Manchin's next power play  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), America's ultimate swing voter, told me on “Axios on HBO” that he'll insist Republicans have more of a voice on President Biden's next big package than they did on the COVID stimulus.  —  The big picture: Manchin said he'll push …

Fully vaccinated people can have small gatherings indoors with other vaccinated people but need to wear masks in public, the C.D.C. says.  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday issued long-awaited guidance to Americans fully vaccinated against Covid-19 …

Graham deals with Trump “dark side” to “harness the magic”  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham told “Axios on HBO” that Donald Trump has a “dark side” but he tries to “harness the magic” because he succeeded where Republican candidates like John McCain and Mitt Romney failed.

Meet the GOP voters who could decide whether the U.S. reaches herd immunity  —  Almost one-third of Republicans tell pollsters they 'definitely won't' get vaccinated.  —  Margaret, an 80-year-old retiree who lives outside Tulsa, has spent the past year living in fear of the coronavirus.

Biden Establishes A Gender Policy Council Within The White House  —  President Biden marked International Women's Day on Monday by signing two executive orders geared toward promoting gender equity, both in the United States and around the world.  —  In a statement, Biden said: “In our nation …

Supreme Court rejects final Trump bid to nullify 2020 election results  —  The Supreme Court on Monday denied a bid by former President Trump to nullify his electoral loss in Wisconsin, rejecting the former president's final pending appeal over the results of the 2020 election.

Pence to give speech in SC, his 1st since leaving office  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In his first public address since the end of the Trump administration, former Vice President Mike Pence is traveling to South Carolina, set to speak to a conservative Christian nonprofit in the state that plays …

Josh Hawley Is ‘Not Going Anywhere.’ How Did He Get Here?  —  The senator's objection to the election results surprised some supporters.  But interviews with dozens of people close to him show his growing comfort with doing what it takes to hold on to power.

“They Thought They Had Identified Another Political Star”: Sources Say Andrew Cuomo's Tortured Pandemic Memoir Fetched a Seven-Figure Advance  —  Crown shelled out a hefty sum for Cuomo's COVID-19 victory lap, industry sources say.  But since the governor became subsumed in scandal, sales have started to lag.

These ‘Dirtbag Left’ Stars Are Flirting With the Far Right  —  Their podcasts and shows are full of Boogaloos, “deep state” conspiracies, and even “great replacement” talking points.  Which side is this, again? … Over the past year, as the far right trafficked in wild anti-masker …

End the victimized culture of grievance  —  He is a victim; she is a victim.  All those people over there are victims, too.  —  History will use the term “victimology” to describe the pervasive cultural doctrine of the early 21st century.  —  By “victimology,” they won't mean …

Do We Even Have A Republic Anymore?  —  The idea of a republic is that the people, through their representatives, get to make the laws that govern the country, but it appears that's no longer a thing.  What if you made a law, and no one enforced it?  Is there even any point to the exercise?

The stimulus shows why the left should stop worrying and learn to love the suburban voter  —  Contrary to the left's fears, the road to redistribution runs through the suburbs.  —  SHARE All sharing options  —  Democrats passed an unapologetically progressive stimulus bill through the Senate this weekend …

In 2018, Diplomats Warned of Risky Coronavirus Experiments in a Wuhan Lab.  No One Listened.  —  On January 15, in its last days, President Donald Trump's State Department put out a statement with serious claims about the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic.  The statement said the U.S …

What Is Happening to the Republicans?  —  In becoming the party of Trump, the G.O.P. confronts the kind of existential crisis that has destroyed American parties in the past.  —  One of the oldest imperatives of American electoral politics is to define your opponents before they can define themselves.

POLITICO Playbook: Does Fox care more about Dr. Seuss or stopping Biden's agenda?  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Congress is about to pass and President JOE BIDEN is about to sign into law the greatest expansion of the welfare state since LBJ.  —  The bill extends far beyond stimulus payments …

Hitting Woke Herd Immunity?  —  We have become an absurd society obsessed with race but without any mechanism to develop a logical category of victimization and reparation.  —  Two recent polls suggest wokism is beginning to recede on a variety of fronts, from less trust in Black Lives Matter …

In Unearthed Audio, Laura Loomer Calls Herself ‘Pro-White Nationalism’  —  In December 2017, anti-Muslim activist Laura Loomer appeared on a podcast for the white supremacist website Amerika.  In unearthed audio, Loomer can be heard making racist and demeaning comments about Muslims and Palestinians.

Switzerland referendum: Voters support ban on face coverings in public  —  Switzerland has narrowly voted in favour of banning face coverings in public, including the burka or niqab worn by Muslim women.  —  Official results showed the measure had passed by 51.2% to 48.8% in Sunday's referendum.

Inside a Long, Messy Year of Reopening Schools  —  Last month in Chicago, after months of heated negotiations, the teachers union and Chicago Public Schools emerged with one of the most detailed school reopening agreements in the nation.  Brad Marianno, an education policy professor …

An FBI official told Congress the bureau can't monitor Americans' social media.  That's not true.  —  WASHINGTON — A senator had a simple question for the FBI's counterterrorism chief at a hearing last week about the Capitol riot.  —  Didn't the FBI see all those postings by extremists …

Justice Department's Stance on Policing Faces Scrutiny as Floyd Murder Trial Begins  —  Biden's pick for leading post will face questions from Senate on her support for broad probes into police forces of a sort largely spurned under Trump  —  President Biden's pick to be the Justice Department's …

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, Ex-Wife of Jeff Bezos, Marries Seattle School Teacher  —  Ms. Scott, one of the world's wealthiest women, has married Dan Jewett, a science teacher at a private school  —  MacKenzie Scott, the philanthropist formerly married to Jeff Bezos …

A New Group Promises to Protect Professors' Free Speech  —  Faculty members should have less to fear from antsy administrators and Twitter mobs.  —  THE REVIEW  —  When I spoke to the Princeton University legal scholar and political philosopher Robert P. George in August …