Capitol Police officer suspended after antisemitic document found at checkpoint  —  U.S. Capitol Police suspended an officer Monday after a copy of an infamous antisemitic tract was found near a Capitol Hill security post Sunday, alarming a congressional aide who viewed the document in plain sight at the checkpoint.

Super PAC supporting potential Senate candidate J.D. Vance gets $10M donation from PayPal cofounder  —  COLUMBUS - PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel donated $10 million to a super PAC supporting Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance, a show of support for the possible Ohio Senate contender.

Vindman twin set for promotion after bad evaluations from Trump appointees  —  Army Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman is set to be promoted to full colonel, despite attempts by loyalists to former President Donald Trump to derail his career following his bit role in the president's first impeachment …

Manchin signals he'll support Gupta as No. 3 at DOJ, bolstering her chance at confirmation  —  (CNN)Sen. Joe Manchin, the key Democratic swing vote, said Monday that he will likely support Vanita Gupta as the No. 3 at the Justice Department, taking a stance that is expected to pave …

US to house up to 3,000 immigrant teens at Dallas site  —  HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government plans to use the downtown Dallas convention center to hold up to 3,000 immigrant teenagers as sharply higher numbers of border crossings have severely strained the current capacity to hold youths, The Associated Press has learned.

Trump's CFO's ex-daughter-in-law is cooperating with prosecutors and ‘refuses to be silenced,’ her lawyer says  — Jennifer Weisselberg is cooperating with an investigation into Trump's finances, her lawyer says.  — She's the ex-daughter-in-law of Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Org CFO the DA wants to “flip.”

Coca-Cola, Home Depot come out in opposition to Georgia voting restrictions  —  Civil liberties groups are ratcheting up pressure on major corporations based in Georgia — including Coca-Cola, Aflac, Delta Air Lines, Home Depot and UPS — to oppose a Republican-led effort to make it harder to vote in the Peach State.

Fact check: Republican congresswoman didn't take credit for the relief bill she voted against  —  Keilar: GOP senator touted provision in bill he voted against  —  Washington (CNN)A Republican member of Congress, Rep. María Elvira Salazar of Florida, has faced withering attacks …

Trump's jealous rants can't hide his failures  —  How green with envy is Donald Trump?  —  President Biden has him begging for attention.  —  Since Biden's inauguration, the COVID-19 infection rate has been cut by well over half.  —  And last week congressional Democrats passed Biden's popular COVID-19 relief bill.

GOP Sen. Ron Johnson denies comments about Black Lives Matter protesters racist  —  He said he would have been “concerned” about them but not the Capitol rioters.  —  Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.  —  CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images, FILE

The American Rescue Plan as Economic Theory  —  So, this happened.  —  Some people are frustrated about the surrender on the minimum wage, the scaled-back unemployment insurance, the child tax credit that should have been a universal child allowance, the fact that most of the good things phase out over the nest year or two.

An unlikely Trump turncoat shows the GOP way to resist his influence  —  Jaime Herrera Beutler is not one to make waves on Capitol Hill.  But during Donald Trump's second impeachment trial, she almost created a tsunami.  —  After she publicly revealed damaging details about Trump's phone call …

'I don't need the vaccine': GOP worries threaten virus fight  —  FRONT ROYAL, Virginia (AP) — In this rural swath of Virginia's Shenandoah valley, former President Donald Trump remains deeply admired, with lawn signs and campaign flags still dotting the landscape.

Jared Kushner Says Farewell to U.S. Taxpayers With $24,000 Hotel Tab  —  THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES  —  About four weeks before Donald Trump vacated the White House to make way for President Joe Biden, presidential adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner jetted off on his last official trip to Israel …

Audio shows the media got the Trump-Georgia story all wrong  —  It's one thing if a single news outlet botches an anonymously sourced “scoop.”  It's another thing entirely if multiple newsrooms claim to have independently “confirmed” the botched “scoop” with anonymous sources of their own.

Florida's pandemic response gets a second look from the national media  —  After a solid year of living with a pandemic, the national press is beginning to ask the question that even Democrats have been quietly pondering in the Sunshine State: Was Gov. Ron DeSantis' pandemic response right for Florida?

The Misinformation Campaign Was Distinctly One-Sided  —  On the morning of September 21, 2020, three trays of United States mail were discovered in a ditch in Greenville, Wisconsin.  The local sheriff's office reported that the mail dump included several absentee ballots.

Marjorie Taylor Greene tours Orthodox spots in Brooklyn  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who was stripped of her House committee assignments last month for antisemitic and other incendiary comments, toured Orthodox areas of Brooklyn and Long Island on Monday, according to a community leader who hosted her.

EXC: Teen Vogue's New Editor Alexi McCammond Ranted About “Blacks”, Dressed As Native American.  —  The National Pulse has uncovered additional historical tweets from Teen Vogue's new editor - Alexi McCammond, already under fire for a host of old anti-Asian, homophobic posts.

Senior Democrat ‘hot mic’ says GOP foot-dragging will force fast-track process for infrastructure  —  Sen. Ben Cardin, a senior Democrat on the committee responsible for crafting a surface transportation bill, in a “hot mic” moment told Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Monday that Democrats …

A Hacker Got All My Texts for $16  —  A gaping flaw in SMS lets hackers take over phone numbers in minutes by simply paying a company to reroute text messages.  —  Joseph Cox  —  I didn't expect it to be that quick.  While I was on a Google Hangouts call with a colleague …

Rage against the ‘gaffe machine’  —  Presented by the Bipartisan Policy Center & U.S. Chamber of Commerce  —  Welcome to POLITICO's 2021 Transition Playbook, your guide to the first 100 days of the Biden administration  —  JOE BIDEN, disciplined messenger?  —  Two and a half months in, that's undoubtedly the case.

Vatican says it will not bless same-sex unions, calling them a ‘sin’  —  Rome (CNN)The Vatican said Monday that the Catholic Church would not bless same-sex unions, in a combative statement approved by Pope Francis that threatens to widen the chasm between the church and much of the LGBTQ community.

Gavin Newsom commits to nominating an African American woman to Senate if Dianne Feinstein retires  —  Asked if he would consider nominating an African American woman to restore the seat left by Vice President Kamala Harris in the Senate if Dianne Feinstein were to retire, Governor Gavin Newsom said …

Catholic Order Pledges $100 Million to Atone for Slave Labor and Sales  —  The move by Jesuit priests is the largest such effort by the Roman Catholic Church and comes amid growing calls for reparations across the United States.  —  [To read more stories on race from The New York Times, sign up here for our Race/Related newsletter.]

Steve Bannon loses bid to start right-wing political academy in Italy  —  ROME (Reuters) - Steve Bannon, the former adviser to ex-U.S. President Donald Trump, has lost a legal battle to set up a right-wing Catholic political academy in an abbey in Italy.  —  The Council of State on Monday ruled …

Brian Barger, journalist who helped unravel Iran-contra scandal, dies at 68  —  Brian Barger was an investigative journalist who edited and reported on Colombian drug cartels, covert operations of the CIA, international terrorism, money laundering, excessive levels of toxins in sea fish, and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

US Military: Social Justice Warriors  —  I still struggle to process the meaning of the Pentagon's propaganda blitzkrieg against Tucker Carlson.  Even if you think Carlson is wrong in his criticism of the woke military (see here for some of it), the fact that the Defense Department has reacted …

After 13 Years in Syrian Prisons, I Knew Assad Would Win  —  A former longtime political prisoner of the Syrian regime explains the cruelty, corruption, and sectarianism keeping it in power  —  Mustafa Khalifa is a prominent Syrian intellectual and a longtime political prisoner

African court orders release of ally of Maduro wanted by US  —  MIAMI (AP) — A regional court in West Africa has ordered the immediate release of a Venezuelan businessman close to President Nicolás Maduro, finding that his arrest in Cape Verde on U.S. money laundering charges was unlawful.

Exclusive: U.S. Congress launches probe into multibillion-dollar ‘clean coal’ tax credit  —  BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress is investigating a multibillion-dollar subsidy for chemically treated coal that is meant to reduce smokestack pollution, after evidence emerged that power plants using the fuel produced more smog not less.

Andrew Cuomo Normalizes Donald Trump  —  Governor Cuomo's downfall exposes the illusion that we're one election away from utopia.  —  We now know for certain two things many of us long suspected: (1) that Andrew Cuomo's management of the pandemic response in New York was a disaster and (2) that he is generally a terrible human being.

Capitol riot suspect ordered detained after a hearing featuring daughter's testimony  —  The 16-year-old daughter of a Texas militia leader who allegedly charged at Capitol Police officers on Jan. 6 — and claimed he took a firearm to the building — testified on his behalf Monday in an unusual virtual hearing.

Cuomo has ‘preoccupation with his hand size,’ former aide Charlotte Bennett tells investigators  —  Bennett met with investigations for more than four hours  —  Eric Shawn: Gov. Andrew Cuomo is friendless and ‘no one has ever liked him’  —  A former aide who accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo …