Raiders Coach Resigns After Homophobic and Misogynistic Emails  —  A trove of emails in a separate workplace misconduct case shows Raiders Coach Jon Gruden went beyond previously disclosed racist comments to issue broad tirades.  —  Jon Gruden stepped down Monday as the coach …

Loudoun County Schools Tried To Conceal Sexual Assault Against Daughter In Bathroom, Father Says  —  On June 22, Scott Smith was arrested at a Loudoun County, Virginia, school board meeting, a meeting that was ultimately deemed an “unlawful assembly” after many attendees vocally opposed a policy on transgender students.

Kamala Harris's NASA video featured child actors  —  The first installment of Vice President Kamala Harris's YouTube Originals space series featured child actors who auditioned for their roles in the project.  —  Trevor Bernardino, a 13-year-old actor from Carmel, California …

John Eastman's employer tries to whitewash his road map for overturning Trump's loss  —  John Eastman, it seems, is the victim of one big misunderstanding.  —  The conservative Claremont Institute, which employs the lawyer who provided a road map for then-President Donald Trump …

In search for covid origins, Hubei caves and wildlife farms draw new scrutiny  —  ENSHI, China — Hundreds of caves are spread throughout the mountains of Enshi prefecture, an agricultural corner of China's Hubei province.  The most majestic, Tenglong, or “flying dragon,” …

Dave Chappelle's Betrayal  —  Poet Saeed Jones used to consider himself a longtime fan of the comedian.  But Chappelle's new Netflix special “The Closer,” which fixates on gay and trans people, feels like a stab in the back.  —  You ever hear the one about the famous Black comedian …

Texas Gov. Abbott issues order banning Covid vaccination mandates in rebuke of Biden  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Monday prohibiting any entity, including private businesses, from imposing Covid-19 vaccination requirements on employees or customers.

Prompted by Abbott primary challenger, Texas agency removed webpage with suicide hotline, other resources for LGBTQ youth  —  In late August, one of Gov. Greg Abbott's primary challengers, Don Huffines, accused Texas' child welfare agency of “promoting transgender sexual policies to Texas youth” …

Miami manager moves to fire police chief  —  City Manager Art Noriega moved to fire embattled Police Chief Art Acevedo Monday night, ending weeks of speculation and tumult at City Hall and after a pair of circus-like public hearings in which commissioners lashed out at the chief for everything …

Election Workers in Georgia Are Fired for Shredding Voter Registration Forms  —  A previous investigation of the Fulton County office could eventually replace the elections board with a temporary superintendent with sweeping powers to oversee the vote.  —  The elections office …

Boosters Are Complicating Efforts to Persuade the Unvaccinated to Get Shots  —  The number of eligible people still weighing whether to get a Covid vaccine has sharply dwindled, leaving an unvaccinated population that is mostly hard-core refusers.  —  Vaccinated people have been burning …

Clear Differences Remain Between France and U.S., French Minister Says  —  Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says the two countries remain at odds over China and various security issues, even if they had effectively cooperated on overhauling the international tax system.

Women wield the power  —  Women will decide President Biden's fate — in Congress and beyond.  —  Biden's recent slide in the polls really comes down to slack in his support from women.  The New York Times reports a recent nine-percentage point drop for support of Biden among women in an average of polls.

Dear Democrats: Only 10% of People Even Know What You Are Fighting For  —  Even if Democrats can pass their big bill, they won't be able to sell it.  —  (PHOTOS: GETTYIMAGES / SHUTTERSTOCK)  —  Quick: What is in the Democrats' $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better,” “Human Infrastructure,” …

Restoring America  —  America is going wrong.  That is the stark but necessary starting point for this editorial.  Many people know it to be true; they can feel our politics and culture turning ever more sour, taste the bitter reality of national decline.  —  But fewer people acknowledge it …

U.S. and Russian candidates both want to lead the U.N.'s telecom arm  —  Good morning and welcome to The Cybersecurity 202!  Read to the bottom for an important cybersecurity warning from The Post's own TikTok Guy.  —  Below: Hackers went after companies using Microsoft Office 365 software …

Trump Won the County in a Landslide.  His Supporters Still Hounded the Elections Administrator Until She Resigned.  —  Co-published with The Texas Tribune … An elections administrator in North Texas submitted her resignation Friday, following a monthslong effort by residents and officials loyal …

What sea level rise will do to famous American sites, visualized  —  New images show what areas of the world can be saved or lost if carbon emissions aren't curbed  —  The land on which 10% of the world's population lives could be lost to sea level rise if carbon emission trends continue, new maps and visualizations show.

Biden's ‘tough month’ looms over Democratic campaigns in 2021  —  (CNN)The federal headwinds against Democrats on the ballot this November have never been stronger.  —  Democrats who were once buoyant that a well-liked President Joe Biden and popular agenda moving through Congress could propel …

POLITICO Playbook: The next legislative pile-up is coming  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  WHAT WE'RE WATCHING — With the exception of today — when the House briefly returns to clear the Senate-passed, short-term debt ceiling stopgap — Congress is out on recess this week after lawmakers kicked the can on their entire legislative to-do list.

Racial Bias Skewed Small-Business Relief Lending, Study Says  —  Black business owners were more likely to get Paycheck Protection Program loans from online lenders than from banks, according to new research.  —  From the very start of the Paycheck Protection Program last year …

Biden's Proposal to Empower I.R.S. Rattles Banks and Their Customers  —  To help fund its new initiatives, the Biden administration wants banks to report more customer information.  Account holders aren't happy.  —  When the Biden administration looked for ways to pay for the president's …

Another Facebook whistleblower says she is willing to testify before Congress  —  San Francisco (CNN Business)Sophie Zhang, who said she felt like she had “blood on her hands” after working at Facebook, is willing to testify before Congress about her former employer, she told CNN Sunday.

Azerbaijan's Defiant Message to Iran  —  Washington should take note of its alliance with Israel.  —  A picture is worth a thousand policy briefs.  On Oct. 4, Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, mugged for the cameras.  Beaming before reporters, he stroked, patted …

‘Hiding the Ball’: Hunter Biden Complicates White House Anti-Corruption Push  —  During the presidential campaign, liberals had plenty of reason to tune out the Hunter Biden story.  —  For one, it was being pushed by Donald Trump, whose administration was awash in ethics scandals of its own …

Trump's Coup Attempt Is Far From Finished  —  Trump's preparing to run in 2024, but a new Senate report detailing his sedition gives officials the evidence they need to disqualify him from completing the coup.  —  “Subverting Justice,” the 394-page report released last week …

The Trump nightmare looms again  —  It is increasingly evident that the nightmare prospect of American politics — unified Republican control of the federal government in the hands of a reelected, empowered Donald Trump in 2025 — is also the likely outcome.  —  Why this is a nightmare should be clear enough.

Toward a Unified Theory of Blob-dom  —  “The Blob” isn't a coherent concept, according to some blobsters.  Well they would say that, wouldn't they? … The term “Blob” has arrived.  Within the past two months this recent addition to our foreign policy vocabulary has appeared in the New York Times …

Justice Department again presses to halt Texas abortion law  —  AUSTIN, Texas — The Biden administration urged the courts again to step in and suspend a new Texas law that has banned most abortions since early September, as clinics hundreds of miles away remain busy with Texas patients making long journeys to get care.

Strange Quiet Arrives in Afghanistan After Decades of War  —  Residents are returning to Taliban-controlled regions after years of displacement, visiting homes and relatives they haven't seen in years  —  SANGIN, Afghanistan—Eighteen years after his bakery was destroyed in an American airstrike …