The GOP Has Discovered Joe Biden's Political Superpower  —  Something strange has been happening to my in-box.  It's still a wasteland, a ghastly stream of spam and requests from an endless array of politicians and political organizations.  But the GOP fundraising emails — usually the loudest …

Coups and Rumors of Coups  —  The threat is no joke.  —  Let's stipulate that any talk about coups is crazy.  Our traditions and institutions — both in and out of the military — are simply too strong, and the very idea of a coup is so profoundly un-American that it is unthinkable.

Critical race theory is under attack  —  One hundred years ago today, mobs of armed white supremacists violently attacked and killed Black residents and destroyed Black businesses in Tulsa, Okla., in the Greenwood District.  —  The Tulsa Race Massacre is one of the most devastating …

After defeating restrictive voting bill, Texas Democrats send loud message: ‘We need Congress to do their part’  —  Texas Democrats who defeated a Republican effort to pass a suite of new voting restrictions with a dramatic, late-night walkout from the state House chamber on Sunday have a message …

Pope reforms penal sanctions in the Church: Mercy requires correction  —  With the Apostolic Constitution “Pascite Gregem Dei,” Pope Francis reforms Book VI of the Code of Canon Law, continuing a revision begun by Benedict XVI and applying penal sanctions to more criminal offenses.

Republicans fear Trump will lead to a ‘lost generation’ of talent  —  As Donald Trump ponders another presidential bid, top Republicans have grown fearful about what they're calling the party's “lost generation.”  —  In conversations with more than 20 lawmakers, ex-lawmakers, top advisers and aides …

Ahead of Tulsa trip, Biden to unveil plans to reduce Black-White wealth gap  —  President Biden plans to unveil a set of policies intended to narrow the wealth gap between Black and White Americans in a speech he's set to deliver Tuesday in Tulsa, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the massacre …

Belarus enacts new rules restricting citizens from leaving  —  Minsk's border agency has announced new rules that will make it nearly impossible to leave the country.  As citizens attempt to flee Belarus, longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko appears to be closing all the exits.

Anthony Fauci's pandemic emails: ‘All is well despite some crazy people in this world’  —  Fauci's correspondence from March and April 2020, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, offers a peek into his world during the frantic early days of the coronavirus crisis

Trump's back.  Here's what his re-entry means for 2024. … WASHINGTON — Defeated presidents usually go away — at least for a long while.  Not Donald Trump.  —  Trump returns to the electoral battlefield Saturday as the marquee speaker at the North Carolina Republican Party's state convention.

Kamalanomics: Vice President Harris Outlines Her Vision Of Inclusive Entrepreneurship  —  The pandemic has prompted a surge in entrepreneurship, voluntary and involuntary.  The United States' first female, Black and Asian-American vice president shares her ideas in an exclusive essay for Forbes …

An Evangelical Battle of the Generations: To Embrace Trump or Not?  —  For years, there was an adage around Liberty University that if God split Jerry Falwell in half, you would have his sons Jerry and Jonathan.  —  Jerry Jr. inherited his father's desire to be a force in American politics …

Maureen Dowd Talks ‘Mare of Easttown’ With Kate Winslet  —  The star of ‘Mare of Easttown’ is back on the sides of buses.  Without airbrushing.  —  Philly's a tough town.  —  If there's a quintessential story about the City of Brotherly Love, it's this one: In 2015 …

Low-paid Capitol Hill staffers are moonlighting for Starbucks and Door Dash.  They're fed up with unlivable salaries that hinder diversity and kneecap careers.  — Hill staffers have put up with low wages for years.  Some start in the high $20,000s.  — Powerful Congress members …

Put Trump on the ballot in '22?  No thanks, some Dems say  —  As Donald Trump cannonballs back into national headlines more scandal-ridden than ever, it turns out that Republicans aren't the only ones who don't want to fixate on the former president.  Many House Democrats feel the same way.

The public school system had stopped teaching children long before the pandemic  —  If the academic year now ending has taught us anything, it's that the public school system would rather indoctrinate than educate its students.  —  The school system was created to teach students academically and morally …

What Chuck Schumer can learn from Harry Reid  —  “I think the biggest lesson is never trust Republicans,” says one of Reid's former staffers.  —  By the time he decided to “go nuclear” on filibusters for most presidential appointees, Harry Reid had had it with Republicans.

Neighbors Fear Bear-Themed Compound Will Be Next Ruby Ridge  —  Alt-right comedian Owen Benjamin wants to create a “refuge” for his “internet friends” in Idaho.  His neighbors, however, worry the rural site will become a scary militia haven.  —  An alt-right comedian's plans for a remote patch …

Supreme Court will soon release a potentially pivotal decision for LGBT rights  — The Supreme Court is expected to release a decision in the coming days that could provide the first glimpses of how its 6-3 conservative majority will shape the future of LGBT rights.

World anxiously waits to see where Biden will send America's vaccines  —  The U.S. is about to pivot from hoarding vaccines to sharing them globally, and countries around the world are trying to secure their places in line.  —  Why it matters: President Biden has promised to donate 80 million doses by the end of June.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vows to defund state Legislature after voting restrictions bill fails, threatening salaries  —  “No pay for those who abandon their responsibilities,” Abbott tweeted Monday.  —  Copy link  —  Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday he would veto the section of the state budget …

Fox News host Sean Hannity wrote Trump 2020 campaign ad, book claims  —  Hannity worked on ‘swamp creature’ ad that ran during Hannity's show, according to Mike Bender's Frankly, We Did Win This Election  —  The Fox News host Sean Hannity was criticised for appearing at a Trump rally in 2018 …

Time Magazine Takes Chinese Cash To Promote Controversial Drone Business  —  Iconic mag fails to properly disclose $700k from China  —  As part of a $700,000 advertising campaign, Time magazine published articles from a Chinese state-run media agency touting a controversial Chinese drone maker accused …

The Gilded Age's Democratic Contradictions  —  The New Party Bosses  —  How did our once-raucous party system become the pacified purview of elites?  —  In “The Four Lost Men,” an elegiac short story written in the 1930s about his dying father's memories of life in post-Civil War America …