How AT&T helped build far-right One America News  —  As it lauded former President Donald Trump and spread his unfounded claims of election fraud, One America News Network saw its viewership jump.  Reuters has uncovered how America's telecom giant nurtured the news channel now at the center …

McConnell proposes debt limit deal  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is offering Democrats a deal that could help the country avoid defaulting on its debt.  —  Driving the news: The proposal includes two options, which McConnell laid out in a statement on Wednesday …

Former Supreme Court Justice Gableman, head of Wisconsin election review, says he does not understand how elections work  —  Patrick Marley Natalie EilbertMilwaukee Journal Sentinel  —  GREEN BAY - The attorney leading a partisan review of Wisconsin's 2020 election acknowledged this week …

Americans Give President Biden Lowest Marks Across The Board, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Majority Say The Biden Administration Is Not Competent  — mail_outline  —  President Joe Biden receives a negative 38 - 53 percent job approval rating, the lowest score he's received …

A ‘Historical Event’: First Malaria Vaccine Approved by W.H.O.  —  Malaria kills about 500,000 people each year, about half of them children in Africa.  —  The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the first ever vaccine to prevent malaria, debuting a tool that could save the lives …

Top Trump aides set to defy subpoenas in Capitol attack investigation  —  Source says Meadows, Bannon and others will move to undercut House select committee inquiry - under instructions from Trump  —  Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and other top aides subpoenaed …

Cold case team says Zodiac Killer ID'd, linking him to another murder  —  The Zodiac Killer terrorized the San Francisco area in the late 1960s and has never been caught  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for October 5  —  A team of specialists who investigate cold cases says it has identified …

Chuck Grassley Congratulates Korean American Judicial Nominee: ‘Your People’ Have A Good Work Ethic  —  The GOP senator told Lucy Koh that her background reminds him of his daughter-in-law telling him Koreans “can make a lot out of nothing.”  —  Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Wednesday told Lucy Koh …

South Dakota Is a Moral Sewer and Should Be Abolished  —  South Dakota is in the news because a consortium of journalists exposed shady doings there that take advantage of the state's status as a notorious tax haven, and because the state's governor, Kristi Noem, is caught …

Hospital system says it will deny transplants to the unvaccinated in ‘almost all situations’  —  A Colorado-based health system says it is denying organ transplants to patients not vaccinated against the coronavirus in “almost all situations,” citing studies that show these patients are much more likely to die if they get covid-19.

No reconciliation bill could be “too small”  —  When pressed, Manchin likes to describe the spree he has in mind as “targeted” and “paid for.”  But even if this were true — even if every dollar spent were matched to a dollar raised by taxation — it would still miss the point.

Caught on Video: Rashida Tlaib Admits She Only Wears Mask for Cameras  —  Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) thinks masks only need to be worn if someone is there to catch you without one, according to remarks caught on video during a Detroit community event.  —  The “Squad” member told attendees …

Screaming Matches, Oxygen Masks, and Wild Stampedes: A Congressman Describes January 6 From the House Floor  —  “This is because of you!” a Democrat yelled at a Republican as protesters battered at the doors and Capitol police officers urged lawmakers to “move!”

A Secret CIA Gate at Kabul Airport Became an Escape Path for Afghans  —  Nicknamed Glory Gate, the back entrance was hidden from the Taliban and used to evacuate embassy staff and others  —  WASHINGTON—While thousands of people crowded outside the main gates of the Kabul airport seeking …

Former Trump DOJ No. 2 sits for interview with Jan. 6 committee  —  Richard Donoghue — formerly the Justice Department's second-in-command — appeared for a closed-door interview on Friday with the select panel investigating Jan. 6, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Tampa Oath Keeper stays jailed after judge finds he threatened cops  —  Jeremy Brown, a one-time congressional candidate, attended the Jan.6 Capitol riot.  Agents say they found unregistered guns, and hand grenades, in his home.  —  Published Earlier today

Mike Lee may finally pay for his Trump sycophancy  —  Mike Lee knew better.  —  The Republican senator from Utah knew John Eastman's crackpot theory to overthrow the election was hogwash.  Nevertheless, he took the path of least resistance.  He did not go public with the attempted coup.

Troubled student loan forgiveness program gets an overhaul  —  The Biden administration is moving to relax the rules for a student loan forgiveness program that has been criticized for its notoriously complex requirements — a change that could offer debt relief to thousands of teachers …

How Trump's health department fell in love with charter jets  —  Documents offer new insight into the strategy of shuttling former HHS secretary Tom Price around America  —  In April 2017, officials at the Department of Health and Human Services grappled with an urgent request …

Terry McAuliffe May Need a Wellness Check as Campaign Suffers Another Big Blow  —  With just a few weeks to go before Election Day, the implosion of his campaign could not be coming at a worse time for Virginia Democrat gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe.  And today, things got worse.

Both of These Politicians Opposed Iron Dome Funding.  Only One Was Called Antisemitic  —  While Republican Senator Rand Paul drew criticism this week from the likes of AIPAC, it was nowhere near the level heaped on Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, as well as other progressives, for their stance on Iron Dome

Bill de Blasio Thinks He Could Be Governor.  Does Anyone Else?  —  A run for higher office by New York City's mayor might be viewed skeptically across the state, but he says he wants to remain in public life.  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio has begun to tell people privately that he plans to run …

CNN spent nearly 80% of September under 1 million viewers  —  The liberal network saw a 41% drop from September 2020  —  Chris Cuomo accused of sexual harassment by former ABC colleague  —  The news cycle has hardly slowed down since President Joe Biden took office, but CNN doesn't appear to be reaping the benefits.

Cotton joins growing list of lawmakers demanding answers from DOJ about investigations into parents  —  DOJ said it would investigate threats against school boards amid nationwide debates on masks, CRT  —  Sen. Josh Hawley grills DOJ official on memo targeting threats, school board members

How Tight Is Trump's Grip on the GOP?  Take a Look at the Ohio Senate Primary  —  Five candidates offer slight variations on Trumpism, in a contest that will test the ex-president's popularity  —  WELLINGTON, Ohio—For three decades, Rob Portman checked all the boxes of a classic pro …

NATO expels eight Russian ‘undeclared intelligence officers’ in response to suspected killings and espionage  —  The move, which is understood to have been agreed on Tuesday, comes after revelations emerged about suspected Moscow involvement in a deadly explosion at an ammunition depot in the Czech Republic in 2014.