GoDaddy cut off Texas Right to Life's abortion ‘whistleblowing’ website, but it's staying online  —  The web host gave the Texas anti-abortion group 24 hours to find a new home  —  In case you haven't heard, Texas now has a law that makes it illegal for anyone to help women get an abortion …

The pandemic is almost certainly a bigger political risk for Biden than Afghanistan  —  Friday arrived with bad news.  Economists had expected the country to continue to add jobs at a healthy pace, only to learn that only 235,000 more people went to work in August.

9/11 was a test.  The books of the last two decades show how America failed. … Deep within the catalogue of regrets that is the 9/11 Commission report — long after readers learn of the origins and objectives of al-Qaeda, past the warnings ignored by consecutive administrations …

Facebook Apologizes After A.I. Puts ‘Primates’ Label on Video of Black Men  —  Facebook called it “an unacceptable error.”  The company has struggled with other issues related to race.  —  Facebook users who recently watched a video from a British tabloid featuring Black men saw …

About 100 Afghan evacuees to U.S. flagged for possible ties to Taliban or terror groups, sources say  —  The U.S. plans to send at least two Afghan evacuees back out of the country to Kosovo because of security concerns raised after they arrived at a U.S. airport, said two sources familiar with the U.S. evacuation.

Satellite Images Find Oil Spill in Gulf Left in Ida's Wake  —  Satellite and aerial survey images show oil spreading off the coast of an oil and gas hub in Louisiana.  —  Cleanup crews are working to contain what experts called a substantial oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico …

CREW files ethics complaint against Kevin McCarthy & Marjorie Taylor Greene  —  The Office of Congressional Ethics should investigate whether House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene violated House rules by threatening to retaliate against companies that comply …

The harsh truth of this moment: Republicans understand power.  Democrats do not.  —  Democrats look like they're the ones with the greater share of political power in America today, holding both the White House and Congress.  So why do they so often seem weak and ineffectual …

Defending drivers and women's access to healthcare  —  Following the passage of Texas SB8 we're sending the following message to drivers and riders in the Lyft community.  —  Dear Lyft Riders and Drivers,  —  A new Texas law, SB8, threatens to punish drivers for getting people where they need to go …

Sotomayor's Defiant Dissent  —  In her blistering dissent, the Supreme Court justice calls out her conservative colleagues' breathtaking disregard of precedent and the Constitution.  —  Conservatives would have you believe that the Supreme Court's decision to allow Texas's law banning abortions …

Fact check: Sen. Joni Ernst falsely claims Biden has ‘not once’ expressed gratitude to troops who fought in the last 20 years  —  Senator falsely claims Biden ‘not once’ thanked overseas veterans  —  Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, a veteran of the war in Iraq and a member …

Capitol Rioter Known as QAnon Shaman Pleads Guilty  —  Jacob Chansley, who stormed onto the Senate floor in face paint and a horned hat, accepted a deal under which federal prosecutors will recommend a sentence of 41 to 51 months in prison.  —  Jacob Chansley, a former actor …

France And Russia Are In A Tussle Over Who Gets To Call Champagne ... ‘Champagne’  —  EPERNAY, France - In a chilly windowless basement in this provincial French city, workers stack bottles of bubbly.  Not just any bubbly, but le vrai champagne, which thanks to a special protected status …

U.S. covid death toll hits 1,500 a day amid delta scourge  —  ‘A perfect storm of viral changes and behavioral changes’ is driving pandemic's fourth wave  —  Brian Pierce, the coroner in Baldwin County, Ala., thought he had seen the last of the coronavirus months ago as the area's death count held steady …

COVID-19 Challenges for the Borderless Enterprise - A 2020 Global Survey of IT Decision-Makers  —  According to the latest Zogby Poll® one-fifth of likely voters regret voting for President Biden.  On the surface it doesn't seem like much, especially if you look at the three quarters …

WH admits Biden's claim he visited Tree of Life synagogue is not true  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden did not visit the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh after the murder of 11 congregants — despite saying so, the White House admitted Friday.  —  Biden on Thursday told Jewish leaders …

Oklahoma congressman says he has no regrets about attempts to enter Afghanistan  —  Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) appeared on Fox News on Friday evening to defend his widely criticized attempts to enter Afghanistan last month, saying he had no regrets and would make the attempts again “without even hesitation.”

Afghan evacuation raises concerns about child trafficking  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are looking into reports that in the frantic evacuation of desperate Afghans from Kabul, older men were admitted together with young girls they claimed as “brides” or otherwise sexually abused.

Misinformation abounds at Southworth election security event  —  State Sen. Adrienne Southworth, R-Lawrenceburg, wants to go back to using only paper ballots and hand-counting them for Kentucky elections.  —  But much of the purported evidence supporting her argument, which Southworth …

Biden Moves to Declassify Some Documents Related to Sept. 11  —  In an executive order, the president instructed Attorney General Merrick B. Garland to publicly release the declassified documents over the next six months.  —  WASHINGTON — Making good on a campaign promise …

Sanctioning Iranian Intelligence Affiliates for Targeting Dissidents Abroad  —  Iran's attempt to kidnap a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil because she used her freedom of speech to criticize the Iranian government is unacceptable and an egregious violation of fundamental international norms.

California Republicans launching campaign to boost trust in mail-in voting  —  California Republicans will launch a campaign on Friday to convince conservatives to trust the state's mail-in balloting system, hoping to boost turnout in the election to recall Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, party officials said.

Here's what we know about the mu variant … A coronavirus variant known as “mu” or “B.1.621” was designated by the World Health Organization as a “variant of interest” earlier this week and will be monitored by the global health body as cases continue to emerge across parts of the world.

Inside the Afghan Evacuation: Rogue Flights, Crowded Tents, Hope and Chaos  —  President Biden has insisted that the evacuation of Kabul was done as efficiently as possible.  But key documents obtained by The New York Times suggest otherwise.  —  WASHINGTON — On the last day of August …

CNN Analyst Bakari Sellers Says the GOP Is Homophobic.  He Lobbies for a Country Where It's Illegal To Be Gay.  —  A CNN analyst and Democratic operative who says the Republican Party opposes gay rights has registered to lobby as a foreign agent of the government of Liberia, which criminalizes homosexuality.

Voting Data From A Colorado County Was Leaked Online.  Now The Clerk Is In Hiding  —  It's been nearly a month since sensitive data about voting equipment in Colorado's Mesa County was posted online by conspiracy theorists eager to cast doubt on the outcome of the 2020 election.

Taliban spokesperson warns US not to interfere with their culture, treatment of women  —  Suhail Shaheen opens up to Fox News about terrorist group's future relationship with US  —  Pentagon says that Taliban is ‘a ruthless group’: Report  —  A Taliban spokesperson insisted to Fox News on Friday that …