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 …

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 …

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 …

Trump-Backed Candidate Loses Bid to Silence Tell-All Book Author  —  A Trump-endorsed candidate for Congress in Ohio is battling accusations he was physically abusive to a fellow White House staffer, as details from her tell-all book on the inner turmoil of the Trump White House threatens …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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.

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 …

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 …

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!”

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 …

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 …

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.

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” …

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.

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.

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 …

Pro-Trump social media influencer and speaker at Jan. 5 rally pleads guilty to disorderly conduct in Capitol riot  —  A social media influencer who spoke at a pro-Donald Trump rally in Washington on Jan. 5 pleaded guilty Wednesday to disorderly conduct during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.