After defeating restrictive voting bill, Texas Democrats send loud message: ‘We need Congress to do their part’  —  Texas Democrats who defeated a Republican effort to pass a suite of new voting restrictions with a dramatic, late-night walkout from the state House chamber on Sunday have a message …

Echoing QAnon forums, Michael Flynn appears to suggest a Myanmar-style coup should happen in the United States  —  (CNN)Michael Flynn, former President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, appeared to endorse a Myanmar-style coup in the United States on Sunday.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vows to defund state Legislature after voting restrictions bill fails, threatening salaries  —  “No pay for those who abandon their responsibilities,” Abbott tweeted Monday.  —  Copy link  —  Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday he would veto the section of the state budget …

In Tulsa, solemn remembrances of a century-old race massacre by survivors and descendants  —  TULSA — On the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, survivors and descendants gathered Monday at Standpipe Hill, where Black World War I veterans fought fiercely in a battle to hold off …

Maureen Dowd Talks ‘Mare of Easttown’ With Kate Winslet  —  The star of ‘Mare of Easttown’ is back on the sides of buses.  Without airbrushing.  —  Philly's a tough town.  —  If there's a quintessential story about the City of Brotherly Love, it's this one: In 2015 …

Republicans fear Trump will lead to a ‘lost generation’ of talent  —  As Donald Trump ponders another presidential bid, top Republicans have grown fearful about what they're calling the party's “lost generation.”  —  In conversations with more than 20 lawmakers, ex-lawmakers, top advisers and aides …

Belarus enacts new rules restricting citizens from leaving  —  Minsk's border agency has announced new rules that will make it nearly impossible to leave the country.  As citizens attempt to flee Belarus, longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko appears to be closing all the exits.

Low-paid Capitol Hill staffers are moonlighting for Starbucks and Door Dash.  They're fed up with unlivable salaries that hinder diversity and kneecap careers.  — Hill staffers have put up with low wages for years.  Some start in the high $20,000s.  — Powerful Congress members …

World anxiously waits to see where Biden will send America's vaccines  —  The U.S. is about to pivot from hoarding vaccines to sharing them globally, and countries around the world are trying to secure their places in line.  —  Why it matters: President Biden has promised to donate 80 million doses by the end of June.

Biden set for G-7 boost in bid for all nations to impose minimum global corporate tax  —  Finance leaders have complained that numerous companies take steps to avoid paying taxes.  —  Finance ministers from Group of Seven nations meeting in London on Friday are expected to back President Biden's call …

Fox News host Sean Hannity wrote Trump 2020 campaign ad, book claims  —  Hannity worked on ‘swamp creature’ ad that ran during Hannity's show, according to Mike Bender's Frankly, We Did Win This Election  —  The Fox News host Sean Hannity was criticised for appearing at a Trump rally in 2018 …

Put Trump on the ballot in '22?  No thanks, some Dems say  —  As Donald Trump cannonballs back into national headlines more scandal-ridden than ever, it turns out that Republicans aren't the only ones who don't want to fixate on the former president.  Many House Democrats feel the same way.

An Evangelical Battle of the Generations: To Embrace Trump or Not?  —  As Liberty University plots its post-Falwell future, young people want to steer clear of politics.  The trustees aren't buying it.  —  For years, there was an adage around Liberty University that if God split Jerry Falwell in half …

Cuomo is using his waning power to block mask sanity for kids  —  Last week, the Commack School District on Long Island wanted to do the sane thing and make masks optional for children.  The move is long overdue.  The state COVID positivity rate is under 1 percent, and deaths and hospitalizations have dropped precipitously.

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll  —  The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 53% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Biden's job performance.  Forty-five percent (45%) disapprove.  —  The latest figures include 32% who Strongly Approve of the job Biden …

Twitter May Start Labeling Your Tweets Based on How Wrong You Are  —  Twitter is one of many social media companies that's struggled to keep misinformation from running rampant on its platform over the years.  Its latest attempt to move the needle looks to be a tiered warning label system …

A fight over Jim Crow Road divides rural Northern California town  —  As the story goes, a Native Hawaiian man came as a Gold Rush pioneer to a mountainous swath of Sierra County to strike it rich.  —  His name was given to a ravine, a stream and a street off scenic Highway 49 …

Trump's back.  Here's what his re-entry means for 2024. … WASHINGTON — Defeated presidents usually go away — at least for a long while.  Not Donald Trump.  —  Trump returns to the electoral battlefield Saturday as the marquee speaker at the North Carolina Republican Party's state convention.

Most Americans think they can spot fake news.  They can't, study finds  —  (CNN)As many as three in four Americans overestimate their ability to spot false headlines — and the worse they are at it, the more likely they are to share fake news, researchers reported Monday.

Republicans just say no, but later will claim credit  —  The scope of what they won't do is breathtaking.  —  Just say no. That seems to sum up the position of Republicans in the Congress these days.  For all the talk about bipartisan compromise or about the two parties working together …

Nephew of Fetullah Gulen seized and brought back to Turkey  —  Turkish security services have detained a nephew of exiled cleric Fetullah Gulen overseas and brought him back to Turkey, local media have announced.  —  Selahaddin Gulen has been accused of belonging to an outlawed organisation headed by his uncle.