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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Coronavirus ‘lab leak’ theory jumps from mocked to maybe as Biden orders intelligence review  —  In the spring of 2020, as the coronavirus ripped through American cities on its way to claiming more than 592,000 American lives, a group of senior U.S. national security officials warily eyed a laboratory in Wuhan, China.

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 …

New Bible that includes Constitution creates controversy before it even hits market  —  A new Bible that includes the U.S. Constitution and the Pledge of Allegiance is generating controversy before it has even hit the market.  —  The “God Bless the USA Bible” is expected to go on sale in September …

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.

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.

Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the United States Response to Belarus's Forced Diversion of Ryanair Flight and Continuing Attack on Fundamental Freedoms … Belarus's forced diversion of a commercial Ryanair flight under false pretenses, traveling between two member states of the European Union …

‘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 …

Pregnant Women Allege Abuse in Texas Jails  —  At the same time, state lawmakers are pushing to incarcerate more people pretrial.  —  Last October, Jane was around four months pregnant when Brazoria County, Texas, jailers put her in solitary confinement, according to a letter she sent to her mother, which was viewed by The Appeal.

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 …

Trump will endorse Ryan Zinke, his former Interior secretary, for the new US House seat in Montana  — Ryan Zinke told Insider that Trump offered to endorse him for Montana's new House seat.  — Zinke was a House lawmaker before who went on to be Interior secretary.

Prosecutors Zero in on Trump's Real-Life Wayne Manor  —  Donald Trump's advisers are telling him not to worry, but the former president is already frustrated by his mounting legal fees.  —  As two separate investigations into the Trump Organization heat up, a series of subpoenas issued …

Gov. Little defends local control, denounces Lt. Governor's irresponsible abuse of power  —  Boise, Idaho - Governor Brad Little issued Executive Order 2021-08 today - “Repealing Executive Order 2021-07 to Restore Local Control” - and provided the following statement to the people of Idaho:

Justice Dept. asks judge to toss lawsuit against Trump, Barr for violent clearing of Lafayette Square  —  Lawyers for the Justice Department urged a federal judge on Friday to dismiss lawsuits against former president Donald Trump, former attorney general William P. Barr and other officials …

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.

Sick leave, immigration status worries, keeping Latinos from getting shots: Senators  —  Sick leave and worries about immigration status are major concerns for some.  —  A group of Latino senators sent a letter to the Biden administration Friday, urging top officials to improve access to COVID-19 vaccines in Latino communities.

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

Covid's Increasing Spread Is a Global Threat  —  Dr. Tufekci is a contributing Opinion writer who has extensively examined the Covid-19 pandemic.  —  If world leaders don't act now, the end of the Covid pandemic may come with a horrible form of herd immunity, as more transmissible variants …

Times Journalist Weighs Legal Action Against University of North Carolina  —  Nikole Hannah-Jones, a creator of the 1619 Project who is scheduled to start as a professor at the university this summer, has retained lawyers to represent her in a dispute over tenure.

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 …

Former Shelby aide expected to run for Senate in Alabama as GOP eyes an alternative to Brooks  —  (CNN)Katie Boyd Britt, the president and CEO of the Business Council of Alabama, is expected to jump into the Alabama Senate race next month as some Republicans in the state seek an alternative to Rep. Mo Brooks …