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 …

Trump dangles prospect of pardons for Jan. 6 defendants  —  CONROE, Texas (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is dangling the prospect of pardons for supporters who participated in the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol if he returns to the White House.

Nils Lofgren Pulls Music From Spotify in Solidarity With Neil Young  —  “We encourage all musicians, artists and music lovers everywhere, to stand with us all, and cut ties with Spotify,” guitarist writes  —  Nils Lofgren has joined Neil Young in removing his music from Spotify to protest …

Living by the Code: In China, Covid-Era Controls May Outlast the Virus  —  The country has instituted a wide range of high-tech controls on society as part of a mostly successful effort to stop the virus.  The consequences may endure.  —  The police had warned Xie Yang, a human rights lawyer …

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.

Scoop: Inside Biden aides' China fight  —  U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai is working to repair her relationship with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan after a Situation Room confrontation in which she accused him — in front of colleagues — of undermining her in the press, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.

Long Island pediatric nurse charged in $900K fake vaccine card scheme, NYPD husband being investigated  —  A pediatric nurse practitioner has been arrested for selling phony COVID-19 vaccine cards on Long Island — and her NYPD officer husband faces a departmental probe over his possible involvement …

Trump declared a war on the media.  Now proxy battles are being waged in American courts.  —  But none of these landmark cases are as potentially consequential as Sarah Palin's suit against the New York Times.  —  From the start of his presidential bid, Donald Trump took full advantage …

Georgetown Law's Conservative and Libertarian Students Rally Around Ilya Shapiro  —  In an editorial today, we made the case that it would be egregious for Georgetown University Law School to fire Ilya Shapiro.  Now, the school's Conservative and Libertarian Student Association is coming to his defense.

Thousands opposed to COVID-19 rules converge on Parliament Hill  —  Trudeau and his family have been moved from residence over security concerns  —  A convoy of thousands of truckers and other protesters have converged on Parliament Hill to call for an end to COVID-19 vaccine mandates …

Trump's Cheerleaders Forget How Weak He Was With Putin  —  They can't defend their records as part of the worst administration in history, so they're pathetically lashing out at Biden. … You would think that given the fact Donald Trump was impeached for illegally withholding congressionally approved aid …

North Korea missile tests: Biggest launch since 2017  —  North Korea has conducted what is thought to be its biggest missile launch since 2017.  —  South Korea reported that the launch took place at 07:52 local time on Sunday (22:52 GMT) off North Korea's east coast.

The Man Trying to Take Down Boris Johnson  —  It's “an unpleasant but necessary job,” says Dominic Cummings.  “It's like sort of fixing the drains.”  —  There is a joke in British political circles that Dominic Cummings exists to destroy prime ministers.  After his organization Vote Leave won …

The Pressure Campaign on Spotify to Remove Joe Rogan Reveals the Religion of Liberals: Censorship  —  All factions, at certain points, succumb to the impulse to censor.  But for the Democratic Party's liberal adherents, silencing their adversaries has become their primary project.

Stuck without housing, Afghan evacuees languish inside D.C.-area hotel rooms  —  Scores of Afghan evacuees in the Washington region have been languishing inside cramped hotel rooms, where parents sleep on the floor while their bored children share one bed.  —  Months after their arrivals …

UN: 2,000 children recruited by Yemen's rebels died fighting  —  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts said in a new report that nearly 2,000 children recruited by Yemen's Houthi rebels died on the battlefield between January 2020 and May 2021, and the Iranian-backed rebels continue to hold camps …

Most Americans say pandemic will be over when virus becomes comparable to seasonal flu  —  Analysis: Why did Spotify choose Joe Rogan over Neil Young?  Hint: It's not a music company.  —  Teachers, students and families caught in the middle of Va. mask order  —  Confused about rapid tests?

How white power changed Herbie Husker  —  For nearly 50 years, fans have loved the burly Husker mascot who wears blue overalls, sports a big red cowboy hat and keeps an ear of corn in his pocket.  The depiction of the blonde-haired, blue-eyed farmer with a barrel chest and chiseled chin is …