Officer Brian Sicknick Died After the Capitol Riot.  New Videos Show How He Was Attacked. … New videos obtained by The New York Times show publicly for the first time how the U.S. Capitol Police officer who died after facing off with rioters on Jan. 6 was attacked with chemical spray.

Biden's New Deal: Re-engineering America, quickly  —  President Biden recently held an undisclosed East Room session with historians that included discussion of how big is too big — and how fast is too fast — to jam through once-in-a-lifetime historic changes to America.

What happens to the filibuster depends on how Republicans play their hand  —  Opinion by Angus King  —  Angus S. King Jr., an independent, represents Maine in the U.S. Senate.  —  I first came to the Senate eight years ago, at the beginning of President Barack Obama's second term and when the Democrats were in the majority.

Biden should fact-check the White House press corps  —  The White House press corps, ginned up by Republican hype, has for weeks hounded White House press secretary Jen Psaki and anyone else from the Biden administration who comes into the briefing room about what is happening at the border.

Israel Election, the Day After: The Right Gears Up for Massive ‘The Left Stole the Vote’ Campaign  —  Israel elections 2021: Haaretz reveals how Benjamin and Yair Netanyahu, Likud officials and their media proxies have been using the Trump (and QAnon) playbook to cast doubt over election results since April 2019

POLITICO Playbook: What the Duckworth-AAPI episode revealed  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  For months, Sen. TAMMY DUCKWORTH (D-Ill.) had been nudging the Biden administration to appoint more Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the Cabinet — to no avail.  When she brought up the issue again …

Daniel Snyder to Buy Out Other Owners of Washington NFL Team  —  The league is expected to approve a measure that will allow Daniel Snyder to buy total control of the team.  —  Seeking to move past a year of tumult over the team's former name and a sexual harassment investigation of its front office …

Bad News Bias  —  The U.S. media is offering a different picture of Covid-19 from science journals or the international media, a study finds.  —  Bruce Sacerdote, an economics professor at Dartmouth College, noticed something last year about the Covid-19 television coverage that he was watching on CNN and PBS.

Medium Editorial Team Update  —  We announced a buyout and leadership change to the Medium editorial team today.  Below is the email I sent to the company.  —  Team,  —  We are making some changes to our editorial strategy and leadership and giving a voluntary exit option to employees who would like to take a different path.

How Trump is exposing the ugly truth about the GOP plan to retake power  —  Opinion by  —  The Republican strategy for retaking power depends in no small part on undertaking maximum voter suppression and other anti-majoritarian efforts all over the country — while piously pretending …

Trump and Don Jr. Lawyer Up for Eric Swalwell's Jan. 6 Riot Lawsuit  —  The former president and his eldest son have tapped a familiar “Stop the Steal” attorney. … Former President Donald Trump, as well as his eldest son Donald Trump Jr., have retained attorney Jesse Binnall to represent each …

Unlike Obama, Biden Doesn't Even Pretend to Care about Tackling Our Historic Debt  —  The new president is gambling that our extraordinary deficits will never matter.  —  n the 2020 campaign, Joe Biden proudly ran as an “Obama-Biden Democrat.”  —  But there is already one important …

Man Says He Found Shrimp Tails in Cinnamon Toast Crunch  —  Crave those crazy ... shrimp tails?  —  Cereal is a staple of the American breakfast table, consumed by millions of people every day and tied, for many, with memories of childhood.  So when a story began circulating this week …

The Post says: Get weapons of war off America's streets  —  Eight slain in Atlanta, now 10 in Boulder.  Your town could be next.  Can the nation finally do something about weapons of war on our streets?  —  President Joe Biden called Tuesday for Congress to move immediately to “ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.”

Biden Moving Slowly in Filling Key National-Security Posts  —  Out of 300 jobs, 16 nominees thus far.  Biden critics, supporters cite a range of reasons for the pace.  —  WASHINGTON—President Biden has yet to name hundreds of administration officials requiring Senate confirmation to military …

Don't expect a @realDonaldTrump comeback  —  Sad news for loser @jack (chocker?) and all the haters.  Despite what many people are calling “heavy demand,” @realDonaldTrump will not be returning — like a dog — to his once Favorite part of The Big, Beautiful internet.

Big Tech, Big Cash: Washington's New Power Players  —  An updated analysis of the rise in lobbying and campaign contributions from the Big Tech companies: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google … “I can tell you [political spending] plays an important role.

The Latest: Dr. Fauci: Not turning corner yet on coronavirus  —  WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci isn't ready to say the nation has turned the corner on the coronavirus pandemic, despite about 2.5 million Americans getting vaccinated each day.  —  The government's top infectious disease expert says he often gets asked that question.

They Just Moved Into an Austin Neighborhood.  Now They Want to End One of Its Traditions.  —  Car clubs have gathered for decades at “Chicano Park” in the East Cesar Chavez neighborhood.  But residents of a new luxury apartment building have started calling the police to stop them.

C-SPAN's 2024 election coverage officially kicks off with Mike Pompeo in Iowa  —  C-SPAN tells me “Road to the White House 2024” coverage begins Friday with Mike Pompeo in Iowa, speaking to the Machine Shed in Urbandale to the Westside Conservative Club, to be shown later that day.

Utah governor signs divisive measure to require porn filters  —  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is a step closer to requiring all cellphones and tablets sold in the conservative state to automatically block pornography after the Republican governor signed legislation Tuesday that critics call a significant intrusion of free speech.

New evidence suggests ‘alliance’ between Oath Keepers, Proud Boys ahead of Jan. 6  —  A key member of the Oath Keepers militia told associates he had coordinated alliances with the Proud Boys and other paramilitary groups in advance of Donald Trump's Jan. 6 rally, according to new evidence filed by the Justice Department.

Blue-state Republicans slump without Trump as foil  —  BOSTON — As recently as October, Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker was basking in his typically stratospheric poll ratings.  More than 70 percent approved of his job performance.  Roughly the same amount felt the same way about his handling of the Covid-19 crisis.

The Future of Conservatism?  —  Scott Walker is no Bill Buckley  —  Back in July 2019, our colleague, Jim Swift, asked “Can Scott Walker Save the Future of Conservatism?”  —  The former Wisconsin governor had just been named the president of the Young America's Foundation …

Politico quoted Stephen Miller on immigration issues without noting his white nationalist background  —  Playbook offered a case study in access journalism  —  Politico's morning Playbook on Wednesday discussed “a tale of two immigration messages,” contrasting the Biden and Trump administrations' media accessibility at the border.

WhatsApp for work: Slack is turning into a full-on messaging app  —  Forget email.  The final frontier for Slack, as it tries to reimagine the way millions of people communicate at work, is the text message.  —  Email is a useful tool, but a blunt one.  It mixes business communication …

Fire Louis DeJoy!  —  Removing the postmaster general is necessary to save the postal service, and Biden has the authority to begin the process.  —  Postmaster General Louis DeJoy took charge of the United States Postal Service less than a year ago and began a process of running it into the ground.

Carcinogen Found in Hand Sanitizers That Plugged Pandemic Gap  — Benzene found by online quality-assurance pharmacy Valisure  — Lesser-known products filled U.S. void caused by Covid rush  —  Some widely available hand sanitizers that American consumers snapped up last year …

No, the ‘presidential salute’ still isn't a thing — and neither is the ‘vice presidential salute’  —  The hotly debated issue of the “presidential salute” is once again making the rounds online, except this time it has broadened in scope to include the “vice presidential salute.”

Steyer polls the Newsom recall — offering himself as an alternative  —  Tom Steyer is polling the California recall.  —  And the billionaire environmental activist and erstwhile presidential hopeful has included his own name among the list of possible contenders to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom …