Former Murdoch Exec: Fox News Is Poison For America  —  The Rupert Murdoch I worked for was brilliant, courageous, optimistic, and a gentleman.  Which makes his bile-filled network all the more confounding. … Rupert Murdoch, whom I served for seven years, has many business and journalistic achievements.

You Really Need to Quit Twitter  —  I'm almost 60, and in these many decades I've seen people—some of them good friends—taken down by all kinds of things.  Alcohol and drugs, mostly.  A few years ago, I lost someone to heroin, and hundreds of us sat at his funeral in wordless communion.

Trump biographer explains Ivanka Trump ‘is in peril’ along with Allen Weisselberg  —  President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump is in about as much trouble as Allen Weisselberg is, according to biographer Michael D'Antonio.  —  Speaking to CNN's Jim Acosta on Sunday …

I&I/TIPP Poll: Just 36% of Young People Are Proud To Be American  —  Editor's note: Issues & Insights gratefully acknowledges its collaboration with tippinsights on the simultaneous and exclusive release of this story.  —  Is pride in America a thing of the past?  Not if you ask Americans.

White House reaching out to Republicans about a second bipartisan infrastructure package  —  Senior White House officials are holding “informal discussions” with outside experts and congressional officials on how to split off a second, targeted bipartisan package from a larger reconciliation package expected …

West Virginia GOP Governor Issues Blunt Warning To Unvaccinated  —  “They're not thinking right,” Jim Justice said of the COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in his state.  —  West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) said people hesitant about receiving a COVID-19 vaccine are “not thinking right” and warned they are playing a “death lottery.”

Ammon Bundy seizes on housing shortage in new bid to take public lands in Idaho  —  When Ammon Bundy announced his run for governor of Idaho during a recent barbecue, he cooked up quarter-pound “Bundy burgers” made from a cow that his father unlawfully grazed on federal lands …

Trump has cut off Rudy Giuliani, and is annoyed that he asked to be paid for his work on challenging the election, book says  — Rudy Giuliani spearheaded Donald Trump's attempt to overturn his election loss until February.  — Giuliani is said to have long been asking Trump to pay his legal fees but has been ignored.

Eleven days after partial collapse, remainder of Surfside condo is demolished  —  The remaining portion of Champlain Towers South has been demolished.  —  At 10:30 Sunday night, authorities detonated charges inserted into holes drilled in the part of the 12-story Surfside condo that stood tenuously …

Birthday Parties as Virus Vector  —  Just how much Covid was spreading behind closed doors last year?  Quite a lot, as a new study with a simple yet creative approach found out.  —  At the height of the pandemic, it was easy to worry that strangers would give you the virus.

In ramp-up to 2022 midterms, Republican candidates center pitches on Trump's false election claims  —  A candidate to be Arizona's top elections official said recently he hopes a review of 2020 ballots underway in his state will lead to the reversal of former president Donald Trump's defeat there.

Facebook, Twitter, Google Threaten to Quit Hong Kong Over Proposed Data Laws  —  Industry group representing companies says proposed anti-doxing rules could put staff based locally at risk of criminal charges  —  HONG KONG— Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google …

How the Supreme Court eroded voting rights  —  If a law is working, if it is preventing trouble, isn't that a good reason to get rid of it?  —  In a word, that is stupid.  —  Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the former Supreme Court Justice, famously warned such stupidity amounts to …

Afghanistan: Soldiers flee to Tajikistan after militant clashes  —  More than 1,000 Afghan soldiers have fled to neighbouring Tajikistan after clashing with Taliban militants, officials have said.  —  The troops retreated over the border to “save their own lives”, according to a statement by Tajikistan's border guard.

The Tech Cold War's ‘Most Complicated Machine’ That's Out of China's Reach  —  A $150 million chip-making tool from a Dutch company has become a lever in the U.S.-Chinese struggle.  It also shows how entrenched the global supply chain is.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — President Biden and many lawmakers …

We knew QAnon is anti-Semitic.  Now we know it's racist, too  —  In the summer of 2020, social media companies, led by Facebook, banned the hashtag #savethechildren, which had been hijacked by QAnon conspiracy theorists from the legitimate charity with the same name.

Gov. Abbott rebounds against possible challenger Matthew McConaughey, has razor-thin edge over actor  —  The Republican incumbent holds a more robust 12-point lead in a potential matchup against Democrat Beto O'Rourke.  —  AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott, after trailing potential challenger Matthew McConaughey …

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Reflect on 75 Years of Marriage  —  Their relationship has been a constant through wins and losses, reinvention and raising a family.  At 96 and 93, they have come to rely on their bond more now than ever.  —  PLAINS, Ga. — Jimmy Carter, a midshipman in the U.S. Naval Academy …

'A political Rubik's Cube': Democrats work to keep Biden's economic agenda alive … WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders are performing a high-wire act to keep President Joe Biden's economic agenda alive, seeking to balance tensions inside their party with pressure from Republicans who want to derail …

Sixty years of climate change warnings: the signs that were missed (and ignored)  —  The effects of ‘weird weather’ were already being felt in the 1960s, but scientists linking fossil fuels with climate change were dismissed as prophets of doom  —  n August 1974, the CIA produced a study on …