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 …

Scoop: McCarthy told Cheney to apologize for voting to impeach Trump  —  Kevin McCarthy tried to get Liz Cheney to apologize for voting to impeach former President Trump before last week's highly anticipated House GOP conference meeting — a request she refused, two people with direct knowledge told Axios.

George P. Shultz, counsel and Cabinet member for two Republican presidents, dies at 100  —  George P. Shultz, one of only two people to serve the United States in four Cabinet-level posts and a major force in economic and foreign policy in two Republican administrations, died Feb. 6 at his home in Stanford, Calif. He was 100.

Virus Variant First Found in Britain Now Spreading Rapidly in U.S.  —  A new study bolsters the prediction by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the so-called B.1.1.7 variant will dominate Covid-19 cases by March.  —  A more contagious variant of the coronavirus first found …

The Journalistic Tattletale and Censorship Industry Suffers Several Well-Deserved Blows  —  The NYT's Taylor Lorenz falsely accuses a tech investor of using a slur after spending months trying to infiltrate and monitor a new app that allows free conversation.

‘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.

The N-word as slur vs. the N-word as a sequence of sounds  —  What makes the New York Times so comfortable making black people look dim?  —  5 hr ago  —  On what Black History Month and the racial reckoning mean at the New York Times ...  Over the past week, the Times' crossword puzzles …

How Donald Trump's hand-holding led to panicky call home by Theresa May  —  A remarkable BBC documentary reveals the startling reality of meeting the president  —  For the former prime minister Theresa May, one of the most pressing matters she confronted during her encounter with Donald Trump …

Sheryl Sandberg Downplayed Facebook's Role In The Capitol Hill Siege—Justice Department Files Tell A Very Different Story  —  Just after the Capitol Hill riots on January 6, Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook chief operating officer admitted the company's ability to enforce its own rules was “never perfect.”

He became the nation's ninth vice president.  She was his enslaved wife.  —  Her name was Julia Chinn  —  She was born enslaved and remained that way her entire life, even after she became Richard Mentor Johnson's “bride.”  —  Johnson, a Kentucky congressman who eventually became …

Trump's DC hotel is hiking prices for March 4 - the day QAnon followers think the former president will be sworn in … - QAnon followers believe that Trump will be sworn in on March 4, 2021.  — This belief is rooted in a conspiracy theory that all presidents post-1871 are illegitimate.

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 …

New Biden rules for ICE point to fewer arrests and deportations, and a more restrained agency  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing to issue new guidelines to agents this week that could sharply curb arrests and deportations, as the Biden administration attempts to assert …

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.

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 …

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 …

‘Purple America’ will set political direction in 2022  —  Six states were at the epicenter of the 2020 election and the bogus post Nov. 3 fiasco: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina and Georgia — all were closely decided, and they provided the margin of victory …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Democrats' big shift in Trump's second impeachment  —  Democrats made a push for witnesses central to President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial.  But not this time.  —  Senate Democrats are making it clear they're taking a different approach than they did for Trump's infamous Ukraine call.

The Snowplow Test  —  Normal people: ‘Yay, the neighbors are here to plow our driveway!’  Liberal columnist: ‘What do they want from me?  And ick, they like Trump!’  (Patty_C/GettyImages  —  Los Angeles Times columnist Virginia Heffernan, who lives in Brooklyn Heights but who lives somewhere rurally …