Birx recalls ‘very difficult’ phone call from Trump following her Covid-19 warnings  —  (CNN)Dr. Deborah Birx revealed in a CNN documentary clip released Sunday that she received a “very uncomfortable” and “very difficult” phone call from Donald Trump after speaking publicly about the spread …

Former Trump chief of staff calls ex-President's Capitol riot claims ‘manifestly false’  —  (CNN)The former chief of staff to ex-President Donald Trump on Saturday pushed back against his former boss' recent attempt to whitewash the history of the January 6 Capitol riot.

Supreme Court sits on potentially blockbuster abortion case  —  The Supreme Court is sitting on a petition in a Mississippi abortion case that could blow the lid off Roe v. Wade.  —  The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, has been before the court since September without a word from the justices.

We need to stop overlooking one politically incorrect COVID-19 death factor  —  The United States has the 13th highest COVID-19 death rate relative to population.  Many different factors shaped death rates in the pandemic.  But there's one uncomfortable reason that the U.S. likely experienced …

'He's toast': GOP leaves Raffensperger twisting in the wind  —  The former president is obsessed with defeating him next year.  He's getting mauled by his own state party.  Last week alone, a Republican congressman announced he'd challenge in the primary and the state legislature voted to strip his office of some official powers.

Census data delay scrambles plans for state redistricting  —  Stymied by delayed census data needed for redistricting, some states are considering postponing their 2022 primaries or turning to other population estimates to start the once-a-decade task of redrawing voting districts used for U.S. House and state legislative elections.

‘Vaccine passports’ are on the way, but developing them won't be easy  —  White House-led effort tries to corral more than a dozen initiatives  —  The Biden administration and private companies are working to develop a standard way of handling credentials — often referred to as …

Sidney Powell's ‘Just Kidding’ Defense Is Seriously, Literally Nuts  —  When people enter into the political arena, invent crazy conspiracy theories, and stoke violence and sedition, millions of Americans do take them seriously. … During the 2016 presidential campaign …

Biden receives high marks on COVID-19, lags on immigration, guns: POLL  —  There are warning signs for Biden's “long-term” agenda, a new poll finds.  —  Pressure remains on what to do about crisis at the border  —  A delegation of Congressional Republicans, who visited a detention center …

Delta statement on SB202  —  Delta issued the following statement from CEO Ed Bastian on Friday following passage of election bills by the Georgia General Assembly.  —  Delta believes that full and equal access to voting is a fundamental right for all citizens.

Border tour: Senators heckled by ‘coyotes,’ Biden officials tried to block photos  —  Republican senators on a two-day whirlwind tour of several border facilities were heckled by Mexican “coyotes” across the Rio Grande and told not to take photos of holding areas crammed with children.

Under Biden, Democrats Are Poised to Raise Taxes on Business and the Rich  —  The president's infrastructure proposals are likely to require trillions of dollars in new tax revenue.  They also give liberals a chance to address what they call the failures of Republican tax cuts.

Swiss Billionaire Joins the Bidding for Tribune Publishing  —  The philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss has teamed with the Maryland hotel executive Stewart Bainum in a bid to upend Alden Global Capital's plan to acquire the newspaper chain.  —  An octogenarian Swiss billionaire who makes …

Blinken dodges questions on whether US will pursue repercussions on China's alleged role in pandemic  —  Secretary of State Tony Blinken was hesitant to say whether the Biden administration plans to take steps to hold China accountable for what he once called a lack of transparency over how the country handled the pandemic early on.

Bipartisanship key to successful voting reform: GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan  —  Sen. Dan Sullivan, R- Alaska, appeared on ABC's “This Week.”  —  Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.  —  Brandon Bell-Pool via Getty Images, FILE  —  Bipartisan efforts are the key …

‘A Very Big Problem.’ Giant Ship in the Suez Remains Stuck.  —  A tiny Egyptian village has a front-row seat to the unfolding effort to dislodge the container ship that ran aground in the canal, holding up $10 billion in global trade every day.  —  MANSHIYET RUGOLA, Egypt …