My Pillow's Mike Lindell barred from entering Canada to support convoy protestors  —  Lindell, as well as a truck full of 10,000 pillows destined for protesters, were denied entry into Canada Tuesday evening  —  OTTAWA - My Pillow CEO and staunch Donald Trump supporter Mike Lindell …

GOP tensions boil over Trump's fundraising tactics  —  Donald Trump's spamming of Republican donors could kneecap party efforts to build a steady funding stream for future elections and compete with Democratic fundraising, top GOP officials are privately warning.

Trump Makes New Claims About His Wealth After Accountants Drop Him  —  The former president has spent decades inventing facts and figures to suit his needs.  Now, dropped by his accountants, he is making new claims.  —  On Tuesday evening, former President Donald J. Trump …

Beijing Weighs How Far to Go in Backing Putin on Ukraine  —  Behind closed doors, China's top leaders have debated how to respond to the Russia-Ukraine crisis without hurting China's own interests  —  China's top leaders have spent days weighing how far Beijing should go to back Russian …

Ryan Zinke broke ethics rules while leading Trump's Interior Dept., keeping improper ties with land developers, watchdog finds … While serving as Interior Department secretary under Donald Trump, Ryan Zinke broke federal ethics rules repeatedly by improperly participating in real estate negotiations …

In Leaked Audio, CDC's Rochelle Walensky Privately Confirms She Won't Relax School Mask Guidance  —  Walensky acknowledged “limitations” of available studies but told a congressional subcommittee “our guidance currently is that masking should happen in all schools.”

We asked all 143 Texas GOP congressional candidates about Biden's win.  Only 13 call it legitimate.  —  The debate had been underway for less than 10 minutes before the top Republican candidates in a MAGA-friendly Houston congressional district reached a consensus: each believed the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.

In Landslide, San Francisco Forces Out 3 Board of Education Members  —  The recall, which galvanized Asian Americans, was a victory for parents angered by the district's priorities during the pandemic.  —  In a recall election fueled by pandemic angst and anger, San Francisco voters ousted three members …

The Millions of People Stuck in Pandemic Limbo  —  When the coronavirus pandemic began, Emily Landon thought about her own risk only in rare quiet moments.  An infectious-disease doctor at the University of Chicago Medicine, she was cramming months of work into days, preparing her institution …

A Vibe Shift Is Coming Will any of us survive it?  —  One morning in June, while I was puffing away on my stationary bike — fine, a Peloton — pretending I had enough time to get my body ready for the “hot vaxx summer” that never really was, my friend Ellen messaged me: “Okay, please let me know if this person is dumb.

Lawyers and Lobbyists Fight for Their Slice of $3.5 Billion in Afghan Money Seized by the Biden Administration … Last Friday, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. would hold billions in seized Afghan central bank money to pay out to families of victims of 9/11 who had sued the Taliban for damages.

Right-wing media said it was exposing a scandal.  What it really revealed is how bad information spreads in MAGA world  —  New York (CNN Business)On Saturday night former President Donald Trump declared that he was the victim of a scandal “far greater” than Watergate.  He called for criminal prosecutions and “reparations.”

State judges across the U.S. face growing GOP pushback against rulings in election cases  —  In mid-December, Texas' highest criminal court revoked the state attorney general's ability to use his office to prosecute election-related cases without the request of a district or county attorney.

Feinstein's approval ratings hit an all-time low; Harris underwater, poll says  —  Views of Sen. Dianne Feinstein's job performance have tumbled to the lowest point in her three-decade Senate career, with just 30% of California voters giving her positive marks in a new UC Berkeley Institute …

NFL Taps Ex-Attorney General Loretta Lynch to Fight Flores' Race Bias Suit  —  The National Football League has hired former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to defend it in a high-profile race discrimination case filed earlier this month by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores.

LEAKED AUDIO: Amazon Union Buster Warns Workers ‘Things Could Become Worse’  —  An Amazon union avoidance official told unionizing workers in New York City that it is possible negotiations would begin with minimum wage pay as a starting point.  —  An Amazon union avoidance official told employees at JFK8 …

Wary of Economic Neoliberalism, Groups Fund Research on Alternatives  —  Two foundations committed funding for economic and policy research focused on alternatives to traditional economic thinking.  —  Wages have been stagnant for most Americans for decades.  Inequality has increased sharply.

In his first budget, Adams unveils ‘radically practical’ $98.5B spending plan  —  Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday proposed his first spending plan for New York City, a $98.5 billion preliminary budget that he said tracks with his political vision of prioritizing public safety and government efficiency …

Republicans Blame Crime On An Innocence Project Lawyer Tapped For A Judgeship  —  GOP senators accused Biden's court pick Nina Morrison, who has freed dozens of innocent people from prison, of fueling violent crimes.  Huh?  —  In a hearing on Wednesday that was as performative …

Pandemics disable people — the history lesson that policymakers ignore … Laura Spinney is the author of Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World.  She writes about science, medicine and history from Paris.  —  You can also search for this author in  —  PubMed Google Scholar

Justice Department Files Suit to Prevent Missouri from Restricting Enforcement of Federal Firearms Laws  —  Missouri House Bill 85 Makes Enforcement of Federal Firearms Laws More Difficult, Thereby Impeding Law Enforcement Efforts to Combat Violent Crime  —  The Department of Justice …

Biden names 2 people to replace Eric Lander in top science roles  —  President Joe Biden has tapped two people to temporarily fill Eric Lander's dual roles as the president's top science adviser and the head of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the White House announced on Wednesday.

Democrats to Biden: Time to make changes at the White House  —  WASHINGTON — There's a growing sense among Democrats that it's time for a change of course at the White House — whether that means new strategy or new staffers.  —  On the political front, President Joe Biden's numbers aren't getting better …

Scoop: House GOP moves to tank Biden's Iran diplomacy  —  Nearly 200 House Republicans have written to President Biden warning any nuclear deal made with Iran without Congress' approval “will meet the same fate” as the 2015 agreement by President Obama later abandoned by President Trump.

This 16-year-old wanted to get the COVID vaccine.  He had to hide it from his parents  —  High school junior Nicolas Montero stays busy.  He runs track, works night and weekend shifts at Burger King and keeps on top of his schoolwork at Neshaminy High School in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Marianne Williamson calls out AOC's ‘bulls—’ for dodging question on whether Pelosi should lead Dem caucus  —  The former Dem presidential candidate accused the ‘Squad’ member of ‘doublespeak’  —  AOC's GOP challenger proposes federal death penalty for convicted cop killers

Missouri Senate poll alarms GOP  —  The poll appears to validate party fears that former GOP Gov. Eric Greitens would be a risky nominee.  —  Newly released polling in Missouri bolsters an argument Senate Republican leadership has made for months: Former Gov. Eric Greitens could be an unusually weak red-state nominee.

Ken Kurson, Kushner Ally Pardoned by Trump, Takes Plea Deal  —  Mr. Kurson, a former newspaper editor, was accused of cyberstalking his former wife both before and after their 2016 divorce.  —  Ken Kurson, a former editor of The New York Observer who was charged with unlawfully spying on his former wife …

Money That Won Melania Trump NFT Came From Melania Trump Wallet  —  The source of funds for the winning bid in Melania Trump's first NFT auction appears to be the creators of the project themselves.  —  A series of blockchain transactions show that the cryptocurrency used …

The ranting 2022 version of Sen. Ron Johnson has created a mess of his own making  —  In prior election cycles, I was a fan of Sen. Ron Johnson.  He came to office in 2010 as a plain-speaking, pro-market, budget-conscious business leader.  Unfortunately, today a lot of people no longer recognize him.

Afghans Who Bet on Fast Path to the U.S. Are Facing a Closed Door  —  Only a handful of applications for entry on urgent humanitarian grounds have been processed, and most have been denied.  —  LOS ANGELES — As a combat interpreter in Afghanistan, Sharif Azizi helped U.S. Special Forces hunt …