Southlake school leader tells teachers to balance Holocaust books with ‘opposing’ views  —  SOUTHLAKE, Texas — A top administrator with the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake advised teachers last week that if they have a book about the Holocaust in their classroom …

Fox News Poll: Schools, economy driving close Virginia governor's race  —  57 percent of Virginia parents think they should get a say in what schools teach  —  Youngkin: McAuliffe is telling parents 'sit down, be quiet, I don't care what you think'  —  Virginia voters give better personal ratings …

Thompson Statement on Cooperation of Witnesses  —  Bolton, MS—Chairman Bennie G. Thompson today made the following statement:  —  “Mr. Bannon has declined to cooperate with the Select Committee and is instead hiding behind the former President's insufficient, blanket …

U.S. Senator Sinema rejects vote on big Biden package before infrastructure-source  —  U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema, a key moderate, told fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives this week that she will not vote for a multitrillion-dollar package that is a top priority for President Joe Biden …

F.B.I. Official Fired Under Trump Wins Back His Pension  —  Andrew G. McCabe, the former F.B.I. deputy director, will receive his pension and other benefits after settling his lawsuit with the Justice Department.  —  WASHINGTON — Hours before he was scheduled to retire in 2018, Andrew G. McCabe …

Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting Security Vulnerability  —  On Wednesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran a story about how its staff discovered and reported a security vulnerability in a Missouri state education website that exposed the Social Security numbers …

Trump must give videotaped deposition in protest lawsuit, judge orders  —  The protest followed Trump's calling Mexican immigrants criminals and rapists.  —  Former President Donald Trump must sit for a videotaped deposition next week as part of a lawsuit involving his anti-immigrant rhetoric, a judge in the Bronx ordered.

The Republicans Running to Support Donald Trump  —  Don Bolduc, a retired Army general and current U.S. Senate candidate from New Hampshire, is one of many political aspirants who believe that the 2020 election was stolen.  —  Across the country, candidates who support Donald Trump's false claims …

“Hacker X”—the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire—unmasks himself  —  He was hired to build a fake news op but now wants to put things right.  —  This is the story of the mastermind behind one of the largest “fake news” operations in the US.

GOP lawmaker, banned from flying Alaska Airlines over mask mandate, tests positive for coronavirus  —  An Alaska GOP lawmaker banned from flying on the state's leading airline for refusing to wear a mask, and therefore unable to travel to and from the state capital, has now tested positive for the coronavirus, she said.

White House banking on another McConnell retreat over the debt ceiling  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell may be insisting that he won't help President Joe Biden and Democrats solve a debt ceiling impasse again.  —  But White House officials are still planning for the Kentucky Republican …

Microsoft Folds LinkedIn Social-Media Service in China  —  LinkedIn cites challenging operating environment, as retreat marks the biggest departure from China by a major tech company in years  —  Microsoft Corp.'s LinkedIn said it would shut the version of its professional-networking site …

The Iran deal is dead.  Where is Biden's Plan B?  —  A flurry of diplomatic activity in Washington this week revealed that the Iran nuclear deal is likely dead for good, despite the Biden administration's best efforts to revive it.  But if the Biden team has a follow-up plan to prevent Iran from going nuclear, it's a well-kept secret.

Not My Party: So We're Headed to ‘Civil War’ Soon?  —  What to make of all the talk of a ‘national divorce.’  —  Civil War?  You Gotta Be Kidding Me  —  [Editor's note: Watch Not My Party every week on Snapchat.]  —  MSNBC Interviewee at Trump Rally: I see a civil war coming.  I do.

Nicholas Kristof Leaves New York Times as He Considers a Political Run  —  Mr. Kristof, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, is weighing a run for governor of Oregon, the state where he grew up.  —  After 37 years at The New York Times as a reporter, high-level editor and opinion columnist …

Destroying Comedy … Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the release of Airplane!, the comedy I wrote and directed with my brother Jerry and our friend Jim Abrahams.  Just before the world shut down, Paramount held a screening at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood …

QAnon's Ron Watkins Looks Like He's Prepping a Bid for Congress  —  Q in '22?  —  It looks like Ron Watkins, a prominent figure in the QAnon movement who many believe is Q himself, filed paperwork indicating he might run for Congress from Arizona on Thursday.

He's the Whistleblower Who Brought Down Trump's EPA Chief.  Now He's Driving an Uber  —  He exposed Scott Pruitt's corruption.  So why is Kevin Chmielewski's life ruined while the official he brought down continues to escape justice?  —  When Kevin Chmielewski emerged from the FBI's fortress …

Norway bow-and-arrow attack that killed five people appears to be ‘terrorist act,’ police say  —  An attack by a Danish man armed with a bow and arrow that killed five people in a Norwegian town appears to be a “terrorist act,” police said Thursday.  —  The victims, four women and a man, were 50 to 70 years old.

A Secretive Hedge Fund Is Gutting Newsrooms  —  The Tribune Tower rises above the streets of downtown Chicago in a majestic snarl of Gothic spires and flying buttresses that were designed to exude power and prestige.  When plans for the building were announced in 1922, Colonel Robert R. McCormick …

YouTube's stronger election misinformation policies had a spillover effect on Twitter and Facebook, researchers say.  —  Share of Election-Related Posts on Social Platforms Linking to Videos Making Claims of Fraud  —  YouTube's stricter policies against election misinformation was followed …

One of the zebras that escaped from a Maryland farm has died, county officials say  —  County officials said they're still working with caretakers at the farm to catch the remaining zebras  —  One of the zebras that escaped from a Maryland farm in late August has died, officials said in a statement Thursday.

Opinion on the use of puberty blockers in America is turning  —  Even members of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health have some concerns  —  Worries about the use of puberty blockers, which are prescribed to some children to prevent the development of secondary sex characteristics …

Americans Revert to Favoring Reduced Government Role  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans have shifted back to favoring a more hands-off approach for government in addressing the nation's problems after a rare endorsement of a more active role last year.  Currently, 52% say the government …