Leader McCarthy's Statement on Rep. Taylor Greene  —  Washington, D.C. - House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) released the following statement:

AP-NORC Poll: Americans open to Biden's approach to crises  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks into a new administration, a majority of Americans say they have at least some confidence in President Joe Biden and his ability to manage the myriad crises facing the nation, including the raging coronavirus pandemic.

‘Vote-a-rama’ to give GOP a chance to inflict pain on Dems  —  The self-inflicted suffering has begun for Senate Democrats trying to muscle through President Joe Biden's pandemic aid plan without a single Republican vote.  —  The procedural trick that shrinks the vote hurdle from 60 to 51 …

Biden administration weighs plan to directly send masks to all Americans  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden White House is considering sending masks directly to American households, according to three people familiar with the discussions, an action the Trump administration explored but scrapped.

Hunter Biden's memoir ‘Beautiful Things’ out in April  —  Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden and an ongoing target for conservatives, has a memoir coming out April 6.  —  The book is called “Beautiful Things” and will center on the younger Biden's well publicized struggles with substance abuse …

Parler CEO Says He Was Fired by Conservative Political Donor Rebekah Mercer  —  The moderation-light social media platform was forced offline by tech giants last month over how it policed its content  —  Parler, a moderation-light social media platform that was forced offline last month …

Militia alliance in Georgia signals new phase for extremist paramilitaries  —  ‘We are going to see a lot of this coalition building with some pretty nasty actors,’ says one expert.  —  The leader of a private paramilitary group that provided security for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene …

AOC Wasn't Even in the Capitol Building During Her ‘Near Death’ Experience  —  We've reported various aspects of the account of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) of what happened to her on Jan. 6 during the breach at the Capitol.  But there are some very critical facts that have been missing …

His polls are sinking.  Democrats are mobilizing.  The Newsom recall just got real.  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom doesn't want to talk about the recall.  But his allies can't ignore it.  —  The campaign to oust Newsom went from unlikely to unavoidable this week …

Why it matters that Biden team restored regular press briefings  —  ‘A return to normalcy’: Former press secretaries weigh in on Psaki  —  Joe Lockhart is a CNN political analyst.  He was the White House press secretary from 1998 to 2000 in President Bill Clinton's administration.

McKinsey Agrees to $573 Million Settlement Over Opioid Advice  —  Consulting giant advised Purdue Pharma and other opioid manufacturers to aggressively market the painkillers  —  Consulting giant McKinsey & Co. has reached a $573 million settlement with states over its work advising OxyContin …

Exclusive: U.S. mulls using law designed to prosecute Mafia against Capitol rioters  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is considering whether to charge members of far-right groups involved in the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol under a federal law usually used …

Biden Ousts All 10 of Trump's Union Busters From Powerful Labor Panel  —  On Tuesday, Joe Biden demanded the resignations of all 10 of Donald Trump's appointees to the Federal Service Impasses Panel, a powerful labor relations board, in a major victory for federal unions.

Biden holds all the cards in coronavirus relief talks — and he knows it  —  President Biden told Republican senators in the Oval Office this week that he has “an open door and an open mind” on his $1.9 billion coronavirus rescue bill.  But he has the votes on the Hill and overwhelming support …

CNN chief Jeff Zucker will stay with the network through 2021  —  CNN attracted its largest audiences in history in 2020 and has been riding high in the ratings since election day.  —  The news channel finished January as the most-watched network in all of cable according to Nielsen, surpassing MSNBC and Fox News.

Democrats Actually Learned From the Failures of 2009 … On Wednesday, Sen. Joe Manchin appeared on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” to talk about the state of negotiations over President Joe Biden's Covid relief package.  The network posted the video with a misleading headline: “Sen. Manchin calls for bipartisanship on Covid relief plan.”

Iowa's House speaker said he can't make lawmakers wear masks — but he did enforce a ban on jeans  —  Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley (R) has repeatedly pushed back against imposing a mask mandate inside the legislature, saying that he cannot force lawmakers to cover their faces …

Whatever legal or constitutional test you apply, Trump incited the violent Capitol attack  —  Free speech is not imperiled in Trump's impeachment trial.  What's at stake is a president's freedom to incite a violent attack on his own government.  —  Then-President Donald Trump addressed …

The Health 202: How West Virginia beat other states in administering coronavirus vaccines  —  The Biden administration will start shipping extra coronavirus vaccine doses straight to pharmacies, hoping to speed the process of getting shots into arms.  —  But in West Virginia …

Sanders shakes up Senate staff  —  Bernie Sanders is shaking up his staff as he steps into a powerful new role in the Senate, three people familiar with the moves told POLITICO.  —  The Vermont senator's chief of staff, legislative director and top communications staffer …