House appears poised to pull infrastructure vote amid stubborn stalemate  —  House Democrats appear poised to miss a second vote on a bipartisan infrastructure bill this week, highlighting the stubborn stalemate over the larger social benefits package at the core of President Biden's agenda.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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” …

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 …

Congresswomen share personal stories of abortion in hopes of bringing change to policy conversation  —  Three congresswomen who will testify at a House oversight hearing on reproductive rights shared their deeply personal experiences about abortion.  They are hoping their stories can change …

Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to year of house arrest over illegal campaign funding  —  Former French president knowingly exceeded spending limits during his 2012 presidential election bid.  —  PARIS — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced Thursday for knowingly exceeding spending limits during …

Former Nazi camp secretary in German trial, 96, on the run  —  BERLIN (AP) — A former secretary for the SS commander of the Stutthof concentration camp was being sought on an arrest warrant Thursday after skipping the planned start of her trial in Germany on more than 11,000 counts of accessory to murder, officials said.

Big Pharma Fights Back  —  The Democrats have proposed paying for part of President Biden's Build Back Better plan with $500 billion in savings on what the government will pay prescription drug companies through Medicare and other public programs over the next decade.

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 …

Black student is revealed to have written N-word graffiti that called for death of black people and led to walk-out at Missouri high school  — A black student scrawled racist graffiti featuring the N-word that led to walk-outs at Parkway Central High School in Missouri, school officials said Tuesday

Four more Republican members of Congress appear to have violated a federal law designed to combat insider trading and conflicts of interest  — Reps. John Rutherford, Rick Allen, Victoria Spartz, and Mike Kelly submitted seemingly tardy stock trade disclosures.  — They could face fines or other congressional ethics scrutiny.

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 …

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 …

Next border surge  —  Panama foreign minister Erika Mouynes expressed frustration to Axios that the Biden administration seemed caught off guard by the Haitian migrant crisis because “we sounded the alarm when we should have.”  —  Why it matters: The worst may still be coming.

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 …

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 …

Bacon prices have skyrocketed to record levels, and they might not go down anytime soon  —  San Francisco (CNN Business)Bacon is more expensive for Americans than it has been in the past 40 years.  —  And yes, that is accounting for inflation.  —  That hankering for pork chops is costing you about 7% more than 12 months ago.

Liz Cheney calls GOP colleagues ‘despicable’ for haranguing Gen. Milley over book revelations  —  Cheney calls Republican colleagues ‘despicable’ for questioning Gen. Milley's loyalty  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming lashed out at her fellow Republicans on Wednesday as they bashed …

“Trust No One”: Anti-Vax Meeting Devolves Into Paranoia  —  The public call included warnings that the Chinese Communist Party controls Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and suspicion that others in the meeting were infiltrators  —  A meeting hosted by anti-vax group Stand Up Massachusetts …