‘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 …

Julia Letlow wins special election to replace her late husband in Congress  —  Her husband, Luke Letlow, died in December after battling Covid-19.  —  Julia Letlow, widow of Republican U.S. Rep.-elect Luke Letlow, speaks to members of the press at the Louisiana State Archives.  Brett Duke/AP Photo

Summers Says U.S. Facing Worst Macroeconomic Policy in 40 Years  —  Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned that the U.S. is suffering from the “least responsible” macroeconomic policy in the last 40 years, pointing the finger at both Democrats and Republicans for creating “enormous” risks.

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.

NCAA's message to women's basketball players: You're worth less  —  I'm tired.  Not from today or from yesterday but from 40 years of it.  Forty years tired of writing the same damn story about the same NCAA shortchangers in suits who would begrudge women's athletes so much as an equal amount …

Erdogan pulls Turkey out of European treaty aimed at protecting women from violence  —  ISTANBUL — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a surprise decree early Saturday withdrawing Turkey from a landmark European treaty that women's rights groups said had played a critical role in protecting Turkish women from gender-based violence.

Unmasked: man behind cult set to replace QAnon … The mysterious individual behind a new and rapidly growing online disinformation network targeting followers of QAnon, the far-right cult, can be revealed as a Berlin-based artist with a history of social media manipulation, a prominent anti-racism group claims.

Trump inner circle tightens grip on the GOP's most valued prize — the former president's endorsement — sparking a new brawl among top MAGA lieutenants … - A small team of Trump advisors led by Donald Trump Jr. is locking down the Trump endorsement process.

Biden's closest advisors have ties to big business and Wall Street with some making millions  — These disclosures were provided by the White House to CNBC early Saturday morning after requesting the documents a day earlier.  — The disclosures show that many of the president's closest aides …

Column: No, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' record on COVID-19 isn't a success  —  Florida's Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, must have magic at his fingertips.  —  We're not talking about his purported skill at fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.  We're talking about his ability to snow the press …

When the Capitol Riot Came Home A small New Hampshire town has been upended since January 6.  —  The trouble in Troy started hundreds of miles away that day, when David Ellis talked to a reporter.  —  Ellis, age 60, began the day of January 6 in the southwestern New Hampshire town of Troy, where he is chief of police.

'It's not a local issue anymore': D.C. statehood moves from political fringe to the center of the national Democratic agenda  —  Joe Biden visited Southeast Washington in January 2015 to undertake a quintessential vice-presidential duty — inspecting a massive public works on the banks …

SEC signals tougher line with oil companies on climate  —  Regulator forces ConocoPhillips and Occidental to hold shareholder votes on emissions targets  —  The US Securities and Exchange Commission has directed two of America's biggest oil companies to hold shareholder votes on far-reaching …

Federal judge accuses NY Times, WaPo of being ‘Democratic Party broadsheets’  —  A federal appeals court judge in his dissenting opinion in a defamation case on Friday accused The New York Times and The Washington Post of being “Democratic Party broadsheets.”

the deep fake threat hardly anyone discusses  —  listen up.  get mad.  —  8 hr ago  —  [Soundtrack: “Being a Woman” by Lake Street Dive]  —  I got angry on the radio the other day.  —  I was on a panel with the guy who created the deep fake videos of Tom Cruise that recently went viral on TikTok.

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 …

Remembering G. K. Chesterton  —  Fashions do not feed us, they only ensnare us.  They do not satisfy us, they only contribute to our ongoing dissatisfaction with the fleetingness of everything.  But they always seem more appealing and urgent than what really matters and what will remain after the fashions have fled.

Gov. Kristi Noem won't sign transgender sports bill  —  Morgan Matzen Joe SneveSioux Falls Argus Leader  —  Gov. Kristi Noem is OK with a ban on trans girls playing girls' sports in high school, but doesn't want it extended to college athletics.  —  The first-term Republican governor …

The Precarious Greatness of the Biden Strategy  —  The relief legislation could be the first step toward solving long-standing political problems for Democrats.  —  President Joe Biden speaks about the American Rescue Plan in the Rose Garden of the White House, March 12, 2021, in Washington.

GOP rep says he intentionally sidestepped House metal detectors to get legal standing to sue Pelosi  —  Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde is challenging his $15,000 fine  —  Rep. Andrew Clyde shares his ‘Big Idea’ on ending all taxes on guns  —  GOP Rep. Andrew Clyde said he wasn't trying to sneak …

A reptilian nightmare: Florida bans nonnative species despite industry outcry  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida's promoters like to sing its superlatives — best beaches, prettiest sunsets, perfect climate (except for the occasional hurricane).  But there's a No. 1 distinction the boosters never mention.

How ‘sex addiction’ has historically been used to absolve white men  —  While authorities said Atlanta-area spa shooting suspect Robert Aaron Long, 21, told investigators he was motivated by “sexual addiction” and claimed he had no racial motivation, health specialists say the explanation falls short.

Where Europe Went Wrong in Its Vaccine Rollout, and Why  —  While Washington went into business with the drug companies, Europe was more fiscally conservative and trusted the free market.  —  BRUSSELS — The calls began in December, as the United States prepared to administer its first batches of Covid-19 vaccine.