As Kyle Rittenhouse trial nears end, judge's decisions from the bench come under scrutiny  —  Regardless of how he is viewed, Judge Bruce E. Schroeder is indisputably a man with fixed rules for how trials in his Kenosha County courtroom will be run.  Some are basic, some unorthodox …

Spotsylvania School Board orders libraries to remove ‘sexually explicit’ books  —  The Spotsylvania County School Board has directed staff to begin removing books that contain “sexually explicit” material from library shelves and report on the number of books that have been removed at a special called meeting next week.

Crying Pro-Trump Capitol Rioter Who Assaulted Cop Sentenced To 41 Months In Prison  —  Scott Fairlamb, whose brother is in the U.S. Secret Service, was the first Jan. 6 defendant sentenced in connection with an assault on cops.  —  A Donald Trump supporter from New Jersey …

House Republicans Who Backed Infrastructure Bill Face Vicious Backlash  —  The 13 Republican lawmakers who broke with their party to support a $1 trillion bipartisan public works bill have drawn anger and threats from their colleagues and constituents.  —  WASHINGTON — One caller instructed …

Why White Voters With Racist Views Often Still Support Black Republicans  —  Can white voters who back a Black candidate still hold racist beliefs and views?  —  That question has come to the fore in the wake of Glenn Youngkin's gubernatorial victory in the blueish state of Virginia.

Robert Moses and the saga of the racist parkway bridges  —  “I'm still surprised that some people were surprised when I pointed to the fact that if a highway was built for the purpose of dividing a White and a Black neighborhood or if an underpass was constructed such that a bus carrying mostly Black …

Manchin may delay Biden social spending plan over inflation  —  Red-hot inflation data validates the instinct of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to punt President Biden's Build Back Better agenda until next year — potentially killing a quick deal on the $1.75 trillion package, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.

US government debt sells off sharply on inflation surge  —  Lacklustre auction of 30-year Treasury bonds leads to jump in yield  —  US government bonds sold off sharply on Wednesday after the labour department reported consumer prices soared last month, intensifying concerns the Federal Reserve …

Don Lemon's Lawyer Puts Megyn Kelly On Notice, Fires Off Legal Letter Trashing Conservative Host For Her ‘Reckless’ Reporting Over ‘Fabricated’ Sexual Assault  —  Don Lemon's attorney is going for Megyn Kelly's jugular, calling out the conservative host for her “lopsided” and “reckless” journalistic ethics.

Summary of the Terrorism Threat to the U.S. Homeland  —  The Secretary of Homeland Security has issued an updated National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin regarding the current heightened threat environment across the United States.  The Homeland continues to face a diverse …

Updating The Verge's background policy  —  On ‘on background’  —  The main way this happens is that big companies take advantage of a particular agreement in the media called “background.”  Being “on background” means that they tell things to reporters, but those reporters agree …

Exclusive: January 6 committee interested in at least 5 people from Pence's inner circle  —  Washington (CNN)The House select committee investigating January 6 is interested in gathering information from at least five members of former Vice President Mike Pence's inner circle, according to three sources familiar with the effort.

Welcome to THE GOOD IN US  —  In which we come together to save American democracy, or at least have fun while trying.  —  “The gods are strange.  It is not our vices only they make instruments to scourge us.  They bring us to ruin through what in us is good, gentle, human, loving.”

A “proliferation of administrators”: faculty reflect on two decades of rapid expansion  —  Over the last two decades, the number of managerial and professional staff that Yale employs has risen three times faster than the undergraduate student body, according to University financial reports.

USC gave Rep. Karen Bass a full scholarship worth $95,000 while she served in Congress  —  During Rep. Karen Bass' first year in Congress in 2011, she contacted government ethics officials with a request: Could she accept a full scholarship for a graduate degree at USC.

Texas schools can again set their own face mask rules after federal judge overrules Gov. Greg Abbott's ban  —  The judge said the governor's order impedes children with disabilities from the benefits of public schools' programs, services and activities, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Black Lives Matter activists threaten ‘riots’ if Mayor-elect Eric Adams reinstates controversial NYPD anti-crime units  —  Leaders of the city's Black Lives Matter movement on Wednesday threatened “riots” and “bloodshed” in the streets if Mayor-elect Eric Adams reverses the abolition of the NYPD's controversial anti-crime units.

Swift Ruling Tests Trump's Tactic of Running Out the Clock  —  The former president has leveraged the slow judicial process in the past to thwart congressional oversight, but the Jan. 6 case may be different.  —  WASHINGTON — On the surface, a judge's ruling on Tuesday night that Congress …

How the media missed a New Jersey senate candidate's racist social media posts — until he'd already won.  —  Edward Durr was such a long-shot candidate in his New Jersey state senate race that no one seemed to notice something rather striking about him: He had a history of posting bigoted …

The Democrats need to go back to school  —  A week after Republicans won the Virginia governor's race, it is increasingly obvious that Fox News and red Twitter did not invent parental anger about what's been happening in public schools.  Nor is frustration limited to the suburbs — or peculiar to the Old Dominion.

Biden Shocked by Price of Gas During Biden Administration: 'Did You Ever Think You'd Be Paying This Much?'  —  President Joe Biden delivered remarks Tuesday on the infrastructure bill and the economy, remarking on record inflation, supply chain problems, and even the price of gas, which he finds surprisingly high.

Email suggests Project Veritas seeks donors' ‘input’  —  A filing in an ongoing civil case involving Project Veritas, the undercover video organization headed by James O'Keefe, raises questions about the influence of donors on the group's work, as it cites an email in which O'Keefe allegedly encourages …

Local Crime Deemed Worse This Year by Americans  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' perception that crime in their local area is getting worse has surged over the past year.  Fifty-one percent, up from 38% in 2020, say there is more crime in their area than a year ago.

Blinken Warns Russia Against Making a ‘Serious Mistake’ in Ukraine  —  Appearing with Ukraine's foreign minister, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said the intentions behind Moscow's latest military buildup were unclear.  —  WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said on Wednesday …

In ‘Passing,’ the steep cost of crossing the color line  —  Ruth Negga shines in Rebecca Hall's adaptation of the Nella Larsen novel  —  Passing is not just the title of a 1929 novella and a new film streaming on Netflix, but a once-common practice that served as a method of survival …

American Journalist Held in Myanmar Faces 2 New Charges  —  Prosecutors filed charges of terrorism and sedition against the journalist Danny Fenster, who once worked at a hard-hitting news outlet hated by Myanmar's governing military.  —  Myanmar prosecutors have filed two new charges …

Ozy Media Faces Federal Investigations  —  The Justice Department and the S.E.C. have contacted companies that discussed investing in the Silicon Valley media business.  —  The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission have opened investigations into the embattled Silicon …

Shoot down this new military entitlement  —  Yet another dangerous entitlement expansion could be coming soon.  On Nov. 10, the House Agriculture Committee will discuss a bill that would put significantly more members of the armed forces on food stamps, weakening the military in numerous ways.

Britt Campaign Internal Polling Puts Her Ahead Of Mo Brooks In Senate Race  —  After hearing more information about candidates, Brooks dropped to third, according to the polling company.  —  Katie Britt's campaign on Tuesday said an internal poll puts Britt ahead of U.S. Rep Mo Brooks …