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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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.

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.

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 …

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

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.

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.

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 …

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

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.

“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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.”

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.

POLITICO-Harvard poll: Drug price negotiation is Americans' top priority  —  Americans support letting the government negotiate drug prices above all the other major priorities in the infrastructure and social spending packages now before Congress, according to a new POLITICO-Harvard poll …

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.

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.

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.”

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 …

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.