Liz Cheney Says GOP Shouldn't Be ‘Embracing’ Trump: ‘Does Not Have a Role as the Leader of Our Party Going Forward’  —  As Liz Cheney defended her impeachment vote on Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace asked her about the current state of the Republican party.  —  Wallace brought up the two issues …

Majority of Americans say Trump should be convicted, barred from holding federal office in impeachment trial: POLL  —  The Senate is set to begin Trump's second impeachment trial on Tuesday.  —  2nd Impeachment Trial: What this could mean for Trump  —  Donald Trump will be the first president …

Analysis: The end of the road for Lou Dobbs  —  (CNN)Nothing unusual happened when Lou Dobbs hosted his Fox Business show on Thursday evening.  His hour was full of Fox's usual themes about “radical Dims” (Democrats) and Big Tech “abusing their power.”  —  “Join us here tomorrow,” he said at the end of the show.

Trump Lawyer Asks to Pause Impeachment Trial if It Runs Into Sabbath  —  David Schoen, one of former President Donald J. Trump's lawyers, has requested that the Senate suspend the impeachment trial at sundown on Friday and on Saturday, potentially upending plans for a fast trial.

How San Francisco Renamed Its Schools  —  Last month, San Francisco's Board of Education voted, 6-1, to change the names of forty-four schools, including schools named after Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.  A committee formed by the board in 2018, in the wake of the white-supremacist rally …

WATCH: Mike Lindell Has Sudden ‘Epiphany’ And Says He Will Sue Dominion And Smartmatic  —  MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell pledged on Saturday to take legal action against voting technology companies Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic if they don't agree to meet with him about his Absolute Proof documentary …

‘An easy choice’: Inside Biden's decision to go it alone with Democrats on coronavirus relief … Partway through a two-hour Oval Office meeting with President Biden about his coronavirus relief package, several Republican senators thought they might have finally reached a breakthrough.

My column on the stimulus sparked a lot of questions.  Here are my answers.  —  My recent Post column — admiring the ambition of the Biden stimulus bill, while identifying some possible risks — generated discussion and a number of questions that I did not directly answer in the piece itself …

I Spent 11 Hours Inside the MAGA Bubble  —  Last Monday in Washington, the news was President Joe Biden's attempt to pass a massive $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package through Congress, the agita over Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's old Facebook posts calling for the assassination of Democratic leaders, the coup in Myanmar.

Our democracy faced a near-death experience.  Here's how to revive it.  —  Stacey Abrams, a Democrat, is a former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives and founder of the group Fair Fight.  —  The violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, coupled with ongoing threats …

Twitter permanently suspends Gateway Pundit founder's account  —  Twitter on Saturday issued a permanent suspension for the account run by Jim Hoft, founder and editor-in-chief of far-right news website Gateway Pundit, for violations of its “civic integrity policy.”

Senior Democrats to unveil new $3,000-per-child benefit as Biden stimulus gains steam  —  Under the proposal, the Internal Revenue Service would begin sending $250 per month to millions of families in July  —  Senior Democrats on Monday will unveil legislation to provide $3,000 per child …

Biden Says U.S. Won't Lift Iran Sanctions to Bring Tehran Back to Negotiating Table  —  Iran must stop enriching uranium before sanctions will be lifted, president says in CBS News interview  —  President Biden said the U.S. won't lift sanctions on Iran in order to get the country …

As Covid-19 Vaccines Raise Hope, Cold Reality Dawns That Illness Is Likely Here to Stay  —  Ease of transmission, new strains, limits of vaccination programs all mean Covid-19 will be around for years—and a big business  —  Vaccination drives hold out the promise of curbing Covid-19 …

How Lindsey Graham's Petty Partisan Decision Stalled the DOJ  —  At the center of the imbroglio is a figure who is accustomed to being collateral damage of partisan warfare on Capitol Hill: Merrick Garland.  —  What first seemed like a petty partisan power play in the U.S. Senate has escalated …

Covid-19's Hit to State and Local Revenues Is Smaller Than Many Feared  —  But many face higher-than-expected costs from fighting the coronavirus, with widely varying impacts  —  WASHINGTON—State and local governments in early 2020 expected the pandemic-induced downturn to decimate their budgets …

Biden needs to figure out what kind of GOP opposition he's facing  —  Ex-GOP gubernatorial candidate: I can't be a Republican anymore  —  (CNN)The collision of the new President's agenda with the old one's impeachment trial this week sharpens the question: Just what kind of Republican opposition does …

Suspending and Terminating the Asylum Cooperative Agreements with the Governments El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras  —  The United States has suspended and initiated the process to terminate the Asylum Cooperative Agreements with the Governments of El Salvador, Guatemala …

NYC's COVID vaccine hubs are ghost towns as DOH mum on distribution  —  The city's 15 vaccination hubs were ghost towns last Saturday, and the city Department of Health is refusing to reveal just how bad distribution went.  —  One DOH staffer stationed at the Hillcrest High School hub in Queens on Jan. 30 said he did nothing all day.

Judge Orders OAN to Pay Rachel Maddow and MSNBC $250,000 in Attorney Fees For Filing Frivolous Defamation Lawsuit  —  A federal judge in California has ordered Herring Networks, the parent company of far-right conservative media organization One America News Network (OAN) …

Biden says $15 minimum wage won't survive Covid relief talks, promises to push for pay hike later  — “I put it in but I don't think its going to survive,” President Joe Biden told CBS in an interview scheduled to air Sunday.  “My guess is it will not be in [the stimulus bill].”

Facebook censors Catholic professor's book on ‘toxic femininity’  —  Told seller that it violated a rule against selling ‘adult products’  —  Facebook has censored posts promoting a book from a Catholic professor that criticized feminism.  —  Facebook removed posts that advertised …

Fake N95 masks have flooded the market.  Here's how to tell the difference  —  (CNN)There's one mask guideline that hasn't changed throughout the pandemic — you definitely should be wearing one.  —  But what happens when you're not sure if your mask is real?

Hispanics or coups  —  2020 proved the GOP can win lots of Hispanic votes...but not if they turn to violence.  —  17 hr ago  —  Maybe I missed my calling as a political pundit.  At 2 PM on Election Day 2020, I made a series of seven predictions about the election, all but the last of which came true: