Sen. Lisa Murkowski Says Mitch McConnell Is Blocking Jan. 6 Commission For Political Gain  —  “Is that really what this is about, one election cycle after another?” the Alaska Republican said.  —  Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) expressed frustration Thursday with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell …

Russia Appears to Carry Out Hack Through System Used by U.S. Aid Agency  —  Microsoft reported that it had detected the intrusion and that the same hackers behind the earlier SolarWinds attack were responsible.  —  Hackers linked to Russia's main intelligence agency surreptitiously seized …

Prosecutors Investigating Whether Ukrainians Meddled in 2020 Election  —  The Brooklyn federal inquiry has examined whether former and current Ukrainian officials tried to interfere in the election, including funneling misleading information through Rudolph W. Giuliani.

U.S. Is Said to Have Unexamined Intelligence to Pore Over on Virus Origins  —  Intelligence officials have told the White House that computer analysis may shed light on the mystery.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden's call for a 90-day sprint to understand the origins of the coronavirus pandemic came …

American Democracy Isn't Dead Yet, but It's Getting There  —  A country that cannot even agree to investigate an assault on its Capitol is in big trouble, indeed.  —  When Joe Biden was a Presidential candidate, he carried around a wonkish book of international comparative politics …

Rep. Matt Gaetz eyes presidential run in 2024  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican who is currently the subject of a Justice Department investigation into whether he had sex with a 17-year-old girl and transported her across state lines in violation of sex trafficking laws, is considering a run for president in 2024.

NYC Mayoral Candidate Dianne Morales Accused Of Being ‘Negligent’ Landlord  —  This is a special breaking news issue of The Uprising, a daily politics newsletter.  If you enjoyed this story and want to read more like it, please sign up!  —  Get 20% off for 1 year

BLM's Patrisse Cullors to step down from movement foundation  —  A co-founder of Black Lives Matter announced Thursday that she is stepping down as executive director of the movement's foundation following what she has called a smear campaign from a far-right group and recent criticism from other Black organizers.

Can Democrats avoid the pitfalls of 2020?  A new analysis offers striking answers.  —  As Democrats face a 2022 midterm landscape that could cost them the House, they are grappling with hard strategic challenges.  Democrats in tough districts with many Republican voters in them feel twin pressures …

QAnon Now as Popular in U.S. as Some Major Religions, Poll Suggests  —  Fifteen percent of Americans believe that “patriots may have to resort to violence” to restore the country's rightful order, the poll indicated.  —  As hopes fade for a bipartisan inquiry into the Capitol riot on Jan. 6 …

Idaho lieutenant governor signs ban on mask mandates while governor is out of state  —  Busy memorial Day weekend could lead to more fights over mask policies  —  (CNN)Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin issued an executive order on Thursday banning mask mandates while Gov. Brad Little was unaware and out of town.

It's a Travesty to Compare the Capitol Siege to 9/11  —  More than 3,000 children never saw their parents again.  On Jan. 6, Congress returned within hours.  —  Democratic lawmakers want to establish a “9/11-style commission” to investigate the siege of the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Trump appointee on West Point Board spreads conspiracy that Biden is replacing White people of European ancestry  —  (CNN)A Trump appointee serving on West Point's advisory board has repeatedly spread a conspiracy that the Biden administration is bringing in non-White immigrants as part of a …

Rutgers University-New Brunswick Chancellor, Provost Apologize After Condemning Uptick In Anti-Semitic Attacks  —  The chancellor of Rutgers University-New Brunswick apologized Thursday after sending a university-wide announcement condemning the recent spike in anti-Semitic attacks around the country.

Deadly Mistake: Ban on Flavored Nicotine Products Led Teenagers to Smoke More Cigarettes, Study Finds  —  The latest target of the public health bureaucracy's regulatory efforts is flavored tobacco products, in particular, flavored vaping products that are often popular among young people.

U.S. Personal Spending Rose 0.5% in April  —  Americans are going out again, boosting service industries  —  Consumer spending rose 0.5% in April, the Commerce Department said Friday.  After months of buying goods, many Americans are now shelling out more for services, dining out and traveling.

The Biden Ceiling  —  Once a political narrative takes hold, it's hard to dislodge.  And, one of the most stubborn of those narratives is that while GOP attacks on Democrats for their support of “defunding the police” and ‘socialism’ may not have cost Biden the election, it came close to denying House Democrats the House majority.

How Eric Adams spent 2020: From donor meetings to mask giveaways  —  Go to an event headlined by Eric Adams and you might hear this line: “When COVID hit our shores others fled, I led.”  —  That's a main message of his campaign — he is the seasoned politician committed to the five boroughs.

KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: May 2021  —  , Mellisha Stokes , and Mollyann Brodie … Key Findings  — The latest KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor shows continued steady progress in vaccine uptake, with 62% of U.S. adults saying they've gotten at least one dose of a vaccine (up from 56% in April) …