Statement by President Joe Biden on the Six-Month Anniversary of the January 6th Insurrection on the Capitol  —  Not even during the Civil War did insurrectionists breach our Capitol, the citadel of our democracy.  But six months ago today, insurrectionists did.

Eric Adams wins Democratic primary in NYC's mayoral race  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City after appealing to the political center and promising to strike the right balance between fighting crime and ending racial injustice in policing.

Russia ‘Cozy Bear’ Breached GOP as Ransomware Attack Hit  — Hackers part of ‘Cozy Bear,’ people familiar with matter say  — RNC official says ‘no indication’ computer systems hacked  —  Russian government hackers breached the computer systems of the Republican National Committee last week …

Trump stunned aides by saying he wanted to use Covid as excuse to delay 2020 election, new book claims  —  'I'm thinking about calling it off,' president reportedly said  —  Trump still bragging about ‘woman, man, tv, dog’ cognitive test results  —  In his third exposé of Donald Trump …

Political Discrimination as Civil-Rights Struggle  —  Viewpoint neutrality should be legally mandated  —  When a sample of nearly 1,500 female Ivy League students was asked whether they would date a Trump supporter, only 6 percent said yes (after excluding the small minority of the sample who support him).

Mo Brooks throws Trump under the bus in response to lawsuit that accuses him of inciting MAGA mob  —  Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) claims in a new court filing that he was asked by a White House official to speak at former president Donald Trump's infamous “Stop the Steal” rally that preceded the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Prominent Dutch Crime Reporter Is Shot in Center of Amsterdam  —  Peter R. de Vries, famous for solving cold cases and hosting his own televised crime show, was shot in the head and fighting for his life Tuesday night.  His reporting regularly drew death threats.

Nikole Hannah-Jones Issues Statement on Decision to Decline Tenure Offer at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and to Accept Knight Chair Appointment at Howard University  — HOME - > - News - > - Nikole Hannah-Jones Issues Statement on Decision ...  Today, award-winning journalist …

Trump friend and golfing partner charged with misdemeanor indecent assault  —  A friend and golfing partner of former president Donald Trump — who gained notoriety for using that friendship to lobby Trump's administration — was charged with indecent assault last week in Pennsylvania …

All Marylanders who died of covid in June were unvaccinated, data shows  —  Unvaccinated people made up all of Maryland's reported coronavirus deaths last month, as well as the vast majority of new cases and hospitalizations, the state reported Tuesday — data that public health officials say demonstrates the effectiveness of vaccines.

Amid critical race theory controversy, teachers union chief vows legal action to defend teaching of ‘honest history’  —  The president of the nation's second-largest teachers union is taking a strong stand against a recent spate of laws that restrict public-school lessons on racism …

GOP Sen. Ron Johnson mouths to GOP luncheon that climate change is ‘bullsh*t’  —  (CNN)Sen. Ron Johnson insisted again last week that he is not a climate change denier, but CNN's KFile found video of him from just weeks earlier telling a Republican group that it is “bullsh*t.”

‘So, So Angry’: Reporters Who Survived the Capitol Riot Are Still Struggling  —  The reporters who survived the insurrection are still covering Congress.  But things don't feel normal.  —  CJ  —  Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox?  Sign up here.

Yandex, GrubHub Launching Food Delivery Bots On 250 U.S. College Campuses  —  Yandex, a Russian tech company working on self-driving systems, is partnering with GrubHub to deploy a fleet of delivery robots on selected college campuses in the United States later this year.

Sha'Carri Richardson will miss Tokyo Olympics after exclusion from U.S. 4x100 relay team  —  Suspended star Sha'Carri Richardson will not be part of the United States' 4x100 team at the Tokyo Olympics, according to the roster USA Track and Field unveiled Tuesday evening …

FTC staffers told to back out of public appearances  —  Less than a week into Lina Khan's tenure as Federal Trade Commission chair, her chief of staff ordered the agency's staff to cancel all public appearances, according to internal agency emails viewed by POLITICO.

Hospitals Often Charge Uninsured People the Highest Prices, New Data Show  —  Cash payers are often charged more than insurance companies for the same service by the same hospital, according to a WSJ analysis of previously confidential data  —  Raul Macias was rushed to an emergency room last November …

Majority Of Americans Believe That ‘Others,’ Not Biden, Are Calling The Shots In The White House: Poll  —  A new poll released on Monday found the majority of Americans believe that “others” are really running the show in President Joe Biden's administration and not Biden himself.

Weeks after Holocaust Museum visit, Rep. Greene makes new Nazi-era comparison in opposing vaccination push  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Tuesday used a Nazi-era comparison in opposing the Biden administration's push to encourage all Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus …

ESPN, Rachel Nichols and Maria Taylor all look bad in this drama  —  It is hard to figure out who looks the worst in the whole ESPN-Rachel Nichols-Maria Taylor drama, but let's give it a whirl.  —  It starts with ESPN management.  The Nichols comments — taped illegally or not …

The stimulus helped these Trump voters pay rent and bills.  But they blame it for a range of economic ills.  —  WOODSFIELD, Ohio — Dennis Beckett wasn't even sure he wanted to cash his stimulus check, especially after he received a letter from President Biden announcing its arrival.

Republicans are preventing America from reaching Biden's vaccination goal  —  In December, I argued that the coronavirus vaccination campaign would be a test of who had the upper hand in the United States: the geniuses (not all of them American) who invented and produced these safe …