McConnell says Taylor Greene's embrace of conspiracy theories a ‘cancer’ to GOP, country  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday blasted Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's embrace of “loony lies and conspiracy theories” as a “cancer for the Republican Party.”

9 Top N.Y. Health Officials Have Quit as Cuomo Scorns Expertise  —  “When I say ‘experts’ in air quotes, it sounds like I'm saying I don't really trust the experts,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, referring to pandemic policies.  “Because I don't.”  —  The deputy commissioner for public health …

D.C. Claims Eminent Domain To Seize Infamous NoMa Wendy's Site  —  D.C. is using eminent domain to seize the Wendy's property in NoMa as part of a plan to transform the notorious “Dave Thomas Circle” intersection.  —  The District government filed an eminent domain case in D.C. Superior Court …

Dustin Diamond Dead at 44 After Battle with Stage 4 Lung Cancer  —  REMEMBERING DUSTIN DIAMOND  —  Dustin Diamond — best known for playing the lovable Samuel “Screech” Powers on the hit NBC sitcom, “Saved by the Bell” — has died ... TMZ has learned.  —  A rep for Dustin tells us he died Monday morning.

Trump's Sleight of Hand: Shouting Fraud, Pocketing Donors' Cash for Future  —  With breathless, often misleading appeals, the former president promised small donors that he was using the money to fight the election results, but in fact stored much of it for future use.

Exclusive: Dozens of former Bush officials leave Republican Party, calling it ‘Trump cult’  —  (Reuters) - Dozens of Republicans in former President George W. Bush's administration are leaving the party, dismayed by a failure of many elected Republicans to disown Donald Trump after his false claims …

They stormed the Capitol to overturn the results of an election they didn't vote in  —  (CNN)They were there to “Stop the Steal” and to keep the President they revered in office, yet records show that some of the rioters who stormed the US Capitol did not vote in the very election they were protesting.

Rochester police officers handcuff and pepper-spray a 9-year-old girl after call of ‘family trouble’  —  (CNN)Police officers in Rochester, New York, handcuffed and pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl while responding to what a police official called a report of “family trouble” in an incident sharply criticized by city officials.

Officer Who Shot Capitol Rioter Ashli Babbitt Shouldn't Be Charged, Investigators Advise  —  Ms. Babbitt died after being shot by Capitol Police officer on Jan. 6  —  WASHINGTON—Investigators have made a preliminary determination that the police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt during …

Trump Official's Last-Day Deal With ICE Union Ties Biden's Hands  —  A whistle-blower accused Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II of an abuse of power in making sweeping concessions to pro-Trump Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.  —  WASHINGTON — A whistle-blower complaint filed on Monday …

Tim Ryan, a Top Democrat in Ohio, Is Said to Plan Senate Bid  —  Mr. Ryan, who mounted a long-shot campaign for president in 2019, plans to compete for the state's open Senate seat.  His campaign will test Democrats' strength in a state tilting to the right.

McConnell: Trump Tricked Me Into Backing His Coup  —  On November 9, a senior Republican explained what was then the Republican Party's consensus posture toward President Trump's refusal to accept the election results.  The quote, given anonymously to the Washington Post, became instantly notorious …

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's final financial disclosures … Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner disclosed receiving between $23,791,645 and $120,676,949 in combined outside income in their final financial disclosure reports.  The disclosures cover the entirety of 2020 through January 20, 2021.

Harris TV interview in West Virginia provokes flare-up with Manchin  —  The five-minute clip on a West Virginia news station was an effort by Vice President Harris to pitch the administration's pandemic relief package directly to voters — including constituents of Democrats who might be less likely to embrace the plan.

Democrats risk unintended Medicare cuts if they pass partisan Covid relief … WASHINGTON — Democrats considering a maneuver to forgo bipartisan support to pass Covid-19 relief are confronting an unintended consequence: doing so could automatically cut Medicare.

Schumer quietly nails down the left amid AOC primary chatter  —  Just a few weeks after a group of young climate activists, accompanied by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, orchestrated a highly publicized sit-in in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office in late 2018, their Sunrise Movement received an unexpected email from Chuck Schumer's staff.

Robinhood Raises Another $2.4 Billion From Shareholders  —  The $3.4 billion raised since last Thursday is more than it has raised in its entire prior existence  —  Robinhood Markets Inc. raised another $2.4 billion from shareholders, days after investors agreed to pump $1 billion …

How Trump Unleashed a Domestic Terrorism Movement—And What Experts Say Must Be Done to Defeat It  —  Even the wifi password was a signal.  Attendees at President Donald Trump's rally in Dalton, Georgia, on January 4 who wanted to log in to the Make America Great network had to enter the phrase into their devices: “SeeYouJan6!”

Republican State Legislatures Are Radicalizing Against Democracy  —  The Trump presidency is over.  But Trumpism is alive and well in state legislatures, which will serve as an incubator for GOP radicalism over the next four years.  —  Jim Brewster was cutting up with his colleagues …

U.S. Hits Pandemic Milestone With More Vaccinated Than Cases  — 26.5 million people have gotten vaccine in U.S., data show  — About 1.34 million people a day being vaccinated on average  —  More Americans have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine than have tested positive …

S.F. high school students get a lesson in subtle white privilege  —  Three weeks ago I processed the Capitol insurrection with my high school students.  Rallying our inquiry skills, we analyzed the images of that historic day, images of white men storming through the Capitol, fearless and with no forces to stop them.

Watchdogs Appointed by Trump Pose Dilemma for Biden  —  Removing inspectors general installed by the former president under a political cloud could have the consequence of further eroding good-government norms.  —  WASHINGTON — Even as the Biden administration has moved aggressively …

Dolly Parton turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom twice  —  Besides being East Tennessee's songbird, country superstar Dolly Parton has always had a philanthropic side and it turns out even presidents have noticed!  —  The queen of country, 75, told TODAY in an interview …

U.S. voting rights activist Stacey Abrams nominated for Nobel Peace Prize  —  OSLO (Reuters) - U.S. voting rights activist and Democratic Party politician Stacey Abrams has been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her work to promote nonviolent change via the ballot box, a Norwegian lawmaker said on Monday.

Ga. bills would end no-excuse absentee voting, automatic registration  —  Republican state senators introduced a package of bills Monday to ban automatic voter registration, ballot drop boxes and no-excuse absentee voting in Georgia.  —  The proposals amount to an overhaul of Georgia's election laws …

Atlanta U.S. attorney, appointed by Trump amid post-election pressure campaign, resigns  —  The federal prosecutor tapped by President Donald Trump to lead the Atlanta U.S. attorney's office during Trump's failed bid to overturn the election has resigned from that post, a spokesman confirmed Monday.

It's Time: The COVID Tracking Project Will Soon Come to an End  —  After a year of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting COVID-19 data for the United States, we're ending our data compilation work in early March.  —  Every day for almost a year, hundreds of COVID Tracking Project contributors …

The View From the Republican Rebels  —  They're done with Trump and want their party back, but the pro-impeachment Republicans are still looking for the best way forward  —  During his seminal “House of Many Mansions” address, Winston Churchill identified the problem with appeasement in one of history's most momentous mixed metaphors.

American Universities Declare War on Military History  —  The world applauds the scientists who have created vaccines to deliver humanity from Covid-19.  One certainty about our future: There will be no funding shortfall for medical research into pandemics.  —  Now, notice a contradiction.

An estimated 29 million people would lose out on stimulus payments under GOP proposal  —  Washington (CNN)The Republican counterproposal on coronavirus relief unveiled Monday would potentially leave out 29 million middle- and upper-income earners who would qualify for stimulus payments under President Joe Biden's plan.

Rep. Matt Gaetz Staffer Cheered On Capitol Rioters Via Parler as They Overran Police  —  As police struggled futilely to fend off a wave of rioters outside the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, Joel Valdez, an aide to Congressman Matt Gaetz, made his way to the rooftop of his boss's office building across …

US to resume deporting asylum seekers after judge rejects Biden order … US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) is preparing to resume deportations of asylum seekers after a Trump-appointed Texas judge ruled against a 100-day suspension ordered by Joe Biden.

Biden threatens sanctions, weighs ‘coup’ label for Myanmar military's takeover  —  There's “legal and factual analysis” underway, a senior U.S. official said.  —  Myanmar army seizes power in apparent coup  —  Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was detained by the military along with members of her party.

S&P: Biden coronavirus relief proposal would restore economy by summer  —  President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief proposal would restore the economy to pre-pandemic levels by this summer, according to an analysis published Monday by S&P Global.  —  “We find that if the $1.9 trillion package …