From charm offensive to scorched earth: How Biden's fragile alliance with Manchin unraveled  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — As Democrats feuded over the size and scope of their sweeping social spending proposal this fall, President Biden invited Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va) to his home here for breakfast …

D.C. third-graders were made to reenact episodes from the Holocaust  —  A Watkins Elementary School staff member told third-graders in library class to reenact scenes from the Holocaust, directing them to dig their classmates' mass graves and simulate shooting the victims, according to an email from the school's principal.

Sarah Palin says ‘over my dead body’ will she have vaccine after contracting Covid  —  The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate revealed in March she had tested positive for Covid  —  Sarah Palin says ‘over my dead body’ will authorities make her have a covid vaccine shot

Sires won't seek re-election to Congress; U.S. Senator's son emerges as likely successor  —  Hudson County Democrat will retire after 2022 election after 18 years in Congress and five years as N.J. Assembly Speaker  —  Rep. Albio Sires (D-West New York) will not seek re-election in 2022 …

NYU Is Top-Ranked—In Loans That Alumni and Parents Struggle to Repay  —  By many measures, the elite Manhattan school is the worst or among the worst for leaving families and graduate students drowning in debt; 'It feels like I'm kind of trapped'  —  Five months after Kassandra Jones earned …

Don't Panic About Omicron.  But Don't Be Indifferent, Either.  —  The Omicron wave is upon us, and the national conversation is vacillating between panic and indifference.  Those who are near panic point to rapidly rising case counts and lockdowns in several European nations.

3 Democratic lawmakers announce positive Covid-19 tests  —  (CNN)Three Democratic members of Congress announced Sunday that they have breakthrough coronavirus infections.  —  Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Cory Booker of New Jersey as well as Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado shared …

Brandon Just Wants to Drive His Racecar  —  “I have zero desire to be involved in politics,” says Brandon Brown, the NASCAR driver at the center of the “Let's Go, Brandon!” meme.  —  WOODFORD, Va. — “What actually keeps you from getting any nausea is that you're so zoned in on just doing this …

Justice Breyer has Democrats even more worried about the midterm elections  —  (CNN)Senate Republicans are poised to deny President Joe Biden an appointment to the Supreme Court if they take the majority in the 2022 midterm elections.  —  Five Republican senators raised …

Harrison Ford?!  Weird Election Incident Involving Kanye West Publicist May Point to Trump Campaign Aide  —  The Uprising is an independent publication supported by readers like you!  If you appreciate original investigative journalism, please sign up!  —  Subscribe now

Johnny Isakson, 76, Georgia politician respected by both sides, dies  —  Johnny Isakson spent his life cutting deals.  —  From his successful career in real estate to when Georgia's Republican Party was mostly confined to a small knot in Cobb County to Congress, Isakson learned early on what it took to get two sides to an agreement.