BREAKING: Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri acquitted after trial on charges from George Floyd protest in May 2020  —  Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri was acquitted Wednesday in a trial stemming from her arrest covering the George Floyd protests in May 2020.

40 Republicans vote against Greene motion  —  Forty House Republicans on Wednesday voted against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's latest motion to adjourn, yet another sign her party is growing increasingly frustrated with the Georgia Republican's procedural delay tactics.

Somebody's Taking a Huge Risk on Biden's Bill.  It's Not Biden.  —  Try to imagine we are living in the following hypothetical world: A popular Republican president quickly passes emergency legislation that has the support of two-thirds of the country, while Democrats in Congress refuse to vote for it.

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.

The House passes the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill, sending it to Biden's desk  —  The American Rescue Plan is about to become law.  —  The House of Representatives passed the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package, sending it to President Joe Biden's desk.

Susan Collins fires back at ‘bizarre’ Schumer remarks blaming her for 2009 stimulus  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, fired back at Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer after he pointedly said it was a “big mistake” to shrink the 2009 economic stimulus package in order to win her vote.

America Without God  —  The United States had long been a holdout among Western democracies, uniquely and perhaps even suspiciously devout.  From 1937 to 1998, church membership remained relatively constant, hovering at about 70 percent.  Then something happened.

Roger Stone's Latest Mess: His Oath Keeper Bodyguards Arrested in Capitol Attack  —  Roger Stone has an Oath Keeper problem.  —  In recent days the FBI arrested two men, Joshua James, the owner of a cleaning services company in Alabama, and Roberto Minuta, a Newburgh, New York, tattoo artist …

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 …

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.

Trump's latest explosion of rage against the GOP bodes badly for our future  —  Opinion by  —  In recent days, a few die-hard Republicans have struggled to concoct a way for the GOP to purge itself of Trumpism's worst excesses while retaining its political benefits.

For Creators, Everything Is for Sale  —  Digital stars are coming up with new ways to make money.  Yet fans still hold the power.  —  A rash of new start-ups are making it easier for digital creators to monetize every aspect of their life — down to what they eat, who they hang out with and who they respond to on TikTok.

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.

Sen. Scott: ‘Woke supremacy is as bad as White supremacy’  —  The South Carolina Senator is falling in line with his Republican counterparts by taking aim at “cancel culture.”  —  Republican Senator Tim Scott told Fox News host Trey Gowdy that “woke supremacy is as bad as white supremacy.

Merrick Garland confirmed as attorney general  —  Merrick Garland, a longtime federal appeals court judge whose nomination to the Supreme Court Republicans famously refused to consider, was confirmed as President Biden's attorney general Wednesday.  —  Senators voted 70-30 to approve Garland's nomination.

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.

No borders, no country  —  Before the lockdown, the Left took a wrecking ball to our economy last year, we were enjoying one of the greatest expansions of economic opportunity in our lifetimes.  Unemployment was at its lowest rate in 50 years; the poverty rate was at its lowest in 60 years.

How Biden Funds His Next Bill: Shrink the $7.5 Trillion Tax Gap  —  The I.R.S. is often unable to detect or fight blatant tax cheating by the rich and big businesses.  Restoring it is a solution that pays for itself.  —  Ms. Huang is the executive director of the Tax Law Center at the New York University School of Law.

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 …

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 …

Senate revs its confirmation engine to fill Biden's Cabinet  —  After slow early progress on approving President Joe Biden's Cabinet nominees, the Senate is finally on track to catch up to its pace of confirmations at the beginning of the Trump and Obama administrations.

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 …

Governor Newsom says 'we're not going back to normal' after pandemic  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom will say during his State of the State address that the pandemic will end soon.  But when it does, Newsom will say that “we're not going back to normal” because “normal accepts inequity.”

Facebook denies being a monopoly as it asks judge to toss antitrust suits  —  Facebook is seeking to throw out federal antitrust suits by the FTC and state attorneys general, arguing that enforcers failed to show it has a monopoly and waited too long to challenge its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.

Restarting the Central American Minors Program  —  As another concrete step in implementing our comprehensive regional migration management strategy, we are expanding legal pathways to enter the United States by reopening the Central American Minors (CAM) program.

The Republican Party Isn't Going Anywhere  —  In the contemporary American political system, the parties are always changing—but they don't simply disappear.  —  Staff writer at The Atlantic  —  After the 2002 midterm elections, in which Republicans defied history and added to their House majority …

Marcia Fudge confirmed as first Black woman to lead HUD in more than 40 years  —  The Ohio congresswoman has pledged to address systemic racial inequities in housing.  —  The Senate voted 66-34 on Wednesday to confirm President Biden's nomination of Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (D-Ohio) …

Ivanka Trump makes first public appearance since leaving White House  —  Trump met with local faith and community leaders to help distribute more than 1,300 food boxes  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for March 10  —  Former senior adviser to the president Ivanka Trump on Tuesday …