Florida bill would require bloggers who write about governor to register with the state  —  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Sen. Jason Brodeur (R-Lake Mary) wants bloggers who write about Gov. Ron DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody, and other members of the Florida executive cabinet …

Trump can be sued by police over Jan. 6 riot, Justice Department says  —  Two U.S. Capitol Police officers and 11 Democratic House members are seeking to hold Donald Trump liable for injuries they suffered during the riot.  —  Former president Donald Trump can be held liable in court …

Biden says he will sign resolution blocking D.C. crime law  —  President Biden said Thursday he would sign a GOP-led resolution to block changes to Washington, D.C.'s local criminal code that reduce maximum penalties for some violent crimes. … “If the Senate votes to overturn what D.C. Council did - I'll sign it.”

Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  —  Pursuant to Committee Rule 7, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics (Committee) determined to release the following statement:

Once the World's Largest, a Hotel Goes ‘Poof!’  Before Our Eyes  —  The Hotel Pennsylvania in Manhattan was a virtual city within a city.  But in the end, nothing could save it.  —  Bit by bit, floor by floor, the building that once rose 22 stories over Penn Station is shrinking before the city's very eyes.

House Ethics Committee Opens Inquiry Into George Santos  —  The House Ethics Committee unanimously voted to authorize an investigation into whether Mr. Santos broke various laws or engaged in sexual misconduct.  —  The House Ethics Committee announced Thursday that it had opened an investigation …

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein hospitalized in San Francisco … Sen. Feinstein thanks Sen. Graham for ‘one of the best set of hearings’  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is receiving treatment for shingles in a California hospital, Fox News Digital has confirmed.

Finally, Democrats appear ready to wage war on Fox News  —  For years, Democrats have been deeply conflicted about Fox News.  At times, they've shunned the network as an irredeemable source of disinformation, boycotting it or banning it from covering Democratic presidential primary debates.

U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales faces censure vote by Republican Party of Texas  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)  —  This story has been updated.  —  The Republican Party of Texas is expected to vote on whether to censure U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-San Antonio) …

Teacher with prosthetic Z-cups placed on leave from class, accused of dressing like a man outside work  —  Kayla Lemieux, the biological male high school teacher who became famous for strutting around school dressed as a woman with z-size prosthetic breasts, has reportedly been placed on leave from Oakville Trafalgar High School.

The Useful Idiots Fueling the Right-Wing Transphobia Panic  —  Today on TAP: Prominent center-left journalists were swindled by obvious nonsense about a St. Louis gender clinic.  —  A child holds trans pride flags at a gathering on the steps of the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson to protest House Bill 1125 …

City Statement on Mayor Wojahn's Resignation  —  Statement on Mayor Wojahn's Resignation  —  College Park, MD, March 2, 2023 - Last night, after business hours, Mayor Patrick L. Wojahn submitted his letter of resignation as Mayor of the City of College Park, effective immediately on March 2.

U.S. regulators rejected Elon Musk's bid to test brain chips in humans, citing safety risks  —  Musk has said his brain implant company, Neuralink, will make the paralyzed walk, the blind see and eventually turn people into cyborgs.  But the firm still struggles to secure clinical-trial approval …

Bad Projection Is Ruining the Movie Theater Experience  —  Multiplexes are failing at their most basic function: delivering a bright, sharp image.  —  Michelle Pfeiffer and Jonathan Majors look like crap.  Usually, they're two of the most radiant, dermatologically exceptional people in the world.

Please Lie to Me, Tucker  —  Fox News isn't news at all.  —  Oh, how conservatives loved to hate the media.  I witnessed it firsthand for decades.  In any speech before a conservative audience, the jokes about media bias got the loudest laughs and heartiest applause.

EXCLUSIVE: After he left office, Donald Trump ordered his chief of staff to leak classified information to the press about an FBI agent and other adversaries.  Experts believe that may be a felony.  —  Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Getty  —  Earlier stories on the Russia papers: Part 2, Part 1.

How Gisele Fetterman became the right wing's favorite super villain  —  Tucker Carlson and others use a familiar blame-women tactic.  —  I started my twice-a-decade rereading of “The Handmaid's Tale” a few nights ago, and one scene that sticks out every time I pick up the book …

Murdaugh trial juror removed for improper discussions outside courtroom  —  One of the 12 jurors in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh was removed Thursday morning and replaced with an alternate before the defense team started its closing arguments.  —  Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman …

FBI's Christopher Wray excuses armed raid against cooperative pro-lifer  —  Add FBI Director Christopher Wray to the list of major officials justifying a dangerously armed arrest of a peaceful pro-life activist.  And Wray, like Attorney General Merrick Garland, refused to explain why a pre-dawn SWAT raid was necessary.

News Analysis: Biden's new asylum proposal could affect the border forever  —  U.S. immigration politics have shifted on their axis over the last 10 days.  —  Former President Trump and his administration spent years arguing that people who cross the border without permission should not be able …

EPA orders testing for highly toxic dioxins at Ohio derailment site  —  The agency ordered rail company Norfolk Southern to test the Ohio derailment area for dioxins, a dangerous and persistent class of pollutants  —  After weeks of questions about contamination associated with a train derailment …

Obama praises woman behind ‘Fired up’ chant as she retires  —  1 of 2  —  Former President Barack Obama, marking the retirement of the woman credited with popularizing the chant “Fired up, ready to go!” that epitomized his campaigns, says her energy played a key role in lifting his spirits and his candidacy.

DeSantis Cronies Force College to Close Diversity Office  —  If Ron DeSantis has his way, what his board did at New College will happen at every public university in Florida.  —  Cameron Joseph  —  WASHINGTON, US  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' handpicked board of trustees voted to shutter …

March 1, 2023  —  Drugmaker Eli Lilly announced today that it will cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month, bringing costs for people with private insurance and those without insurance who sign up for Lilly's copay assistance program into line with the $35 cap for Medicare recipients Congress imposed …

Hasan Minhaj Quits Twitter ‘Hellscape’ Live on ‘Daily Show’  —  “What happened to the mass exodus when Elon took over?” the guest host asked before deciding to lead the charge himself.  —  In his 2022 Netflix special The King's Jester, comedian Hasan Minhaj confessed that the pursuit …

Wayne Shorter, Innovator During an Era of Change in Jazz, Dies at 89  —  His career as an influential tenor saxophonist and composer reached across more than half a century, tracking jazz's complex evolution during that span.  —  Wayne Shorter, the enigmatic, intrepid saxophonist who shaped …

Egypt unveils hidden tunnel inside Great Pyramid of Giza  —  “Scanning work will continue to uncover more secrets.”  —  Tourists visit the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) at the Giza Pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of Cairo, on February 2, 2023.

Why Did Spotify Have an Official ‘Hitler Radio’ Playlist?  —  Despite multiple admonitions from hate-watch groups calling out streaming services for “hate music,” a Rolling Stone investigation finds that racist and antisemitic rhetoric still has a home  —  UNTIL LAST WEEK …

Cindy McCain to head U.N. World Food Program  —  U.S. Ambassador Cindy McCain was appointed head Thursday of the U.N. World Food Program, the world's largest humanitarian organization which aims to help nearly 150 million people confronting conflicts, disasters and impacts of climate change this year.