Iran's Foreign Minister, in Leaked Tape, Says Revolutionary Guards Set Policies  —  Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, described a rivalry with a powerful and widely revered military leader, Qassim Suleimani.  —  In a leaked audiotape that offers a glimpse into the behind …

Vaccinated American Tourists May Soon Travel to Europe  —  The head of the European Commission said the bloc would switch policy, under certain conditions, after more than a year of mostly banning nonessential travel.  —  BRUSSELS — American tourists who have been fully vaccinated …

Is an Activist's Pricey House News?  Facebook Alone Decides.  —  The New York Post has complained that Facebook is blocking and downplaying its stories.  But the platform doesn't pay any special deference to journalists.  —  On Wednesday, I learned a new way to get a news article erased from much of the internet.

KCUR Reporter And Beloved Colleague Aviva Okeson-Haberman Dies At 24  —  Aviva joined KCUR in 2019, impressing her colleagues with her work ethic and strength of purpose.  —  Aviva Okeson-Haberman, an accomplished KCUR reporter known for her thoughtful, aggressive and compassionate reporting …

Biden's next 100 days  —  President Biden spent his first 100 days trying to engineer the end of the coronavirus and start of a job boom.  The next 100 are more audacious and risky: Try to re-engineer the very fundamentals of America — inequality, voting rights and government's role in directing economic growth.

The public's concerns over the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine are widespread, Post-ABC poll finds  —  Fewer than 1 in 4 Americans not yet immunized against the coronavirus say they would be willing to get the vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll …

House GOP retreat to Florida fraught with peril  —  ORLANDO — For House Republicans, it's less about how they can win back the majority and more about: How do they avoid messing things up?  —  That's the question on the minds of GOP lawmakers as they huddle in America's theme park haven …

DC cop cars totaled after officers drag race in NE, says commander  —  WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - Two D.C. police cars were totaled after officers decided to drag race each other, according to an internal email obtained exclusively by FOX 5's Lindsay Watts.  —  “Yesterday two 6D scout cars …

Peter Thiel makes $10M bet on associate in Arizona Senate race  —  Libertarian tech titan Peter Thiel is spending $10 million to boost one of his closest allies in next year's Arizona Senate race, a contest crucial to the fight for the majority.  —  The billionaire is coming out in support …

60 Minutes interviews the prosecutors of Derek Chauvin  —  Scott Pelley speaks with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and the prosecutorial team that convicted Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.  —  Derek Chauvin is in solitary confinement tonight awaiting sentencing for the murder of George Floyd.

Does Biden's Climate Plan Include Cutting 90% of Red Meat From Our Diets?  —  President Joe Biden's climate plan includes cutting 90% of red meat from Americans' diets by 2030.  —  Rating  —  False  —  Biden announced that his administration would seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.

Time to End Outdoor Mask Edicts  —  The CDC is moving too slowly in updating its advice to comport with the scientific evidence.  —  When fighting a crisis like Covid-19, health officials can never take for granted the public's willingness to comply.  The measures imposed—social distancing, wearing masks—require sacrifice.

Russian court suspends Navalny's political headquarters while it considers banning his organizations  —  MOSCOW — A closed Russian court on Monday ordered opposition leader Alexei Navalny's headquarters and network of nearly 40 regional offices to suspend their activities while it considers whether …

How Equity Pulls People Down Rather Than Lifting Anyone Up  —  Once upon a time, the idea was equality, meaning we would treat everyone the same.  This is a good thing, of course, and we have laws that demand we do just that.  There's no room for discrimination based on things like race, religion, sex, or any other trait like that.

Joe Cunningham confirms plans to run for SC governor; announcement set for April 26  —  Former U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham confirmed to The Post and Courier that he will announce his 2022 campaign for governor of South Carolina on April 26.  —  The move puts an end to months of speculation …

CEO of vaccine maker sold $10 million in stock before company ruined Johnson & Johnson doses  —  The stock price of government contractor Emergent BioSolutions has fallen sharply since the disclosure at the end of March that production problems at the firm's plant in Baltimore had ruined 15 million doses …

Census Bureau to Release 2020 Census Population Counts for Apportionment  —  News Conference to Be Held to Announce Results  —  What:  —  The U.S. Census Bureau has completed data processing for the first 2020 Census results — state population counts used to apportion the seats …

POLITICO Playbook: Democrats spar over Biden's next mega-proposal  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  For the past three months, EUGENE (along with video producers Krystal Campos and Michael Cadenhead) has been interviewing five freshmen from the most diverse Congress in history for Red, Fresh & Blue …

Republican lawyer is key player in voter suppression drive across US  —  Cleta Mitchell has emerged in a series of roles that many see as a Republican push on limiting voting rights  —  It was an abrupt end to two decades as a partner at legal giant Foley & Lardner for the influential and conservative election lawyer Cleta Mitchell.

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.