Manchin trashes Democratic spending bill: ‘Fiscal insanity’  —  Sen. Joe Manchin, a key centrist Democrat whose approval is required to pass the party's massive social welfare spending package, firmly rejected the proposal on Wednesday, criticizing the $3.5 trillion cost and the vast new entitlements it would provide.

Senate reaches deal to avoid government shutdown, Schumer announces  —  Congress racing to prevent government shutdown  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that senators have reached a deal on a stopgap government funding measure to prevent a shutdown.

January 6 committee targets organizers of Stop the Steal rally in latest batch of subpoenas  —  (CNN)The select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection has issued its second round of subpoenas, this time targeting individuals involved in the planning and organization of the …

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 …

Officer-Involved Delusions  —  Cops lie to us.  We should be even more worried when they lie to themselves.  —  The latest episode of The Politics of Everything is about police and fentanyl.  Specifically, it's about what exactly is happening when police officers “overdose” …

Trump Super PAC Removes Corey Lewandowski After Sexual Harassment Claim  —  The move came after a donor to former President Donald J. Trump said that Mr. Lewandowski had made unwanted sexual advances and touched her inappropriately.  —  Corey Lewandowski, a longtime political adviser to Donald J. Trump …

Why progressives really may kill the bill  —  Presented by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network  —  With help from Renuka Rayasam and Tyler Weyant  —  PROGRESSIVES' PILGRIMAGE — It is an article of faith among most Democrats that progressives will always cave …

Facebook's Documents About Instagram and Teens, Published  —  The Senate holds a hearing Thursday about the social network's impact, prompted by The Wall Street Journal's coverage  —  Facebook Inc. is scheduled to testify at a Senate hearing on Thursday about its products' effects on young people's mental health.

Wisconsin Assembly passes ban on teaching critical race theory  —  Teaching public school students and training employees about concepts such as systemic racism and implicit bias would be banned under legislation Republicans passed in the state Assembly Tuesday.

Antisemitic mailer in Virginia legislative race follows a recent GOP pattern  —  Antisemitic stereotypes, tropes and imagery, centuries old, recur episodically in American politics, and not only on the ideological fringes.  Days ago, in a tightly contested Northern Virginia state legislative race …

We're Already Barreling Toward the Next Pandemic  —  A year after the United States bombed its pandemic performance in front of the world, the Delta variant opened the stage for a face-saving encore.  If the U.S. had learned from its mishandling of the original SARS-CoV-2 virus …

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem dismisses conservative website's claims of extramarital affair with former Trump adviser  —  South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R) on Wednesday dismissed a conservative media outlet's claim that she is having an extramarital affair with Corey Lewandowski, a former Trump adviser who is also advising Noem.

Democrats worry a loss in Virginia could set off a cascade of election troubles  —  President Biden's slumping approval ratings and gridlock on Capitol Hill have raised the risk that Democrats could lose the Virginia governor's race, according to party insiders who fear a defeat …

Colorado Man Pleads Guilty to Felony Charge for Obstructing Congress During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach  —  Defendant Admits to Acting to Obstruct Election Certification, Disregarding Law Enforcement, and Destroying Records of Unlawful Activity  —  A Colorado man pleaded guilty today …

Leader of ‘Atomwaffen’ hate group convicted of five federal felonies for conspiracy to threaten journalists and Anti-Defamation League employees  —  Defendant created threatening posters sent to homes in three states  —  Seattle - The leader of a Neo-Nazi hate group ‘Atomwaffen’ was convicted today …

The importance of repression  —  A little over a half-century ago, the sociologist Philip Rieff announced the “triumph of the therapeutic” with his 1966 book of the same name.  Perhaps because the phrase itself is so striking, it has been widely cited but only rarely understood.

He Ran Over BLM Protesters—but Apparently That's Not a Crime  —  OFF THE HOOK … He joked on social media about running down protesters and fled the state after actually doing it “to get out of a situation that he felt was dangerous to his family.”  —  Jared Benjamin Lafer …

Talk of Iraq Recognizing Israel Prompts Threats of Arrest or Death  —  A conference promoting normalization, organized by a little-known American group, prompted a furor, pointing to the volatility and danger in Iraqi politics.  —  BAGHDAD — A conference last Friday in Iraq's Kurdistan …

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 …

How the phrase ‘natural immunity’ misleads us about real risks and dangers  —  Antibodies to the coronavirus are not better just because they are ‘natural.’  —  What began as a viral TikTok hashtag has infected every social media platform: Many of the proudly unvaccinated now identify themselves as #Pureblood.

EXCLUSIVE: Jailed Marine Who Demanded Accountability For Afghanistan Offered To Resign Honorably But Was Rejected  — Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller offered to resign under honorable conditions but his request was rejected, according to Marine Corps documents exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Oklahoma Welcomes Hundreds Of Afghan Refugees — Despite The State GOP's Objections  —  In a cavernous warehouse in Tulsa, Okla., Kathy Clarke is digging through a big produce crate filled with bedsheets, keeping a tally on a clipboard.  —  “They're bringing in a bunch of stuff and then we're sorting through it,” Clarke says.

Takeaways from the Del Rio Migrant Camp Crisis: What Now?  —  DEL RIO, Texas — The migrant encampment under the international bridge here has been liquidated and the 15,000 mostly Haitian illegal migrants who had pooled under it have moved on to different futures (most paroled into the United States …

VP Harris to student who accused Israel of ‘genocide’: Your truth must be heard  —  US Vice President Kamala Harris applauded a student who accused Israel of “ethnic genocide,” saying “your truth cannot be suppressed.”  —  During a discussion with students about National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday …

Why NFL TV ratings are rebounding this season  —  The National Football League is defying gravity in the changing television universe.  —  Three weeks into the 2021 season, overall viewing of the NFL is up 9% over the comparable period last year according to data from Nielsen and the league's partners …