Republicans block independent commission to investigate attack on U.S. Capitol … WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked legislation on Friday that would create an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.  —  The vote was 54 in favor and 35 against …

Rutgers University Chancellor Christopher J. Molloy Condemns the Rise in Antisemitic Violence; and then Apologizes for Doing So  —  Molloy winds up implicitly endorsing the argument that criticizing antisemitism in the United States is anti-Palestinian  —  On Wednesday, the chancellor and provost sent out the statement below.

Exclusive: How an Accused Russian Agent Worked With Rudy Giuliani in a Plot Against the 2020 Election  —  The accused Kremlin agent was not hard to find.  It only took a few days of pestering him for a meeting in early April before his answer arrived via encrypted message, beneath a profile picture of a lion showing its fangs.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, fiancée claim money for St. Pete yacht deal ‘went missing’  —  You have been added to Daily News Newsletter  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) - U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida has sailed into a new controversy, claiming money wired to close the sale …

USPS raises stamp price to 58 cents as part of DeJoy's 10-year plan  —  The postmaster general's plan calls for additional price increases on package products and slower mail service  —  The U.S. Postal Service is raising rates on letters, magazines and marketing missives as much as 6.9 percent this summer …

MyPillow CEO flew Kristi Noem to GOP governors conference on his private jet  —  South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem flew on MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's private jet on her way to the Republican Governors Association spring meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, this week, according to two people familiar with the matter.

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 …

Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Has Over 100 Questions for Jurors  —  Former CEO wants to quiz them on media habits, medication before her fraud trial  —  Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes has more than 100 questions for potential jurors in her coming fraud trial …

Fox News Intensifies Its Pro-Trump Politics as Dissenters Depart  —  Donna Brazile, a Democratic analyst, has left the Murdoch-owned network as some hosts and journalists who questioned Donald Trump have exited or been sidelined.  —  Fox News once devoted its 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. time slots to relatively straightforward newscasts.

Biden's budget blowout predicts years of Obama-level tepid growth  —  President Joe Biden is selling his multitrillion-dollar spending proposals as the key to unlocking the power of the economy by pumping up productivity and drawing millions of Americans back into the labor force.

US Soldiers Expose Nuclear Weapons Secrets Via Flashcard Apps  —  For US soldiers tasked with the custody of nuclear weapons in Europe, the stakes are high.  Security protocols are lengthy, detailed and need to be known by heart.  To simplify this process, some service members …

NYC Mayoral Candidate Dianne Morales Defiant After Attempted ‘Coup’ On Her Campaign  —  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

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) …

Cristhian Bahena Rivera convicted of first-degree murder in slaying of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts  —  An Iowa jury on Friday convicted farmhand Cristhian Bahena Rivera of first-degree murder in the 2018 killing of college student Mollie Tibbetts.  —  The panel in Davenport deliberated …

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What Has Happened to Nikki Fried?  —  Peddling in every available strand of nonsense and conspiracy theory is not helping the Florida Democrat's brand.  —  s the only Democrat to have won a statewide election in Florida since 2012, Nikki Fried was in possession of a solid case for why she …

How Harry Reid, a Terrorist Interrogator and the Singer From Blink-182 Took UFOs Mainstream  —  The meetings began in 1995, in a conference room in an office tower near the Las Vegas airport.  The group started small: there were a handful of scientists and engineers; there was a CIA spy.

‘2 If By Sea’: Oath Keepers Messages Shed New Light on Alleged Plot to Storm D.C. With Guns by Way of Potomac  —  Hours before Senate Republicans killed an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6th siege, federal prosecutors disclosed communications about how Oath Keepers allegedly plotted …

CDC eases summer camp guidance, saying kids do not always need masks  —  The federal government relaxed its guidance Friday for summer camps, saying vaccinated adolescents do not need to wear masks at camp, and even younger campers who have not been inoculated can usually shed face coverings when outdoors.

Andrew Yang, Political Kardashian  —  Spring of junior year was my last time on the ballot.  I was running for student-council president at the fancy prep school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan that I attended on scholarship.  I had staked my electoral hopes on witty posters …