A New York Post story about Kamala Harris triggered conservative outrage.  Almost all of it was wrong.  Now the reporter has resigned.  —  A longtime New York Post reporter said she has resigned after being “ordered” to write a false story that claimed undocumented minors were being welcomed …

The Secret Footage of N.R.A. Chief Wayne LaPierre's Botched Elephant Hunt  —  The chief executive has cultivated his image as an exemplar of American gun culture, but video of his clumsy marksmanship—and details regarding his Rodeo Drive shopping trips—tells another story.

Scoop: Biden's secret talks with GOP  —  Top White House officials have quietly been meeting — on the Hill and over the phone — with Republican senators who drafted a counterproposal to President Biden's infrastructure plan, multiple sources tell Axios.  —  What we're hearing …

‘This Is a Catastrophe.’ In India, Illness Is Everywhere.  —  As India suffers the world's worst coronavirus crisis, our New Delhi bureau chief describes the fear of living amid a disease spreading at such scale and speed.  —  NEW DELHI — Crematories are so full of bodies, it's as if a war just happened.

Ted Cruz's dubious claim that GOP didn't “rig” SCOTUS confirmations  —  • Cruz's comment ignores that Republicans gave diametrically opposite treatment to President Barack Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland and President Donald Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett.

Thanks, but I'm Going to Keep My Mask on Outdoors  —  On Tuesday, the CDC announced new guidelines about when people could safely go outside without wearing masks for protection against COVID.  Within minutes, people relaying the news on Twitter were inaccurately describing what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had said:

Former White House Adviser Arrested For Stealing $218,000 From Charter Schools He Founded  —  Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation …

Biden to Omit Estate-Tax Expansion From Coming Economic Plan  — ‘American Families Plan’ to span range of individual tax hikes  — Plan has higher capital gains, but not estate-tax expansion  —  President Joe Biden and his economic team are planning to forgo an expansion of the estate tax …

CNN's New “Reporter,” Natasha Bertrand, is a Deranged Conspiracy Theorist and Scandal-Plagued CIA Propagandist  —  In the U.S. corporate media, the surest way to advance is to loyally spread lies and deceit from the U.S. security state.  Bertrand is just the latest example.  —  3 hr ago

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and then-acting Justice Minister Benny Gantz in the Knesset earlier this month.Credit: ALEX KOLOMOISKY - AFP  —  Some pundits are calling Benjamin Netanyahu's attempt on Tuesday to carry out an “illegal” ministerial appointment “the worst constitutional crisis in Israeli history.

New GOP law in Iowa flags 294,000 voters as inactive because they didn't vote in the last election  —  Democrats argued Iowa's changes are too aggressive and will wrongly categorize eligible voters  —  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of 17-year-olds who could not cast ballots in the 2020 election …

Prosecutors Are Said to Have Sought Aggressive Approach to Capitol Riot Inquiry  —  Their proposal was quashed amid concerns that it would violate First Amendment protections, people briefed on the plan said.  —  WASHINGTON — In the weeks after the deadly Capitol riot on Jan. 6 …

How Biden's speech will make history  —  President Biden's address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday will be noteworthy not because of the COVID-restricted audience but because he'll stand before two women in the House Chamber.  —  Why it matters: The joint address is not a State …

West Virginia is offering an incentive to get vaccinated: Money  —  How its GOP governor came up with a plan to give a $100 savings bond to every young person who gets the shot  —  West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) told his staff last week he wanted every idea they had.

How Trump's renewed election rhetoric is complicating Capitol rioters' legal fight  —  The fanatical Donald Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol in January are facing an unexpected obstacle to their freedom: Trump himself.  —  Trump's refusal to accept the reality that he lost the 2020 election …

U.S. Navy fires warning shots at Iranian gunboats in Persian Gulf  —  The U.S. Navy fired warning shots at Iranian military boats in the northern Persian Gulf on Monday, the first such escalation in nearly four years, the Pentagon announced.  —  The incident marks the second known occurrence …

Get woke, go broke: Pious, political Oscars crashes, loses tens of millions of viewers  —  The year was 1998.  The venue: the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles for the 70th annual Academy Awards.  —  The movie everyone was buzzing about on the red carpet was “Titanic,” …

At 100 days, Americans see Biden as more moderate than Obama  —  WASHINGTON — Americans perceive Joe Biden as more moderate than Barack Obama at the same stage of his presidency, a new survey shows, even as progressive activists say the incumbent is governing to the left of the former president.

Norton Takes Philip Roth Biography Out of Print  —  The publisher also said it would make a donation to sexual abuse organizations equal to the advance it paid Blake Bailey, the author accused of sexual assault.  —  W.W. Norton said in a memo to its staff on Tuesday that it will permanently …

Exclusive: Read Anita Dunn's memo to Democrats  —  With help from Allie Bice and Daniel Payne  —  Welcome to POLITICO's 2021 Transition Playbook, your guide to the first 100 days of the Biden administration  —  The Biden White House has a message for congressional Democrats and allies: eating the rich is popular — so act like it.

Lakeside Idaho City Is America's Hottest Housing Market in New WSJ/Realtor.com Index  —  Prices are rising in Coeur d'Alene, and inventory is falling  —  The picturesque lakeside city of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, tops the list of the country's hottest emerging housing markets, according to a new ranking launched Tuesday.

The county where Black women hold power — a few miles from the White House  —  The hallway was lined with sharply dressed Black women, awaiting the new administration's first cabinet meeting.  —  Who are they, the deputy fire chief wondered that December day in 2018.

GOP Lawmakers Release Surprisingly Great COVID-19 Vaccine Ad  —  “The only way to protect ourselves and your loved ones ― and to end the government's restrictions on our freedoms ― is to take action and get the vaccine,” a group of Republican doctors urged constituents in a new video.

Biden donors, friends and former aides expected on first slate of high-profile ambassadors  —  President Biden is expected to begin naming his choices for high-profile ambassador postings in May or possibly as soon as this week, several people familiar with White House plans said …

How the Media Helped Democrats Spin the Pandemic … March 15, 2020.  Uncertainty sweeps the United States as COVID-19 is widely realized to be a ubiquitous threat.  Then-candidate Joe Biden takes the debate stage with Bernie Sanders and reminds us that there is one thing we can still be certain of …

‘There Is a Tension There’: Publishers Draw Fire for Signing Trump Officials  —  Kellyanne Conway, Mike Pence and William Barr have book deals.  That is raising new challenges for publishers trying to balance ideological lines with a desire to continue representing the political spectrum.

In Sworn Testimony in Inauguration Scandal Case, Donald Trump Jr. Made Apparently False Statements  —  On February 11, Donald Trump Jr. sat in front of his computer for a video deposition.  He swore to tell the truth.  But documents and a video obtained by Mother Jones—and recent legal filings …