Biden defies expectations.  Again.  —  The Senate on Tuesday passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal with 19 Republican votes.  Had someone polled the White House press corps a month ago, few would have expected any bipartisan deal possible.  —  Journalists at mainstream media outlets are creatures of habit laced with cynicism.

How Cuomo's flexing of political power became his undoing  —  Hours after the state attorney general released a scorching report last week that found New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo had sexually harassed 11 women and his staff had unlawfully retaliated against an alleged victim …

Republicans are seizing on backlash to new mask and vaccine mandates  —  'You do not know what you're talking about': Fauci excoriates Rand Paul  —  (CNN)Republicans have found a new boogeyman in t he battle for the House: the nation's top public health agency.

U.S. officials warn collapse of Afghan capital could come sooner than expected  —  The Biden administration is preparing for Afghanistan's capital to fall far sooner than feared only weeks ago, as a rapid disintegration of security has prompted the revision of an already stark intelligence …

Federal prosecutors came to suspect Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg lied, and considered charging him with perjury  —  New York (CNN)New York federal prosecutors came to suspect the Trump Organization's chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, lied in testimony during their investigation …

White House plans to fund Florida schools who defy DeSantis' order against mask mandates  —  You have been added to Daily News Newsletter  —  WASHINGTON, D.C., (WFLA) — The White House announced Tuesday that it is planning to support schools who defy Gov. Ron DeSantis' executive order and enact mask mandates for student s.

Republicans in 2 Wyoming counties vote to stop recognizing Cheney as party member  —  Republicans in two Wyoming counties have voted to rescind recognition of Rep. Liz Cheney as a member of their party.  —  The Republican parties for Park and Carbon counties both unanimously voted in support of the move …

Secret IRS Files Reveal How Much the Ultrawealthy Gained by Shaping Trump's “Big, Beautiful Tax Cut”  —  The Secret IRS Files … In November 2017, with the administration of President Donald Trump rushing to get a massive tax overhaul through Congress, Sen. Ron Johnson stunned his colleagues by announcing he would vote “no.”

‘No One I Know Is Vaccinated’: Sturgis Rally Bikers Are Coming for America  —  SUM OF ALL FEARS  —  Thousands of unvaccinated, unmasked people traveling across the country.  An ultra-contagious new variant.  Overloaded hospitals.  If you thought it could get no worse, think again.

CA college professor held in arson spree near Dixie Fire |  The Sacramento Bee  —  A college professor suspected in a series of arson fires in remote forested areas of Northern California near the massive Dixie Fire has been charged in connection with one of the blazes in Lassen County …

Neal Conan, Longtime Host Of NPR's ‘Talk Of The Nation,’ Dies At 71  —  Neal Conan, who spent 36 years with National Public Radio and 11 years as the host of the network's Talk of the Nation died Tuesday in Hawaii of glioblastoma at the age of 71.  —  I met Neal almost 50 years ago …

‘The Rundown’: Gov. Cox gets letter demanding he change his ‘foul, dirty name’  —  Your Monday morning Utah political cheat sheet  —  Good Monday morning Utah!  Thanks for reading “The Rundown”.  —  Got a news tip?  Some interesting political gossip?  Just want to chat about politics?

It's the end of the world as the IPCC knows it, and we feel fine  —  In response to the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on global warming, the Western world's newspapers seemed to be competing to publish the most apocalyptic headlines possible.

President Biden to Convene Leaders' Summit for Democracy  —  The President has said that the challenge of our time is to demonstrate that democracies can deliver by improving the lives of their own people and by addressing the greatest problems facing the wider world.

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).

Biden nominates Elizabeth Prelogar to be solicitor general  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated acting US Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar to permanently take on the role of representing the US government in cases before the Supreme Court.

“I am frightened by what is coming:” Texas hospitals could soon be overwhelmed by COVID-19 caseload, officials say  —  The number of COVID-19 patients in Texas hospitals is rising too fast for hospitals to keep up with, hospital leaders told state lawmakers Tuesday.  —  Copy link

Mask bullies don't want to persuade you — but to humiliate and rule you  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's rather confused masking advice is thinly supported by science.  And by now, everyone who wants a COVID jab can get one.  Yet elite shaming of ordinary people keeps ratcheting up.

The Colorado Rockies fabricated a narrative, and the media dutifully parroted it  —  As usual, many media outlets and “journalists” jumped on the false narrative that a Colorado Rockies fan was loudly shouting the N-word at a game.  Their eagerness to smear a random man as a racist based on unclear audio should not be forgotten.

Tax the Unvaxxed  —  People who refuse the Covid vaccine are imposing costs on society.  Time to make them pay.  —  More than 700,000 people are flooding the South Dakota badlands this week for what will surely be the COVID-19 superspreader event of the year, the 81st annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.