This millennial GOP congressman voted to impeach Trump.  Now he's trying to save his party from going off a cliff. … The GOP freshman congressman who purchased a flak jacket following his “aye” vote for President Donald Trump's impeachment walked into what was once Grand Rapids' largest funeral home …

The fading GOP establishment moves to support Cheney as Trump attacks and McCarthy keeps his distance  —  Following her vote to impeach Donald Trump, Rep. Liz Cheney has received a groundswell of financial support from the most powerful figures in traditional GOP politics and the corporate world.

Hollywood's Anti-Black Bias Costs It $10 Billion a Year  —  If the industry won't change on principle, it can at least change for the money.  Reform would enrich people of color, and everyone else.  —  Days after a Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, suffocated George Floyd and the video went viral …

First day of Arizona Senate election audit nearly stopped before it began.  Here's what happened  —  The first day of an unprecedented recount of every ballot cast by Maricopa County voters during last year's general election almost did not happen Friday.  —  A court battle nearly stopped it.

Capitol rioter arrested after being turned in by match on online dating app Bumble  —  (CNN)The Justice Department has charged a Capitol rioter who was turned in by someone he matched with on the dating app Bumble, after he bragged about his exploits on January 6.

‘Excess Deaths’ in 2020 Surpassed Those of 1918 Flu Pandemic  —  Death rate above and below normal in the U.S.  —15% -10% -5% +5% +10% +15% 1910 1918 1933 1950 2000 2020  —  Data before 1933 do not include all states.  —  1918 flu pandemic  —  A surge in deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic created …

After Testing the World's Limits, Putin Steps Back From the Brink  —  The Russian president pulled back troops from Ukraine's border and relented on medical treatment for his nemesis Aleksei A. Navalny, after a performance blending fear and force to affirm his power.

Low-Skill Workers Aren't a Problem to Be Fixed  —  Recently, I was mesmerized by a prep cook.  At a strip-mall Korean restaurant, I caught a glimpse of the kitchen and stood dumbfounded for a few minutes, watching a guy slicing garnishes, expending half the energy I would if I were doing the same at home and at twice the speed.

‘Lost in the shuffle’: Republicans battle around Biden — for now  —  Republicans have spent the past few months under President Joe Biden waging a campaign against “cancel culture” and locking horns with corporate America.  —  In state Legislatures, GOP lawmakers have prioritized contentious bills …

Trump says he does not miss ‘very boring’ Twitter and claims his press releases are ‘more elegant’  — Donald Trump told Fox News this week that Twitter has become “very boring” without him.  — The former president said that he prefers communicating via his “more elegant” press releases.

The voter suppression lie  —  The voting wars have flared up again, though they've never really been far from the national political debate since Donald Trump was elected in 2016, or the Supreme Court decided Shelby County v. Holder in 2013 — or really Bush v. Gore in 2000.

MIT researchers say you're no safer from Covid indoors at 6 feet or 60 feet in new study challenging social distancing policies  — An MIT study showed that people who maintain 60 feet of distance from others indoors are no more protected than if they socially distanced by just 6 feet.

The Right to Crash Cars Into People … Earlier this week, Florida Republicans enacted a law they claimed would prevent riots in the state.  Its real purpose, of course, was to discourage protesting and punish demonstrators.  One of the bill's provisions has received a fair amount of national attention …

Foxconn Finally Admits Con  —  But Wisconsin remains on the hook for as much as $1.34 billion for the doomed project.  The folly of throwing money at corporations as a jobs strategy has never been clearer.  —  Luminaries and politicians including former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker …

Texas Republicans Targeting Voting Access Find Their Bull's-Eye: Cities  —  In Houston, election officials found creative ways to help a struggling and diverse work force vote in a pandemic.  Record turnout resulted.  Now the G.O.P. is targeting those very measures.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signs bill nullifying federal gun restrictions  —  Iris SamuelsReport for America/Associated Press  —  HELENA, Montana — Gov. Greg Gianforte on Friday signed a bill that prohibits state and local law enforcement in Montana from enforcing federal bans on firearms, ammunition and magazines.

Byron York's Daily Memo: An outrage from the FBI  —  Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter.  —  Was this email forwarded to you?  Sign up here to receive the newsletter.  —  AN OUTRAGE FROM THE FBI.  On June 14, 2017, a team of Republican lawmakers went to an athletic field in Alexandria …

Biden to Say Armenians Suffered Genocide.  Here's Why It Matters.  —  Events more than 100 years ago during the breakup of the Ottoman Empire are back in the news, with President Biden's intention to declare the killing of 1.5 million Armenians a genocide.  —  At the risk of infuriating Turkey …

Virginia GOP won't let Orthodox Jews vote absentee in Sabbath-day convention  —  RICHMOND — Republican Party leaders have rejected a plea to let Orthodox Jews and others with religious obligations on Saturdays vote absentee in the GOP's May 8 nominating convention, in which the party will choose …

Kamala isn't at the southern border — but migrant kids are getting Veep's book  —  Vice President Kamala Harris hasn't been to the border to address a crisis she was tasked to help fix — but a children's book she wrote is waiting there for young migrants who are being welcomed into the country.

Why Aren't We Celebrating Operation Warp Speed?  —  Partisanship shouldn't prevent us from recognizing our own achievements.  —  5 hr ago  —  About half of all U.S. adults have now received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot.  While the pandemic is far from over, our rapid pace of vaccination …

Evidence in Trump supporter's trial suggests he espoused Nazi ideals  —  NEW YORK — An impassioned supporter of former president Donald Trump, on trial for allegedly advocating the “slaughter” of influential Democrats after the U.S. Capitol riot, also espoused Nazi ideology and suggested …

Gaetz probe includes scrutiny of potential public corruption tied to medical marijuana industry  —  Women detail late-night parties with Gaetz  —  (CNN)Federal authorities are looking into whether a 2018 trip to the Bahamas involving Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz and several young women …

California Guard members feared fighter jet would be ordered to frighten protesters  —  In March of last year, California National Guard members awaited orders from Sacramento headquarters to make preparations for any civil unrest that might arise from the outbreak of the coronavirus.

US to resume J&J COVID vaccinations despite rare clot risk  —  U.S. health officials lifted an 11-day pause on COVID-19 vaccinations using Johnson & Johnson's single-dose shot on Friday, after scientific advisers decided its benefits outweigh a rare risk of blood clot.