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.

Lindsey Graham: A Black woman on the Supreme Court wouldn't be affirmative action  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) rejected the suggestion by some in his party that nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court would be “affirmative action,” while heaping praise on one of the likely frontrunners for the high court seat.

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 …

Biden's handling of Supreme Court vacancy has been ‘clumsy at best’: Sen. Collins  —  If Democrats all vote for the nominee, they would not need bipartisan support.  —  Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said while she welcomes diversity on the Supreme Court, President Joe Biden's handling …

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

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.”

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.

Brussels Playbook: McGuinness interview — Russia latest — Italian impasse averted  —  Presented by Intel.  —  with ZOYA SHEFTALOVICH  —  PRESENTED BY  —  DRIVING THE DAY: MCGUINNESS TALKS GREEN ENERGY  —  ALL EYES ON WEDNESDAY: The European Commission is poised to sign off on its contentious …

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 …

Trump Calls On Massive Protests If Prosecutors Go After Him And Offers Pardons To Jan. 6ers  —  At a Texas rally, Trump focused on multiple investigations into him in New York, Washington and Atlanta, claiming: “They want to put me in jail.”  —  By S.V. Date

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.

China: Media freedom declining at ‘breakneck speed’ - report  —  Media freedom in China is declining at “breakneck speed”, according to a report by a group representing foreign journalists in the country.  —  The report by the Foreign Correspondents Club (FCC) of China said journalists …

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.

UAE intercepts Yemen missile as Israeli president visits  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels early Monday as the Israeli president visited the country, authorities said, the third such attack in recent weeks.

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.

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 …

Colorado State University offers students who have been ‘affected by a free speech event’ 17 different campus resources for help  — Colorado State University has set up 17 different resources for students who are ‘affected by a free speech event’  — Multiple departments and support groups are available to both students and staff

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 …

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.

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 …

U.S. border draws migrants from Russia, Ukraine  —  Migrants from South American countries, Cuba and Haiti — as well as more distant nations like Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and India — drove an uptick in traffic at the U.S.-Mexico border last month.  —  Why it matters: For years …

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.

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 …