Trump's Grip on G.O.P. Faces New Strains  —  Shifts in polls of Republicans, disagreements on endorsements and jeers over vaccines hint at daylight between the former president and the right-wing movement he spawned.  —  About halfway into his Texas rally on Saturday evening …

Sherrilyn Ifill should be Biden's Supreme Court pick; here's why  —  A Black woman has never served on the U.S. Supreme Court, but there is no shortage of well-qualified individuals available to break that shameful barrier.  This was made clear enough last week with the announcement …

US plans sanctions against Vladimir Putin's inner circle if Russia moves on Ukraine  —  Measures would punish country's elite and come as UK warns of similar penalties  —  The US has drawn up sanctions targeting Vladimir Putin's inner circle and its ties to the west as Washington broadens …

North Carolina superintendent abruptly removes MLK-themed novel from 10th grade class  —  An acclaimed MLK-themed novel was removed from a 10th-grade English class in North Carolina.  Haywood County Superintendent Dr. Bill Nolte told Popular Information that he pulled the book …

White House frustrations grow over health chief Becerra's handling of pandemic  —  Critics blame him for health officials' conflicting messages; defenders say administration gave him an unclear role  —  White House officials have grown so frustrated with top health official Xavier Becerra …

Time to Accept Covid and Move On?  —  Americans still concerned about virus, but lose faith in federal measures  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Americans continue to be concerned about the spread of Covid, but the vast majority say it is time to accept it as part of life.

Gov. Ron DeSantis' Press Secretary's tweet suggests denial of Nazi protest  —  The Press Secretary for Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared Sunday night to question whether a Nazi flag hung from an Orange County bridge was in fact the effort of Nazis.  —  In a tweet she posted Sunday night and later deleted …

The Betrayal  —  I.  —  The End  —  It took four presidencies for America to finish abandoning Afghanistan.  George W. Bush's attention wandered off soon after American Special Forces rode horseback through the northern mountains and the first schoolgirls gathered in freezing classrooms.

Ghostface Trump Lives and Susan Collins Keeps Letting Him  —  The Good Republican won't rule out Trump 2024.  —  Donald Trump can't be killed because the rest of the Republican party is unwilling to take on the political pain required to kill him.  —  This has been the fundamental …

Why I do not expect a civil war in America (and what does worry me)  —  It began a few years ago, when prominent democracy rating organizations started downgrading the United States, putting its institutions on par with Panama, Argentina, or Romania.  —  In retrospect, that seems like the good news.

Exclusive: Kamala Harris drove within several yards of pipe bomb at DNC headquarters during Capitol riot  —  (CNN)Then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris drove within several yards of a pipe bomb lying next to a bench outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters on January 6, 2021 …

DNC pulls record fundraising end-of-year hauls leading into critical midterm election year  —  Democrats praised the chair of the DNC, Jaime Harrison.  —  The Democratic National Committee announced it hit new fundraising highs, raking in $10.7 million in December and $157 million in 2021.

Georgia prosecutor investigating Trump requests FBI protection after former president targets her at rally  —  Ms Willis is investigating former president Donald Trump's efforts to pressure Georgia election officials into throwing out 2020 election results  —  The Georgia prosecutor …

Hispanic Students Were Forced To Learn Critical Race Theory.  They Hated It.  —  During the 2020 fall semester, Kali Fontanilla—a high school English language teacher working in the Salinas, California, school district—noticed that many of her students were failing one of their other classes: ethnic studies.

‘Maus’ ban makes Art Spiegelman's Holocaust graphic novel an Amazon bestseller  —  Two editions of Art Spiegelman's graphic novel “Maus,” about his parents' experiences during the Holocaust, have become bestsellers after being banned by a Tennessee school board earlier this month.

Trump's Continuing Disgrace  —  President Trump has already inflicted more than enough damage on the country simply because his fragile ego prevented him from acknowledging that he lost the 2020 election.  But the January 6 Capitol riot, which followed months of him whipping supporters …