CNN Probe Eyes Jeff Zucker's Ties to Andrew Cuomo  —  The ongoing investigation, which exposed an affair that led to Zucker's abrupt resignation yesterday, has expanded to include possible improprieties during Cuomo's tenure as governor of New York, sources tell Rolling Stone

U.S. Exposes What It Says Is Russian Effort to Fabricate Pretext for Invasion  —  Officials said Russia was planning a fake video showing an attack by Ukrainians on Russian territory or Russian speakers in eastern Ukraine.  —  WASHINGTON — The United States has acquired intelligence …

Facebook's dream of connecting the whole world is dead  —  The platform's first-ever decline in active users is a landmark event in social media history  —  For 18 years, ever since Mark Zuckerberg started it in a Harvard dorm room, Facebook has been growing.

White House on Ukraine and Syria: If you don't trust us, then f-k you  —  Well, okay then.  —  If it's starting to feel like March 2003, that's because President Joe Biden's administration is definitely taking an “either you are with us or with the terrorists” vibe.

Republicans rebuke Liz Cheney in unprecedented moves  —  Party leaders meeting in Salt Lake City move a censure resolution against the congresswoman from Wyoming and prepare to fund her primary opponent  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Republican leaders forged an agreement this week to potentially fund …

The Black woman sentenced to six years in prison over a voting error  —  Pamela Moses was sentenced to six years in prison for trying to register despite a felony conviction but officials admitted making a series of mistakes  —  For the last few months, I've been following the case of Pamela Moses …

Kim Reynolds ending COVID disaster declaration, shutting down vaccination and case count websites … Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Thursday that she will soon end public health disaster proclamations that Iowa has operated under since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic nearly two years ago.

NBC Opens Olympics With ‘Worst Hand Imaginable’  —  John Koblin has covered the media industry for more than a decade.  —  Last year, NBC Sports executives called the Tokyo Olympics their most challenging undertaking ever.  —  Now that experience is starting to look like a cakewalk.

Sarah Palin's lawyers admit ‘uphill’ fight in libel suit against New York Times  —  NEW YORK — Attorneys for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin opened her libel case over a New York Times editorial here Thursday by acknowledging one thing that may have doomed her lawsuit from the beginning …

Florida Gov. DeSantis won't condemn Nazi rally in Orlando  —  DeSantis claimed those asking him to condemn the Nazis tried to “use this as some type of political issue.”  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has refused to condemn a Nazi rally that took place in Orlando over the weekend …

An Artist Placed a Cube Made From $11.7 Million Worth of Gold in Central Park—Protected By Its Own Security Detail  —  The German artist Niclas Castello is, of course, launching a cryptocurrency alongside the physical work.

Pence aides decline to talk about direct conversations with Trump even as they answer other questions  —  (CNN)Top aides to Vice President Mike Pence did not discuss direct conversations with former President Donald Trump over several hours of questioning in recent interviews …

The IRS is working with a startup called ID.me that stores the ‘inferred citizenship’ of some users.  That creates a huge new pool of personal data for police and other authorities to tap into.  — The IRS could soon require anyone logging into IRS.gov to use ID.me to verify their identity.

A Jewish Teacher Criticized Israel.  She Was Fired.  —  Jessie Sander had just started a job at a synagogue in Scarsdale.  But then a blog post she had written was found.  —  Last summer, Jessie Sander had been on the job at a Jewish school in Westchester County for less than a month …

EXCLUSIVE iPhone flaw exploited by second Israeli spy firm-sources … A flaw in Apple's software exploited by Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group to break into iPhones in 2021 was simultaneously abused by a competing company, according to five people familiar with the matter.

Donald Trump is facing multiple criminal investigations for his conduct.  Court buildings are bracing for violence and chaos.  — Trump encouraged his supporters to protest in cities where he and his company are under investigation.  — Fulton County DA Fani Willis and other officials are not taking Trump's comments lightly.

Why Voter Suppression Probably Won't Work  —  Voting procedures, turnout, and vote margins in the 2020 election  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — In the aftermath of the high-turnout 2020 election, many Republican-controlled state governments have passed legislation that Democrats believe will harm their party's voter turnout.

Whoopi Goldberg's American Idea of Race  —  It made sense, to the New York Daily News sports editor, that these guys dominated basketball.  After all, “the game places a premium on an alert, scheming mind and flashy trickiness, artful dodging and general smartalecness,” not to mention their “God-given better balance and speed.”

Schumer corrects Senate remarks overlooking Thurgood Marshall's tenure on Supreme Court  —  On the Senate floor, the majority leader wrongly stated that the Supreme Court justices were all White men until 1981.  —  Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that he misspoke …

After review, U.S. maintains border policy of expelling migrants, citing Omicron  —  After a recent internal review, the Biden administration decided to maintain a pandemic-era order put in place under former President Donald Trump that authorizes the rapid deportation of migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border …