How Two Biden Aides Played a Role in What Led to the Documents Case  —  Two aides played pivotal roles in how the classified documents appear to have gotten from the White House to a Biden think tank, where they were discovered years later.  —  In 2018, when the University of Pennsylvania opened …

Millionaire Rep. Dan Goldman has racked up 84 tickets in 6 years  —  He's off to a fined start.  —  Freshman Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman's two luxury vehicles have amassed at least 84 traffic and parking violations in the last six years.  —  The congressman and multi-millionaire …

The Only Success Story in Right-Wing Social Media  —  For a moment, the right's longtime dream of an alternative social media seemed within reach.  Various companies had been trying to build alt-Facebooks and alt-Twitters and alt-Reddits for years, of course, but they remained marginal.  Then came 2020.

Florida school district pulls children's book on Roberto Clemente  —  A school district in Florida has removed a children's book on Latino baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente to see if it complies with a new state law limiting discussions about race, Axios has confirmed.

MrBeast's blindness video puts systemic ableism on display  —  Recently, megastar creator MrBeast posted a video to his YouTube in which he spotlights numerous blind and visually impaired people who have undergone a surgical procedure that “cures” their blindness.

Affirmative Action in Jail Sentencing  —  the court system in Canada is broken, and it's only going to get worse  —  On December 31, 2020, a 17-year old man in Calgary was pulled over for a routine traffic violation by 37-year old police officer Sgt. Andrew Harnett.

This Gen Z Democrat is deftly skewering right-wing fantasies  —  Rep. Maxwell Frost, the first Gen Z member of Congress, had numerous breakthrough moments this week during hearings run by House Republicans.  The Florida Democrat's performance did more than unmask the folly of GOP investigations, though it certainly did that.

Matt Gaetz Honors Accused Murderer at Committee Hearing  —  A quick Google search would have informed Rep. Matt Gaetz who his honored guest really was, but the victim's family says he's trying to make it right.  —  When members of the House Judiciary Committee convened for their first meeting …

Justice Department standards on federal death penalty called confusing  —  The Justice Department's disparate approaches in a pair of mass-killing cases is generating accusations that the Biden administration has failed to press for the elimination of capital punishment and is not applying clear standards …

In earthquake-battered Syria, a desperate wait for help that never came  —  JINDERIS, Syria — It took four days and nights after the earthquake for the rubble to fall silent here.  The strongest voices belonged to the women, residents said.  Parted from their children, or fighting to save them …

My husband won't forgive me for farting in front of him — I'm devastated  —  It's better not to bottle things up.  —  A married woman revealed that her husband allegedly called her flatulence “absolutely revolting” — after only farting once in front of him during their nine-year relationship.

Wagner Founder Has Putin's Support, but the Kremlin's Side-Eye  —  Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the once secretive tycoon, is confounding Moscow's Kremlin-allied elite by starting to dabble in politics alongside waging war in Ukraine.  —  He challenged Ukraine's president to a duel from the cockpit of a bomber.

Lula's attacks on Brazil central bank alarm investors  —  President questions independent monetary policy and bank's continuing independence  —  Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has reignited investors' concerns about his new leftwing administration after repeatedly criticising …

Texas Attorney General Agrees to Give $3.3 Million and an Apology to His Former Aides  —  The multimillion-dollar settlement will come from state funds and be paid to top deputies who had accused the attorney general, Ken Paxton, of corruption.  —  HOUSTON — The Texas attorney general …

Far-right protesters clash with police at Merseyside hotel housing asylum seekers  —  Three people arrested as witnesses say police van set on fire and counter-protesters surrounded  —  Disturbances have broken out in Knowsley near Liverpool after several hundred far-right demonstrators protested …

Russia likely lost dozens of armoured vehicles near Ukraine's Vuhledar: UK  —  Russian forces likely lost dozens of armoured vehicles in a single, failed attack near the eastern Ukrainian city of Vuhledar, British intelligence said on Friday, as one pro-Russian blogger warned of a “crisis” in troop command.

Congressman who raised issue of antisemitism on Twitter says he was bombarded with antisemitic tweets  —  New York CNN —  A Jewish lawmaker who spoke about the problem of antisemitism on Twitter during a House Oversight hearing this week focused on the company was later bombarded …

While Claiming Jewish Heritage, Anna Paulina Luna Forgot to Mention Her Nazi Grandfather  —  Is Anna Paulina Luna the new George Santos?  —  Since it first came out last December that newly elected lawmaker George Santos had lied about roughly 99% of his biography, fresh falsehoods …