Kill the Bill  —  Members of Congress have begun to say explicitly in the last couple days what I think has been clear for weeks and months.  Kyrsten Sinema's multiple trips to the White House yesterday just confirms it.  She's not negotiating about any of this in good faith.

Trump donor: Corey Lewandowski made unwanted sexual advances  —  A Donald Trump donor is accusing Corey Lewandowski, one of the former president's longtime top aides, of making unwanted sexual advances toward her at a Las Vegas charity event over the weekend.

Scoop: Milley's blunt private blame for the State Department  —  In a classified briefing with senators on Tuesday, Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley directly blamed the State Department for a botched evacuation from Afghanistan, saying officials “waited too long” to order the operation …

YouTube is banning prominent anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content  —  The Google-owned video site previously only banned misinformation about coronavirus vaccines.  Facebook made the same change months ago.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube is taking …

Select Committee Subpoenas Organizers of Rallies and Events Preceding January 6th Insurrection  —  Washington—Today, Chairman Bennie G. Thompson announced that the Select Committee has issued subpoenas for deposition testimony and records to individuals tied to the events and rallies leading …

Trump Still Faces a Reckoning in New York  —  Court documents and interviews indicate that the Manhattan District Attorney is accumulating evidence of pervasive tax fraud.  —  Last Monday, eighty days after their first courtroom appearance in a case known as The People of the State of New York v …

Lawmakers drowned out by protesters as they announce critical race theory bill  —  Lawmakers were drowned out by protesters outside the U.S. Capitol Building on Wednesday as they announced a bill that would ban critical race theory in federally funded schools.

Olympic medalist and USC swimmer Klete Keller pleads guilty to Capitol riot charge  —  Klete Keller, the five-time Olympic swimming medalist from USC, agreed to a plea bargain Wednesday after facing seven federal charges for participating in the U.S. Capitol riot.

Why Is Every Young Person in America Watching ‘The Sopranos’?  —  The show's new audience is also seeing something different in it: a parable about a country in terminal decline.  —  To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.

Frontline Voters Support the Build Back Better Agenda  —  Summary and Highlights  — In September 2021, Data for Progress surveyed likely voters in eight key frontline districts: Arizona's 1st District, Florida's 7th District, Georgia's 7th District, Iowa's 3rd District, Maine's 2nd District …

Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 - Updates on Spectators, Vaccination and COVID-19 Countermeasures  —  IOC News Press Release Beijing 2022  —  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) held an Executive Board (EB) meeting today, in the presence of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

The Cops Who Touched Fentanyl  —  Can you overdose on fentanyl just from being near it?  Over the past few years, a number of police officers have said that they O.D.'d merely from brief exposure to the drug.  In 2016, the Drug Enforcement Administration even issued a warning to cops about the dangers of such encounters.

Think tank president quits after domestic violence complaint  —  Jerry Taylor, the co-founder and president of the Niskanen Center, recently resigned from the Washington, D.C.-based think tank after being charged with violently attacking his wife, according to court records obtained by POLITICO.

Senate parliamentarian rules out Democrats' immigration plan B  —  The Senate parliamentarian has nixed Democrats' back-up plan for getting immigration reform into a sweeping spending bill, handing them a second setback.  —  Democrats had pitched parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough …

“I Felt Like There Was No Mercy”: Cori Bush Is Ready to Talk About Her Abortion  —  Bush, who will tell her story at a Congressional hearing on Thursday, recognizes that as reproductive rights come under legislative attack, accounts like hers are crucial.  —  Seated on the edge of a grey couch …

In ‘Rationality,’ Steven Pinker Sticks Up (Again) for Reason's Role in Human Progress … When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission.  —  For someone who so frequently and serenely proclaims that he's right, Steven Pinker can get curiously defensive.

Wisconsin GOP lawmakers want superintendent, treasurer and secretary of state appointed, not elected  —  MADISON - Republican lawmakers are proposing to eliminate elections for the state superintendent, state treasurer and secretary of state and instead allow governors to appoint those positions.