More Prefer Republicans To Win Control Of The House And Senate, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 68% Say Higher Prices Are Changing Spending Habits  — mail_outline  —  With Election Day in the rearview mirror and both political parties setting their sights on the 2022 midterm elections …

The Terrifying Future of the American Right  —  Rachel Bovard is one of the thousands of smart young Americans who flock to Washington each year to make a difference.  She's worked in the House and Senate for Republicans Rand Paul, Pat Toomey, and Mike Lee, was listed among the …

U.S. indicts two Iranian hackers over 2020 election misinformation campaign  —  Two alleged Iranian hackers were indicted by the U.S. Justice Department Thursday and accused of engaging in a hacking and disinformation campaign targeting American voters in the run-up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

A look into the ugly and incredibly personal fight over Biden's pick to oversee banks  —  The president's pick to become a top banking regulator doesn't usually attract a lot of interest, but this time is different.  —  President Biden has nominated Saule Omarova, a law professor at Cornell University …

Pennsylvania teen had his hands up when fatally shot by State Police, new videos show  —  Authorities obscured the last 4 seconds of Christian Hall's life in publicly released videos.  New footage shows he had his hands up when troopers killed him.  —  STROUDSBURG, Pa. …

Kyle Rittenhouse's Defense Was Strong.  It's Also a Threat to the Rule of Law.  —  In August 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse illegally brought an AR-15 rifle to Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the name of law and order.  As protests and riots raged in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake …

Prominent scientist who said lab-leak theory of covid-19 origin should be probed now says evidence points to Wuhan market  —  Controversy continues amid sketchy data and lack of transparency from Chinese authorities  —  The location of early coronavirus infections in late 2019 in Wuhan …

Florida Gov. DeSantis trolls President Biden, will sign bills limiting vaccine mandates in Brandon, FL  —  DeSantis to sign legislation expanding exemptions to vaccination mandates  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for November 18  —  BRANDON, Fla. - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected …

Texts Show Kimberly Guilfoyle Bragged About Raising Millions for Rally That Fueled Capitol Riot  —  Text messages reviewed by ProPublica represent the strongest indication yet that members of the Trump family inner circle were involved in financing and organizing the Jan. 6 “Save America” …

Murdoch Has the Power If He Wants Trump to Move On  —  The media mogul can order his properties to stop enabling the former president's falsehoods and conspiracy theories.  —  Rupert Murdoch told News Corp.'s shareholders that former President Donald Trump needs to get over himself.

CBO to Publish a Complete Cost Estimate for H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act, This Afternoon  —  The Congressional Budget Office will publish a complete cost estimate for H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act (Rules Committee Print 117-18 incorporating a manager's amendment by Congressman Yarmuth), this afternoon.

Why Vermont's Phil Scott, the Country's Most Popular Governor, May Be Resisting the GOP's Calls to the Senate  —  Scott's standing is driven by solid support among Democrats and independents  —  Republican Phil Scott of Vermont has been America's most popular governor throughout 2021 …

Biden says he is ‘considering’ diplomatic boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics  —  Biden, Xi hold virtual summit amid rising U.S.-China tensions  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Thursday that his administration was considering a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

The Pattern of GOP Voter Fraud  —  In case after case from 2020, it turns out that Republicans were the ones misbehaving at the ballot box.  —  On Tuesday, Donald Kirk Hartle, the CFO of a Nevada company that hosted a September 2020 rally for Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to voting twice …

Why Democrats are so bad at politics  —  Americans have much more in common than the party's conventional approach allows  —  The skill at which Donald Trump excels is creating a master narrative and ensuring every American hears it — no consultants needed.

Anxiety builds waiting for verdicts in the Rittenhouse and McMichael-Bryan trials  —  Donald Grant finds it difficult to look at the trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery through a single lens.  Whether he processes it as a Black man, as the father of a young son or as a mental health professional …

Trump's Bureau of Land Management HQ move reduced Black employees, created mass vacancies, report says  —  Government Accountability Office report also finds headquarters move to Colorado led to ‘confusion and inefficiency’ at BLM  —  As Trump officials were moving the headquarters of the Bureau …

Say goodbye to swing districts.  Lawmakers are drawing easy wins in dozens of states.  —  When most voters go to the polls to elect members of Congress next year, the general election will essentially be meaningless.  That's because winners are being determined right now …

Cryptographers fight to keep ‘crypto’ prefix: ‘We all have hills we are willing to die on’  —  Los Angeles' renamed Crypto.com stadium is good news for cryptocurrency fanatics but strikes a blow against cryptographers  —  he stadium that is home to the Los Angeles Lakers is getting a new name: the Crypto.com Arena.

You Should Get a Booster Now  —  As the air gets colder and drier and people in most of the United States move indoors, a winter spike in COVID-19 cases is beginning to materialize.  The drop in new infections across the Deep South after a difficult summer raised hopes that the country …

Governor Stitt Commutes Julius Jones' Sentence to Life Without Possibility of Parole  —  Pursuant to Article 6, Section 10 of the Oklahoma Constitution, Governor Kevin Stitt today issued Executive Order 2021-25 to commute the death sentence of Julius Jones, who was tried and convicted …

Belarus's Lukashenko tried to use migrants as a weapon.  That's now turned against him.  —  MOSCOW — Months after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko unleashed a migrant crisis against the European Union, the gambit has come full circle.  —  Lukashenko's regime is now struggling …

Dozens of health groups urge businesses to voluntarily adopt Biden's vaccine rule  —  Doctors, nurses and other associations say blocked mandate is ‘reasonable and essential’ to fight coronavirus … The American Medical Association and more than 60 other health care associations …

Trump's rage at Georgia Republicans should unsettle us all  —  Earlier this year, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the most nationally scrutinized “election integrity” bill in the country.  The Republican governor hoped this would atone for the sin of being insufficiently corrupt on Donald Trump's behalf …

How Activist Teachers Recruit Kids  —  Leaked Documents and Audio from the California Teachers Association Conference Reveal Efforts to Subvert Parents on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation  —  Incensed parents now make news almost daily, objecting to radical material taught in their children's public schools.