President Biden's COVID-19 Plan  —  President Biden is implementing a six-pronged, comprehensive national strategy that employs the same science-based approach that was used to successfully combat previous variants of COVID-19 earlier this year.  This plan will ensure that we are using every available tool …

Progressives Want Justice Stephen Breyer To Retire.  His Response?  Not Yet  —  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has said he will retire on his own terms amid calls from progressives for him to step down from the court so President Biden can name a younger liberal to take his place.

Andrew Yang to launch a third party  —  Former presidential and New York mayoral candidate Andrew Yang is set to launch a third party next month, according to two people familiar with the matter.  —  Yang is expected to start the party in conjunction with the Oct. 5 release of his new book …

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 …

FBI Seizes Oath Keeper Lawyer's Phone in “Seditious Conspiracy” Investigation  —  Fight disinformation.  Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.  Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.  —  The FBI is investigating “seditious conspiracy” charges related to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol …

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 …

Usher, Priyanka Chopra & Julianne Hough Set For ‘The Activist’, CBS Competition Series From Global Citizen  —  Usher, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Julianne Hough are set to co-host the Global Citizen competition series from CBS, The Activist.  The five-week reality series premieres Friday …

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 …

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 …

Congress raising the debt ceiling is suddenly a problem for Republicans … Politics, like fashion, can be cyclical.  And in the coming weeks, America is about to go through the economic version of the return of low-rise jeans — a baffling choice that even in theory benefits only a few select individuals …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The American Aristocracy Tries to Fight Racism.  It's Not Working.  —  Mackenzie Scott's gift to Whittier College represents less than a third of one percent of all the money she gave last year.  But it has transformed the school.  And not for the better.

Statement from the President on Withdrawal of David Chipman's Nomination to Lead ATF  —  David Chipman spent 25 years in distinguished service to our country as an ATF agent.  He's a gun owner himself, and someone who has the backing of law enforcement groups.