Biden's job rating sinks to 42 percent in NBC News poll a year from midterms  —  WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans now disapprove of President Joe Biden's job performance, while half give him low marks for competence and uniting the country, according to results from the latest national NBC News poll.

Why Many Police Traffic Stops Turn Deadly  —  Officers, trained to presume danger, have reacted with outsize aggression.  For hundreds of unarmed drivers, the consequences have been fatal.  —  “Open the door now, you are going to get shot!” an officer in Rock Falls, Ill., shouted at Nathaniel Edwards after a car chase.

Jan. 6 ‘Influencer’ Who Said She's ‘Definitely Not Going To Jail’ Should Go To Jail, Feds Say  —  Jenna Ryan, a Trump-loving real estate broker, called Jan. 6 “one of the best days of my life” and bragged that she wouldn't go to jail because she's white.  —  Federal prosecutors …

26 FDNY firehouses out of service over vaccine mandate staff shortage  —  The FDNY shuttered 26 fire companies citywide Saturday morning because of staff shortages caused by the COVID-19 vaccination mandate — an “unconscionable” move some officials fear could have catastrophic consequences.

Russian troop movements near Ukraine border prompt concern in U.S., Europe  —  A renewed buildup of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border has raised concern among some officials in the United States and Europe who are tracking what they consider irregular movements of equipment and personnel on Russia's western flank.

The “Let's Go, Brandon!”  Freakout Goes Next-Level  —  A Southwest pilot earns ISIS comparisons for joking into a loudspeaker, as pundits continues to mass-forget the previous four years  —  FBI Special Agent-turned-CNN Political Analyst Asha Rangappa — gosh that resume sounds unsurprising …

Biden, Democrats failing to sell agenda to American people: POLL  —  Roughly 7 in 10 Americans know little about the bills Democrats are negotiating.  —  Negotiations on the infrastructure and social program bills have consumed Capitol Hill for months.  Still, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll …

Court Filing Lists Documents Trump Seeks to Withhold From Jan. 6 Inquiry  —  The National Archives says the former president is asserting executive privilege over phone logs, notes and other records concerning the attack on the Capitol.  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Donald J. Trump …

Vermont, the most vaccinated state in the nation, has been weathering a spike in COVID cases.  But why?  —  Throughout the pandemic, Vermont has been a beacon for the country, with its highest-in-the-nation COVID-19 vaccination rate, and often one of the lowest infection rates, too.

The father has no place in today's Democratic Party  —  In yet another desperate attempt to sell the public on his failing multitrillion-dollar spending agenda, President Joe Biden released a slideshow Thursday that inadvertently betrays how the modern Democratic Party views the family.

G20 strikes deal to keep 1.5 Celsius target ‘within reach’  —  Agreement comes as COP26 negotiations begin in Glasgow.  —  ROME — G20 leaders will back action to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius at their summit that concludes in Rome on Sunday.

Inside the last-ditch effort by Democratic women to pressure Manchin and salvage paid family and medical leave  —  The party's still-forming $1.75 trillion economic package jettisoned the long-time priority to win over the West Virginia moderate.  But many Democrats aren't yet ready to give up the fight.

Merrick Garland Plays Dumb on a DOJ Atrocity  —  There is no doubt that he grasps how wrong he is.  —  NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE  —  M  —  errick Garland turns out to be a political hack.  —  The attorney general very much enjoys his reputation as a distinguished former federal appellate judge …

Biden, other G-20 world leaders formally endorse groundbreaking global corporate minimum tax  —  The new global minimum tax of 15 percent aims to reverse the decades-long decline in tax rates on corporations across the world  —  ROME — President Biden and the other national leaders gathered …

Trump Making ‘Last Ditch’ Effort to Skip Deposition, Zervos Says  —  Former President Donald Trump is making a “last ditch” effort to avoid being deposed in a defamation lawsuit filed by a former “Apprentice” contestant who claims he sexually assaulted her, a judge was told.

UF professors can't testify in Florida voting rights case  —  In a decision that could have far-reaching free speech implications for faculty at universities and colleges across Florida, the University of Florida has refused to allow three political science professors to continue to serve …

Curtis Sliwa Has New York's Attention Again.  Was That Always the Point?  —  The founder of the Guardian Angels has sought the spotlight for decades.  With his long-shot bid to become the city's next mayor, he has found it again.  —  When New Yorkers feared their subway and streets amid …

Will Tuesday Change How We Talk About Crime?  Left-wing candidates for mayor vow to redefine “public safety.”  —  Last year it seemed like policing in America might finally change, after the summer's Black Lives Matter protests from coast to coast built a groundswell of support for major upheavals in law enforcement.

Israel escalates its attacks against defenders of Palestinian rights, wherever they may be  —  Yousef Munayyer is a nonresident senior fellow at Arab Center in Washington.  —  When the Israeli government last week slapped a “terrorism” designation on six Palestinian human rights groups …