4 arrested at Maven Hotel, police feared a ‘Las Vegas style shooting’ during All-Star Game in Denver  —  Sources tell Denver7 16 long guns, body armor and 1,000+ rounds of ammo found inside hotel room  —  DENVER - Police feared a “Las Vegas style shooting” during the All-Star Game in Denver …

In Haiti, rivals claw for power as crisis escalates after assassination  —  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The race to fill Haiti's political vacuum after the brazen assassination of President Jovenel Moïse shifted into high-stakes power plays on Saturday, with rivals battling …

Alaska Republican Party leaders endorse Tshibaka in U.S. Senate race  —  The Alaska Republican State Central Committee on Saturday endorsed Kelly Tshibaka in the 2022 race for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Lisa Murkowski.  —  The committee approved Tshibaka's endorsement …

Forget the geopolitics.  Let's focus on the human cost of the exit from Afghanistan  —  As the Taliban exploits the hasty US withdrawal, the fallout on  —  the ground could be disastrous, especially for women  —  arges and Hasina - not their real names - are 15-year-old best friends I met recently in Kabul.

Young Americans Aren't Getting Vaccinated, Jeopardizing Covid-19 Fight  —  Slow uptake of Covid-19 shots among 18-to-29-year-olds is complicating mass vaccination campaign; U.S. ramps up outreach to young adults  —  Millions of Americans have rolled up their sleeves to get vaccinated against Covid-19 …

Moves to silence critical race theory have only amplified its virtues  —  Recently, a number of states have passed laws banning critical race theory — or what legislators with willful ignorance or outright malice misspeak of as critical race theory — as well as teaching about past and present racism in its systemic form.

Over 100 days of failure at the border  —  Last week marked 100 days since President Joe Biden appointed Vice President Kamala Harris as his border crisis manager.  —  In the three-plus months since Biden called her the “most qualified person” for the job, Harris hasn't offered solutions …

‘We all wait with bated breath’: Secretive Cuomo inquiry leaves New York politics in limbo  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Few governors in recent New York history have dominated the news cycle — and the levers of government — like Andrew Cuomo, the state's three-term governor.

Saudi Arabia: New Details of Alleged Torture Leaked  —  Prison Guards Describe Harrowing Scenes Concerning Political Detainees  —  (Beirut) - New accounts have emerged of alleged torture of high-profile political detainees in Saudi prisons, Human Rights Watch said today.

Vacancies remain in key Biden administration positions  —  The Biden administration is working to move past the pandemic without a permanent leader for the agency that authorizes drugs and vaccines.  Democrats are decrying Republican-led efforts to restrict the right to vote …

A Defeat in the Courts for Biden's Racist ‘Equity’ Policies  —  If you were an Armenian Christian who fled your home to Glendale, California in 1915 to escape a genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Turks that killed roughly one million of your countrymen and women, how would you feel …

The Big Question of the 2022 Midterms: How Will the Suburbs Swing?  —  Democrats and Republicans are already jockeying for a crucial voting bloc that soured on Donald Trump, tilted to Joe Biden and now holds the key to the second half of the president's term.

Eric Adams' win in high-crime areas proves liberals are out of touch  —  If there's a lesson to be learned from the Democratic mayoral primary — and there definitely is one! — it's that it's easy to ignore street violence when there's very little street violence to be seen.

Can Eric Adams turn around New York?  —  The man likely to be in charge brings sanity and a level head to the task  —  To be mayor of New York City is no easy task.  Bill de Blasio, the departing incumbent, was once a progressive darling.  However, his unique political talents …

The Ascension of Bernie Sanders  —  BURLINGTON, Vt. — I want to talk to Bernie about Balenciaga.  And Britney.  And Dua Lipa, Sha'Carri Richardson and Joe Manchin's houseboat.  And whether he prefers red or white horseradish on his gefilte fish.  And the state of capitalism, and the absurd price of a Birkin bag.

Republicans Are Right to Push Back against CRT in the Classrooms  —  Our friend David French and his New York Times co-authors complain that rules that would constrain certain kinds of classroom indoctrination amount to “speech codes.”  Of course, we already have speech codes …

Iran cheers U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan — but fears what could follow  —  As Western forces exit Afghanistan, Iran is watching with alarm.  The resolution of one long-standing aim, the withdrawal of U.S. troops, is unleashing a separate challenge: what to do about the Taliban …

Rise of the anti-"woke" Democrat  —  A growing number of Democrats are ringing the alarm that their party sounds — and acts — too judgmental, too sensitive, too “woke” to large swaths of America.  —  Why it matters: These Democrats warn that by jamming politically correct terms or new norms …