Recording of Trump Phone Call to Georgia Lead Investigator Reveals New Details  —  Then-president says ‘Something bad happened’ and presses for investigation into Fulton County votes  —  ATLANTA—Then-President Donald Trump urged the chief investigator of the Georgia Secretary of State's office …

Female aide said Cuomo aggressively groped her at the governor's mansion  —  Cuomo issues denial but describes details of woman's account as ‘gut-wrenching’  —  ALBANY — A female aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo alleges he aggressively groped her in a sexually charged manner after she had been summoned …

Veteran charged in Capitol riot once served in Marine One squadron, officials say  —  A Marine Corps veteran charged in the Capitol riot once served as a crew chief for the presidential helicopter squadron, a highly restrictive unit that requires a top-secret security clearance, officials said Wednesday.

What Really Happened at ‘Reply All’?  —  A podcast was applauded for its reporting on embedded racism in the workplace.  It didn't make it to the third episode.  —  The first episode of “The Test Kitchen” was widely praised by podcast listeners who couldn't wait for the next installment.

For Democracy to Stay, the Filibuster Must Go  —  What happens when the biggest election reform bill in half a century runs into one of the most formidable barriers to American governance?  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.

Real-World Evidence Confirms High Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine and Profound Public Health Impact of Vaccination One Year After Pandemic Declared  — Dramatically lower COVID-19 disease incidence rates observed in individuals fully vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine …

Biden not yet holding a formal news conference raises accountability questions  —  He's gone longer without one than any president in the past 100 years.  —  Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.  —  Halfway into his first 100 days, President Joe Biden has yet to hold a formal …

Rep. David Cicilline Says He'll Propose Rule to Stop Marjorie Taylor Greene's Delay Tactics  —  Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's repeated efforts to delay work in the House of Representatives has drawn bipartisan ire and may result in a new rule change.

Why So Many Politicians Are Such A—holes  —  Politicians have devoted their professional lives to the art of public persuasion.  Reputation is everything.  Success hinges on getting as many people as possible to view their ideas and their life stories as sympathetically as possible.

Collins-Schumer rift shocks Senate  —  While Washington undergoes a much-needed spring thaw, Chuck Schumer and Susan Collins' relationship is frostier than ever.  —  More than four months after Collins handily dispatched Schumer's efforts to deny her a fifth term, the moderate Maine Republican …

At border, record number of migrant youths wait in adult detention cells for longer than legally allowed  —  The magnitude of the crisis facing President Biden at the U.S.-Mexico border came into clearer focus Wednesday as the new administration was holding record numbers of unaccompanied migrant teens …

Keep Calm & Defend Work  —  #36 — Five (5) quick points on the new Biden Dole  —  Five brief points (Axios-style!) now that Congress has passed the Covid relief bill containing a $100 billion-a-year dole-like “child allowance” plan.  —  1. Two themes of commentary are a) What a big deal this is …

Why Can't We Vaccinate Faster?  —  One year ago this week, I went into hiding from the coronavirus.  —  On March 12, I taped one episode of The Daily inside a studio at The New York Times.  With the help of a slightly nervous producer who lived a short bicycle ride away …

The Progressive Imaginarium  —  Because the West is a self-critical, affluent, tolerant, and leisurely place, the number of the victimized has grown to far outnumber the vanishing pool of victimizers.  —  “T-Bone” lives in the progressive Imaginarium.  —  Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) conjured him up as his fake pal from the 'hood.

How GOP-backed voting measures could create hurdles for tens of millions of voters  —  At least 250 new laws have been proposed in 33 states to limit mail, early in-person and Election Day voting  —  The GOP's national push to enact hundreds of new election restrictions could strain every available method …

Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen to meet again with Manhattan DA in Trump probe  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, said he would go in for a seventh interview on Wednesday with the Manhattan district attorney's office pursuing a criminal investigation into the former U.S. president.

A G.O.P. senator tweets approvingly about part of the stimulus bill, without mentioning one detail: his ‘no’ vote.  —  Before the House gave final approval to a $1.9 trillion stimulus package on Wednesday without any Republican support, Speaker Nancy Pelosi admonished Republicans for their opposition …

Oklahoma House passes bill to protect drivers who hit protesters  —  In a rare, early-morning vote, Republican lawmakers in the Oklahoma House approved legislation to grant immunity to drivers who hit protesters.  —  On a party-line vote Wednesday, the House passed a bill that grants civil …

Amid Pandemic, 79% of K-12 Parents Support In-Person School  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly one year into the pandemic, an estimated one in three K-12 students in the U.S. do not currently have any options for in-person schooling.  Many frustrated parents have been vocally pushing for a return …

HR 1 is not pro-democracy, it's pro-coercion  —  By winning control of the House, Senate, and White House in 2020, Democrats created an opportunity to make it easier for them to win in the future and harder for anyone to criticize them.  Their first order of business, which House Democrats call the …

Seattle's Virus Success Shows What Could Have Been  —  The Seattle area once had more coronavirus deaths than anywhere else in the United States.  A year later, the region's deaths per capita are lower than any other large metropolitan area.  —  SEATTLE — Facing the nation's …

Democratic centrists balk at more red ink after Covid spending spree  —  Democrats are eyeing trillions of dollars of new spending on the heels of their massive coronavirus bill.  But some of their largesse has limits.  —  Even as President Joe Biden and his allies in Congress begin laying …

4 former presidents unite for COVID vaccine ad campaign  —  All living former presidents except Donald Trump have banded together for two national ad campaigns released Thursday that are designed to drive trust in COVID-19 vaccines.  —  Driving the news: One video from the “It's Up To You” …

6 Questions Officials Still Haven't Answered After Weeks of Hearings on the Capitol Attack  —  More than 15 hours of testimony failed to answer fundamental questions about the Capitol attack.  Among them: Why national security officials responded differently to BLM protesters than to Trump supporters.

The COVID-Denying ‘Party of Life’ Finds a New Way to Kill Roe  —  Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson admits that the new anti-abortion law isn't even written to be passed.  It's written so the new super-Trumpy Supreme Court can shoot Roe down with it.  —  BEAST INSIDE

Today's blacklisted Americans: Conservative student journalism conference shut down by city of Alexandria, Virginia  —  They're coming for you next: Based on a single anonymous complaint, the city of Alexandria, Virginia, shut down a conservative student journalism conference this coming weekend …

Lauren Boebert under fire after releasing Pelosi attack ad with gunshot sound effect  —  Congresswoman says Democrats want to ‘protect themselves’ with security fences, despite events of 6 January  —  Lauren Boebert has come under fire for an attack advert against Nancy Pelosi - with shooting sound effects included.

Beauty Brand Ulta Pulls Teen Vogue Ads Over New Editor-in-Chief's Old Racist Tweets  —  The ad campaign, worth seven figures, is on pause following internal concerns over new top editor Alexi McCammond's past tweets. … A major advertiser for Teen Vogue has paused its campaign …

Mexico Passes Bill to Legalize Cannabis  —  Lawmakers in Mexico have approved a bill to legalize recreational cannabis, but in a country still marred by a deadly drug war, the proposal has proved divisive.  —  MEXICO CITY — Lawmakers in Mexico approved a bill Wednesday night …

Biden is leading a quiet revolution  —  Opinion by  —  “Our economic package is a closely knit, carefully constructed plan to restore America's economic strength and put our nation back on the road to prosperity,” the president declared in a speech from the Oval Office.  “Each part of this package is vital.”

How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation  —  The company's AI algorithms gave it an insatiable habit for lies and hate speech.  Now the man who built them can't fix the problem.  —  Joaquin Quiñonero Candela, a director of AI at Facebook, was apologizing to his audience.

Jayapal asks for investigations into three GOP members for their role in instigating the Capitol Insurrection  —  GOP lawmaker accused of giving ‘reconnaissance’ tour prior to Capitol riot  —  (CNN)Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington has sent letters to the House Committee on Ethics …

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.

Virus drove record U.S. death rate in 2020, CDC finds  —  The U.S. death rate increased by 15 percent last year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, making it the deadliest year in recorded U.S. history, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention will announce, according …

Criticizing Public Figures, Including Influential Journalists, is Not Harassment or Abuse  —  As social media empowers uncredentialed people to be heard, society's most powerful actors seek to cast themselves as victims and delegitimize all critiques.  —  1 hr ago