Absolutely Bully Kyrsten Sinema Outside Of Her Bathroom Stall  —  This senator is holding all of us back, and some of her most vulnerable constituents are, rightfully, sick of it.  —  Alerts  —  The effectiveness of certain kinds of protest will always be up for debate.

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Were Down: Here's What to Know  —  When apps used by billions of people worldwide blinked out, lives were disrupted, businesses were cut off from customers — and some Facebook employees were locked out of their offices.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook and its family of apps …

Democrats start bargaining in bid to save party-line megabill  —  Congressional Democrats don't want to talk about the discord around the total cost of President Joe Biden's social spending plan, even as that elusive figure remains the biggest impediment to the party's agenda.

Breaking Up with the Democratic Party  —  I changed my voting registration from ‘Democrat’ to ‘Independent’ today.  It was a strangely emotional experience.  —  I registered as a Democrat back in 1995 when I was 20 years old to vote for Bill Clinton's re-election.  It was a no-brainer for me.

Group files complaint with California bar association against John Eastman, lawyer who advised Trump on election challenges  —  A bipartisan group of former officials and legal heavyweights, including two former federal judges, asked the California bar association Monday to investigate …

OZY Rules: The House Negro Gets It in the End  —  The now-defunct OZY's business chicanery conceals a much more corrosive narrative.  —  “And in regards to your little music thing...” It was both a dressing down, very possibly Dressing Down #37, and a pep talk.  Or it was intended to be.

Top State adviser leaves post, rips Biden's use of Trump-era Title 42  —  A senior State Department official is leaving his role in the Biden administration.  And on his way out, he has sent a scathing internal memo criticizing the president's use of a Trump-era policy to expel migrants from the southern border.

Black Lives Matter comparison roils court in Jan. 6 cases  —  Federal judges are wrestling with a dilemma as dozens of cases stemming from the Capitol riot move toward sentencing: Should they throw the book at everyone who streamed into the building on Jan. 6, or just those who committed violence and destruction?

New York's largest health care provider fires 1,400 unvaccinated workers  —  Northwell Health, New York's largest hospital system, announced Monday that it fired 1,400 workers for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19.  —  Driving the news: The state's vaccine mandate for health workers went into effect last week.

Exclusive: Stephanie Grisham says ‘I regret’ enabling culture of dishonesty in Trump White House  —  The former Trump aide spoke exclusively to ABC News' George Stephanopoulos.  —  In an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, Stephanie Grisham, one of former President Donald Trump's …

Lousy Management, Knucklehead Hires Plague Operations of Real-Life Sopranos  —  Failure to stick with best business practices and a younger generation of bumbling suburban-bred mobsters kneecap a storied New York clan  —  NEW YORK CITY—The kiss of death for Mafia families isn't necessarily from gang wars or snitches.

‘Some are just psychopaths’: Chinese detective in exile reveals extent of torture against Uyghurs  —  (CNN)The raids started after midnight in Xinjiang.  —  Hundreds of police officers armed with rifles went house to house in Uyghur communities in the far western region of China …

Swab Job: Fox Folks Nix Vax  —  Dozens of Fox News employees in the Washington bureau apparently refuse vaccination, preferring daily nasal swabs.  —  MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2021/08/24: PARTICIPANTS SEEN HOLDING SIGNS AT THE PROTEST.  MEMBERS OF THE ACTIVIST GROUP RISE …

Miami Vice's Journey From Misfire to Masterpiece  —  Spend an evening with Vulture, every Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET on Twitter.  —  At regular but sometimes unpredictable intervals, Vulture selects a film to watch with our readers as part of our Wednesday Night Movie Club.

China PCR test orders soared before first reported COVID case  —  Government contracts show surges in Wuhan-area purchases starting May 2019  —  TOKYO — Purchases of PCR tests in China's Hubei Province surged months before the first official reports of a novel coronavirus case there …

Ken Griffin, Top GOP Donor, Rules Out Backing a Trump Rerun  —  Hedge fund manager Ken Griffin, a major donor to Republicans, ruled out supporting Donald Trump for another run for president.  —  “I think it's time for America to move on,” he said in a discussion Monday with Erik Schatzker at the Economic Club of Chicago.

Scoop: U.S. Chamber backs off BIF  —  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is withdrawing its support of the Senate-passed $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill just hours after Punchbowl News reported House Republicans were booting it from its strategy calls, Axios has learned.

One-time presidential candidate Evan McMullin will mount an independent bid to oust Republican Sen. Mike Lee, Robert Gehrke reports  —  A McMullin candidacy challenges the rigid two-party standard, which leaves too many Utahns unrepresented.  —  Independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin speaks …

Top Trans Doctors Blow the Whistle on ‘Sloppy’ Care  —  In exclusive interviews, two prominent providers sound off on puberty blockers, ‘affirmative’ care, the inhibition of sexual pleasure, and the suppression of dissent in their field.  —  For nearly a decade, the vanguard …

Florida Gov. DeSantis' wife diagnosed with breast cancer  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for October 4  —  EXCLUSIVE - Casey DeSantis, the wife of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, has been diagnosed with breast cancer.  —  “I am saddened to report that Florida's esteemed First Lady …

Scoop: House Republican says he's facing federal prosecution  —  The top Republican on the House Appropriations Committee's agriculture panel says he's facing federal prosecution, Axios has learned.  —  Driving the news: In a new fundraising page for his legal expense fund, Rep. Jeff Fortenberry …

Justice Department Addresses Violent Threats Against School Officials and Teachers  —  Citing an increase in harassment, intimidation and threats of violence against school board members, teachers and workers in our nation's public schools, today Attorney General Merrick B. Garland directed …

Company That Routes Billions of Text Messages Quietly Says It Was Hacked  —  Syniverse handles billions of text messages a year, and hackers had unauthorized access to its system for years.  —  Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai  —  A company that is a critical part of the global telecommunications …

Wisconsin GOP mimics Orwell's Thought Police  —  George Orwell's “Nineteen Eighty-Four” warned of a dystopian future where totalitarians imposed societal restrictions so rigid that any dissent was punished as a “thought crimes.”  To establish their authoritarian order, the fascists described in Orwell novel banned words.

Where's Daniel Dale?  CNN's Lead ‘Fact-Checker’ Goes Missing  —  CNN's top “fact-checker,” Daniel Dale, was a fixture on the cable network during Donald Trump's presidency.  He was the subject of numerous profiles in other media outlets, which lavished praise on the “virtuoso” journalist …