White House proposes $1.8 trillion package that would dramatically expand education, safety net programs  —  Universal preschool and free community college are among a plethora of initiatives that would be paid for by tax increases and IRS changes.  —  The White House on Wednesday unveiled …

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 …

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 …

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.

Biden will pledge to tackle immigration overhaul in address to Congress, while signaling openness to more targeted deal  —  President Biden will recommit himself to overhauling the immigration system Wednesday during his first address to Congress, while signaling openness to Congress passing smaller parts …

CNN Poll: Majority of Americans approve of Biden and his priorities in first 100 days  —  (CNN)On the cusp of the 100-day mark of Joe Biden's presidency, a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS finds 53% of Americans approve of the way he is handling the job and say he has had the right priorities …

Michigan GOP leader shares misinformation on masks that suggests suing employers  —  A leader of the Michigan Republican Party shared an inaccurate message on social media early Tuesday that suggested masks do not keep people safe and employees should sue their bosses at workplaces where masks are required.

‘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.

Support for new gun laws falls from peak after Parkland shooting, Post-ABC poll finds  —  Americans still prioritize enacting new laws over protecting gun ownership, but by a smaller margin than before  —  Support for prioritizing new legislation to reduce gun violence has declined from a high in 2018 …

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.

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

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,” …

‘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.

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 …

Are Democrats Too Woke for Voters?  —  Possibly.  But the reality is that slogans and rhetoric make very little difference in elections.  —  Tuesday's big flap was an interview at Vox with James Carville, who accused Democrats of being too “woke” and using “faculty lounge” language instead of rhetoric voters like.

DC police officer: 'It's been very difficult' seeing elected officials trying to whitewash brutal insurrection  —  Washington (CNN)A DC Metropolitan Police officer who was brutally assaulted while defending the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection said Tuesday evening that it's …

How the Biden presidency looks from one pivotal Pennsylvania county, 100 days in  —  Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (CNN)Carol Erker vividly remembers the emotion that washed over her after Joe Biden won the 2020 election.  Even as she worried about the pandemic and the Oval Office that Biden was inheriting …

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 …

Biden's State of the Union update - here's the truth you won't hear from the president  —  Let me sum up Biden's speech in three words: boring, but radical  —  Ted Cruz: The Democrats' agenda is ‘power forever’  —  President Biden will address a joint session of Congress Thursday night …

Internal emails reveal Capitol security officials dismissed warnings about troubling social media posts before January 6 riot  —  (CNN)Newly revealed internal emails show an outside group warned Capitol security officials one day before the January 6 insurrection about a series …

Matt Gaetz May Be the Only Man Who's Too Gross for Newsmax  —  HIM TOO … Finally, there's a network for men who wore out their welcome at famously woke Fox News.  —  Just before his incredibly torrid sex trafficking scandal broke, Matt Gaetz told Axios that he was thinking of “taking early retirement” and joining Newsmax.

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.