Full transcript of ABC News' George Stephanopoulos' interview with President Joe Biden  —  Stephanopoulos spoke to Biden in an exclusive interview Wednesday.  —  Read the full transcript of President Joe Biden's exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday.

Police responding to claim of suspected explosives in a vehicle near US Capitol  —  (CNN)Police are responding to a claim of an explosive device in a truck near the US Capitol, according to law enforcement sources, and multiple buildings nearby are being evacuated.

An Alabama doctor watched patients reject the coronavirus vaccine.  Now he's refusing to treat them.  —  In Alabama, where the nation's lowest vaccination rate has helped push the state closer to a record number of hospitalizations, a physician has sent a clear message to his patients …

Herd Immunity Herp Derp  —  The pandemic's wrongest theory.  —  A lot of people, including many experts, made blunders when assessing the best ways to combat the novel coronavirus that emerged from Wuhan in late 2019.  For a while people were sanitizing their grocery bags.  Mask guidance was all over the map.

Parents pull kids from schools as district bucks CDC guidance and board member spreads misinformation  —  County board meeting erupts during school mask debate  —  (CNN)It's the third week of school in Cobb County, Georgia, and many parents are livid with what they perceive …

Facebook wants you to hold your next meeting in VR  —  (CNN Business)For those who don't think Zoom meetings are a good enough substitute for the real thing, Facebook has another idea: a virtual reality app that lets you and your coworkers feel like you're sitting around a table in a conference room.

The Week the Left Stopped Caring About Human Rights  —  Back in April, The Nation magazine told readers that the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan would be “a welcome and long-overdue action.”  The essay, by a scholar named Phyllis Bennis, sounded upbeat, even salubrious.

Guided by Faith, Divinity Student Fought His ‘Antiracist’ Princeton Seminary — and Won  —  Timothy Keiderling's decision to enroll in the Princeton Theological Seminary reflected his commitment “to give my life to work for justice and to live out the values of the Kingdom of God.”

Trump is not ruining democracy, we are.  And it's been anguishing to confront  —  I was worried long before Trump and the Capitol riot, as political jousting turned zealous and well-off friends called America a disastrous mess.  —  I've written about a lot of unpleasant, even frightening, subjects.

Wicker Office Statement on COVID-19 Diagnosis  —  WASHINGTON - The Office of Senator Roger F. Wicker Communications Director Phillip Waller today issued a statement after Senator Roger F. Wicker tested positive for COVID-19:  —  “Senator Wicker tested positive this morning for the COVID-19 virus …

GOP governors embrace Covid cocktails over masks as cases surge  —  Republican governors in some of the states hardest hit by the pandemic are pushing expensive Covid cocktails over cheap masks.  —  The governors in Florida, Missouri and Texas are promising millions of dollars in antibody treatments …

During campaign, Lauren Boebert didn't disclose husband's income from energy firm  —  DENVER (AP) — Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert's husband made $478,000 last year working as a consultant for an energy firm, information that was not disclosed during Boebert's congressional campaign and only reported …

Facebook shared new data about what's popular on its platform.  The answers are deeply weird.  —  Report shows a Green Bay Packers alumni page and an online CBD store, not right-wing pundits, are among the most viewed links in people's feeds, as Facebook pushes back against independent studies.

Where are the anti-war voices?  —  Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria, and Rebecca Crosby  —  Yesterday's newsletter detailed how the media is largely overlooking voices that supported Biden's decision to withdraw from Afghanistan.  Instead media reports are almost exclusively highlighting criticism …

No, Republican Governors Are Not ‘Banning Masks in Classrooms’  —  n a piece titled “The Biden administration will use a federal civil rights office to deter states from banning masks in classrooms,” the New York Times reports that:

The Lesson of Afghanistan: Our Military Must Remain Focused on Its Mission  —  After 20 years of effort, trillions of U.S. taxpayer dollars spent and thousands of American servicemembers killed and wounded, it is important to do a post-mortem on our role in a country that deserves the moniker “Graveyard of Empires.”