Poll: At 100 days, Biden's approval remains strong.  Can the honeymoon last? … WASHINGTON — As President Joe Biden nears his 100th day in office, slightly more than half of Americans say they approve of his job performance.  Biden gets his highest marks on handling the Covid-19 pandemic …

Michigan's Covid Wards Are Filling Up With Younger Patients  —  Even as vaccines roll out, more younger people in Michigan are being hospitalized than at any other point in the pandemic.  And they're coming in sicker.  —  ROYAL OAK, Mich. — At Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak …

Millions Are Skipping Their Second Doses of Covid Vaccines  —  Nearly 8 percent of those who got initial Pfizer or Moderna shots missed their second doses.  State officials want to prevent the numbers from rising.  —  Millions of Americans are not getting the second doses of their Covid-19 vaccines, and their ranks are growing.

Even after being fully vaccinated, many still wrestle with a fear of catching Covid  —  Since the start of the pandemic, Kit Breshears has been terrified of catching the coronavirus.  Getting vaccinated did not magically change that.  —  For the past 13 months, Breshears, 44, of Buffalo …

Kamala Harris cements her place in Biden's inner circle during a consequential week  —  Vice President Kamala Harris will sit down with CNN's Dana Bash for her exclusive first one-on-one interview with the network airing on CNN's “State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash” at 9 a.m. ET Sunday and again at noon ET.

Slow-Motion Suicide of the West  —  Some people thought James Burnham's identification of liberalism with civilization's suicide was hyperbolic.  In light of American institutions' embrace of anti-Americanism, what would they say now?  —  I have been thinking a good deal recently …

More action, less talk, distinguish Biden's 100-day sprint  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The card tucked in President Joe Biden's right jacket pocket must weigh a ton.  You can see the weight of it on his face when he digs it out, squints and ever-so-slowly reads aloud the latest tally of COVID-19 dead.

New photos show Epstein and Maxwell were VIP guests in Clinton's White House  —  Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein were once White House guests of former President Bill Clinton, new pictures prove.  —  The images were published by The Sun, days after Maxwell's last court appearance …

Half a Year After Trump's Defeat, Arizona Republicans Are Recounting the Vote  —  An audit of the vote in Arizona's most populous county was meant to mollify angry Trump voters.  But it is being criticized as a partisan exercise more than a fact-finding one.  —  PHOENIX — It seemed so simple back in December.

A churning Golden State on the eve of new population numbers  —  ROCKLIN, Calif. — Shannon Sessions has a seat in left field, in the shade of a willow.  Her goldendoodle, Yeti, is leashed to her folding chair.  —  These are prime tickets at the Little League diamond here at Whitney Ranch park …

C.E.O. Pay Remains Stratospheric, Even at Companies Battered by Pandemic  —  While millions of people struggled to make ends meet, many of the companies hit hardest in 2020 showered their executives with riches.  —  Boeing had a historically bad 2020.  Its 737 Max was grounded for most of the year …

Worrying new clues about the origins of Covid: How scientists at Wuhan lab helped Chinese army in secret project to find animal viruses, writes IAN BIRRELL  — Scientists at Wuhan lab were on massive project investigating animal viruses  — Documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday have revealed a nationwide scheme

In his first 100 days, ‘Uncle Joe’ Biden combines progressive goals and a reassuring manner  —  Throughout the 2020 campaign, pollsters in both parties said Joe Biden was well known, but not known well: Voters knew him as a former vice president and longtime senator but had only a rough sense of what he stood for.

Isaac Newton latest historical figure swept up in ‘decolonisation’ drive  —  Sheffield University said the mathematician may have benefited from “colonial-era activity” as it looks to overhaul its physics curriculum  —  Sir Isaac Newton has been labelled as a potential beneficiary of …

The big Pentagon internet mystery now partially solved  —  BOSTON (AP) — A very strange thing happened on the internet the day President Joe Biden was sworn in.  A shadowy company residing at a shared workspace above a Florida bank announced to the world's computer networks that it was now managing …

Michigan GOP congressman: ‘I would say my goal is to not be a hypocrite’  —  Three months after voting to impeach President Donald Trump, freshman Rep. Peter Meijer sees plenty to be critical of on both sides of the aisle in Washington.  —  Speaking Sunday on CNN's “Inside Politics With Abby Phillip …

The political revival of Ralph Northam: How an ostracized governor became a progressive champion  —  Alexandria, Virginia (CNN)When Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam looks back at his tenure, the inflection point between being a run-of-the-mill executive and the progressive leader he has become is a painful one.

Revealed: Donald Trump's firms charges Secret Service more than £17,000 for 2017 trips  —  Donald Trump's golf resorts in Scotland and Ireland charged the US Secret Service more than £17,000 for a series of previously undisclosed trips during his first full year in office.

The difficult realities of lethal force  —  The shooting of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio, has produced a torrent of objections to how police respond to armed suspects.  Some, like MSNBC host Joy Reid, simply declare that the use of lethal force to stop a knife attack is “murder.”

Legal recognition to be granted for nearly 20,000 ‘undocumented’ in Ireland … IRELAND is to grant legal recognition, right to remain and a path to citizenship for nearly 20,000 ‘undocumented’ from abroad who are resident here.  —  Almost all are already in employment, serving the State and economy …

The Slander Industry  —  I wanted to slander someone.  —  My colleague Kashmir Hill and I were trying to learn who is responsible for — and profiting from — the growing ecosystem of websites whose primary purpose is destroying reputations.  —  So I wrote a nasty post.  About myself.

In Poland, an L.G.B.T.Q. Migration As Homophobia Deepens  —  An escalation in verbal attacks by the Polish government, with the support of the Roman Catholic Church, as well as the threat of physical violence on the streets of many cities, has triggered an exodus of gay people.

Young adults' relocations are reshaping political geography  —  Garima Vyas always wanted to live in a big city.  She thought about New York, long the destination for 20-something strivers, but was wary of the cost and complicated subway lines.  —  So Vyas picked another metropolis that's …