Trump Emerges From Impeachment Trial With Sturdy Backing From GOP Voters  —  54% would support him in a hypothetical 2024 primary, a return to pre-riot numbers  — 59% of GOP voters said Trump should play a “major role” in the Republican Party going forward, up 18 points since a Jan. 6-7 survey.

Democratic congressman sues Trump over role in Capitol riot  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic congressman accused Donald Trump in a federal lawsuit on Tuesday of inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and of conspiring with his lawyer and extremist groups to try to prevent …

What went wrong with the Texas power grid?  —  Millions of Texans were without heat and electricity Monday as snow, ice and frigid temperatures caused a catastrophic failure of the state's power grid.  —  The Texas power grid, powered largely by wind and natural gas, is relatively well equipped …

Some Lincoln Project founders knew about sexual harassment allegations as early as March  —  The revelation comes as the political group releases workers from nondisclosure agreements.  —  Some of the leaders of the embattled Lincoln Project knew about sexual harassment allegations …

Ron Johnson on Jan. 6 Capitol attack: 'This didn't seem like an armed insurrection to me'  —  MADISON - Two days after members of the U.S. Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump on charges of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Wisconsin's senior senator is questioning whether an armed insurrection even occurred.

POLITICO Playbook: Republicans can't quit Trump  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  While the rest of the country wants less DONALD TRUMP, Republicans just can't quit him.  Our flash POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted in the days following the Senate trial shows that despite the impeachment …

Covid wars launch DeSantis into GOP ‘top tier’  —  MIAMI — Ron DeSantis once drew national scorn for his stewardship of Florida's Covid-19 response — critics took to referring to the governor as “DeathSantis” for his resistance to restrictive measures.  —  But that very blowback …

Acquittal Vindicated the Constitution, Not Trump  —  House managers wanted us to rush through a sham trial.  Instead we did our duty to the rule of law.  —  Jan. 6 was a shameful day.  A mob bloodied law enforcement and besieged the first branch of government.

GOP tries to weaponize pandemic-exhausted parents against Biden  —  Distraught and exhausted parents are emerging as a new class of voters that could torment President Joe Biden — and the White House is moving quickly to head off the pain.  —  Nearing a year into the pandemic …

Billionaires See VR as a Way to Avoid Radical Social Change  —  Tech oligarchs are encouraging the creation of virtual worlds as a cheap way to avoid problems in the real one.  —  THE FUTURE OF virtual reality is far more than just video games.  Silicon Valley sees the creation of virtual worlds …

David Schoen describes dysfunction within Trump's impeachment team … Despite winning former President Donald Trump an acquittal in his second impeachment trial on Saturday, Trump's defense team was plagued by inconsistent internal communication and coordination, last minute shake-ups …

The truth about Cuomo  —  As the pandemic took hold of the United States last March, upending life as Americans knew it, Trump offered little consolation.  The president claimed COVID would magically disappear in a few weeks, promoted miracle cures, and dismissed any criticism of his chaotic response as a “hoax.”

The Houthis Must Cease the Assault on Marib  —  The United States urges the Houthis to halt their advance on Marib and cease all military operations and turn to negotiations.  The Houthis' assault on Marib is the action of a group not committed to peace or to ending the war afflicting the people of Yemen.

Open letter to the people of the United States of America  —  As you may already be aware, every nation aspires to live a life in accordance with their own principles and values free from the fear of threats, invasions and attacks.  Our struggle for the past nineteen years in Afghanistan …

Parler Is Now in the Hands of a Right-Wing Activist Seeking a Radical Rewrite of the Constitution  —  The board of the far-right social media app Parler has fired its CEO and put the platform in the hands of interim CEO Mark Meckler and right-wing British political operative Matthew Richardson …

Pizzagate's violent legacy … Play Video  —  SALISBURY, N.C. — He slipped out of bed before sunrise and started driving, spurred by the conspiracy theory he would soon help make famous.  As he sped the 350 miles from his hometown in North Carolina to the nation's capital …

China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry  —  Beijing asks industry executives if proposed restrictions will harm western contractors  —  China is exploring limiting the export of rare earth minerals that are crucial for the manufacture of American F-35 fighter jets …

Israel's Islamists Side with Netanyahu  —  BY THE SUMMER OF 2020, it seemed all but certain that the Joint List, the coalition of Arab-led parties in Israel's Knesset, was headed toward a split.  In July, a vote on whether to send a bill to ban LGBT “conversion therapy” …

Exclusive: Gannett, McClatchy team up to sell ads  —  Two of the country's biggest local news companies are joining forces to sell national ads to their combined reach of over 300 local communities.  —  Why it matters: There aren't many great options for Fortune 500 companies to buy ads …

Biden, Hill Democrats plan to unveil immigration reform bill this week  —  The Biden administration and Hill Democrats are expected later this week to release an immigration reform bill, multiple sources familiar with the planning tell NBC News.  —  The legislative text of the …

After Trump, the attention economy deflates  —  Politicians, celebrities and business leaders are trying to adapt to a new world beyond the attention inflation of the Trump era — one where the volume of attention-getting statements and actions has dropped and the value and impact of individual events may rise.

DNC announces key staff hires as Biden takes hold of party  —  President Biden's stewardship brings a focus on bolstering the party structure.  —  DNC Chair Jaime Harrison: ‘Democrats are unified’  —  Jaime Harrison, the new chair of the Democratic National Committee …