Matt Gaetz, Loyal for Years to Trump, Is Said to Have Sought a Blanket Pardon  —  The congressman was at the time under investigation over whether he violated sex trafficking laws, though it was unclear what he knew of the inquiry.  —  Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida …

Rob Manfred's All-Star Error  —  The commissioner politicized baseball over a law he likely hadn't examined.  —  Major League Baseball decided last week to move the All-Star Game out of Atlanta after the Georgia Legislature passed changes to the state's voting laws that many, including President Biden, called racist.

Scoop: Caitlyn Jenner explores run for California governor  —  Former reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner is talking with political consultants as she actively explores a run for governor of California, three sources with direct knowledge of her deliberations tell Axios.

Share of Democrats in U.S. Spikes After Biden Win, Poll Shows  —  A new poll conducted since President Donald Trump left office shows a 9-point gap between the number of Americans who identify as Democrats or lean Democratic, compared to those aligned with the Republican Party, the largest gap in almost a decade.

A message from Jeff Bezos  —  Amazon founder and CEO shares a statement in support of investment in American infrastructure.

The Trump media era ends not with a wow but a whisper  —  For about half an hour on Tuesday, a former president of the United States appeared on television to offer his unfiltered assessment of the state of American politics, of foreign policy and of the various controversies flitting around the political world.

Fears of White People Losing Out Permeate Capitol Rioters' Towns, Study Finds  —  Counties with the most significant declines in the non-Hispanic white population were the most likely to produce insurrectionists.  —  When the political scientist Robert Pape began studying the issues …

Senior Trump and Biden officials knew for months about problems at vaccine plant  —  Senior officials in the Trump and Biden administrations knew of oversight and quality assurance problems at Emergent BioSolutions' Baltimore plant months before the company accidentally contaminated 15 million doses …

Letter From Former Senior National Security, Military, and Elected Officials Calling On Congress To Create A Bipartisan 1/6 Commission  —  Frmr Nat'l Security, Military, & Elected Officials  —  We are former senior national security, military, and elected officials who have represented or served Democrats …

What a photo of Trump's new office reveals about how he wants to be remembered  —  Americans got a glimpse of Donald Trump's post-presidential office for the first time on Monday, when former White House aide Stephen Miller tweeted out a picture of himself with Trump.

Jennifer Rubin shatters glass ceiling, becomes first woman to win ‘Liberal Hack Tournament’  —  Washington Post columnist narrowly defeats CNN's scandal-plagued anchor Chris Cuomo in final  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for April 6  —  In 2016, Hillary Clinton made history by becoming …

Dave Chappelle Claims He Saw Celebs Leaving ‘Dirty Notes’ For Trump Staff At White House Party  —  Dave Chappelle talked about attending one of the ‘last big parties’ then President Barack Obama threw and revealed he saw some fellow attendees writing ‘crazy’ notes for Donald Trump and his staff to find.

Mississippi Elections Chief Warns Biden May Register ‘Uninformed,’ ‘Woke’ College Voters  —  Mississippi's top election official says he is worried that the nation will suffer if more “woke” and “uninformed” college students become registered voters.  Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson …

Atlanta mayor issues executive order against Georgia's new voting law  —  Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is taking action against the voting law that Gov. Brian Kemp signed on March 24.  —  On Tuesday afternoon, Bottoms issued an Administrative Order directing the City's Chief Equity Officer …

Tishaura Jones Wins St. Louis Mayoral Race  —  Jones's election is the latest in a string of progressive victories in the region.  —  Tishaura Jones won the race for St. Louis mayor tonight with 51.68 percent of the vote.  —  It was a close race between city treasurer Jones and her opponent …

The Trump White House provided reporters with a gusher of leaks.  With Biden, everything's changed.  —  After two and a half months of Joe Biden's presidency, something is missing from the news coverage of his administration: Leaks.  —  Juicy details about the president's behind-the-scenes conduct and decision-making?

Harris Is Moving Into Newly Renovated Official Residence  —  The vice president had been living temporarily in Blair House while Number One Observatory Circle underwent repairs.  —  WASHINGTON — Number One Observatory Circle is finally ready for its newest resident.

Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Attempting to Purchase Chemical Weapon on the Dark Web  —  WASHINGTON - A Missouri man was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison without parole today for attempting to purchase a chemical weapon, capable of killing hundreds of people, on the dark web with Bitcoin.

Fit for a President!  Kamala Harris gets her own ‘Resolute’ desk built by the Navy with reclaimed wood from the USS Constitution and a piece of metal from the USS Arizona that sank in Pearl Harbor  — Navy Seabees built Kamala Harris and the secretary of the Navy Thomas Harker new desks

Justice Breyer says big Supreme Court changes could diminish trust  —  WASHINGTON — Justice Stephen Breyer on Tuesday said liberal advocates of big changes at the Supreme Court, including expanding the number of justices, should think “long and hard” about what they're proposing.

Betsy DeVos Takes Her Assault on Public Schools Back to the States  —  A DeVos-backed group is pouring money into a statewide education race in Wisconsin, which will be decided Tuesday.  —  Betsy DeVos did not succeed in dismantling public education during her four-year tenure as Donald Trump's secretary of education.

‘A complete rip-off’: Campaign-finance experts puzzled and stunned by Trump camp's reported ‘money-bomb’ ploy  — Experts are puzzled and stunned by the Trump campaign's reported “money-bomb” ploy.  — A New York Times investigation detailed how supporters were duped into making recurring donations.

Kyrsten Sinema is misleading her constituents.  And she almost surely knows it.  —  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is one of the Democratic caucus' most staunchest opponents of doing away with the filibuster.  If Democrats are ever going to pass sweeping new voting rights measures …

McConnell Lashes Out at Corporations Criticizing Voting Restrictions Laws  —  Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, has long argued that corporate campaign donations are a protected, nearly sacred, form of political communication.  On Tuesday he made the case that business executives might …

Gaetz fought revenge porn bill, saying ex-lovers can use photos as they see fit, sponsor says  —  When Florida legislators passed a bill aimed at preventing people from sharing sexually explicit photos of their ex-partners online, then-state Rep. Matt Gaetz cast one of just two House votes against it.

Ex-Trump Official Fined and Barred From Government Over R.N.C. Video  —  Lynne Patton recruited and interviewed public housing tenants in New York City for a pro-Trump re-election video.  The residents accused her of tricking them into participating.  —  A former top federal housing official …

‘We Are Doomed:’ Devastation from Storms Fuels Migration in Honduras  —  Honduras has barely begun to recover from two hurricanes that hit late last year.  With relatively little disaster relief from the U.S., many are heading for the border.  —  SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras …

Former Ft. Bragg Private Sentenced to More Than 12 Years After Taking 12-Year-Old “Girlfriend” Across State Lines in Fake Kidnapping  —  NEW BERN, N.C. - A South Carolina man was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.

Calls Grow to Abandon Regulations Eased Under Covid (Hello, Cocktails to Go)  —  After state and local governments temporarily eased rules over takeout alcohol, telehealth and other services, some want the regulations gone for good  —  One day early in the coronavirus pandemic, El Arroyo …

Ray Fisher Opens Up About ‘Justice League,’ Joss Whedon and Warners: “I Don't Believe Some of These People Are Fit for Leadership”  —  Over the past year, the actor has assailed the filmmaker and studio in harsh-but-cryptic tweets for what he says was racist and inappropriate conduct …