By Attacking Me, Justice Alito Proved My Point  —  Last month, Justice Samuel Alito insisted that the Supreme Court's critics are wrong.  The Court is not “a dangerous cabal” that is “deciding important issues in a novel, secretive, improper way, in the middle of the night, hidden from public view,” he said.

CBS News poll: Vaccine and economy fights driving tight Virginia governor's race  —  The Virginia governor's race is but one state contest, an entire year before the midterms.  So why are the nation's political eyes all watching it so intensely?  Because, as our poll finds …

A Southwest Pilot Explains What Happened over the Weekend … Southwest blamed “air traffic control issues” and inclement weather for the cancelled flights, but the problems were actually a direct result of the airline's announcement on October 4 that all of its 56,000 U.S. employees were required …

The U.S. will open the Canada and Mexico borders for fully vaccinated travelers.  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will lift travel restrictions at the land borders with Canada and Mexico starting in November for fully vaccinated travelers, reopening the door of the United States …

Marine who criticized U.S. handling of Afghanistan withdrawal will plead guilty, seek favorable discharge  —  A Marine officer whose viral videos criticizing senior officials for how they withdrew from Afghanistan created a political uproar will plead guilty to several charges and seek …

Democrats need a win — now  —  In politics, success tends to beget success.  That truism apparently eluded leftwing Democrats on Sept. 30 when they refused to vote for President Biden's $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill.  —  Instead of basking in accolades for having passed …

Kyrie Irving and his vaccine stance clarified: Why the Nets star has made a decision that will sideline him  —  Kyrie Irving believes he is fighting for something bigger than basketball — and the unintended consequences are that his mission is conflicting with his career and his franchise, the Brooklyn Nets.

Walgreens closes five more San Francisco locations, citing ‘organized retail crime’  —  Walgreens is closing five more San Francisco locations as drug stores from the Bay Area to the Big Apple are besieged by rampant shoplifting and lax enforcement.  —  San Fran shoplifters have been emboldened …

Suspended Trump Appointee: Pentagon Is Keeping My Job in Limbo  —  OUT OF WORK  —  A top Pentagon official appointed by former President Donald Trump sued Tuesday over her suspension from the Defense Department, alleging that it is stalling her return and that she has not been allowed …

The ‘New York Times of the right’ is ... the New York Times  —  CNN's Brian Stelter touched off a bit of social media controversy on his show “Reliable Sources” Sunday.  Citing low trust in the media among Americans, Stelter called on folks to draw a distinction between reporters …

A record number of workers are quitting their jobs, empowered by new leverage  —  4.3 million people quit their jobs in August, nearly 3 percent of the workforce.  —  The number of people quitting their jobs has surged to record highs, pushed by a combination of factors …

Bashar Assad's Playboy Cousin Spotted Driving $300K Ferrari in Beverly Hills  —  Ali Makhlouf, whose one-time billionaire father is on multiple U.S. sanctions list for financing the Syrian regime, told “what do you do for a living” Instagram star Daniel Mac he was doing an internship.  —  MP

Unruly customers threaten economic recovery  —  The pace of the economic recovery hinges in part on workers returning to jobs that involve dealing with an unpredictable public.  But many of those workers say increasingly combative customers — angry about everything from long wait times to mask mandates — have prompted them to quit.

“There will be things that people can't get,” at Christmas, White House warns  —  White House officials, scrambling to relieve global supply bottlenecks choking U.S. ports, highways and railways, warn Americans may face higher prices and some empty shelves this Christmas season.

Catholic Troops Can Refuse COVID Vaccine, Archbishop Declares  —  “No one should be forced to receive a COVID-19 vaccine if it would violate the sanctity of his or her conscience,” Broglio wrote.  —  Catholic U.S. troops should be allowed to refuse the COVID-19 vaccine based solely …

Jon Gruden exposes the NFL's woke hypocrisy  —  Former head coach John Gruden of the Las Vegas Raiders (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)  —  Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden resigned Monday after insensitive emails he'd sent a decade ago were leaked to the media, gifting us the latest example of woke mob hypocrisy.

Past Pandemics Remind Us Covid Will Be an Era, Not a Crisis That Fades  —  The skeletons move across a barren landscape toward the few helpless and terrified people still living.  The scene, imagined in a mid-16th-century painting, “The Triumph of Death” by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, illuminated the psychic impact of the bubonic plague.

What the Future May Hold for the Coronavirus and Us  —  Viral evolution is a long game.  Here's where scientists think we could be headed.  —  On Jan. 9, 2020, about a week after the world first learned of a mysterious cluster of pneumonia cases in central China, authorities announced …

Pro-Trump PAC fined over foreign money offer  —  A pro-Trump political group has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle allegations it illegally solicited $2 million from reporters posing as intermediaries for a Chinese national.  —  Why it matters: A key player in the scheme, a veteran Republican operative …

Trump Close to a Deal to Sell Marquee Washington, D.C., Hotel  —  Miami-based CGI Merchant Group in talks to pay ex-president's family company around $370 million for property in former Old Post Office  —  Former President Donald Trump's family company is in advanced discussions to sell …

Buses replace trains on 3 Blue Line stations as Metro investigates derailment  —  There will be no rail service between Rosslyn and Pentagon Metro stations on the Blue Line Wednesday, as Metro continues to investigate a derailment that left several riders stranded during the Tuesday afternoon rush.

Leaked Docs: Prestigious DC School Poised To Crack Down on ‘Harmful’ Humor  —  Students at one of the oldest and most prestigious boys schools in the United States could soon face expulsion for a single “misplaced” joke, according to a draft “anti-bias” policy circulating among school administrators …

Hundreds of Police Officers Have Died From Covid.  Vaccines Remain a Hard Sell.  —  Far more law enforcement officers in the U.S. have died from Covid-19 than from any other work-related cause in 2020 and 2021.  Even so, police unions are fighting vaccine mandates.

How Not to De-Trumpify the GOP  —  Jonah Goldberg's plan to create a conservative third party would likely exacerbate the problems it's meant to solve.  —  In the Los Angeles Times, Jonah Goldberg proposes that the best way to fix the now-terminally “Trumpified” GOP is to establish …