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 …

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 …

White House to withdraw nomination of David Chipman to head ATF in face of bipartisan pushback over his gun-control advocacy  —  The White House is planning to withdraw David Chipman's nomination to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives this week amid bipartisan pushback …

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 …

It is far too soon for people to write off Joe Biden  —  He might not be a saviour but those proclaiming his presidency a failure have short memories  —  Put it down to a hyper-caffeinated media.  A few weeks ago, Joe Biden's presidency was widely hailed as a triumph.  Coronavirus was in retreat.

Taliban to Allow 200 Americans, Other Foreigners to Fly Out of Kabul  —  No Afghans without foreign citizenship are expected to be allowed on the flight to Qatar  —  KABUL—Afghanistan's Taliban authorities are allowing some 200 Americans and other foreign citizens to leave the country …

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 …

Ivermectin causes sterilization in 85 percent of men, study finds  —  EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The effects of Ivermectin therapy on human males can have an effect on men's reproductive health.  —  Researchers at three universities in Nigeria studied the effects of Ivermectin …

Larry Elder tours homeless encampment in Venice, but leaves due to angry crowd … Larry Elder's Venice event cut short due to angry crowd  —  Larry Elder had to cut his campaign event short in Venice after he encountered an angry crowd and had an egg thrown at him.

Biden administration tells ex-Trump officials to resign from military academy advisory boards or be dismissed  —  (CNN)The Biden administration has told 11 officials appointed to military service academy advisory boards by former President Donald Trump to resign or be dismissed, a source familiar with the situation tells CNN's KFile.

Trump reaches out to families of U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan  —  When Darin Hoover traveled to Dover Air Force Base to receive the casket of his 31-year-old Marine son, who was killed in Afghanistan, he, like several other families, declined an offer to meet with President Biden.

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 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.

Bolsonaro Bans Social Networks From Removing Some Posts  —  The new rules in Brazil appear to be the first national policy that restricts how tech companies can control their sites, analysts say.  —  President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil is temporarily banning social media companies …

The new 99%: These are the people who are getting serious cases of COVID-19  —  They are the new 99 percenters — the vast majority of Americans who are getting serious cases of COVID-19 or dying are unvaccinated.  —  While COVID-19 cases continue to spike across the US …

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 …

Introducing RealClearInvestigations' Jan. 6-BLM Riots Dataset  —  AP Photo/John Minchillo; AP Photo/Julio Cortez; YouTube/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty  —  Many in the political and media establishment have cast the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol as one of the darkest episodes in American history …

When it comes to reconciliation, let's learn from our past mistakes  —  The health and economic crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have been devastating for millions of Americans.  Although Congress took action to help provide relief to families across the nation, the pandemic …

U.S. Jobless Claims Hit New Pandemic Low as Employers Retain Workers  —  Initial filings for unemployment benefits fell to 310,000 last week  —  Filings for jobless benefits last week fell and reached a fresh pandemic low, extending a downward trend as employers hold onto workers despite the Delta variant of Covid-19.

Virginia GOP lt. gov. nominee lays off campaign staff ahead of election  —  Winsome Sears, the GOP candidate in Virginia's lieutenant governor race, laid off her entire campaign staff 55 days out from Election Day in the commonwealth.  —  A former Sears campaign staffer, who was laid off …

Christie steps out of Trump's shadow — and stokes 2024 buzz  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is launching a comeback tour as he considers whether to mount a 2024 presidential bid that could put him on a collision course with Donald Trump.  —  The former governor is set to deliver …

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 …