Parents of Michigan school shooting suspect arrested after manhunt  —  James and Jennifer Crumbley entered not guilty pleas to all charges against them during their arraignment Saturday morning.  —  The couple “fully intended” to turn themselves in “first thing this morning for arraignment …

The media treats Biden as badly as — or worse than — Trump.  Here's proof.  —  A sampling of headlines atop the influential Politico Playbook newsletter over the past month:  —  “Let the Democratic freakout begin.”  —  “Dems start to face the hard questions.”  —  “Does the WH owe Larry Summers an apology?”

Loving Lies  —  Stephen Glass, the most notorious fraud in journalism, decided he would live by one simple rule: Always tell the truth.  Then he broke that rule  —  PORTRAITS BY SHARON SUH  —  I've never liked liars.  I was a newspaper reporter for 20 years and got so frustrated …

A Kamala Harris staff exodus reignites questions about her leadership style — and her future ambitions  —  The rumors started circulating in July: Vice President Harris's staff was wilting in a dysfunctional and frustrated office, burned out just a few months after her historic swearing-in and pondering exit strategies.

It's Tough to Deter Putin Once You've Given Him the Pipeline He Wanted  —  God only knows if this unidentified U.S. intelligence official speaking to Sky News is correct...  Russia is planning a military offensive against Ukraine, which could begin as soon as early 2022, according to United States intelligence officials.

How a Cream Cheese Shortage Is Affecting N.Y.C. Bagel Shops  —  Supply chain problems that have hit businesses across the country now threaten a quintessential New York treat.  —  Zabar's is running low.  Tompkins Square Bagels is down to sticks.  Pick-a-Bagel has only a few days' supply left.

Justice Sotomayor drops the S-bomb  —  Stench.  —  Justice Sonia Sotomayor said stench, about her own court, during oral argument Wednesday in the Mississippi abortion case.  Specifically, observing that states were passing ever-stricter abortion laws, explicitly inspired by the court's …

Fearing a Repeat of Jan. 6, Congress Eyes Changes to Electoral Count Law  —  Members of the special House committee investigating the Capitol riot are among those arguing for an overhaul of a more than century-old statute enacted to address disputed elections.

Snow may vanish for years at a time in Mountain West with climate warming  —  Study warns of impending water supply problems due to nearly snowless mountains in about 35 to 60 years  —  A new study provides a glimpse into the future of Western U.S. snow and the picture is far from rosy …

WHO says no deaths reported from Omicron yet as Covid variant spreads  —  US and Australia become latest countries to confirm locally transmitted cases  —  The Omicron variant has been detected in at least 38 countries but no deaths have yet been reported, the World Health Organization has said …

‘Teacher Loyalty’ bill would restrict how U.S. history, especially racism, can be discussed in school … Just one year after New Hampshire legislators first introduced a bill that banned the teaching or discussion of “divisive concepts” like systemic racism, another bill will be debated …

A Trump-loving former KKK leader who was jailed for beating a Black man is running for office as a Republican in Georgia, report says  — Chester Doles is running as a Republican for a spot on the Lumpkin County Board of Commissioners.  — He spent decades involved with the Ku Klux Klan …

‘A real fight for our existence’: Massachusetts GOP spirals in Baker exit  —  Both Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito have opted to sit out the 2022 gubernatorial campaign, kicking off fresh questions about the future of the party.  —  BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker kept Republicans relevant in deep-blue Massachusetts.

Why Tucker Carlson Is Defending Alex Jones  —  There was a time when someone like Jones would have been too toxic to embrace.  —  About the author: Peter Wehner is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

Manchin: Yes, I'll vote to end Bidens private-sector vaccine mandate  —  Shadow President Joe Manchin continues to wreak havoc with the Democrats' agenda in the Senate.  As Ed already reported, Manchin was all set to support an amendment in the continuing resolution this week …

National School Board Association fallout continues as half of US states push back against organization  —  The votes to withdraw membership come after the NSBA sent a controversial letter to the White House  —  NSBA coordinated with White House before sending school board memo

Friends who attended anime convention with man who contracted omicron have tested positive for coronavirus, health official says  —  The Minnesota man who contracted the omicron variant of the coronavirus met up with about 35 friends at a New York City anime convention and about half …