Accused Pelosi attacker David DePape spread QAnon, other far-right, bigoted conspiracies  —  In the months before police accused him of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, David DePape had been drifting further into the world of far-right conspiracies, antisemitism and hate …

Musk's Twitter Roils With Hate Speech as Trolls Test New Limits  —  In the wake of Elon Musk buying Twitter Inc., a tide of slurs and racist memes swelled on the platform, sparking concern that the site is entering an era of hateful speech.  —  Twitter has long wrestled …

It's 2024.  Trump Backers Won't Certify the Election.  What Next, Legally?  —  The question is most urgent in Arizona, where two of the former president's loyalists may well become governor and secretary of state.  —  It's a nightmare scenario for American democracy …

U.S. faces “environment of fascism” ahead of 2022 midterms, AOC says  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said in an interview with MSNBC Friday that the United States is “facing an environment of fascism” similar to the days of Jim Crow in the leadup to the 2022 midterms.

American Jews start to think the unthinkable  —  On the holiest night of the Jewish year earlier this month, my rabbi looked up from his Kol Nidre sermon — a homily about protecting America's liberal democracy — and posed a question that wasn't in his prepared text: “How many people …

John Fetterman's ‘Trump-Voting Republican’ Parents Are Card-Carrying Democrats  —  It appears Democrat Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman's “Trump-voting Republican” parents are not Trump-voting Republicans, but card-carrying Democrats.  In an apparent attempt to paint himself …

Man convicted of 1983 murder cleared after spending nearly four decades in prison  —  A 69-year-old man who has spent nearly the last four decades in prison after being convicted of murder was freed on Friday, after new evidence exonerated him from the crime.

Penguin Random House Staffers, Others Call for Canceling of Amy Coney Barrett Memoir … Hundreds of Penguin Random House staffers and other literary professionals are calling on the publishing company to cut ties with Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and to cancel her upcoming book.

The British Barack Obama?  —  The unlikely rise of Rishi Sunak — and the American left's staggering silence.  —  In his inimitable way, Joe Biden this week celebrated the rather remarkable fact the the new Conservative prime minister in Britain is the grandson of Indian immigrants:

U.S. Releases Guantánamo's Oldest Prisoner  —  Saifullah Paracha, 75, was accused of being a Qaeda sympathizer and was held for two decades.  But he was never charged with a crime.  —  GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — The United States has released the U.S. military's oldest prisoner …

‘So blatantly illegal’: Liam Madden admits to funneling money through family to inflate campaign finance numbers  —  Liam Madden, the Republican nominee in the open race for Vermont's lone seat in the U.S. House, during a radio interview Thursday morning described in detail a self-funded scheme …

Iranian Drones in Ukraine Project Tehran's Power Beyond Mideast, Testing U.S., Europe  —  Wave of Russian attacks highlights how sanctions failed to stop Tehran from building a drone army that can arm proxies and friendly governments  —  Russia's expanding use of Iranian drones in Ukraine poses …

James Bennet and the rewriting of 2020  —  Sometimes, history changes unexpectedly toward the good.  And then, powerful people with something to lose try to change it back.  —  Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple contributed to the latter yesterday when he published a column titled “James Bennet was right.”

Mondrian painting has been hanging upside down for 75 years  —  Despite the discovery, the work, titled New York City I, will continue to be displayed the wrong way up to avoid damaging it  —  Mondrian painting wrong on the left and correct on the right  —  A painting by abstract Dutch …

As temperatures begin to fall, Russia steps up attacks on Ukraine's vulnerable power grid  —  KYIV — Large parts of the Ukrainian capital have been experiencing rolling blackouts in recent weeks, after increased Russian attacks over the past month that have destroyed an estimated 30% of Ukraine's power and heating generation capacity.

COVID-19 Origins: Investigating a “Complex and Grave Situation” Inside a Wuhan Lab  —  The Wuhan lab at the center of suspicions about the pandemic's onset was far more troubled than known, documents unearthed by a Senate team reveal.  Tracing the evidence, Vanity Fair and ProPublica give …