Scoop: Sanders' Sinema spat  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) withheld support for a joint statement condemning last weekend's protests against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) because it also wouldn't include a rebuke of her political views, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters …

Federal judge issues order blocking Texas' 6-week abortion ban  —  (CNN)A federal judge in Texas issued an order Wednesday blocking the state's six-week abortion ban.  —  US District Judge Robert Pitman's order is a victory for abortion rights proponents, who had seen other attempts to block the law stymied by the ban's novel design.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

Maryland man allegedly fatally shot his pharmacist brother for ‘killing people’ with the COVID vaccine, court records show  —  A Cumberland man allegedly killed his brother and sister-in-law in their Ellicott City home last week because his brother, a pharmacist, administered COVID-19 vaccines …

Brazil police find 3 mln euro Nazi haul at home of suspected pedophile  —  Police in Rio de Janeiro said on Wednesday they had found a haul of Nazi memorabilia and weapons worth an estimated 3 million euros at the home of a Brazilian man suspected of raping a minor.

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 …

Stephanie Grisham says when Trump ‘needed someone to tell him how awesome he was’ he'd call Matt Gaetz, who would ‘sing for his supper’  — Stephanie Grisham wrote in her new memoir that Rep. Matt Gaetz “would do anything” for Donald Trump.  — Grisham said Gaetz would regularly be called …

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 …

Two-thirds of Republicans want Trump to retain major political role; 44% want him to run again in 2024  —  Two-thirds of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say they would like to see former President Donald Trump continue to be a major political figure for many years to come …

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 …

Joy Hofmeister to flip parties, challenge Kevin Stitt for governor in 2022 … State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister is running for governor — as a Democrat.  —  The 57-year-old lifelong Republican told the Tulsa World in an exclusive interview that she is changing her party registration …

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 …

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

Bill Maher Explains Why His Crowd Is Now A Mix Of Conservatives and Liberals … No one in media has triggered the Left more this year than Bill Maher.  Liberals feel Maher has betrayed them, so they now call him an “angry white man.”  Or something.  —  Despite that caterwauling, Maher hasn't betrayed the Left.

Dave Chappelle's Endless Feedback Loop  —  The first time I saw Dave Chappelle on television, I thought, This guy is funny, but he's getting canceled.  I'd seen Half Baked, Blue Streak, and 200 Cigarettes, and I came to Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show expecting more caustic stoner wit.

Want to Be a City Commissioner?  It Helps to Be Friendly With the Mayor.  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio has appointed allies who worked on his past campaigns to head New York City agencies, despite them having little relevant experience.  —  Faced with half a dozen major vacancies during his eighth …

Mic Reboots Itself, With More Pop Culture Coverage and Less Politics  —  Under new ownership, the online publication aimed at younger readers unveiled a revamped version of itself on Wednesday.  —  Mic, an online magazine that was known for an earnest mix of political news and opinion essays aimed …

Lewandowski Demanded Cash After MAGA-Land Kicked Him to the Curb  —  “It doesn't matter if he'd asked for five dollars, it wasn't going to happen,” one individual familiar with the situation said.  —  Last week, Donald Trump announced the exile of his confidant and former top campaign aide Corey Lewandowski …

Newsom Vetoes Union Vote-by-Mail Bill for Farmworkers  —  Assembly Bill 616 would have made it easier for California farmworkers to vote to unionize by allowing them to fill out and mail ballots as absentees.  —  United Farm Workers members and supporters begin the “March for the Governor's Signature” …

Critical race theory was the hot topic on Fox News this summer.  Not so much anymore.  —  Concern about the intellectual framework triggered clashes at local school board meetings.  But it seems to be dropping off the public radar now.  —  Do you remember what the hottest topic on Fox News was this summer?

Texas man sentenced to 15 months in prison for posting Covid-19 hoax on social media  —  (CNN)A Texas man was sentenced to more than a year in federal prison for spreading a hoax related to Covid-19 on social media, prosecutors said.  —  Evidence showed Christopher Charles Perez, 40 …

Biden and Xi Jinping of China Agree to Hold a Virtual Summit  —  The agreement is a recognition of the dangers of going a year into a presidential term without a formal meeting between the leaders of the world's two largest economies.  —  President Biden will meet President Xi Jinping …