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 …

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

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 …

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 …

Dissension at the Supreme Court as justices take their anger public  —  (CNN)Supreme Court justices have revealed a new level of defensiveness and anger in recent weeks, showing irritation with public expectations, the news media and one another.  —  The extraordinary public display extends beyond …

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 …

Trump Extremists Brought Numerous Guns on January 6, Evidence Shows  —  Rioters at the Capitol carried concealed pistols, allegedly stockpiled weapons nearby, and called for overthrowing the US government.  —  Fight disinformation.  Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.

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.

“God's will is being thwarted.”  Even in solid Republican counties, hard-liners seek more partisan control of elections.  —  The political battle in one Texas county where Trump got 81% of the vote offers a rare view into the virulent distrust and unyielding pressure facing elections administrators.

Portugal has nearly run out of people to vaccinate.  What comes next?  —  LISBON — Portugal's vaccination campaign is almost over now, and it has exceeded even the wildest goals.  Nearly an entire nation trusted in the science, officials say.  At mass immunization centers, just the last trickle of teenagers is passing through.

The price of living near the shore is already high.  It's about to go through the roof.  —  As FEMA prepares to remove subsidies from its flood insurance, a new assessment says 8 million homeowners in landlocked states are at risk of serious flooding because of climate change

Biden's approval slumps after a slew of crises: AP-NORC poll  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's popularity has slumped after a slew of challenges in recent weeks at home and abroad for the leader who pledged to bring the country together and restore competence in government …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.”

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.

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.

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.

The Conservatives Dreading—And Preparing for—Civil War  —  “Let me start big.  The mission of the Claremont Institute is to save Western civilization,” says Ryan Williams, the organization's president, looking at the camera, in a crisp navy suit.  “We've always aimed high.”  A trumpet blares.

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

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 …

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” …

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

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.

POLITICO Playbook: Another big day for Biden's presidency: What to watch  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  NO DEAL — So much for that make-or-break Thursday vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill (aka BIF).  Speaker NANCY PELOSI delayed the roll call just before 11 p.m. after a flurry …

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.