White House pulls nomination of ATF chief amid pushback over gun-control advocacy  —  The White House withdrew David Chipman's nomination to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Thursday amid bipartisan pushback over his gun control advocacy.

Scoop: The most dangerous Trump exposé  —  Stephanie Grisham has quietly written a top-secret memoir of her four years in Donald Trump's White House, and a publishing source says she'll reveal “surprising new scandals.”  —  What to watch: The book — “I'll Take Your Questions Now …

Statement from Senator Amy Klobuchar  —  I wanted to share an update about my health.  —  In February of this year, doctors at Mayo Clinic found small white spots called calcifications during a routine mammogram.  After this was discovered, I had a biopsy at Piper Breast Center in Minneapolis …

The Off-Mic Moment That Changed My View of Larry Elder  —  Larry Elder, the surprising front-running candidate to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in next week's California recall election, has had quite a summer.  Mostly, it's because of the peculiarity of the recall itself: If less than half …

The Latest: US says al-Qaida could regenerate in Afghanistan  —  U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday the al-Qaida extremist group that used Afghanistan as a staging base to attack United States 20 years ago may attempt to regenerate there following an American withdrawal that has left the Taliban in power.

The statue of Robert E. Lee is gone, but the mystery of the time capsule persists  —  RICHMOND — Robert E. Lee lost his lofty perch — but he's trying to hold onto his secrets.  —  Workers were a bit stumped Thursday morning in their quest to find a time capsule supposedly planted at the base …

Dem strategist: Our party better brace for a wipeout in 2022 midterms  —  Failure has its consequences, and disgraces eventually generate accountability.  Those are the unspoken lessons in this analysis from a Democratic strategist quoted by Newsweek yesterday, who predicts a Republican sweep …

Exclusive-Proud Boys leader urged group not to ‘turn on each other’ in riot probe  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As four of his fellow Proud Boy leaders sat in jail this summer, charged with conspiracy in the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the group's chairman, Enrique Tarrio …

The Capitol Police Said Jan. 6 Unrest On Capitol Grounds Would Be “Highly Improbable”  —  The chief of the Capitol Police and its top intelligence officer personally approved permits for six demonstrations to be held on Jan. 6, 2021, despite signs that one of the applications was filed …

Biden Administration Prepares to Sue Texas Over Abortion Law  —  Lawsuit challenging law limiting procedure to first six weeks of pregnancy set to be filed in coming days  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is preparing to sue Texas over its new law banning most abortions …

Ivermectin causes sterilization in 85 percent of men, 2011 Nigerian study finds  —  You have been added to Coronavirus News Newsletter … EL PASO, Texas (KTSM/WFLA) — The effects of ivermectin therapy on human males can have an effect on men's reproductive health, according …

Covid-19 Policies Ignite Battle at UT Austin  —  Public university's efforts to comply with Texas ban on mask and vaccine mandates fuel outcry from faculty and others  —  AUSTIN, Texas—Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin drew up a series of projections for how Covid-19 …

FBI releases new footage of possible RNC, DNC pipe-bomb suspect  —  The FBI on Wednesday released new video of a person believed to have placed pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters in D.C. the night before the U.S. Capitol riot and revealed that investigators …

Smart Glasses Made Google Look Dumb.  Now Facebook Is Giving Them a Try.  —  The company has teamed up with Ray-Ban to create glasses that can take photos, record video, answer phone calls and play podcasts.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Last Saturday, after a three-mile hike through the Presidio …

House Democrat says she'll oppose parts of $3.5T spending package  —  Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.), a prominent moderate House Democrat, indicated on Thursday that she is planning to vote against the provisions under consideration in the House Ways and Means Committee's markup of portions …

Xi Jinping's crackdown on everything is remaking Chinese society  —  The orders have been sudden, dramatic and often baffling.  Last week, “American Idol”-style competitions and shows featuring men deemed too effeminate were banned by Chinese authorities.  Days earlier, one of China's …

The Wealth Lobby Is Buying Up Democrats to Defeat Biden's Tax Reform “One of the biggest scams in the history of forever.”  —  Last week, Democratic senator turned anti-tax lobbyist Heidi Heitkamp, who represented North Dakota for one term before losing in 2018, appeared on CNBC …

The Roe Baby  —  Nearly half a century ago, Roe v. Wade secured a woman's legal right to obtain an abortion.  The ruling has been contested with ever-increasing intensity, dividing and reshaping American politics.  And yet for all its prominence, the person most profoundly connected …

Men Fall Behind in College Enrollment.  Women Still Play Catch-Up at Work.  —  Women are overrepresented in low-paying professions that require college credentials.  —  The coronavirus upended the lives of millions of college students.  The Wall Street Journal reported this week that men …

Trump Insiders Are Quietly Paying Teen Memers For Posts  —  Documents show that meme accounts rife with disinformation have also become shadowy advertising tools for some notable Republicans.  —  In the fever swamps of Instagram, a network of right-wing meme accounts run by teenage boys …

One state Supreme Court case could destroy the court for years to come  —  It would be outrageous.  —  It would be unprecedented.  —  It would damage the credibility and validity of North Carolina's highest court for decades.  —  It would be nothing short of a bloodless coup d'état …

Biden wants to force Republicans to vote on the debt ceiling, sensing they'll cave  —  President Joe Biden is treating the latest Republican threats over the debt limit like a bluff.  And the entire party, from congressional Democratic leadership to the top brass at the Treasury Department, is calling them on it.

Monster risk: Fauci says COVID cases 10x too high  —  Americans are now getting infected with COVID-19 at 10 times the rate needed to end the pandemic, which will persist until more people get vaccinated, NIAID director Anthony Fauci tells Axios.  —  Threat level: “The endgame is to suppress the virus.

How the GOP will exploit Covid to win power — and what Democrats can do about it  —  Here's a midterm message for you: Judging by the GOP's continuing slide into extremist and destructive behavior in the face of a surging covid-19, electing more Republicans to positions of responsibility right …