Andrew Cuomo's War Against a Federal Prosecutor  —  A call to the Obama White House that some legal experts say is impeachable fits a pattern of the Governor smearing those who scrutinize him.  —  In April, 2014, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo placed a call to the White House and reached Valerie Jarrett …

Three GOP senators who backed bipartisan framework oppose resulting infrastructure bill  —  Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) have announced they would not support the final infrastructure bill.  —  Sen. Mike Rounds was one of three GOP senators …

Trump asked his AG about legal strategy to overturn election, Rosen tells senators  —  Donald Trump asked the country's top legal official in late December about a conspiratorial draft complaint aimed at overturning the 2020 election results, according to a previously unreported account …

Rep. Ron Kind announces retirement in boon to GOP's House hopes  —  Rep. Ron Kind, a senior Democrat in one of the most competitive swing seats, will not seek reelection — a gutting blow to House Democrats in their uphill battle to hang onto their majority next November.

Dominion Sues Newsmax, One America News Network, Others Over Election Claims  —  Voting-machine company seeks billions of dollars in damages, citing lost profit and other costs  —  WASHINGTON—One of the largest voting-machine companies in the U.S. on Tuesday sued two conservative media networks …

“All Roads Lead to Mar-a-Lago”: Inside the Fury and Fantasy of Donald Trump's Florida  —  It's late afternoon, and the palms of Fort Lauderdale are swaying as Roger Stone—dirty trickster, convicted felon—glides across the boulevard in short sleeves and a linen jacket, ready for his first cocktail of the day.

Facebook removes anti-vax influencer campaign  —  Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts which it says were involved in anti-vax disinformation campaigns operated from Russia.  —  The company said the network of accounts targeted India, Latin America and the US.

Walker's wife voted in Georgia as couple lives in Texas, records show  —  Potential U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker and his wife live in Texas, but she voted in Georgia's election for president last fall.  —  The absentee ballot cast by Julie Blanchard raises questions about whether …

WNDB official: Radio host Marc Bernier hospitalized with COVID-19  —  Jim AbbottThe Daytona Beach News-Journal  —  DAYTONA BEACH — Longtime radio talk-show host Marc Bernier has been hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a top official at WNDB (1150 AM, 93.5 FM).

The Vaccine Cards Are the Wrong Size  —  This spring, as New York City warmed up and the local vaccination rate surged, I met my best friend for our first restaurant meal together in months.  As soon as we sat down, she began rifling through her purse.  “I have something for you,” she told me.

Why I Am Not A Progressive  —  And Why, From Climate Change to Homelessness, Liberal People Are Giving Up  —  For all of my adult life I have identified as a progressive.  To me, being a progressive meant that I believed in empowerment.  In 2002, when I co-founded a labor-environmental coalition …

U.S. government sends hundreds of ventilators to Florida as Covid surge continues  —  WASHINGTON — The federal government has sent hundreds of ventilators and other equipment to Florida this week to help the state respond to a record-breaking number of Covid hospitalizations.

Inflation wiped out America's pay raises  —  New York (CNN Business)Companies big and small are raising wages to attract workers and hold onto employees as the economy revs back into gear.  —  But those fatter paychecks aren't going as far, thanks to rising inflation.

See the Data on Breakthrough Covid Hospitalizations and Deaths by State  —  Serious coronavirus infections among vaccinated people have been relatively rare since the start of the vaccination campaign, a New York Times analysis of data from 40 states and Washington, D.C., shows.

‘Expert Mathematician’ on Election Fraud Actually a Swing Set Installer, Lawsuit Claims  —  A man posing as a math expert with evidence Trump won the election is actually a convicted drug dealer with no college degree who installs swing sets, according to a lawsuit.  —  Aaron Gordon

‘Reign of Terror’ Brilliantly Traces the Course From 9/11 to President Trump … When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission.  —  Spencer Ackerman's barnburner of a new book, “Reign of Terror,” reminded me of that moment in 2015 …

Twitter suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for one week  —  (CNN Business)Twitter (TWTR) has suspended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for one week following another violation of the platform's rules, the company said Tuesday.  —  Greene tweeted on Monday that the Food and Drug Administration …

Infrastructure equals jobs, growth, competitive edge and better lives for millions  —  From our earliest days, major investments in infrastructure and people sparked the growth spurts that have made us great.  We're poised to do it again.  —  The historic bipartisan infrastructure bill …

A Misleading Narrative about the Unvaccinated  —  On the menu today: A new study finds that blacks and Hispanics remain less likely than their white counterparts to have received a vaccine, which complicates the convenient narrative that the COVID-19 pandemic continues because of stubborn …

Deceptions and lies: What really happened in Afghanistan  —  Part one of an excerpt from “The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War.”  Whitlock will discuss the book during a Washington Post Live event on Aug. 31.  —  The suicide bomber arrived at Bagram air base in a Toyota Corolla late in the morning on Feb. 27, 2007.

Virus Misinformation Spikes as Delta Cases Surge  —  Researchers have recorded a new burst of false and misleading information about the coronavirus after a decline in the spring.  —  In late July, Andrew Torba, the chief executive of the alternative social network Gab …

Gov. Greg Abbott, House Speaker Dade Phelan, ask Texas Supreme Court to overturn ruling blocking arrest of Democrats  —  The Democrats had left the state to block the passage of a Republican elections bill they say would restrict voting rights in the state.  —  Copy link

‘It Was Just Disbelief’: Parent Files Complaint Against Atlanta Elementary School After Learning the Principal Segregated Students Based on Race  —  An Atlanta mom filed a federal complaint against her daughter's Atlanta elementary school after she learned that the school was separating students on the basis of race.

Delta Is Bad News for Kids  —  Two and a half weeks ago, as the next school year approached, a pediatric cardiologist from Louisiana headed into the Georgia mountains with her husband, their three young children, and their extended family.  It was, in many ways, a fairly pandemic-sanctioned vacation …

Vaccines are being required for travel — here's how unvaccinated people feel about that  —  Unvaccinated people are eager to travel again.  But more and more, the rules make that harder.  —  Travelers are increasingly required to show proof of vaccination before they can cruise …

America has a long history of vaccination mandates.  Why should the worst plague in a century be any different?  —  Coronavirus vaccination mandates are spreading.  So is resistance to them.  A number of red states, including Texas and Florida, not only refuse to mandate vaccinations …