‘This Is Actually Happening’  —  President Joe Biden and his inner circle were in an ebullient mood.  —  It was Wednesday morning, Aug. 11, and they were basking in the glow of back-to-back legislative wins.  The day before, the Senate had passed a bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill.

EXCLUSIVE FBI finds scant evidence U.S. Capitol attack was coordinated-sources  —  The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to four current and former law enforcement officials.

The new ‘Jeopardy!’ host, Mike Richards, quits.  —  Mike Richards, who was named the new host of “Jeopardy!” last week, is abruptly leaving the role as the beloved game show confronts a roiling controversy over offensive and sexist comments he made on a podcast several years ago.

‘These people were in bad, bad shape.’ A look inside of a Florida library converted to a Covid-19 treatment site  —  (CNN)The scene at the Jacksonville main public library was haunting, Louis Lopez recalled.  As he waited for a Covid-19 monoclonal antibody treatment, he saw people so sick they couldn't even stand.

Federal appeals court declines request to block CDC eviction moratorium  —  The federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. , permitted the Biden administration's eviction moratorium to remain in place on Friday, denying relief to landlords who have sought a court-ordered end to the monthslong pause during the coronavirus pandemic.

EXCLUSIVE: Logically Identifies GhostEzra, Florida Man Behind World's ‘Largest Antisemitic Internet Forum’  —  Logically, as part of our mission to understand and counter harmful online misinformation, conducts continuous research into the networks, channels, and actors that play an outsized role …

The F.D.A. is aiming to give full approval to Pfizer's Covid vaccine on Monday.  —  The Food and Drug Administration is pushing to approve Pfizer-BioNTech's two-dose Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, further expediting an earlier timeline for licensing the shot, according to people familiar with the agency's planning.

Maker of Popular Covid Test Told Factory to Destroy Inventory  —  One of the leading producers of rapid tests purged supplies and laid off workers as sales dwindled.  Weeks later, the U.S. is facing a surge in infections with diminished capacity.  —  For weeks in June and July …

AP urges DeSantis to end harassing tweets aimed at reporter  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press called on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to end “harassing behavior” by one of his press aides against an AP reporter who received threats and other online abuse.

Cutting off jobless benefits early may have hurt state economies.  —  When states began cutting off federal unemployment benefits this summer, their governors argued that the move would push people to return to work.  —  New research suggests that ending the benefits did indeed lead some people to get jobs …

University of Virginia disenrolls 238 students for not complying with vaccine requirement  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE — The University of Virginia disenrolled 238 students ahead of its fall semester for noncompliance with the school's COVID-19 vaccine requirement.  —  Of that number …

Biden Insiders: Our Afghanistan Exit Is a Part of a Much Bigger Reset  —  THE END OF THE POST-9/11 ERA … Biden and his team have clearer memories of the long litany of egregious and crippling missteps America's leaders made during the first years of this century than do their critics.

Liberal Democracy Is Worth a Fight  —  Of all the empty, pointless statements that are periodically repeated by Western politicians, none is more empty and pointless than this one: “There can be no military solution to this conflict.”  That was what Ban Ki-moon, then the UN secretary-general …

COVID anxiety rising amid delta surge, AP-NORC poll finds  —  DENVER (AP) — Anxiety in the United States over COVID-19 is at its highest level since winter, a new poll shows, as the delta variant rages, more states and school districts adopt mask and vaccination requirements and the nation's hospitals once again fill to capacity.