Republicans Pounce on Schools as a Wedge Issue to Unite the Party  —  Rallying around what it calls “parental rights,” the party is pushing to build on its victories this week by stoking white resentment and tapping into broader anger at the education system.

Authorities Arrest Analyst Who Contributed to Steele Dossier  —  Igor Danchenko, a Russia analyst who worked with Christopher Steele, the author of a dossier of rumors and unproven assertions about Donald J. Trump, was taken into custody as part of the Durham investigation.

Reeling From Surprise Losses, Democrats Sound the Alarm for 2022  —  Party officials say the White House and Congress must do more to address the electorate's deep malaise or risk watching voters lurch back toward the G.O.P. by default.  —  WASHINGTON — Reeling from a barrage of unexpected losses …

Biden Administration Delays Contractor Vaccine Mandate Until Jan. 4  —  Defense firms had warned of layoffs and weapons-manufacturing delays.  —  The Biden administration is pushing the COVID-19 vaccination deadline for federal contractors from Dec. 8 to Jan. 4, a move that could prevent thousands …

3 U. of Florida Experts Couldn't Testify on a Voting-Rights Law.  This Professor Had No Trouble.  —  The University of Florida is embroiled in controversy this week following revelations that, in at least four cases, it denied professors' requests to testify in lawsuits that challenged policy set …

After loss in Virginia, Democrats look to speed up their stalled $3 trillion spending agenda  —  ‘The American public gave us a majority of both houses for a reason,’ Sen. Tim Kaine says  —  A new sense of political urgency swept over restive Democrats from the White House to Capitol Hill on Wednesday …

Top Trump Allies Set Up A ‘Legal Fund’ For Jan. 6 White House Rally Organizers  —  The fund will defend former Trump aides who were involved in planning his speech that day and have been subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the Capitol attack  —  Top allies of Donald Trump …

Here's Why Rapid COVID Tests Are So Expensive and Hard to Find  —  Months-long silences.  Mysterious rejections.  Here's what's behind the shortages of a critical tool for ending the pandemic.  —  Coronavirus  —  The U.S. Response to COVID-19 … A few weeks ago, a ProPublica reporter decided to test his kids for COVID-19.

“Anti-CRT” school board candidates are winning  —  A new PAC focused on electing conservative candidates to public school boards — by raising fears about how racism is taught — won three-fourths of its 58 races across seven states on Tuesday.  —  Why it matters: Those wins for the 1776 Project PAC …

Packers QB Aaron Rodgers tests positive for COVID-19, will not play in Week 9 vs. Chiefs  —  The NFL's hottest team will be without its most important player Sunday.  —  Aaron Rodgers tested positive for COVID-19 and is out for Green Bay's showdown with the Kansas City Chiefs, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported.

Yacht Full of Climate Scientists Plots Giant Sea Gate to Save Manhattan  —  Aboard a boat sailing the city's coastline, an organization outlines the $30 billion plan to keep the island safe from flooding.  —  Aboard the Manhattan II, a 100-foot yacht with glass walls and mahogany panelling …

Illegal immigrant who posed as minor while crossing border charged with murder in Florida  —  A 24-year-old Honduran immigrant who's charged with murder in the brutal stabbing death of a Florida man had crossed the US border illegally months earlier while posing as an unaccompanied minor, an investigation by The Post found.

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University Of Michigan Paid CRT Peddler $266 Per Minute For Zoom Lecture  —  Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum raked in the same amount of money from Michigan taxpayers as CRT czar Ibram X. Kendi did in November 2020.  —  The University of Michigan, a taxpayer-funded institution …

Global CO2 emissions have been flat for a decade, new data reveals  —  Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and cement have rebounded by 4.9% this year, new estimates suggest, following a Covid-related dip of 5.4% in 2020.  —  The Global Carbon Project (GCP) …

EXCLUSIVE: Fauci Staffers Flagged Potential Gain-Of-Function Research At Wuhan Lab In 2016, Records Reveal  — Two subordinates of Dr. Anthony Fauci raised concerns in May 2016 that taxpayer dollars may be funding gain-of-function experiments on bat coronaviruses at a Wuhan lab …

Giuliani investigators home in on 2019 plan to advance Ukraine interests in US  —  Prosecutors believe Giuliani and two others may have violated law over agreement that would have seen them win lucrative contracts  —  The high-profile federal criminal investigation of Rudy Giuliani …

2 federal judges are poised to quietly begin unlocking reams of Jan. 6 secrets for Congress  —  Most Americans haven't heard of Beryl Howell and Tanya Chutkan.  Yet these two federal judges are poised to help deliver troves of hidden information to congressional investigators over the next few weeks …

For Progressives, Michelle Wu Points to a Way Forward  —  As a Boston mayoral candidate, she had plenty of opportunity to pivot away from her more liberal ideas.  She didn't, and it paid off.  —  BOSTON — For progressives, Tuesday's elections brought a litany of bad news and one conspicuous bright spot …

Buffalo Mayor Race: Byron Brown Declares Victory Against Socialist India Walton  —  Associated Press hasn't called the race that drew more write-in votes than those for the only candidate on the ballot  —  Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown declared victory in his write-in campaign …

Why New Yorkers Rejected Ballot Proposals on Voting and Redistricting  —  Republicans worked hard to defeat the measures, which aimed to broaden ballot access and change the redistricting process.  Democrats did little to promote them.  —  In October, the New York's Republican and Conservative Parties went nuclear.