Joe Rogan, A Podcasting Giant Who Has Been Dismissive of Vaccination, Has Covid  —  Joe Rogan, the host of the hugely popular podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience,” said on Wednesday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus after he returned from a series of shows in Florida, where the virus is rampant.

Another Trump Organization executive to appear before NY grand jury as prosecutors probe former President's business  —  Toobin: Trump Organization can try to pretend this is Weisselberg problem  —  (CNN)The Trump Organization's corporate director of security is expected to appear …

The pandemic recall  —  THE PANDEMIC RECALL: Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking the same weapons Republicans used against him to help qualify the recall election to defend himself from it.  —  Months ago, Newsom's opponents used pandemic frustrations to fuel the recall effort …

McCarthy Threatens Technology Firms That Comply With Riot Inquiry  —  The top House Republican said his party would retaliate against any company that cooperated with an order to preserve the phone and social media records of G.O.P. lawmakers.  —  WASHINGTON — Representative Kevin McCarthy …

67 abortions in 17 hours: Inside a Texas clinic's race to beat new six-week abortion ban  —  It was 8 p.m. on Tuesday when Marva Sadler looked at the patients waiting in the lobby, at the list of patients waiting to return, at even more patients waiting outside in cars surrounded by protesters …

Purdue Pharma Is Dissolved and Sacklers Pay $4.5 Billion to Settle Opioid Claims  —  The ruling in bankruptcy court caps a long legal battle over the fate of a company accused of fueling the opioid epidemic and the family that owns it.  —  Purdue Pharma, the maker of the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin …

Facts are finally starting to penetrate bad Afghanistan punditry  —  Media coverage of the U.S. drawdown from Afghanistan has been characterized by hyperbolic commentary and conjecture — driven in part by former officials for the quagmire who were quick to weigh in on the matter in interviews.

AP sources: Intel shows extremists to attend Capitol rally  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Far right extremist groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are planning to attend a rally later this month at the U.S. Capitol that is designed to demand “justice” for the hundreds of people who have been charged …

Woman hurls racist slurs at Jefferson Parish workers, aims car at deputy, is shot dead  —  'There didn't seem to be a whole lot right with her,' sheriff says  —  A crew of Jefferson Parish workers was repairing a Metairie water main broken by Hurricane Ida when a woman pulled up in her car Wednesday, called them “f—

White supremacist praise of the Taliban takeover concerns US officials  —  Video reportedly shows Taliban celebrating with military parade  —  (CNN)As the United States-backed government in Afghanistan fell to the Taliban and US troops raced to leave the country, White supremacist …

Giuliani Records Cameo Endorsing Case Against His Own Client  —  Freedom of speech and freedom from compelled speech are protected rights in America, but nothing can protect Rudy Giuliani from himself.  —  In a video obtained by New York, the former mayor stars in an inadvertent public-service announcement …

Prosecutors: Jan. 6 rioters committed more than 1,000 assaults on police  —  The rioters who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection committed more than 1,000 assaults on federal officers, according to a review of body-cam footage that prosecutors described in a court filing late Wednesday.

Massive randomized study is proof that surgical masks limit coronavirus spread, authors say  —  The authors of a study based on an enormous randomized research project in Bangladesh say their results offer the best evidence yet that widespread wearing of surgical masks can limit the spread of the coronavirus in communities.

McConnell: 'There isn't going to be an impeachment' of Biden  —  Don Lemon: GOP hypocrisy is off the charts and sickening  —  (CNN)Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that “there isn't going to be an impeachment” of President Joe Biden over the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan …

Mueller Scrutinized an Unidentified Member of News Media in Russia Inquiry  —  The scrutiny was one of several new disclosures the Justice Department made about investigative actions involving the news media during the Trump years.  —  WASHINGTON — The special counsel who investigated …

New York Poised to Join Ranks of States Extending Eviction Moratorium  —  Lawmakers say move would allow more time to distribute rental assistance funds  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — New York lawmakers are poised to extend the state's eviction moratorium until Jan. 15, a move they said would give officials …

How anti-California propaganda and racism are driving the recall  —  In the summer of 2019, as early efforts to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom foundered, right-wing commentators launched a smear campaign against California to discredit its progressive policies and stoke anger at its leaders.

Judge Dismisses Hunter Biden Laptop Guy's Defamation Lawsuit with Prejudice, Forces Him to Pay Twitter's Attorneys' Fees Under Anti-SLAPP Law  —  A federal court in Florida has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed against Twitter by the Delaware computer repairman who briefly captured national attention during …

Statement by President Joe Biden on Texas Law SB8  —  Today, Texas law SB8 went into effect.  This extreme Texas law blatantly violates the constitutional right established under Roe v. Wade and upheld as precedent for nearly half a century.  —  The Texas law will significantly impair women's access …

McDonald's McFlurry Machine Is Broken (Again).  Now the FTC Is On It.  —  The frequently malfunctioning equipment leads to a lawsuit and gets the federal antitrust agency involved  —  Can the FTC help get you your McFlurry?  —  As many customers of McDonald's know all too well …

Texas shows us what post-democracy America would look like  —  Texas this week showed us what a post-democracy America would look like.  —  Thanks to a series of actions by the Texas legislature and governor, we now see exactly what the Trumpified Republican Party wants …

The Legal Minds Who Tried to Overturn the Election for Trump Are Being Welcomed Back Into Polite Society  —  Though it hasn't received the attention it deserves, courage from Republican election officials and leaders helped save this country from a total election meltdown in 2020 based on lies …

Don Lemon: ‘Stop beating up’ on Biden admin over Afghanistan, 'We don't know' if we left Americans behind  —  CNN anchor claims the silver lining in Afghanistan is ‘what happens going forward’  —  CNN anchor Don Lemon offered a full-throated defense for the Biden administration amid the fallout …

Sweetgreen CEO: Vaccines and Masks Will Not Save Us, But Salads Might  —  The pricey salad chain CEO took to LinkedIn to espouse his views on the pandemic, such as that Americans who got seriously ill were too fat.  —  EO  —  On Tuesday, the CEO of Sweetgreen, a restaurant chain …

Don't Parole Sirhan Sirhan, My Father's Assassin  —  Ms. Kennedy is a documentary filmmaker.  She is the youngest child of Robert Kennedy, the New York senator and presidential candidate assassinated in June 1968.  —  I never met my father.  When Sirhan Sirhan murdered him in the kitchen hallway …

Photos show black slick in water near Gulf oil rig after Ida  —  PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — Photos show what appears to be a miles-long oil slick near an offshore rig in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida, according to aerial survey imagery released Wednesday by the National Oceanic …

Top U.S. diplomat during Kabul evacuation tests positive for Covid  —  Ross Wilson, who was the chargé d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, recently tested positive for Covid-19, according to three people familiar with the matter.  He currently only has very mild, cold-like symptoms, one of the people said.

Hurricane Ida Destroyed This Town.  Residents Hope Help Arrives Soon.  —  LaPlace sits outside the New Orleans levees; now it waits for power, food and cell service after 'worst destruction we've ever seen'  —  LAPLACE, La.—Residents waited for four hours in a half-mile-long line at the one working gas station.

An Open Letter to Tucker Carlson from a Hungarian Conservative  —  Viktor Orbán isn't building the Christian conservative Disneyland in Hungary you think he is, but a Chinese and Russian Trojan Horse in the EU and NATO.  —  Editor's note: Earlier this month, Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson visited Hungary.