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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

Barrett to Biden admin: Why are you asking for a death penalty you won't carry out?  —  “I'm wondering what the government's end game is here,” Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett mused in oral arguments yesterday, and for good reason.  The Biden administration has petitioned the court …

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 …

“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.

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 …

Former President Bill Clinton admitted to hospital  —  (CNN)Former President Bill Clinton has been admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center for a non-Covid-related infection.  He is “on the mend” and “in good spirits,” according to a statement from Clinton spokesman Angel Urena.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

Former Boeing 737 MAX Chief Technical Pilot Indicted for Fraud  —  A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Texas returned an indictment today charging a former Chief Technical Pilot for The Boeing Company (Boeing) with deceiving the Federal Aviation Administration's Aircraft Evaluation Group …

Walmart vs. Whiteness  —  The company's new training program tells hourly employees that they are guilty of “internalized racial superiority.”  —  The Social Order  —  Economy, finance, and budgets  —  Walmart Inc. has launched a critical race theory training program that denounces …

At Yale Law School, a party invitation ignites a firestorm  —  Maoist reeducation camps have nothing on Yale Law School.  If you think this is an exaggeration, okay, it is, but keep reading.  —  Last month, a second-year law student sent some classmates an invitation to a party — to celebrate Constitution Day, of all things.

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.

Self-Sacrifice Upon the Altar of ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’  —  If you're fortunate enough to visit the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) you will see some extraordinary works of art: Vincent Van Gogh's The Bedroom, Grant Wood's American Gothic, Edward Hopper's Nighthawks …

Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo officially removed  —  Miami commissioners on Thursday officially fired Police Chief Art Acevedo, a brash and outspoken personality who clashed with his fellow cops, elected officials and other city administrators during the shortest tenure for a Miami police chief in recent memory.

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 …

The Metric Media network runs more than 1,200 local news sites.  Here are some of the non-profits funding them.  —  This is the first part of a two-part investigation.  The second piece can be found here.  —  As local news outlets across the US struggle to stay afloat, pop-up newsrooms are filling the void.

Can Pete Buttigieg have it all?  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With Allie Bice.  —  PETE BUTTIGIEG has been MIA.  —  While U.S. ports faced anchor-to-anchor traffic and Congress nearly melted …