Manchin: Social spending bill elements must go through committee process  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Sunday said elements from the Democrats social spending and climate package must go through the committee process if the party wants to pass initiatives from the bill.

I'm disgusted by Joe Rogan's weak apology.  My former colleague's death at 47 makes it worse.  —  People are dying because of covid misinformation that Spotify packages as glib podcast fodder.  —  Under fire for spreading covid misinformation on his hugely popular podcast …

Youngkin campaign attacks high school student on Twitter  —  RICHMOND — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's campaign lashed out at a high school student as well as Democrat Ralph Northam on Twitter this weekend, tweeting out the teen's name and photo after the boy shared a news story about part …

The Covid Policy That Really Mattered Wasn't a Policy  —  If the C.D.C. had recommended better masks from the beginning, how many people would have worn them and for how long?  If the Biden administration had flooded stores with cheap rapid tests, would people have used them?

Overhaul of Electoral Count Act ‘Absolutely’ Will Pass, Manchin Says  —  Senators working to overhaul the law said recent revelations about former President Donald J. Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election made their work even more crucial.  —  WASHINGTON — Key senators working …

Macron vows ‘de-escalation,’ but hints at concessions to Putin  —  PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is optimistic he can secure a de-escalation over Ukraine when he travels to Moscow to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday, but hinted that Western countries could have to make concessions to the Kremlin.

'It's not like we don't have enough jobs here in Wisconsin': Ron Johnson won't try to land Oshkosh Corp. postal vehicle work  —  Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Saturday he won't try to persuade a Wisconsin manufacturer to place more than 1,000 new jobs in his hometown.

California's Supreme Court Was Split.  Leondra Kruger Found the Center.  —  Known for her ‘elegant’ mind, the moderate judge, now on President Biden's short list of potential high court nominees, could be a mediating force in Washington.  —  SACRAMENTO — In 2014, when then-Governor Jerry …

California-born figure skater Beverly Zu, 19, is slammed on Chinese social media after finishing LAST on the ice having given up her US citizenship to compete for Communist Beijing in Winter Olympics  — Figure skater Zhu Yi, 19, finished with the lowest score on day two of the women's short …

McCain when he picked Palin: “F— it!”  —  At the moment the late Sen. John McCain green-lit Sarah Palin as his presidential running mate in 2008, he told top advisers: “F— it.  Let's do it.”  —  The intrigue: McCain balled up a fist and shook it as if rolling dice …

Climate Change Enters the Therapy Room  —  Ten years ago, psychologists proposed that a wide range of people would suffer anxiety and grief over climate.  Skepticism about that idea is gone.  —  Ten years ago, when psychologists proposed that a wide range of people would suffer anxiety …

Time For a Victory Lap*  —  *Some terms and conditions apply.  Modern Monetary Theory, the buzziest economic idea in decades, got a pandemic tryout of sorts.  Now inflation is testing its limits.  —  The sun was sinking low over Long Island Sound as Stephanie Kelton …

Scowling Obama inspects his multi-million dollar Hawaii mansion  —  Obama, 60, had his arms crossed the entire time the group were discussing the next steps in building the massive compound

Our Nation Cannot Censor Its Way Back to Cultural Health  —  If we try, we'll violate the social compact and disrupt the founding logic of our republic.  —  I want to start with a story about cancel culture—the cancel culture that existed on a cold December night in 1860 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Military Reporters & Editors Association calls for the resumption of embeds  —  WASHINGTON, D.C.-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin: The recent deployment of American forces to Europe provides an opportunity for the U.S. military to showcase how the men and women in uniform undertake the mission asked …

How the National Butterfly Center Became the Center of Online Lies  —  Becoming the focus of conspiracy theories about child sex trafficking has caused the National Butterfly Center to shut its doors for now.  —  MISSION, Texas — For nearly two decades, the National Butterfly Center …