Other Regimes Will Hijack Planes Too  —  Even when our most basic civilizational values are in dispute, there are a few sets of rules and regulations that we nevertheless manage to share.  The laws of the sea, for example, or the norms governing the conduct of air-traffic controllers.

How the Liberal Media Dismissed the Lab-Leak Theory and Smeared Its Supporters  —  When Nicholson Baker wrote a cover story for New York laying out the evidence that COVID-19 may have originated in a lab in Wuhan, China, the hypothesis was still highly controversial.

Biden's attempts to find economic common ground with Republicans threaten to stall out with $1.5 trillion dividing them  — Bipartisan infrastructure talks are entering their third week with no signs of a deal.  — The parties still sharply disagree on the amount of spending and what measures should be included.

Key impeachment witness Gordon Sondland sues Mike Pompeo and U.S. for $1.8 million in legal fees  —  President Donald Trump's former ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, is suing former secretary of state Mike Pompeo and the U.S. government for $1.8 million to compensate …

Simone Biles Dials Up the Difficulty, ‘Because I Can’  —  The Olympic gold medalist's new vault is so dangerous that gymnastics, for now, limits the scoring rewards for trying it.  Biles says that's unfair.  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history …

McGahn Is Likely to Testify Next Week on Trump's Efforts to Obstruct Russia Inquiry  —  A delay is said to have stemmed from an initial threat by former President Donald J. Trump to intervene, but he apparently reversed course.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump's former White House counsel …

AP, in Leaked Memos, Doing Damage Control With Staff: “You Will Have a Voice” … The Associated Press sent a memo to the news agency's editorial staff this weekend about its controversial decision to fire a young staff reporter, Emily Wilder, following a conservative campaign to have her removed …

Commerce Department security unit evolved into counterintelligence-like operation, Washington Post examination found  —  An obscure security unit tasked with protecting the Commerce Department's officials and facilities has evolved into something more akin to a counterintelligence operation …

The campaign for D.C. statehood just got a big boost  —  One of the most nettlesome objections to extending congressional representation to the residents of Washington, D.C., is that it requires a constitutional amendment.  Many Republicans say this, which is hardly surprising.

Amazon Nears Deal to Buy Hollywood Studio MGM  —  Deal for the ‘Rocky’ and ‘James Bond’ studio would mark tech company's second largest-ever acquisition  —  Amazon.com Inc. is nearing a deal to buy the Hollywood studio MGM Holdings for almost $9 billion including debt, said people familiar with the matter …

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked State Department Memo Indicates Official Support for BLM Agenda  —  A source within the Biden State Department wishing to remain anonymous has shared with Human Events News a document that indicates that all U.S. “Diplomatic and Consular posts” are being encouraged …

AP: Top cop in Black man's deadly arrest withheld cam video  —  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In perhaps the strongest evidence yet of an attempted cover-up in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, the ranking Louisiana State Police officer at the scene falsely told internal investigators …

Judge Reveals More About the ‘Principal Lies’ Paul Manafort Told to Robert Mueller  —  A federal judge unsealed nearly half a dozen files on Monday itemizing the “principal lies” Donald Trump's since-pardoned former campaign chair Paul Manafort allegedly told special counsel Robert Mueller's team …

They tried to overturn the 2020 election.  Now they want to run the next one.  —  Republicans who sought to undercut or overturn President Joe Biden's election win are launching campaigns to become their states' top election officials next year, alarming local officeholders and opponents …

What the Tulsa Race Massacre Destroyed  —  THE MARQUEE BLOCK  —  More than 70 businesses operated in mostly one-, two- and three-story red brick buildings clustered along the block.  All but a couple were owned by Black entrepreneurs.  —  In this stretch alone, there were four hotels …

How influencers have enabled anti-Semitism  —  In July 2005, Mohammed Bouyeri stood trial for the murder of Theo van Gogh.  A year earlier, in broad daylight on a street in Amsterdam, he shot Theo eight times, and then attempted to decapitate him.  Theo's crime, for which Bouyeri meted out a death sentence …

Are We Entering a New Political Era?  —  The neoliberal order seems to be collapsing.  A generation of young activists is trying to insure that it's replaced by progressive populism, not by the fascist right.  —  Last June, when most Americans could agree that their country was in crisis …

Weightlifting, Gatorade, birthday calls: Inside Biden's day  —  During a speech in Pittsburgh in March, President Biden held up the index card he keeps in his right breast pocket to track the nation's covid deaths, inadvertently revealing a glimpse of his private schedule on the back side.

Will “climate lockdowns” be Fox's next bonkers conspiracy theory?  —  Laura Ingraham told viewers that, in the name of climate change, more COVID-style lockdowns are coming … On back-to-back nights last week, Fox prime-time host Laura Ingraham warned her viewers that COVID-19 lockdowns …

Matan Arad-Neeman  —  We write to you as proud alumni of your campaign.  Each of us worked tirelessly in your headquarters and in states across the country to ensure your victory.  We were motivated by the unprecedented progressive platform of your campaign that believed in the dignity of every human being …

Kevin Spacey set for return to movies with paedophilia drama  —  The actor, who has been the subject of multiple sexual misconduct allegations, is to play a detective in Franco Nero's film about a man wrongly suspected of child abuse  —  Kevin Spacey, the actor who has faced numerous allegations …

Secret Recordings Reveal Officials Discussing ‘Filthy’ Conditions of 4,632 Immigrant Kids Held in Texas Tent Camp  —  More than 4,500 immigrant children and teens are being held in enormous, filthy tents on a military base in Texas without access to basic necessities, including underwear …

30 observations from my first vaccinated flight  —  Everything you hated about flying is back, baby.  —  Many people took a hiatus from travel last year, because — well, you know why.  Road warriors stayed home.  Newlyweds put off their honeymoons.  But now that millions of people …

Conservative lawmakers in Maine lose posts after mask row  —  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's Democratic house speaker stripped seven conservative lawmakers of committee assignments on Monday after the group had a confrontation with Capitol Police about mask rules in the Maine State House.

The difference between Ilhan Omar and MTG  —  A DIVIDE OVER ANTISEMITISM — The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas militants, which ended 11 days of conflict, is holding.  But America is now grappling with the painful specter of antisemitism after a flurry of reported new attacks against Jews.

Jen Psaki Smashes Peter Doocy As He Tries To Blame Biden For COVID Deaths  —  Video: … Doocy asked, “On the origins of covid, there is a new Wall Street Journal story that three researchers at the Wuhan Institute of urology were hospitalized with symptoms consistent with covid-19 and common seasonal illness of November 2019.

Suspicious package sent to Rand Paul's home  —  The FBI and Capitol Hill police are investigating a suspicious package containing white powder that was delivered to the home of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Monday, according to a senior adviser to the senator.  —  A large envelope arrived …