Reaching ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Unlikely in the U.S., Experts Now Believe  —  Widely circulating coronavirus variants and persistent hesitancy about vaccines will keep the goal out of reach.  The virus is here to stay, but vaccinating the most vulnerable may be enough to restore normalcy.

Senate Dems agonize over voting rights strategy  —  Senate Democrats made a major commitment to muscle through Speaker Nancy Pelosi's ethics and voting reform bill.  Yet many say they have no idea how to pass it and wonder what exactly the end game is for a signature Democratic priority.

In bitterly divided election in Southlake, Texas, opponents of anti-racism education win big  —  SOUTHLAKE, Texas — Nine months after officials in the affluent Carroll Independent School District introduced a proposal to combat racial and cultural intolerance in schools …

Rudy Giuliani raids signal accountability is coming for the Donald Trump era  —  The FBI raids of Giuliani's home and office should worry former President Trump and all who followed his lead in playing fast and loose with the law.  —  Former President Donald Trump and his cronies should beware.

Florida Republicans rushed to curb mail voting after Trump's attacks on the practice.  Now some fear it could lower GOP turnout.  —  Republican operatives worth their salt remember well the Sunshine State's 1988 U.S. Senate race.  —  Floridians went to sleep that Nov. 8 believing …

Help, We Can't Stop Writing About Andrew Yang  —  The outsider brings provocative ideas and good vibes.  But can an “empty vessel” really make it through New York's shark-infested media waters?  —  In January of last year, as the Iowa caucuses neared and before I'd heard of Covid-19 …

Biden administration to reunite four migrant families separated under Trump  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will reunite four migrant families separated during the Trump administration this week, while its reunification task force estimates that over 1,000 families remain separated …

‘A troubled man’: Kansas Senate leader decries Rep. Mark Samsel's ‘deranged rantings’  —  Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson on Sunday condemned the “deranged rantings” of Rep. Mark Samsel, caught on video Wednesday talking to high school students about religion, sex and suicide.

Los Angeles County reports no new COVID-19 deaths  —  Los Angeles County public health authorities on Sunday reported no new deaths related to COVID-19.  —  Although officials cautioned that the figure was probably an undercount because of reporting delays on weekends, it still marked a bright spot …

Brookline Will Keep Outdoor Mask Mandate In Place  —  BROOKLINE (CBS) — The outdoor mask mandate will remain in place until further notice in Brookline, Town Manager Mel Kleckner said Friday.  —  The announcement came on the same day that the state eased its outdoor mask mandate …

Angry parents blast rural Ohio high school after a lesbian couple, 18, are voted to be prom king and queen by their classmates  — Annie Wise and girlfriend Riley Loudermilk, both 18, were crowned prom king and queen at Kings High School in a deeply conservative area of Ohio

Hitler liked women peeing on him during sex and was incestuous with niece, doc claims  —  The tyrant killed himself in 1945 in Berlin  —  Adolf Hitler liked women urinating on him during sex and had an incestuous relationship with his niece, a documentary claims.

Caitlyn Jenner says she opposes transgender girls competing in girls' sports  —  Caitlyn Jenner, a former Olympic decathlon champion who is among the country's most prominent transgender women, said Saturday she is opposed to transgender girls competing in girls' sports.

Many police officers spurn coronavirus vaccines as departments hold off on mandates  —  Low immunization levels suggest hesitancy is pervasive, posing risks to public safety  —  Police officers were among the first front-line workers to gain priority access to coronavirus vaccines.

A Canadian oil firm thinks it has struck big.  Some fear it could ravage a climate change hotspot  —  Video by Peter Rudden  —  Watch this story on CNN International's One World with Zain Asher on Monday at 12 p.m. ET/5 p.m. BST/6 p.m. Johannesburg time.  —  Kavango East, Namibia (CNN) …

Lin Wood Is Just Asking Questions  —  Inside the most insane Republican state party fight in America.  —  On a late pandemic Friday night, the Richland County Republican Party held its convention in a drab, windowless conference room, with the AC blowing full blast.

The Biggest Remaining Challenge in Stopping the Coronavirus  —  On April 15, at a hearing on the coronavirus pandemic, Rep. Jim Jordan harangued Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.  Jordan, an outspoken critic of mask mandates …

American Politics Now Has Two Big Racial Divides  —  There's been a recent flurry of studies and analyses that take a deeper look at the results of the 2020 election.  These examinations don't contradict our early interpretation of the results from the days and weeks immediately following Election Day …

Biden's poor TV ratings against Trump is exactly what this administration wants  —  Share to Facebook Share to Twitter  —  The 45th president was fairly obsessed with ratings.  Given Donald Trump's experience as a TV reality-show star, that is not terribly surprising.

GOP turns lies into laws  —  Share to Facebook Share to Twitter  —  You know President Trump's “Big Lie.”  —  Now the right-wing echo chamber is exploding with little lies.  —  First, conservative papers and social media erupted with bogus reports that President Biden planned to ban Americans from eating hamburgers.

POLITICO Playbook: Is Liz Cheney about to get the boot?  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Here's a little something to brighten (or perhaps darken) your Monday morning.  Check out MICHAEL FLYNN botching the Pledge of Allegiance at a “Bikers for Trump” rally at the HonkyTonk Saloon in Ladson, S.C., on Sunday.

In South Texas, Hispanic Republicans Try to Cement the Party's Gains  —  Conservative Hispanic leaders, especially women, are ascendant in the Rio Grande Valley, where Republicans are trying to forge lasting bonds with voters who swung sharply to the right in 2020.

Millions Are Saying No to the Vaccines.  What Are They Thinking?  —  Feelings about the vaccine are intertwined with feelings about the pandemic.  —  Staff writer at The Atlantic  —  Several days ago, the mega-popular podcast host Joe Rogan advised his young listeners to skip the COVID-19 vaccine.

Supreme Court's Ethics Problems Are Bigger Than Coney Barrett  —  A lot of hand-wringing has accompanied Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's $2 million book deal (including from those of us who wish we had a $2 million book deal).  While there's always reason to worry when big piles …

Janet Yellen's Deficit Preoccupation Could Bring Down Biden's Agenda  —  Yellen, a longtime deficit hawk, has made clear that the infrastructure investments should be paid for.  That could prove hazardous to negotiations with Congress.  —  President Biden, with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen …

The CDC's cruel, irrational guidance traps our kids in the forever pandemic  —  While much of grown-up America moves on, our children are trapped in the forever pandemic.  —  Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a fresh set of guidelines for summer camps.

India accounts for 1 in 3 new Covid cases being recorded.  Here is its second wave in 5 charts  — Cases started rising in February, when India reported an average of about 10,000 infections a day.  — But the situation progressively worsened in April, ending the month by repeatedly setting new global records for daily cases.