Ozy Built a TV Show on a False Claim, Says Its Former Producer  —  Producers say they were led to believe they were making a talk show for A&E, which said no to the program.  “You are playing a dangerous game with the truth,” the top producer wrote in his resignation email.  — Read in app

Durham issues fresh round of subpoenas in his continuing probe of FBI investigation into Trump, Russia  —  Washington (CNN)Special Counsel John Durham has issued a new set of subpoenas, including to a law firm with close ties to Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, an indication that Durham …

Pill Intended to Be Covid-19's Tamiflu Succeeds in Key Study  —  Drug from Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics cut risk of hospitalization or death by 50% in early look at progress  —  Merck & Co. and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP said their experimental Covid-19 pill helped …

Alex Jones Just Lost 2 Sandy Hook Cases  —  A judge issued default judgments — a rarity in the legal world — against Jones and Infowars after the conspiracy theorist failed to produce discovery records.  —  Infowars host Alex Jones has lost two of several lawsuits filed against him by relatives …

Vaccination rates for New York health-care workers rise after mandate … A New York state mandate that took effect this week, requiring health-care workers to be vaccinated against the deadly coronavirus, has boosted the immunization rates of care providers, to the relief of officials …

Harriet Hageman once rebuked Trump and endorsed Liz Cheney.  She's now challenging her with his support  —  (CNN)Harriet Hageman, who earned the endorsement of former President Donald Trump in her 2022 bid to challenge Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, once called her current opponent a “proven, courageous, constitutional conservative.”

How Jared and Ivanka Hijacked the White House's Covid Response  —  The year 2020 started on a promising enough note for the president, at least considering all we'd endured the previous three years.  The economy was good, the impeachment effort on Ukraine looked like a dud and the polls were decent.

Alito speaks out on Texas abortion case and ‘shadow docket’  —  Justice Samuel Alito leapt into a political fray over the Supreme Court on Thursday, lashing back at critics who have accused the justices of increasingly issuing momentous decisions on its emergency docket without the benefit of a full briefing or oral arguments.

Oath Keepers Panicked That the Left Would ‘Decapitate’ Them After Failed Capitol Putsch  —  Emails from Oath Keepers leader Stuart Rhodes show extreme paranoia after the Capitol riot, including fears that Joe Biden would cut the U.S. power grid.  —  In the weeks after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot …

Cracking the Sinema code  —  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's political allies have some free advice for anyone trying to bully the wine-drinking triathlete into supporting President Biden's $3.5 trillion budget bill: She doesn't play by Washington's rules — and she's prepared to walk away.

Joe Biden's rapid retreat on climate ambitions  —  Rejecting a higher carbon price means renouncing the most effective tool for cutting emissions  —  Everyone talks about the weather, goes the quip, but nobody does anything about it.  Joe Biden billed himself as the long-awaited departure …

Harris' office does damage control over student's Israel ‘ethnic genocide’ comment  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' office is working behind the scenes to mend relationships with pro-Israel Democrats after not pushing back on a student who, in asking her a question, accused Israel of “ethnic genocide.”

Fox News Poll: Tight race for Virginia governor  —  The survey, released Thursday, was conducted September 26 through September 29 among Virginia registered voters  —  McAuliffe says parents shouldn't choose their children's curriculum  —  Virginia voters give Democrat Terry McAuliffe …

Inside the CIA's desperate effort to rescue its Afghan allies  —  Often the spy business is about betrayal.  But for the CIA in Afghanistan, even amid the catastrophic U.S. withdrawal in August, the story in recent months has largely been about keeping faith with its local partners.

How to counter China's growing economic power around the globe  —  Lithuania has always lived in a tough neighborhood.  Having a Russian bear for a neighbor is not easy.  —  This small nation of 2.7 million people has punched above its weight as a democratic leader in the region.

Biden's memory hole  —  I must return to the subject of President Joe Biden's falsehoods.  Despite devoting this space last week to “White House Whoppers,” it's necessary to discuss our chief executive's dishonesty further, for it's been glaringly exposed again, this time by the military brass.

Biden has zero credibility on his $3.5 trillion spending bill  —  President Joe Biden can't seem to settle on how to sell the nation on his $3.5 trillion spending plan.  First, the White House tried to convince the country it was a “human infrastructure” bill.

Number of unvaccinated United staff drops from 593 to 320 after airline said it would fire them  — United Airlines told its 67,000 U.S. employees in August that they must be vaccinated against Covid-19 by this fall.  — More than 96% complied with the mandate, and 2,000 sought exemptions.

More Than Half of Police Killings Are Undercounted, New Study Says  —  Researchers comparing information from death certificates with data from organizations that track police killings in the United States identified a startling discrepancy.  — Read in app

Democracy Cannot Survive the Fracturing of the Democratic Coalition  —  When anti-authoritarian coalitions splinter, the authoritarians take over.  —  (PHOTOS: GETTYIMAGES / SHUTTERSTOCK)  —  In the early days of the first Trump presidency, our organization cohosted a “Summit for Democracy” …

Why I Am Suing UCLA  —  I refused to discriminate against my students.  Then the problems began.  —  Recently, I was suspended from my job for refusing to treat my black students as lesser than their non-black peers.  —  Let me back up: I teach at UCLA's Anderson School of Management, and I've been doing this for 40 years.

The Trailer: So long, swing seats: Gerrymandering is already shrinking the midterm map  —  In this edition: The slow death of the swing seat, debate echoes in New Jersey and Virginia, and a boom market in anti-Kyrsten Sinema PACs.  —  Please don't make me write about an August 2024 primary until at least next month.

Germany's election casts U.S. democracy in harsh light  —  You're reading an excerpt from the Today's WorldView newsletter.  Sign up to get the rest, including news from around the globe, interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday.  —  It's a scenario that ought to feel familiar to many Americans.

Senior al Qaeda leader killed in drone strike in Syria, US defense officials say  —  The figure was responsible for planning, funding, and approving trans-regional al Qaeda attacks

The epic COVID-19 memorial on the National Mall, in one stunning photo  —  4,882 photos taken over 30 hours.  More than 670,000 flags representing American lives lost.  An incalculable measure of grief.  —  BYRACHEL HARTIGAN  —  For more than 30 hours, photographer and National Geographic …

The Debt Limit Chronicles, Sept. 30  —  Believe it or not, this is a largely positive entry.  —  This is a streamlined, video-centric, and mainly positive (!) update.  For previous installments, with all the background details I am skipping this time, see those from September 24, September 26, and September 28.

Scientists drove a robotic surfboard into Hurricane Sam, and the waves were incredible  —  It was the first-ever ocean drone to intercept a major hurricane, battling 50-foot waves and winds gusting higher than 120 mph  —  Scientists with Saildrone and the National Oceanic …

In Search of African Arabic  —  The majority of the world's Arabic speakers inhabit Africa and its diasporas.  So why is much of continental Africa absent in Arabic language curricula?  —  Vaughn Rasberry is associate professor of English at Stanford University and academic director …

This Is Why We Need to Spend $4 Trillion  — Read in app  —  I've spent the last few weeks in a controlled fury — and I'm not normally a fury kind of guy.  Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and others are trying to pass arguably the most consequential legislative package in a generation …

Covid is killing rural Americans at twice the rate of people in urban areas  —  Unvaccinated Covid patients still overwhelming health care workers  —  Rural Americans are dying of Covid at more than twice the rate of their urban counterparts — a divide that health experts say is likely …

House Delays Vote on Infrastructure Bill as Democrats Feud  —  A liberal revolt left Democrats short of votes, but leaders insisted they would bring up the measure again on Friday, giving them more time to reach a deal on a separate climate and safety net bill.  — Read in app