Private Israeli spyware used to hack cellphones of journalists, activists worldwide … Dana Priest, a reporter at The Washington Post for 30 years, covers national security issues.  Recently, she has investigated Russian disinformation operations, censorship around the world …

Nationals Game in Washington Is Halted After Shooting Outside Stadium  —  Fans poured out of Nationals Park in a scene of fear and confusion.  The police said three people had been injured in a shootout.  —  Three people were shot outside of Nationals Park in Washington on Saturday night during …

Hypocritical Psaki leads chilling effort to flag ‘misinformation’  —  “We're flagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation.  We're working with doctors and medical experts...who are popular with their audience with accurate information.  So, we're helping get trusted content out there.”

In Undervaccinated Arkansas, Covid Upends Life All Over Again  —  While much of the nation tiptoes toward normalcy, the coronavirus is again swamping hospitals in places like Mountain Home, in a rural county where fewer than one-third of residents are vaccinated.

Sorting out Trump's comments on the Arizona audit  —  PHOENIX — Former President Donald Trump issued three statements in two days falsely claiming that voting fraud and irregularities cost him Arizona's electoral votes.  —  Trump relied on comments made Thursday by contractors hired …

Cuban protests expose the American Left's moral hypocrisy  —  It may have taken a few days for the Biden administration to finally begin using “communist” to describe the government of Cuba.  Still, the State Department's initial claim that the protests were purely due to COVID-19 reveals a futile attempt to control the narrative.

52 years after the moon landing, Republicans reject science and America is unraveling  —  There is no Democratic or Republican way to land on the moon.I was 10 years old on the Sunday afternoon of July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11 made its more-hairy-than-we-realized touchdown on the lunar surface …

Biden nets positive marks for handling pandemic, but vaccine resistance, Delta concern remains - CBS News poll  —  Six months into President Biden's administration, Americans are less apprehensive about the year than they were at the start of it.  —  They think the battle against the pandemic …

In this summer of covid freedom, disease experts warn: ‘The world needs a reality check’  —  Maria Van Kerkhove, a World Health Organization epidemiologist, was in her Geneva office last weekend preparing for a keynote address when a simple phrase came to mind.

Rights group in Russia shuts down amid government crackdown  —  MOSCOW (AP) — A rights group in Russia announced Sunday that it was shutting down, citing fear of prosecution of its members and supporters after Russian authorities blocked its website for allegedly publishing content from an “undesirable” organization.

Wokeness is sabotaging the military academies  —  Professor Lynne Chandler Garcia recently published an op-ed in the Washington Post in which she defended indoctrinating her students on the concepts of critical race theory, or CRT.  —  Normally, this wouldn't raise any eyebrows.

Can the Southwest Survive With Less Water?  —  Sometime next month, for the first time, the federal government is likely to declare a water shortage at Lake Mead.  —  This vast turquoise reservoir, formed in 1935 when the Hoover Dam corked the Colorado River in Arizona and Nevada …

Scorched, Parched and Now Uninsurable: Climate Change Hits Wine Country  —  If any nook of American agriculture has the means and incentive to outwit the climate crisis, it is Napa Valley.  But so far, vineyards here show the limits of adapting to a warming planet.

U.S. Hits Highest Number of Daily New Coronavirus Cases in the World Again: Nearly 80,000  —  FEELS FAMILIAR  —  The United States recorded 79,310 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, according to Johns Hopkins University.  The number is the highest in the world, exceeding recorded totals from Indonesia …

Why Inflation Panics Are Poison for Progressive Politics  —  When I was a freshman college debater at Emory University in the fall of 1970, the national debate topic was not Vietnam, but the desirability of wage and price control.  Little did we know that just months ahead a Republican president …

Radio host Larry Elder not on list of CA recall candidates  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California on Saturday released a list of 41 candidates running in the recall election targeting Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom that was striking for who wasn't on it: conservative radio talk show host Larry Elder.

U.S. Habit of Backing Strongman Allies Fed Turmoil in Haiti  —  Washington dismissed warnings that democracy was unraveling under President Jovenel Moïse, leaving a gaping leadership void after his assassination.  —  As protesters hurled rocks outside Haiti's national palace and set fires …

Delta variant takes hold in developing world as infections soar  —  Poorer countries with low vaccination rates face surge in Covid cases and deaths  —  The Delta coronavirus variant that has rapidly become dominant across much of the world is exacting a grim toll on dozens of developing countries …