Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Agency Now Says  —  Energy Department's revised assessment is based on new intelligence  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. Energy Department has concluded that the Covid pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according …

Musk defends ‘Dilbert’ creator, says media is ‘racist against whites’  —  The Tesla and Twitter chief blasted media outlets for dropping Scott Adams's comic strip after the cartoonist's rant against Black people  —  Twitter and Tesla chief Elon Musk defended Scott Adams, the under-fire creator of …

Why Fox News Lied to the Viewers It ‘Respects’  —  There are some stories that are important enough to pause the news cycle and linger on them, to explore not just what happened, but why.  And so it is with Fox News's role in the events leading up to Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump White House Pressured Disney to Censor ... Jimmy Kimmel  —  The former president was so incensed by the late-night host making fun of him that he had his staff take action  —  IN EARLY 2018, the American national security apparatus was fixated on reports that North Korea …

Putin casts war as a battle for Russia's survival  —  President Vladimir Putin cast the confrontation with the West over the Ukraine war as an existential battle for the survival of Russia and the Russian people - and said he was forced to take into account NATO's nuclear capabilities.

Joe Manchin Declines to Describe Himself as a Democrat  —  The moderate West Virginia senator hasn't said whether he will run for re-election in 2024  —  WASHINGTON—West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin declined to describe himself as a Democrat during a television interview on Sunday …

Large Crowds Across Mexico Protest Overhaul of Election Watchdog  —  Demonstrations took place in over 100 cities against the recent overhaul of the country's electoral watchdog, which officials say could make fair and free elections difficult.  —  Natalie Kitroeff reported this article from Mexico City.

James Bond books edited to remove racist references  —  Reissued versions of Ian Fleming's classic works will feature a disclaimer following a review by sensitivity readers  —  James Bond novels have been rewritten to remove a number of racial references from Ian Fleming's work, The Telegraph can reveal.

Biden's student loan forgiveness program comes before Supreme Court  —  Tuesday's oral arguments will focus on the limits of executive power — and who has standing to challenge the $430 billion loan initiative  —  By Robert Barnes and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

Contaminated waste shipments from Ohio derailment to resume  —  Shipment of contaminated waste from the site of a fiery train derailment earlier this month in eastern Ohio near the Pennsylvania state line will resume Monday to two approved sites in Ohio, according to federal environmental authorities.

How the Fed Opened Pandora's Box  —  Jerome H. Powell's no-holds-barred response to the pandemic was made possible by history.  It raises questions about the future.  —  It was July 2019 when Representative Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, asked Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve …

‘Hell on earth’: I reported from the war in Ukraine.  What I witnessed still haunts me.  —  We don't talk about the nightmares, the survivors' guilt or the loss of identity from getting too consumed by the story.  That needs to change.  —  View Comments  —  The past year …

Jessa Duggar Reveals She Suffered a Miscarriage: ‘I Just Immediately Started Crying’  —  The “19 Kids and Counting” alum said she plans to “take a break” from social media and focus on recovering  —  Jessa Duggar Seewald revealed that she suffered a miscarriage over the holidays.

Texas asks a Trump judge to declare most of the federal government unconstitutional  —  Ordinarily, this lawsuit would be laughed out of court.  But you never can tell with Trump's judges.  —  Earlier this month, Texas's Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit claiming …