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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

Covid and Age  —  An unvaccinated child is at less risk of serious Covid illness than a vaccinated 70-year-old.  —  Emily Oster, an economist at Brown University who frequently writes about parenting, published an article in The Atlantic in March that made a lot of people angry.

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.

‘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 …

I'm not asking comedians to stop telling trans jokes.  I'm asking them to stop telling *the same* trans jokes over and over.  —  How many variations on “I identify as...” do we need in this world?  —  To be entirely honest, I didn't know Dave Chappelle had a new stand-up special out until …

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” …

The GOP alliance with Europe's far-right deepens  —  You're reading an excerpt from the Today's WorldView newsletter.  Sign up to get the rest, including news from around the globe, interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday.  —  Toward the end of last month …

Cheney campaign sees second-highest fundraising quarter  —  Rep. Liz Cheney's House reelection campaign enjoyed its second-biggest fundraising quarter ever this summer, a Cheney aide told the Star-Tribune.  The donations came on the heels of Cheney's all-time fundraising record, which occurred one quarter earlier.

Confederate monuments and the history of lynching in the American South: An empirical examination  —  aDepartment of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903;  —  bUniversity of Virginia Equity Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903;

Obama to campaign with McAuliffe, ahead of Virginia gubernatorial election with national implications  —  McAuliffe teaming up with Obama and other top Democrats to try and energize Democratic voters amid close race in Virginia  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for October 12

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 …

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,” …

Schiff calls House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy an ‘insurrectionist in a suit and tie’  —  (CNN)Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff on Tuesday referred to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as an “insurrectionist in a suit and tie,” as he slammed the House Republican leader for having “absolutely no reverence for the truth.”

Large Majorities Across Parties Favor Allowing the Federal Government to Negotiate Drug Prices, Even After Hearing Common Arguments About It  —  Few Buy Argument that Drug Makers Have to Charge High Prices to Invest in Research into New Drugs  —  Most of the Public Lacks Confidence that President Biden …

The Mysterious Case of the COVID-19 Lab-Leak Theory  —  Did the virus spring from nature or from human error?  —  Since the coronavirus first appeared, at the end of 2019, four and a half million people have died, countless more have suffered, whole economies have been upended, schools have been shuttered.

Franklin Graham Is Secretly Bankrolling the National Prayer Breakfast  —  One of a series about the Fellowship Foundation, the secretive religious group that runs the National Prayer Breakfast and is popularly known as The Family.  This series is based on Family documents obtained by TYT …

Kim Jong-un displays “invincible” weapons  —  The diminutive dictator of North Korea is back up to his old tricks this week.  Kim Jong-un released video of his tour of a number of strategic weapons yesterday, something that he hasn't done in quite a while.  He gave a speech accusing …

Axios-Ipsos poll: Biden is losing COVID trust  —  Americans' trust in President Biden has eroded as they've slowed their expectations for how quickly they can get back to their pre-pandemic lives, according to the latest installment of the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index.

Biden signs off on Colorado's expansion of transgender-related health coverage  —  Pilot initiative would broaden benefits in latest departure from Trump-era policies  —  Under a groundbreaking decision by state and federal officials, many private health plans sold in Colorado will soon …

Biden to tap veteran diplomat as new point person for Afghan relocation efforts  —  Elizabeth Jones is set to be tapped as the coordinator for Afghan relocation efforts, according to a U.S. official and two congressional sources familiar with the move.  —  The State Department plans to announce …

Behind the scenes of Donald Trump's very strange White House meeting with Vietnam's prime minister  —  Nothing in my 30-year diplomatic career prepared me for this Trump administration event  —  In mid-May of 2017, Robert Lighthizer, the new U.S. trade representative, came to Vietnam for an APEC ministerial-level meeting.

Marist New York State Poll: Governor Hochul Approval, October 2021  —  Governor Kathy Hochul: So Far New Yorkers Approve, But No Guarantees for 2022  —  Fifty days after being sworn in, New York Governor Kathy Hochul enjoys positive support from state residents.

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.

Remembering Gen. Ray Odierno, a Key Leader of the Iraq Surge  —  His was a quiet but compelling voice in the highest wartime deliberations.  —  Raymond Odierno, former chief of staff of the United States Army and commanding general in Iraq, died of cancer on Friday, October 8.

The Purpose Of The Jan. 6 Select Committee Is To Suppress Free Speech  —  The message is clear: if you exercise your First Amendment rights for a cause that those in power have not approved, you will be targeted.  —  A third round of subpoenas issued last week by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's select committee …