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 …

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.

Biden bank cop nomination in doubt after fiery hearing  —  President Joe Biden's nominee to become the government's top banking regulator faced a wave of criticism Thursday at a tense Senate hearing that cast further doubt on her chances of being confirmed.  —  Saule Omarova …

Kamala Harris' communications director is leaving the administration  —  (CNN)Vice President Kamala Harris' communications director, Ashley Etienne, is leaving the administration, according to a White House official, to pursue “other opportunities.”  —  Etienne's departure comes …

Two Iranian Nationals Charged for Cyber-Enabled Disinformation and Threat Campaign Designed to Influence the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election  —  An indictment was unsealed in New York today charging two Iranian nationals for their involvement in a cyber-enabled campaign to intimidate …

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” …

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. …

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 …

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 …

How a Manufactured Migrant Crisis Showed That Europe's Last Dictator Can Rattle the E.U.  —  Belarusian authorities were actively helping migrants cross the border, for example by bringing them to less patrolled areas where they could cross undetected, and even providing them with wire cutters.

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.

Exclusive: Marriott refused to host Uyghur conference, citing “political neutrality”  —  The Marriott hotel in Prague declined to host a conference of activists and leaders from China's Uyghur diaspora this month, citing “political neutrality,” an email shared with Axios shows.

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 …

Hospitalizations rising among fully vaccinated in U.S., Fauci says  —  Fauci discusses state of Covid and how to handle the holidays  —  As cases of Covid-19 rise throughout the U.S., health officials warn that an increasing number of fully vaccinated people are being hospitalized or going to the emergency room.

Schumer, McConnell turn down the heat on debt limit fight  —  Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell clobbered each other incessantly during October's debt ceiling standoff.  Now, as a new December deadline approaches, they're taking a slightly more conciliatory approach.

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 …

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.

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.

Aaron Keyak, former Biden Jewish engagement director, appointed as deputy antisemitism envoy  —  Aaron Keyak, who served as Jewish outreach director during President Joe Biden's presidential campaign, has been appointed as the State Department's deputy envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.