POLITICO Playbook: Dissension inside The Washington Post  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  It was supposed to be an upbeat town hall to rally the newsroom, as Washington Post leaders highlighted their moves to defend reporter SEUNG MIN KIM from internet trolls.  But sources tell us the March 16 Zoom meeting …

'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.

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 …

Immigrants are crossing the U.S. Mexico border in large numbers  —  MISSION, Tex. — The question startled Hidalgo County Deputy Constable Roque Vela as he took a quick census of the group of roughly 30 migrants he encountered recently on a dusty road along the Rio Grande in South Texas.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

‘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 …

Donald Trump Rails on Biden During Wedding Speech at Mar-a-Lago  —  DONALD TRUMP MAR-A-LAGO WEDDING SPEECH ... Enough About The Couple, Let's Talk About Me … It's been over 4 months since the November election, and Donald Trump is still acting like a sore loser — that, or a belligerent wedding guest.

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.

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.

Transgender kids should be allowed to play sports like all other children  —  Opinion by Megan Rapinoe … I remember how I felt when I played soccer for the first time.  Long before I was winning World Cup matches, I was trying to keep up with my brother.  Soccer has been a part of my life since I was 4 years old.

US waives FBI checks on caregivers at new migrant facilities  —  HOUSTON (AP) — The Biden administration is not requiring FBI fingerprint background checks of caregivers at its rapidly expanding network of emergency sites to hold thousands of immigrant teenagers, alarming child welfare experts who say the waiver compromises safety.

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 …

The scare-Crow tactics of Democrats  —  To Democrats and their media megaphones, Jim Crow has risen from history's grave and stalks our land again.  President Biden invoked the inflammatory racial imagery twice in his Thursday press conference, saying it described the Senate filibuster as well as GOP-led changes in state election laws.

FBI whiffs again on Colorado mass shooting suspect  —  So now it turns out that the FBI knew all about the accused Boulder shooter, but paid no attention to the obvious warning signs until police say the rabidly anti-American immigrant from Syria murdered 10 U.S. citizens in the supermarket.

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.

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 …

Nord Stream 2 Won't Change Close U.S.-German Ties, Blinken Says  — U.S. sanctions over Russian pipeline ‘will continue,’ he says  — Stopping completion is ‘up to those who are building’ the pipe  —  Secretary of State Antony Blinken suggested U.S. options for stopping Nord Stream 2 …

The Movement to Exclude Trans Girls from Sports  —  The opposition is cast as one between cis-girl athletes on the one hand and a vast liberal conspiracy on the other.  —  A spectre is haunting girls' sports.  It is the spectre of transgender athletes.  About fifty different bills pending …