Dear Colleague Following President Biden's Visit with Our Democratic Caucus  —  Today, President Biden honored us with his first in-person visit to our Caucus.  He received a hero's welcome!  His presentation on the values of the Biden vision was warmly and enthusiastically received.

White House faces grueling choices as major cuts hang over Biden economic package  —  White House officials are preparing how to dramatically scale back President Biden's economic agenda if forced to accommodate the demands of centrist lawmakers critical to its passage, according to five people with knowledge of internal discussions.

‘Kraken Queen’ Sidney Powell Is Now on Trump's ‘No-Go List’  —  BLACKLISTED  —  “Her problems right now do not need to be the [former] president's problems,” one knowledgeable source said.  —  Being Sidney Powell is harder than it used to be.  —  Once, she was a key player in Donald Trump's inner circle.

Taiwan angered after largest ever incursion by Chinese air force  —  Taiwan sharply criticised China on Saturday after Beijing marked the founding of the People's Republic of China with the largest ever incursion by the Chinese air force into the island's air defence zone.

Ozy Media Says It Is Shutting Down  —  The digital media start-up had come under scrutiny for its business practices in recent days following articles in The Times.  — Read in app  —  Ozy Media, the digital media company that came under scrutiny for its business practices in recent days …

Why I felt betrayed by Netflix's Midnight Mass  —  Horror is a natural refuge for atheists and sinners.  But Netflix's Midnight Mass made me feel erased.  —  I've been trying to put my finger on why Midnight Mass, Netflix's new seven-part series from the creator of The Haunting of Hill House …

Hack exposes law enforcement officers who signed up to join anti-government Oath Keepers  —  Will Carless Grace Hauck Erin MansfieldUSA TODAY  —  The law enforcement officers described what they could offer the Oath Keepers:  —  “I have a wide variety of law enforcement experience …

U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 700,000 Despite Wide Availability of Vaccines  —  The latest Covid-19 deaths were concentrated in the South, and included more younger people than before.  Every age group under 55 saw its highest death toll of the pandemic this August.  — Read in app

Bannon fires up ‘shock troops’ for next GOP White House  —  WASHINGTON — Scores of former Trump political appointees gathered at a GOP social club Wednesday night to hear Steve Bannon detail how they could help the next Republican president reconfigure government.

“They Tell Me I Shouldn't But . . .”: Sotomayor Calls on Law Students to Oppose the Texas Abortion Law  —  Modern justices have long chafed at the restraints of judicial ethical rules about public commentary.  The late Ruth Bader Ginsburg was celebrated as “notorious” due in part …

Jan. 6 Was Worse Than It Looked  — Read in app  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.  —  However horrifying the Jan. 6 riot …

Governor's race in Va. has Republicans dreaming of a post-Trump future  —  A tense race for governor in Virginia is testing a new reality for Democrats and Republicans: how to run when Donald Trump is not in the White House and not on the ballot.  —  Democrat Terry McAuliffe …

Ted Cruz Is Blocking Biden Nominees  —  Dozens of nominations have been held up by a fight between the Texas senator and the Biden administration over a Russian gas pipeline project.  — Read in app  —  WASHINGTON — The arrival of a new U.S. ambassador to Mexico is usually a routine event.

Caslen calls coming to USC ‘biggest regret of my life’ as emails show split over departure  —  COLUMBIA — More than four months after resigning as president at the University of South Carolina amid a plagiarism scandal, Bob Caslen remains bitter about how his 21-month tenure ended.

Abortion rights hang in the balance, as advocates rally across the country  —  Abortion-rights advocates are protesting in cities across the U.S. on Saturday, with their movement feeling deeply uneasy about what comes next after Texas enacted the nation's most restrictive abortion law …

‘Collusion’ pushers in a spin over Durham indictment linked to Clinton camp  —  What a surprise: The media-Democrat complex that, for years, attempted to convince the country that a sitting US president was a clandestine agent of Russia is now spinning wildly, trying to persuade Americans …