Majority of Americans want Biden to consider ‘all possible nominees’ for Supreme Court vacancy: POLL  —  An ABC News/Ipsos poll says a plurality of the U.S. views the court as partisan.  —  A new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds that a plurality of Americans view the Supreme Court as motivated by partisanship …

Spotify's Platform Rules and Approach to COVID-19  —  A decade ago, we created Spotify to enable the work of creators around the world to be heard and enjoyed by listeners around the world.  To our very core, we believe that listening is everything.  Pick almost any issue and you will find people and opinions on either side of it.

At Texas rally, Trump all but promised a racially charged civil war if he's indicted  —  For a nation that's awakened every morning for nearly two years to a Groundhog Day of pandemic and paranoia, the scenes from Donald Trump's latest comeback rally on Saturday at a fairground …

Trump toys with the mob — again  —  In Texas, Trump encouraged people to hold protests over his legal jeopardy and suggested he would pardon Jan. 6 rioters who took such a message to its extreme  —  What's the worst that could happen?  —  Former president Donald Trump on Saturday night sent …

He Spent 25 Years Infiltrating Nazis, the Klan, and Biker Gangs  —  Scott was a top undercover agent for the FBI, putting himself in harm's way dozens of times.  Now, he's telling his story for the first time to sound the alarm about the threat of far-right extremists in America

Election Deniers Are Running for Secretary of State Across the Country  —  Brazenly partisan candidates who insist that Donald Trump won the 2020 election are transforming races for the once-obscure office of secretary of state.  —  PHOENIX — Nearly two dozen Republicans who have publicly questioned …

Rents are up 40 percent in some cities, forcing millions to find another place to live  —  Rising rents are expected to be a driving force in inflation this year and have been an ongoing policy challenge for the Biden administration  —  Kiara Age moved in less than a year ago and now it's …

New York lawmakers draw redistricting map that boosts Democrats  —  Democratic state legislators in New York released a congressional redistricting map Sunday that redrew House lines to give Democrats as many as three more seats at a time when the party's majority is in jeopardy.

Georgia county purges Democrats from election board and cancels Sunday voting  —  The takeover in Spalding county is part of Republican efforts to dominate elections mechanisms nationwide  —  The judges met, in private, over a two-day period in May, for what might seem like a minor task …

The moral calculations of a billionaire … BOCA RATON, Fla. — The stock market had been open for only 17 minutes when Leon Cooperman picked up the phone to check how much money he'd made.  He dialed a private line to his trading desk in New Jersey, just as he did a dozen times each day.

Public education is facing a crisis of epic proportions  —  How politics and the pandemic put schools in the line of fire  —  Test scores are down, and violence is up.  Parents are screaming at school boards, and children are crying on the couches of social workers.  Anger is rising.

Hunter Biden and associates received 2019 subpoena over business deals in China  —  Hunter Biden and two business associates received a grand jury subpoena regarding their business dealings in China about 17 months before the 2020 presidential election, The Post has learned.

U.N. report says Taliban have killed scores of former Afghan officials, others  —  A U.N. report seen by Reuters says the Taliban and its allies are believed to have killed scores of former Afghan officials, security force members and people who worked with the international military contingent since the U.S.-led pullout.

Pelosi is the GOP's 2022 bogeywoman  —  Nancy Pelosi's decision to seek an 18th full term has added a new angle to Republican efforts to win back the House: tying swing-state Democrats to an even bigger Democratic bogeywoman than President Biden.  —  Why it matters: This may be the GOP's …

The Hard-Line Russian Advisers Who Have Putin's Ear  —  Three reactionary security officials dedicated to “traditional values” and restoring Soviet glory will figure prominently in the decision whether to invade Ukraine.  —  MOSCOW — The West is legalizing marriage between people and animals.

Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S.  —  Challenges to books about sexual and racial identity are nothing new in American schools, but the tactics and politicization are.  —  In Wyoming, a county prosecutor's office considered charges against library employees for stocking books like “Sex Is a Funny Word” and “This Book Is Gay.”

Politics After Covid  —  The pandemic has accelerated the increasingly reactionary turn of American liberalism  —  Covid-19 will soon be endemic.  For whatever bizarre reason, that fact has become cause for some measure of angst and consternation to a certain demographic.

Marc Elias is Sometimes Counterproductive When It Comes to Protecting Voting Rights, Election Integrity, and the Interests of the Democratic Party  —  I'm going to catch a lot of flak for this post, so let me begin with with some positive words about Marc Elias, one of the country's leading …

Brooklyn teacher calls for ‘reciprocity’ against cops gathered to mourn slain detective  —  A New York City teacher posted an Instagram story Saturday that appeared to encourage violence against police mourning the murder of detective Jason Rivera, drawing outrage from members of New York's Finest.

Abbott running comfortably ahead of O'Rourke in DMN-UT-Tyler poll; Paxton could face runoff  —  By 53% to 45%, Texas voters say the U.S. Supreme Court should not overturn the Roe vs. Wade decision protecting women's right to an abortion.  —  AUSTIN — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott …

As police were abandoning East Precinct, Seattle officials drafted plan to give station to a Black Lives Matter group  —  At the height of Seattle's racial justice protests in 2020, then-Mayor Jenny Durkan's administration drafted legislation to transfer the Police Department's East Precinct building …

This Week in CT: Themis Klarides announces run for U.S. Senate seat  —  (WTNH) - On This Week in Connecticut, we have an exclusive interview in a political development that will turn the race for U.S. Senate into a hot race that will gain national attention.

Ron Johnson crashes the clown car  —  Sen. Ron Johnson, the most notorious conspiracy theorist in the U.S. Senate, finally got something right.  —  The Republican from Oshkosh interrupted a panel discussion he'd organized Monday to amplify messages from vaccine skeptics with an announcement …

Senate Nears Completion of Measures Targeting Russian Economy in Event of Ukraine Invasion  —  Bipartisan legislation would hit major Russian banks and limit the market for the nation's sovereign debt  —  WASHINGTON—Bipartisan legislation aimed at striking the Russian economy …