Summary of Cost Estimate for H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act  —  As Posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules on November 3, 2021 (Rules Committee Print 117-18), as Amended by Yarmuth Amendment 112  —  37.51 KB  —  CBO estimates that enacting this legislation would result …

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 …

Man spotted with AR-15 outside Kyle Rittenhouse trial confirms he is a fired Ferguson police officer  —  KENOSHA — A man who screamed obscenities about Black Lives Matter and carried an AR-15 rifle outside the Kenosha County Courthouse while the Kyle Rittenhouse jury deliberated is a former Ferguson …

Scoop: GOP donors “furious” with McConnell  —  Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) told his colleagues this week top party donors were “furious” with the number of Republicans — including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — who voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill, two sources familiar with his remarks tell Axios' Alayna Treene.

Judge Tries to Block New York Times's Coverage of Project Veritas  —  The state court order, which The Times said it would immediately oppose, raised concerns from First Amendment advocates.  —  A New York trial court judge ordered The New York Times on Thursday to temporarily refrain …

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 …

‘Professor or comrade?’  Republicans go full red scare on Soviet-born Biden pick  —  Senator asks Saule Omarova, nominated to be comptroller of the currency, if he should call her ‘professor or comrade’  —  Three decades have passed since their hero, Ronald Reagan, went to Berlin …

Search for Jimmy Hoffa Leads the F.B.I. to Jersey City Landfill  —  A deathbed statement by a man who claimed to bury the Teamster boss' body in a steel drum brought agents to the site for an inspection.  —  The disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, a mystery that has gripped the American imagination …

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.

The Incredible True Story Behind TV's Strangest Space Jew  —  The science-fiction genre has long been inflected by Jewish influences, whether audiences realize it or not.  Take this past month's blockbuster Dune, adapted from the famed Frank Herbert novel.  The film's main character …

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 …

Even if the Steele dossier is discredited, there's plenty of evidence of Trump's collusion with Russia  —  In early November, John Durham, a special counsel appointed by the Trump administration, indicted a Russian American analyst who had been a contributor to the Steele dossier of lying to the FBI about where he got his information.

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. …

Chinese tennis star who accused party leader of abuse has disappeared and now (allegedly) recants by email  —  If you have any kind of public platform in China and you dare to say something the government doesn't like, there's a very good chance you will disappear.

Man Is Spared Prison After Guilty Plea in Sexual Attacks on 4 Teens  —  The judge who sentenced the man, Christopher Belter, said that he had “agonized” over the decision but that incarceration wasn't “appropriate.”  —  The girl was 16 when Christopher Belter raped her, according to court documents.

The impeachment of President Biden and other American nightmares coming in 2023  —  Imagine this: It's a gray, chilly day in Washington, D.C., in March of 2023.  A handful of protesters from left-leaning groups like Indivisible are huddled outside against the icy Potomac winds …

California teacher told conservative students to ‘jump off a bridge’ over anti-Biden flag  —  The Paso Robles Joint Unified School District teacher posted another video saying she didn't mean conservative high schoolers should literally jump off a bridge  —  A California elementary school teacher …

How Child Care Became the Most Broken Business in America  —  Biden has a plan to make day care more affordable for parents—if the providers don't go out of business first.  —  Deanna Cohen was 20 years into a career in the music industry when she realized it wasn't going to work out.

Adams loves the nightlife, but it's about more than boogie  —  NEW YORK — He loves the nightlife.  —  But it's not all boogie.  —  “When you're out at night, it helps decrease crime.  It attracts tourists to the city.  That industry is a multi-billion-dollar industry,” Mayor-elect Eric Adams told NY1 in one-on-one interview.

TGIF: Inflation Rises.  Russiagate Falls Apart.  And J.K. Rowling Is Erased.  —  Plus: The challenge of reporting about Kenosha in the aftermath of the riots.  —  Welcome back to TGIF.  We've got the news that fills our group chats, a few good reads, and a summary of this week in Common Sense.

State Capacity: What Is It, How We Lost It, And How To Get It Back  —  The concept of state capacity - “the ability of a state to collect taxes, enforce law and order, and provide public goods” - was developed by political scientists, economic historians, and development economists to illuminate …