Biden German Shepherd has aggressive incident and is sent back to Delaware  —  Washington (CNN)The two German Shepherds belonging to President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden were returned to the Biden family home in Delaware last week after aggressive behavior at the White House involving Major Biden …

Georgia Republicans Pass the Most Restrictive Voting Laws Since Jim Crow  —  Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.  —  Following unexpected Democratic victories in Georgia in November and January …

RNC brushes back Trump team on cease-and-desist demand  —  The Republican National Committee is denying a cease-and-desist demand from Donald Trump's attorneys, who asked the party organization to stop using the former president's name and likeness in fundraising appeals.

Inside the Lincoln Project's Secrets, Side Deals and Scandals  —  A civil war broke out in the group as it antagonized Donald Trump, with leaders splintering over financial arrangements and revelations of online harassment by a top official.  —  A few days before the presidential election …

Entire Staff of Nevada Democratic Party Quits After Democratic Socialist Slate Won Every Seat … Not long after Judith Whitmer won her election on Saturday to become chair of the Nevada Democratic Party, she got an email from the party's executive director, Alana Mounce.

How two Black women took down whatever fantasies remained about the British monarchy  —  There was a lot of anticipation ahead of Oprah Winfrey's interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.  Even Buckingham Palace tried to play offense before it aired on Sunday when it announced …

U.S. Growth Surge Could Unbalance Fragile Global Economy  —  OECD doubles its growth forecast for world's largest economy; warns that surge could suck capital away from faltering emerging markets  —  The U.S. will drive a sharp rebound in the world economy this year, but the strength …

Biden Faces Challenge From Surge of Migrants at the Border  —  The president's promise of a more humane policy is being tested as more unaccompanied children seek to enter the United States from Mexico.  —  WASHINGTON — Thousands of migrant children are backed up in United States detention facilities along …

Rare trial of U.S. journalist arrested on the job begins in Iowa  —  Prosecutors in Iowa began their case Monday against a Des Moines Register reporter arrested during racial justice protests last summer, in a rare trial of a U.S. journalist charged with a crime while reporting.

Man charged in Capitol riot is linked to Oath Keepers, seen with Roger Stone on Jan. 6, prosecutors say  —  A man linked by prosecutors to the Oath Keepers and Republican strategist Roger Stone was arrested Monday in New York and charged with criminal involvement in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Pandemic Bill Would Cut Taxes by An Average of $3,000, With Most Relief Going to Low- And Middle-Income Households  —  According to a new analysis by the Tax Policy Center, the Senate version of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) would reduce federal taxes in 2021 by an average of $3,000 and raise after-tax incomes by 3.8 percent.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw Decided Pandemic Was Perfect Time to Buy and Not Disclose Stocks  —  “Members of Congress should not be actively trading securities in the middle of a crisis,” said Ben Edwards, a securities law expert at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Will Stagnation Follow the Biden Boom?  —  The relief bill is done; infrastructure may be harder.  —  It's morning in America!  People are getting vaccinated at the rate of two million a day and rising, suggesting that the pandemic may be largely behind us in a few months …

NYC prosecutors' probe into Trump finances expands to include millions loaned for Chicago skyscraper  —  Five elected investigators are turning their attention to Trump  —  (CNN)The Manhattan district attorney's office subpoenaed documents from an investment company that loaned …

Relief bill is most significant legislation for Black farmers since Civil Rights Act, experts say  —  $5 billion would go to farmers of color, who have lost 90 percent of their land over the past century because of systemic discrimination and a cycle of debt

Many ‘Long Covid’ Patients Had No Symptoms From Their Initial Infection  —  An analysis of electronic medical records in California found that 32 percent started with asymptomatic infections but reported troubling aftereffects weeks and months later.  —  Many people who experience long-term symptoms …

The Internet Doesn't Have to Be Awful … Illustrations by Yoshi Sodeoka  —  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.

We Already Got Rid of the Filibuster Once Before  —  Last week the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, a bill that would make voter registration automatic, end partisan gerrymandering, strengthen campaign-finance law, and bolster oversight of lobbyists.  It's the most sweeping package of democracy reforms in generations.

REPUBLISH  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Everything looks the same on either side of the Texas-New Mexico border in the great oil patch of the Permian Basin.

POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Biden taps another Big Tech trustbuster  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — President JOE BIDEN has decided to nominate LINA KHAN, a Columbia University legal scholar championed by anti-Big Tech activists, to the Federal Trade Commission.

Macomb County Prosecutor says criminal charges possible against Governor Whitmer over nursing home deaths  —  (WXYZ) — Criminal charges could be in the works against Governor Gretchen Whitmer over putting COVID patients inside nursing homes used as hubs early in the pandemic.

Supreme Court Sides With Christian Student In College Free Speech Case  —  The Supreme Court ruled in an 8-1 decision Monday that a Georgia college's speech code policy violated the First Amendment and that a student who was harmed by the policy can seek damages.

Johnson set to unnerve allies with ‘Global Britain’ defence review  —  Fears that cuts to army and shift from Europe to Asia risk spreading defence capabilities too thinly  —  Boris Johnson's eagerly awaited new security strategy risks creating tensions with the UK's closest allies if it spreads …

Rep. Paul Gosar Tweets White Nationalist Group's Motto  —  After speaking at a white nationalist “America First” conference recently, the Arizona congressman appears to be doubling down on his support of the group.  —  Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) posted on Twitter the motto of a white nationalist group …

Federal covid relief package could lift Metro through pandemic budget problems  —  The latest coronavirus aid package moving through Congress could be the final funding bridge that Metro and other transit agencies need to begin ramping up for riders they hope will return after being vaccinated, transportation officials say.

Dems ready to leap on Biden's $1.9T Covid aid plan as final vote nears  —  Democrats are readying a final vote on President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion pandemic aid package as soon as Tuesday, executing on the measure in less than eight weeks — and making a political bet on mammoth federal spending to boost the economy.