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 …

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 …

'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.

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.

‘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 …

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 …

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.

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.

Christopher Lasch vs. the Elites of Our Time  —  One of the most trenchant critics and historians of American culture died more than 25 years ago.  What do his writings tell us about the present crisis?  Turns out, quite a lot.  —  Several friends who have been reading the work …

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.

Trump the X-factor in Virginia governor race  —  Former President Trump is already deeply involved in the 2022 midterm elections, headlining fundraisers and backing primary challengers, but he has yet to weigh in on one of this November's few races: the vote for Virginia's next governor.

‘Enemy’ leader or dissident like me, Democrat media's playbook is the same - demonize, dehumanize, delegitimize  —  Whether you are an American citizen daring to oppose the leadership or the leader of a nation designated ‘adversarial’, the methods of character assassination Washington's PR machine hits you with are not much different.

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 …