Biden and his Covid-relief bill prove popular in new CNN poll  —  (CNN)The economic relief bill moving rapidly through Congress is broadly popular, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.  —  The popularity of the bill comes as President Joe Biden's approval rating tilts positive around 50 days after he took the oath of office.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

Manhattan Prosecutors Advance Probe Into Trump's Seven Springs Estate  —  Subpoenas center on Trump Organization's failed efforts to develop the 213-acre property into a luxury subdivision  —  Manhattan prosecutors are intensifying their investigation into Donald Trump's businesses …

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.

What has gotten into Ron Johnson?  —  What has gotten into Ron Johnson?  —  That is a question that mystifies some of those who counted themselves as enthusiastic supporters of Wisconsin's Republican senator back when he entered politics a little more than a decade ago.

Wall Street A-Listers Fled to Florida.  Many Are Eyeing a Return  — USPS data shows few New Yorkers moved to Miami, Palm Beach  — New Jersey, California and Connecticut were most popular moves  —  The “Upper East Side” cocktail at Sant Ambroeus is just the same as in Manhattan …

US narrows in on organized extremists in Capitol siege probe  —  As members of the Oath Keepers paramilitary group shouldered their way through the mob and up the steps to the U.S. Capitol, their plans for Jan. 6 were clear, authorities say.  “Arrest this assembly, we have probable cause for acts of treason …

Biden Got the Vaccine Rollout Humming, With Trump's Help  —  Trump administration officials grumble that they laid the groundwork for surging vaccinations, but some hard work in the trenches has helped pick up the pace of production.  —  WASHINGTON — When President Biden pledged last week …

What is the point of Josh Hawley?  —  What to make of media interest in the junior senator from Missouri.  —  Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a regular contributor to PostEverything.

Arrested journalist pleaded with officer: ‘This is my job’  —  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa journalist recounted getting pepper-sprayed and arrested while covering a protest for racial justice last year, testifying in her own defense Tuesday at her trial on charges stemming from the incident.

Arkansas Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban As Lawmakers Push For Supreme Court Case  —  Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday signed into law one of the country's most restrictive abortion bans, a measure supporters hope will force the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit its 1973 decision sanctioning the procedure.

Allan McDonald Dies at 83; Tried to Stop the Challenger Launch  —  An engineer for the maker of the shuttle's booster rockets, he opposed letting it take off, worried that cold weather might affect them.  He was right.  —  Allan J. McDonald, an engineer who on a chilly January morning …

As a former Alabama attorney general, I do not say this lightly: An innocent man is on our death row  —  Opinion by Bill Baxley  —  Bill Baxley, attorney general of Alabama from 1971 to 1979, is a signatory to an amicus brief filed March 9 requesting the Jefferson County Circuit Court grant Toforest Johnson a new trial.

Democrats Are Anxious About 2022 — and 2024  —  The fretting starts with the party's declining share of the Hispanic vote, but it doesn't end there.  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.

Latest Stimulus Package Could Jolt U.S. Growth, Revive Inflation in 2021  —  Economists surveyed by WSJ expect 5.95% GDP growth, fastest in nearly 40 years  —  WASHINGTON—The nearly $1.9 trillion relief package heading for House passage Wednesday is projected to help propel the U.S. economy …

The Warped Vision of “Anti-Racism”  —  It's perfect for affluent whites who want to be heroes of a story about justice  —  What kind of monster doesn't support “anti-racism”?  Who would put themselves on the other side of “social justice”?  How could you be opposed to the notion of “racial equity”?

Court Dismisses Trump Campaign's Defamation Suit Against New York Times  —  A New York State judge ruled that the opinion essay at the center of the suit was constitutionally protected speech.  —  A New York State court on Tuesday dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by the re-election campaign …

Biden to announce deal for additional 100 million Johnson and Johnson Covid vaccine doses  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will announce plans Wednesday to purchase an additional 100 million doses of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, giving the U.S. more than enough supply to vaccinate the entire U.S. population.

The Biden administration confirms some but not all of Trump's Wuhan lab claims  —  In its final days, President Donald Trump's State Department made a series of highly controversial claims about the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China, and its possible connection to the covid-19 outbreak.

Stacey Abrams Has a Plan to Dismantle the Filibuster and Protect Voting Rights  —  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.  —  As Republicans in the Georgia state legislature passed a series …

Craig Hickman easily holds Augusta-area Maine Senate seat for Democrats  —  AUGUSTA, Maine — Former state Rep. Craig Hickman kept a capital-area Maine Senate district in the Democratic column in a blowout special election victory on Tuesday over a Republican businessman.