Cuomo faces new sexual harassment allegation, this time at Executive Mansion  —  Female aide claims governor touched her inappropriately; complaint reported to AG  —  ALBANY — A sixth woman has come forward and leveled allegations of sexual harassment or inappropriate conduct against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo …

BuzzFeed Announces Deep Cuts To HuffPost Staff After Acquisition  —  BuzzFeed acquired HuffPost from Verizon Media in February.  —  BuzzFeed announced layoffs for the HuffPost newsroom on Tuesday, three weeks after acquiring HuffPost from Verizon Media in February.

Biden's COVID-Relief Bill Is a Big F**king Deal  —  Joe Biden won, but progressives lost.  —  For weeks after the 2020 election, this was the conventional wisdom about its outcome.  As Politico wrote on November 5, “During Barack Obama's presidency, Biden's propensity for cutting deals …

Piers Morgan's Meghan Markle Comments Being Investigated by U.K. Media Regulator Ofcom … U.K. media regulator Ofcom has launched an investigation after more than 41,000 people wrote in to complain about ITV's “Good Morning Britain” host Piers Morgan's comments on Meghan Markle.

Oath Keepers founder directed Capitol rioters on January 6, Justice Department says  —  9 alleged Oath Keepers now charged in riot  —  (CNN)The founder of the Oath Keepers was giving directions before and during the US Capitol riot to alleged extremist conspirators among the right-wing paramilitary group …

The Miseducation of America's Elites  —  Affluent parents, terrified of running afoul of the new orthodoxy in their children's private schools, organize in secret.  —  Education  —  The Social Order  —  The dissidents use pseudonyms and turn off their videos when they meet for clandestine Zoom calls.

Trump, Hungry for Power, Tries to Wrestle Away G.O.P. Fund-Raising  —  Angry at his critics in the party and seeking to keep his options for raising money open, the former president is trying to take charge of the online fund-raising juggernaut he helped create.

President Carter Statement on Efforts to Restrict Voting Access  —  In 1962, I ran to represent the 14th Senate District in the Georgia legislature.  I won my Senate seat, but only after the courts ruled that a ballot box had been illegally “stuffed” with votes for my opponent.

FBI releases new images of DC pipe bomb suspect  —  A reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect stands at $100,000.  —  FBI releases new video of Capitol Hill pipe bomb suspect  —  Just one night before the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill breach, pipe bombs were placed near the DNC and RNC headquarters.

GOP struggles to define Biden, turns to culture wars instead  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and the Democrats were on the brink of pushing through sprawling legislation with an eyepopping, $1.9 trillion price tag.  —  But many Republican politicians and conservative commentators had other priorities in recent days.

Bible teacher Beth Moore, splitting with Lifeway, says, ‘I am no longer a Southern Baptist’  —  Author and speaker Beth Moore speaks during a panel on sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Alabama, on June 10, 2019.

Activist Milo Yiannopoulos is now ‘Ex-Gay,’ consecrating his life to St. Joseph  —  Salvation can only be achieved through devotion to Christ and the works of the Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.' … Milo Yiannopoulos, the gay man whose conservative messaging and willingness to speak …

Out of His Census  —  Biden's betrayal of citizenship sabotages our republican form of government.  —  Editors' Note  —  This article will be part of a longer forthcoming series regarding President Biden's harmful Executive Orders.  —  President Joe Biden's flurry of initial actions …

Brood X cicadas are about to put on one of the wildest shows in nature.  And D.C. is the main stage.  —  “We are at the epicenter of an event that happens nowhere else on the planet,” an entomologist said.  “It blows your mind.”  —  They've been buried — alive — for 17 years.

Good News about the Pfizer Vaccine  —  In Your Face, Variants!  —  In the tug of war between pandemic optimism and pandemic pessimism, one of the recurring arguments from the side of pessimism is that the virus is always mutating, mutated versions have in some cases become more contagious and more virulent …

Governor Hutchinson Issues Statement on Signing of SB6  —  “SB6 is a pro-life bill that prohibits abortion in all cases except to save the life of the mother in a medical emergency.  It does not include exceptions for rape and incest.  —  “I will sign SB6 because of overwhelming legislative support …

‘QAnon Shaman’ stays in jail as judge slams his arguments: 'So frivolous as to insult the Court's intelligence'  —  Jacob Anthony Chansley, often referred to as the “QAnon Shaman” who donned horns and red-white-and-blue face paint to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, has spent nearly …

EconTwitter makes it to the Oval  —  Welcome to POLITICO's 2021 Transition Playbook, your guide to the first 100 days of the Biden administration  —  The Biden administration insists that Twitter isn't real life.  His economic team might beg to differ.  —  Biden's core group …

Republican Senator Sees ‘Day of Reckoning’ on Debt After Biden Stimulus  —  Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida said Tuesday he's worried that interest rates and inflation will rise as a result of greater government borrowing once President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package becomes law.

For Schumer, a Dream Job Comes With Tall Orders  —  After ascending to the top Senate job during the assault on the Capitol, Chuck Schumer faces a different kind of challenge: steering President Biden's agenda with no margin for error.  —  WASHINGTON — The moment Chuck Schumer achieved …

Roger Mudd, probing TV journalist and network news anchor, dies at 93  —  Roger Mudd, a longtime CBS News political correspondent who reported on the Pentagon's profligate spending, whose interview with Edward M. Kennedy ended the senator's White House prospects and who briefly shared …

Dog days for Biden: A presidential pet causes a ‘minor injury’ — and a public relations challenge  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights  —  President Biden has made them as much a part of his personal brand as his scrappy Scranton roots, his anecdotes of overcoming grief and his folksy demeanor.

Anti-filibuster liberals face a Senate math problem  —  There's a reason Senate Democrats haven't changed the Senate's filibuster rules so far: They don't have the votes yet.  Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and his deputies are going to have to work aggressively to get them.

Fox Cancel Culture Segment Completely Deflates When Guest Agrees Pepe LePew is Pretty Messed Up  —  A Fox Business segment on cancel culture deflated after a guest pointed out that Pepé LePew, a Looney Tunes cartoon character who was scrubbed from the upcoming Space Jam sequel, is actually kind of a creep.

‘Bad news’: Wave of GOP retirements signals battles ahead  —  This is not the way Republicans wanted to begin the year.  —  Missouri's Roy Blunt on Monday became the fifth Republican senator to announce he will not seek reelection, a retirement wave that portends an ugly campaign season next year …

exclusive |  China and US in talks for top-level relationship reset meeting in Alaska  —  Beijing's most senior envoys, Yang Jiechi and Wang Yi, may be sent for face-to-face discussions with their American counterparts in Anchorage Talks could be a chance to find common ground and begin …

How to Put Out Democracy's Dumpster Fire  —  This article was published online on March 8, 2021.  —  To read the diary of Gustave de Beaumont, the traveling companion of Alexis de Tocqueville, is to understand just how primitive the American wilderness once seemed to visiting Frenchmen.

Pentagon chief to urge Manchin to support nominee amid Twitter troubles  —  Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday urged Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin to support President Joe Biden's nominee for the top Pentagon policy job amid criticism of his past Twitter posts.  But the moderate senator says he's still undecided.

Trump's Next Challenge Is to Turn 74 Million Believers Into Buyers  —  They backed Donald Trump in November, and now they aren't buying what he's selling.  —  A quarry owner in the heart of Texas Trump country says she has little interest in staying at one of his hotels.

OFF TO THE RACES: A historic bill, but at what cost?  —  The $1.9 trillion package does a lot more than simply address the pandemic and the economy.  Which is why Republicans were so reluctant to play ball.  —  On Saturday, on a party-line vote of 50 to 49, Senate Democrats passed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

Scoop: McCarthy leading GOP delegation to southern border  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy will travel to Texas on Monday with roughly a dozen Republican members to assess the growing crisis at the southern border, his office confirmed to Axios.  —  Why it matters: The visit comes …

Wyoming lawmakers weigh runoff legislation that could hurt Liz Cheney.  —  Wyoming Republicans this week are considering a change to state election law that may make it harder for one of their own — Representative Liz Cheney — to win re-election next year.

Dana Perino reveals why George W. Bush once kicked her out of Oval Office  —  Dana Perino's first visit to the Oval Office was memorable — since it's not often you witness the leader of the free world get upset.  —  The 48-year-old said her new job as White House press secretary under …

Supreme Court Dismisses Immigrant Public-Charge Cases  —  Court acts on Justice Department request signaling end to Trump administration rule penalizing immigrants  —  WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court dismissed several pending appeals over a Trump administration rule penalizing immigrants …