Biden Team Prepares $3 Trillion in New Spending for the Economy  —  A pair of proposals would invest in infrastructure, education, work force development and fighting climate change, with the aim of making the economy more productive.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden's economic advisers …

Did CNN Air a Staged Migrant Crossing of the Rio Grande?  —  An unusual video has been flagged by activists as deliberately manufactured to present a story of a border crisis, possibly with the participation of the Border Patrol.  —  CNN correspondent Ed Lavandera gestures toward …

Boulder shooting: Gunman kills at least 6, including police officer, at King Soopers  —  A shooter opened fire inside a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder on Monday afternoon, killing at least six people, including a police officer.  —  Police have not confirmed the number of fatalities …

Sidney Powell moves to dismiss Dominion lawsuit  —  Sidney Powell, the pro-Trump lawyer who spread baseless claims of election fraud, moved Monday to dismiss Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit against her.  —  What she's saying: Powell argues in her motion that “no reasonable person” …

It's All Just Displacement  —  Blue checkmarks are mourning bad careers in a broken industry … Media Twitter does not hate Substack because it's pretending to be a platform when it's a publisher; they don't hate it because it's filled with anti-woke white guys; they don't hate it because of harassment or any such thing.

Former Capitol riot prosecutor's comments on Trump alarm new no-drama Justice Department  —  (CNN)Attorney General Merrick Garland is quietly ushering in a change in tone at the Justice Department, making few public comments and staying out of sight — and unlike his predecessor — eschewing commentary about ongoing investigations.

Trump predicted news ratings would 'tank if I'm not there.' He wasn't wrong.  —  Of all Donald Trump's prophecies and predictions — that Mexico would pay for a border wall, that coronavirus would spontaneously disappear, that he would be easily reelected — at least one wasn't entirely wrong.

How Kyrsten Sinema Sold Out  —  The origin story of the Senate's newest super villain.  —  In 2002, The Arizona Republic published a letter from Kyrsten Sinema, then a social worker preparing to run for a seat in the state House of Representatives, putting forth a critique of capitalism.

GLAAD Took False, Previously Disproven Internet Scuttlebutt And Used It To Justify Putting Me On A List Of Anti-LGBT Bigots (Updated)  —  This is infuriating  —  I should be able to keep this short because these are not difficult errors to correct.  In fact, anyone who has read my work at all wouldn't have made them.

Heritage Foundation President, Executive Vice President Announce Resignations … WASHINGTON — After serving as The Heritage Foundation's leadership team for the last three years, President Kay C. James and Executive Vice President Dr. Kim R. Holmes have announced their resignations.

Krispy Kreme will you give you a free doughnut every day this year — if you've been vaccinated  —  In case you needed another reason to get your COVID-19 vaccination, Krispy Kreme is sweetening the deal — it's giving free doughnuts to anyone with proof of vaccination, all year long.

National trackers say D.C. is among the worst vaccinators in the U.S. The reality is more complicated.  —  When D.C. residents awaiting coronavirus vaccinations turn to trackers that show the state-by-state progress of inoculations, they see alarming numbers.

Cops' posts to private Facebook group show hostility, hate  —  PITTSBURGH (AP) — In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs who took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters …

A police detective filed for divorce from his wife after she was photographed with another man at the Capitol riot  — A police detective filed for divorce from his wife after she took part in the January Capitol riot.  — The FBI said Jennifer Heinl was inside the Capitol rotunda and was photographed with another man.

11 National Guard Soldiers transporting vaccines held at gunpoint in West Texas, suspect arrested  —  Idalou Police responded to the scene  —  LUBBOCK COUNTY, Texas (KCBD) - An Arizona man has been arrested after he cut off and held at gunpoint a caravan of National Guardsmen transporting COVID-19 vaccines …

AZD1222 US Phase III trial met primary efficacy endpoint in preventing COVID-19 at interim analysis  —  79% vaccine efficacy at preventing symptomatic COVID-19  —  100% efficacy against severe or critical disease and hospitalisation  —  Comparable efficacy result across ethnicity and age,

Betsy DeVos made at least $225 million while education secretary … Betsy DeVos reported at least $225 million — and potentially well over $414 million — in outside income while working as Donald Trump's education secretary, according to an analysis of DeVos's financial disclosures by CREW.

Hospitals Hide Pricing Data From Search Results  —  Webpages for hundreds of hospitals require users to click through to find prices, undermining federal transparency rule, Journal analysis shows  —  Hospitals that have published their previously confidential prices to comply with a new federal rule …

Mo Brooks launches Senate bid in Alabama  —  Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) is jumping into the race to replace retiring Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.).  —  Brooks, a six-term congressman, made the announcement at an event in his hometown of Huntsville, Ala., on Monday evening alongside Stephen Miller …

The filibuster is Kentucky's veto.  It stops radical ambitions like Yarmuth's  —  Congressman John Yarmuth likes to pretend he knows me.  He talks to reporters and writes in these pages as if he's some sort of “McConnell-whisperer.”  That's a full day's drive from reality.

Trump advisors expect ex-president's Twitter alternative to run on a new platform built by Brad Parscale  — Trump may use Parscale platform for social media effort, two Republicans close to the former president say.  — Trump has been teasing his new social media effort.

Trump, My Dad and the Rightward Shift of Latino Men  —  Why are Latino men moving away from Democrats?  And how can liberals win them back?  For me, it's a topic that hits close to home.  —  In 2016, my dad, Charlie Garcia — a third-generation Mexican American and lifelong Republican …

Richest 1% of Americans Hide a Fifth of Their Income From the IRS  —  A new study found that the IRS can miss earnings hidden in sophisticated ways.  It could support calls to give the agency more funding after years of budget cuts.  —  More than 20% of the wealthiest Americans' income …

The dumbing down of the D.C. statehood debate  —  There are valid, philosophical reasons to argue that Washington, D.C., should not be a state or have voting rights in Congress — chief among them being that it was created as a federal district.  —  But as the House held a hearing on the topic Monday …

Federal Judge: ‘One-Party Control Of The Press And Media Is A Threat To A Viable Democracy’  —  In a blistering dissent, Judge Laurence Silberman said The New York Times and Washington Post are ‘Democratic Party broadsheets.’

The rioter next door: How the Dallas suburbs spawned domestic extremists  —  FRISCO, Tex. — Sunlight gleamed off the tiled roofs of the taupe mini-mansions and walkable shopping centers as March 4 dawned in this corner of North Texas.  According to specious speculations online …

Conservatives Accuse Noem Of ‘Political Theater’ Over Bill Banning Biological Males From Women's Sports  — Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem insisted in a Monday press conference that “only girls should play girls sports” as she discussed why she sent a bill banning biological males …

Former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens Announces Run for Senate  —  Former Missouri governor Eric Greitens announced on Monday that he will run for Senate, in an interview on Fox News's Special Report.  —  Greitens will run for the seat of Senator Roy Blunt, a Republican who announced earlier …

The missing students of the pandemic  —  A California school official searches his district for the hundreds left behind by covid-19  —  INDIO, Calif. — Rich Pimentel had already tried searching in a trailer park and a migrant camp when he started driving toward the third and final address listed in the student's school file.

Senate confirms Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to lead Labor Department  —  The Senate on Monday confirmed Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Secretary of Labor, clearing him to take the helm of the agency amid historic unemployment and economic uncertainty.  —  “I'm deeply grateful to President Biden …