Covid-19 Vaccine Manufacturing in U.S. Races Ahead  —  Vaccine makers are expected to produce 132 million doses this month, nearly tripling last month's figure, boosting vaccination drive  —  Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers are ramping up production, churning out far more doses a week …

‘No end in sight’: Inside the Biden administration's failure to contain the border surge  —  Shortly before Christmas last year, Susan Rice and Jake Sullivan, two top advisers to President-elect Joe Biden, sat for an interview with EFE, a Spanish wire service, to issue a stark warning …

Old Pol, New Tricks  —  Biden's got the buzz.  Who's smirking now?  —  WASHINGTON — Joe Biden never had a seat at the cool kids' table at the Obama White House.  —  Heading into 2016 and 2020, if you told the hotshots from Obamaworld that you thought Biden would be a good candidate …

How ‘Owning the Libs’ Became the GOP's Core Belief  —  For a political party whose membership skews older, it might be surprising that the spirit that most animates Republican politics today is best described with a phrase from the world of video games: “Owning the libs.”

How to mess up a possible Trump endorsement in one easy step  —  Lynda Blanchard's fledgling campaign to succeed retiring Alabama GOP Sen. Richard Shelby seemed to be progressing smoothly as she mingled with donors inside Mar-a-Lago's gilded ballroom last Saturday.

Pentagon chief in Afghanistan on unannounced visit as deadline to withdraw U.S. troops looms  —  KABUL — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin touched down in Afghanistan on Sunday, making an unannounced visit as the Biden administration wrestles with how to end its role in a war …

Getting the facts right on Operation Warp Speed  —  Former President Donald Trump formally announced Operation Warp Speed (OWS) on May 15, 2020.  OWS was constituted as a projected $18 billion business-government-military partnership, charged to “produce and deliver 300 million doses of safe …

Ron Johnson falsely claims there was ‘no violence’ on Senate side of US Capitol on January 6  —  (CNN)Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson falsely claimed there was no violence on the Senate side of the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection, the latest in his continued attempts to downplay the severity of the attack.

Biden DHS chief says ‘border is closed’ but U.S. won't expel children  —  Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday defended the Biden administration's decision to not expel children arriving in the U.S. amid a migrant surge along the southern border, arguing “that's not who we are.”

Julia Letlow wins special election to replace her late husband in Congress  —  Louisiana Republican Julia Letlow won a special election Saturday to fill the seat won last year by her now-late husband, who died in December from Covid.  —  She took 62 percent of the vote in the 12-way race …

Ivanka Trump, Miami Beach Bum, Plots Her Next Move  —  Ivanka Trump is on a digital detox, but she remains in the tabloids.  What does her new Florida image—straw fedora, cover-ups—reveal about her post-White House ambitions?  —  Have you missed Ivanka Trump's frequent Instagram posts …

How to Collect $1.4 Trillion in Unpaid Taxes  —  Wealthy Americans are concealing large amounts of income from the I.R.S. There is a straightforward corrective.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.

The Smearing of Kristen Clarke  —  Last Thursday evening, Tucker Carlson Tonight devoted another segment — at least its fifth since January — to the civil rights attorney Kristen Clarke, who has been nominated by Joe Biden to serve as assistant attorney general for civil rights.

Trump is gone and Biden is gathering steam.  But now's not the time to stop worrying.  —  A 51-50 Democratic Senate is beyond precarious, especially with so many older senators.  Don't get stuck in negotiations to nowhere.  Don't tempt fate.  —  For those of us accustomed …

Spring breakers flock to South Florida while some residents worry about another Covid-19 surge  —  Up next  —  (CNN) — Veronica Pena says she's spent the past year carefully navigating the Covid-19 pandemic in the mostly restriction-free state of Florida.

AP sources: Iran threatens US Army base and top general  —  Iran has made threats against Fort McNair, an Army base in the nation's capital, and against the Army's vice chief of staff, two senior U.S. intelligence officials said.  —  They said communications intercepted by the National Security Agency …

The Queen plans diversity drive: Royals will boost existing programmes as Harry and Meghan's accusations of racism are blamed for ‘unproductive’ peace talks with William and Charles  — The Queen will be appointing a diversity tsar to modernise the Monarchy

U. San Diego Law Prof. Thomas Smith Harshly Criticized Chinese Gov't, Now Faces False Claims Of Ethnic Bias (Update)  —  In a personal blog post, Professor Thomas Smith used colorful language to attack the Chinese government over the coronavirus, but student activists falsely claim …

Man arrested after he allegedly pepper-sprayed and hurled racist insults at Asian gas station owner  —  The perpetrator was arrested Friday on assault charges, police said.  —  Anti-Asian xenophobia rises amid pandemic  —  Violence against Asian Americans has grown since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

CUNY law school dean cancels herself after ‘slaveholder’ comment  —  The dean of the CUNY School of Law has decided to cancel herself — saying she is retiring in atonement for referring to herself as a “slaveholder” during a faculty meeting.  —  Mary Lu Bilek, 65, had announced at the beginning …

Access, Influence and Pardons: How a Set of Allies Shaped Trump's Choices  —  A loose collection of well-connected groups and individuals led by a pair of Orthodox Jewish organizations had striking success in winning clemency for white-collar criminals during the Trump presidency.