Trump aide concealed work for PR firm and misled court to dodge child support  —  Jason Miller signed secret deal to stay with DC-based Teneo after ‘resigning’ and then appeared to misrepresent employment status  —  A top aide to Donald Trump was secretly re-engaged by a leading political strategy firm …

Biden signals removal of US troops from Afghanistan by next year, but will miss Trump's May 1 goal  —  President Joe Biden said Thursday he likely would break an agreement with the Taliban negotiated by the Trump administration to pull out all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by May 1 …

Texas AG Ken Paxton refuses to release texts, emails sent during pro-Trump rally and Capitol riot  —  The Texas attorney general's office is attempting to withhold all messages Ken Paxton sent or received while in Washington for the pro-Donald Trump rally that devolved into a riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Sources: Secret Service inserted itself into case of Hunter Biden's gun  —  On Oct. 23, 2018, President Joe Biden's son Hunter and daughter in law Hallie were involved in a bizarre incident in which Hallie took Hunter's gun and threw it in a trash can behind a grocery store, only to return later to find it gone.

‘They are, in effect, supporting racism’: Black leaders zero in on Dems' filibuster holdouts  —  Black civil rights leaders, voting rights advocates and elected officials are ramping up their lobbying of Senate Democrats to nix the filibuster, arguing that they can keep the rule in place or pass voting rights legislation, but not both.

Bill changing Georgia voting rules passes state House  —  Proposals target absentee and runoff voting after 2020 elections  —  The Georgia House passed an overhaul of election laws Thursday after last year's close presidential election, including new absentee voter ID requirements …

U.S. COVID response could have avoided hundreds of thousand of deaths - research  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States squandered both money and lives in its response to the coronavirus pandemic, and it could have avoided nearly 400,000 deaths with a more effective health strategy …

McConnell's No. 2 weighs future as Trump reshapes Senate GOP  —  John Thune could eventually succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate GOP leader.  But first the second-ranked Senate Republican has to decide whether to run for reelection — with Donald Trump prepared to stand in his way.

EXCLUSIVE: Young migrant girls held ‘over 20 days’ in Border Patrol tent  —  Young girls who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without parents and were taken into custody by federal agents have been held in a Border Patrol tent for three weeks due to space shortages at government health facilities, the Washington Examiner has learned.

Jessica Walter Dies: Emmy-Winning ‘Arrested Development’, ‘Archer’ Actress Was 80  —  Jessica Walter, the award-winning actress whose career spanned five decades, passed away in her sleep at home in New York City on Wednesday, March 24.  She was 80.  —  Walter's career included everything …

New York Reaches a Deal to Legalize Recreational Marijuana  —  The move paves the way for a potential $4.2 billion industry, with millions of dollars in sales tax revenue reinvested in minority communities each year.  —  New York State officials finalized a deal on Thursday …

Florida Governor's race poll finds Ron DeSantis, Nikki Fried in dead heat  —  St. Pete Polls find both candidates winning 45% of the vote in a hypothetical matchup.  —  Should Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried run for Florida Governor, she starts in a statistical tie with Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The New Republic names a new top editor and will return to Washington.  —  The New Republic named a new editor on Thursday and announced that it was moving back to Washington, its home city for most of its 107-year existence.  —  Michael Tomasky, who has edited the policy journal Democracy …

Biden doubles vaccine goal for first 100 days  —  President Joe Biden said Thursday that his administration is aiming to distribute 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines in its first 100 days, doubling the original goal after easily surpassing it last week.

The gun implicated in Boulder uses the same ammunition as an AR-15.  It's legally a pistol.  —  In a promotional video for the Ruger AR-556, a company product manager gushed that the weapon, legally designated as a pistol but closer to an AR-15 rifle in design, offered much more than a typical handgun.

Heritage Foundation turned down six-figure tech donations  —  Flagship conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation turned down a pair of six-figure contributions last year from tech giants Google and Facebook, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: CEOs for both companies will be on the Hill …

Schumer tees up Senate votes on hate crimes, gun control, voting rights  —  The Senate will take up legislation as soon as next month on hate crimes against Asian Americans, as well as background checks for gun buyers and a massive voting rights package, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday.

Scoop: House chamber hardened with bulletproof doors  —  The House chamber is being transformed into a massive safe room for members with the addition of bulletproof doors.  —  Why it matters: One of the most dramatic images from the Jan. 6 attack was Capitol Police officers inside …

Scoop: Inside Biden's private chat with historians  —  Hosting historians around a long table in the East Room earlier this month, President Biden took notes in a black book as they discussed some of his most admired predecessors.  Then he said to Doris Kearns Goodwin: “I'm no FDR, but ... ”

Teen girls, 13 and 15, charged in deadly botched carjacking, taser attack near Nats Park  —  Two teenagers charged in deadly armed carjacking  —  WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - Authorities say they have arrested and charged two teen girls in a deadly attempted carjacking and taser attack …

Netanyahu has no clear path to remain prime minister, official Israeli election results show  —  JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fallen short of securing the parliamentary majority he needs to stay in office, according to the official election count announced Thursday …

Stop telling this stupid lie, Republicans.  It's insulting to your voters.  —  As the war over voting rights ramps up, Republicans are increasingly falling back on a claim that has grown ubiquitous.  Republicans are deeply concerned about voter fraud because their voters believe the 2020 election …

How the Supreme Court Could Supercharge the GOP's Voter Suppression Agenda  —  Sometime later this year, the U.S. Supreme Court will hand down its decision in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, a case that Republicans very much hope will grind what little remains of your right to vote into a fine, democracy-tinged dust.

Oil Lobby Backs Climate Action Plan  —  ‘Climate change is real,’ American Petroleum Institute head Mike Sommers says  —  WASHINGTON—The oil industry's top lobbying group will push Congress for legislation to price carbon emissions across the economy, in a sharp policy turnabout a decade …

Agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack says only 0.1 percent of Trump administration's covid farm relief went to Black farmers  —  A Q&A with the new secretary of agriculture about how the American Rescue Plan's USDA portion will be spent  —  A tiny fraction of the Trump administration's coronavirus relief …

Pro-Trump group accused of illicitly shielding donors  —  A legal complaint against a prominent pro-Trump group will test new standards for so-called dark money groups that have the potential to reshape the nation's campaign finance landscape.  —  Why it matters: The groups …

Powell's Pathetic Dominion Defamation Defense  —  Here's why her case—that no reasonable person would take seriously her “wild” and “outlandish” claims about election fraud—falls apart.  —  On Monday, the lawyers for one of Donald Trump's former election lawyers, Sidney Powell …