Texas Republicans finalize bill that would enact stiff new voting restrictions and make it easier to overturn election results  —  The Texas legislature on Saturday moved closer to enacting dozens of new restrictions on the voting process, as Republican lawmakers reached a deal that imposes …

MPD attorney: Department used tear gas on Lafayette Park protesters in June 2020  —  Attorney Richard Sobiecki explained for the first time why MPD used tear gas against protesters fleeing federal police, though he did not say what exactly was used.  —  WASHINGTON — An attorney for DC Police …

117 staffers sue over Houston hospital's vaccine mandate, say they don't want to be ‘guinea pigs’  —  The lawsuit could test whether employers can require vaccinations as the country navigates out of a pandemic that has killed nearly 600,000 people in the U.S.

Bennett to announce he's joining opposition to form new Israeli government, oust Netanyahu  —  The leader of right-wing Yamina party Naftali Bennett could announce as early as Sunday that he is joining opposition leader Yair Lapid to form a power-sharing government in Israel, sources familiar with the issue tell Axios.

Faye Schulman Dies; Fought Nazis With a Rifle and a Camera  —  She joined the Resistance brigade after her family was executed and used her photographs as proof of German barbarity and Jews' determination to fight back.  —  On Aug. 14, 1942, a year after German troops invaded Soviet-occupied Poland …

Critical race theory ban leads Oklahoma college to cancel class that taught ‘white privilege’  —  Melissa Smith says she has never used the words “critical race theory” in her community college course on race and ethnicity.  Her syllabus does ask students to learn about racial inequality …

The brazen arrest of a Belarusian activist has terrified dissidents all over the world  —  Viačorka: ‘No one can feel safe in Europe’  —  (CNN)The chilling story of a Belarusian dissident being plucked from the sky while traveling on a passenger jet over the country's airspace sent …

Bill Maher defends Israel, rips ‘liberal media’ and ‘Bella Hadids of the world’  —  Maher also clashes with Nicholas Kristof after NY Times writer accuses Israel of ‘war crimes’  —  Karl Rove: Anti-Israel views by far-left ‘problematic’ for Democratic Party

U.S. monitoring Iranian warships that may be headed to Venezuela  —  The U.S. national security community is monitoring two Iranian naval vessels whose ultimate destination may be Venezuela, according to three people familiar with the situation, in what would be a provocative move at a tense moment in U.S.-Iran relations.

Andy Ngo reportedly tackled, punched by Portland rioters during latest night of unrest  —  As of 5 a.m. ET Saturday, Ngo himself had not posted on Twitter about the alleged incident  —  Conservative journalist Andy Ngo, who writes frequently about Antifa, was reportedly chased and attacked …

‘Very much in love’: How Boris Johnson's relationship with Tory aide Carrie Symonds survived ‘everything thrown at them’ but they have ‘come out the other side still smiling’  —  Only their closest friends, one imagines, were privy to the birth of the Boris-Carrie love affair.

Justice Breyer's new warning for Democrats couldn't have come at a worse time  —  American democracy is in crisis.  Breyer thinks now's the time to scold his fellow liberals.  —  Justice Stephen Breyer — a Bill Clinton appointee who has served on the Supreme Court since 1994 …

Eager Teens Give Needed Boost to U.S. Vaccination Campaign  —  Covid-19 vaccinations among the country's newly eligible tweens and teens have given a much needed boost to the nation's campaign, at a time when vaccination rates have fallen among the oldest age groups and mostly stalled among young adults …

The way Sen. Kyrsten Sinema helped to kill the Jan. 6 commission  —  Opinion: Sinema can't say she supports legislation vital to Americans but refuse to do what needs to be done to pass it.  —  Make no mistake, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema helped to kill the bill that would have created a commission …

Flagship Tulsa Race Massacre commemoration is scrapped after survivors demanded $1 million each to appear and $50 million for reparations fund  — The commission sponsoring Monday's event initially agreed to $100,000 to each of the three survivors, along with $2 million in seed money for a reparations fund

Arizona making plans to execute prisoners with the same gas Nazis used at Auschwitz: report  —  On Saturday, Business Insider reported that Arizona has purchased the materials needed to manufacture hydrogen cyanide gas — the same chemical the Nazis used to murder Jewish prisoners at Auschwitz …

'Looks like she's 19': Uproar after Biden's remarks about girl at Virginia military base  —  At ease, Joe.  —  President Joe Biden raised eyebrows — and a few alarms — Friday when he lavishly complimented a little girl on her appearance during remarks at a Virginia military base.

Do deficits matter anymore?  Biden's first budget signals they don't.  —  The president's budget predicts a $1.8 trillion deficit for 2022 and deficits of $1.3 trillion for years to come to fund big investments in education, infrastructure and the social safety net.