Murdoch Acknowledges Fox News Hosts Endorsed Election Fraud Falsehoods  —  The conservative media mogul made the remarks under oath last month in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox by Dominion Voting Systems.  —  Rupert Murdoch, chairman of the conservative media empire that owns Fox News …

DeSantis takes over Disney district, punishing company  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that gives him control of Walt Disney World's self-governing district, punishing the company over its opposition to the so-called “Don't Say Gay” law.

Daniel Snyder's demands anger NFL owners, renew talk of voting him out  —  Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder and his attorneys have demanded that fellow NFL franchise owners and the league indemnify him against future legal liability and costs if he sells the team …

Scott Adams and the right-wing insistence on White victimhood  —  For months it has seemed inevitable that the “Dilbert” comic strip's run as a popular American newspaper cartoon would end precisely as it did: a victim of controversy triggered by its creator, Scott Adams.

U.S. Marshals Service suffers ‘major’ security breach that compromises sensitive information, senior law enforcement officials say  —  The U.S. Marshals Service suffered a security breach over a week ago that resulted in the compromise of sensitive information, multiple senior U.S. law enforcement officials said Monday.

Little-known scientific team behind new assessment on covid-19 origins  —  Small shift in favor of ‘lab leak’ theory was prompted by new data and group of weapons-lab scientists  —  The theory that covid-19 started with a lab accident in central China received a modest boost …

The End of the English Major  —  Enrollment in the humanities is in free fall at colleges around the country.  What happened?  —  The crisis, when it came, arrived so quickly that its scale was hard to recognize at first.  From 2012 to the start of the pandemic, the number of English majors …

‘Never like this before’: settler violence in West Bank escalates  —  Retaliatory rampage in Palestinian village likened to ‘Kristallnacht in Huwara’ with one dead and 350 injured  —  here is a large rolling gate at the entrance to the small Palestinian village of Za'atara …

Jeffrey Sachs's Great-Power Politics  —  The economist discusses what the U.S. gets wrong about Putin and the war in Ukraine.  —  Last week, Jeffrey Sachs, the economist and professor at Columbia known for his work in the fields of poverty alleviation and foreign aid, delivered remarks …

Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles didn't want you to see his college transcript!  We got it anyway  —  Transcript shows self-proclaimed economist took only one community college Economics course, which he barely passed — and did not major in International Relations, as claimed

A bipartisan group of Senators is talking about raising the retirement age on Social Security  —  A bipartisan group led by Sens. Angus King, I-Maine, and Bill Cassidy, R-La. is considering gradually raising the retirement age to about 70 as part of their legislation to overhaul Social Security …

Zero calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke, study finds  —  A sugar replacement called erythritol — used to add bulk or sweeten stevia, monk-fruit, and keto reduced-sugar products — has been linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death, according to a new study.

White House: No more TikTok on gov't devices within 30 days  —  The White House is giving all federal agencies 30 days to wipe TikTok off all government devices, as the Chinese-owned social media app comes under increasing scrutiny in Washington over security concerns.

Where did Facebook's funding for journalism really go?  —  b  —  “People want more local news, and local newsrooms are looking for more support,” Campbell Brown wrote in 2019 when Meta (then Facebook) announced its three-year, $300 million commitment to global “news programs, partnerships, and content.”

Indigenous youth occupy Norwegian energy office to protest illegal wind farm  —  “We cannot be sacrificed in the name of the green transition.”  —  Indigenous Sámi youth and dozens of environmental activists in Oslo, Norway shut down the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy on Monday, with many chaining themselves to the building.

WATCH: Florida Sheriff Goes Nuclear on Neo-Nazi ‘Motherf*ckers’  —  Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood fumed that it was an “honor” to be included on the “hit list” of an organization behind a string of disturbing antisemitic incidents.  —  A week after a neo-Nazi hate group circulated throughout …

Prince Harry to unpack struggles with ‘trauma expert’ in livestreamed talk  —  Prince Harry is set to unpack his experiences with a controversial trauma expert on Saturday, during a virtual event in which attendees can submit questions for the former royal to answer.

Hamstrung by ‘golden handcuffs’: Diversity roles disappear 3 years after George Floyd's murder inspired them  —  Diversity, equity and inclusion leaders, who were hired in waves to help companies achieve an ethnically balanced workforce after George Floyd's murder in 2020, are being phased out …

5 good points the right is making about the Ohio train disaster  —  The derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in eastern Ohio has led to calls for an examination of the government's disaster response, new regulation to safeguard public health and safety, and better working conditions for railroad workers.

Biden's Semiconductor Plan Flexes the Power of the Federal Government  —  In return for vast subsidies, the Biden administration is asking the chip industry to make promises about its workers and finances.  —  WASHINGTON — Semiconductor manufacturers seeking a slice of nearly $40 billion …

The risk of damage from hurricane winds will shift in coming decades.  See the impact by Zip code.  —  1 in 3 Americans may face risk by mid-century as winds are projected to reach further inland, northward  —  Hurricane winds fueled by climate change will reach further inland and put tens …

Iranian officials to investigate ‘revenge’ poisoning of schoolgirls  —  The attacks on female students - called an act of ‘biological terrorism’ - are thought to be retaliation for protests against hijabs in the country  —  Iranian authorities have confirmed they are investigating reports …