Evidence in Capitol Attack Most Likely Supports Sedition Charges, Prosecutor Says  —  “I personally believe the evidence is trending toward that, and probably meets those elements,” said Michael Sherwin, who had led the Justice Department's inquiry into the riot.

Assaulting the Truth, Ron Johnson Helps Erode Confidence in Government  —  Pushing false theories on the virus, the vaccine and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Mr. Johnson, the Republican senator from Wisconsin, has absorbed his party's transformation under Donald Trump.

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,

Trump looks to take down Raffensperger in Georgia  —  Former President Donald Trump is expected to endorse Rep. Jody Hice in a campaign to unseat Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in next year's Republican primary, according to three people familiar with Trump's decision.

SF couple who ran trendy poop-testing startup charged with fraud  —  Accused Atlanta gunman was a patient at evangelical treatment center...  Asian woman shoved to ground, robbed in daytime Bay Area attack  —  Cost to vaccinate Calif soars as counties refuse Blue Shield deal

China is not just shackling Hong Kong, it is remaking it  —  And it does not think global finance will object  —  For most of its modern history, Hong Kong had no time for nostalgia.  Little remains of the Victorian mansions or art-deco towers that once flanked its harbour.

He Redefined ‘Racist.’ Now He's Trying to Build a Newsroom.  —  The author Ibram Kendi and The Boston Globe team up to cover racism, inspired by Boston's 19th century abolitionist newspapers.  —  BOSTON — Ibram X. Kendi and Bina Venkataraman met last summer when their big Boston institutions …

Why Obamacare Survived  —  Democrats did the work, Republicans didn't—and that says a lot about the two parties.  —  Adapted from The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage, St. Martin's Press 2021.  —  The affordable care act, the health-care law …

Scoop: Inside a crowded border patrol tent in Donna, Texas  —  Exclusive photos from inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary overflow facility in Donna, Texas, reveal the crowded, makeshift conditions at the border as the government's longer-term child shelters and family detention centers fill up.

Rep. Tom Reed apologizes for sexual misconduct detailed in Post report, won't challenge Cuomo in 2022  —  Two days after a former lobbyist accused him of sexual misconduct in a Washington Post report, Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) on Sunday publicly apologized, vowed not to seek reelection and abandoned …

High-Income Tax Avoidance Far Larger Than Thought, New Paper Estimates  —  The very top sliver of high-income Americans may underreport their income at levels far beyond what was suggested by prior IRS research, according to a new paper  —  WASHINGTON—The top sliver of high-income Americans …

Voting rights becomes a new battleground for US companies  —  Activists try to enlist corporate America in campaign against electoral bills in Georgia  —  Voting rights activists in Georgia are piling pressure on companies including Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, Home Depot and UPS to come …

Scoop: McCarthy hires top Trump official to run political operation  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has hired former President Trump's White House political director, Brian Jack, to lead his own political operation, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: The move to bring …

Secret India-Pakistan Peace Roadmap Brokered by Top UAE Royals  — UAE last month helped forge deal to respect 2003 cease-fire  — Reinstating envoys next step of broader peace plan: official  —  About 24 hours after military chiefs from India and Pakistan surprised the world …

Biden's next challenge: Vaccine diplomacy  —  The U.S. accounts for 27% of the world's coronavirus vaccine production, but 0% of the global supply beyond its own borders.  Critics and allies alike say it's time for that to change.  —  Why it matters: China has gotten a head start on vaccine diplomacy …

The progressive takeover of Democratic Party continues  —  President Biden, along with leading Democrats on Capitol Hill, started the year with the choice between two paths to govern.  The first route, which I have strongly urged my party to take, is characterized with bipartisanship.

Estimating the Number of Illegal Immigrants Who Might Get Covid Relief Payments  —  Steven A. Camarota is the director of research at the Center.  —  During the debate over the Covid relief bill Sen. Durbin (D-Ill.) stated that “Undocumented immigrants do not have Social Security numbers …

Why Obama's Climate Plan Failed.  And How Biden's Could Succeed  —  Barbara Boxer was in Greenland in July 2007, watching chunks of ice slide off glaciers into the rising ocean.  She had brought Republican senators there with her, hoping a first-person confrontation with climate change would persuade them to take action.

Karl Rove to headline March 31 virtual fundraiser for Rep. Adam Kinzinger: Top lllinois GOP donors among co-hosts  —  While 11 of Kinzinger's relatives signed letters blasting him for his Trump impeachment vote, the March 31 fundraiser co-hosts include Kinzinger's parents and his brother.

When does it end?  —  Sen. Rand Paul and top Biden adviser Anthony Fauci had a spat on Thursday over masks, vaccination, and reinfection.  Partisans of both sides claimed victory, but the public lost because they never addressed the underlying question:  —  When does this all end?