The Lawyer Behind the Memo on How Trump Could Stay in Office  —  John Eastman was a little-known but respected conservative lawyer.  Then he became influential with Donald Trump — and counseled him on how to retain power after losing the election.  — Read in app

POLITICO Playbook: 'The strangest thing I've ever seen'  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  “The fact that the president came to the Hill and whipped against his own bill is the strangest thing I've ever seen.”  —  That late-night observation was just one of many we heard from frustrated lawmakers …

Sinema Stars in Her Own Film  — Read in app  —  WASHINGTON — Just like the original Sphinx, the Phoenix Sphinx is blocking the way until those who would move ahead solve her riddle:  —  What does Kyrsten Sinema want?  And why doesn't she stick around to explain it?

White House faces grueling choices as major cuts hang over Biden economic package  —  White House officials are preparing how to dramatically scale back President Biden's economic agenda if forced to accommodate the demands of centrist lawmakers critical to its passage, according to five people with knowledge of internal discussions.

Rudy Giuliani admits under oath that he got some of his ‘evidence’ of alleged election fraud from social media  — Rudy Giuliani has been sued by former Dominion employee Eric Coomer for promoting election fraud conspiracy theories.  — Giuliani admitted under oath that he did not verify …

Bullshit, Branding and CRT  —  The Nine Incredible Tricks to Get Your Moral Panic Trending!  —  As a professor who teaches policy students how to write about public policy, I spend a lot of time talking about argumentation, which is partly about how to write concisely and clearly …

Bannon fires up ‘shock troops’ for next GOP White House  —  WASHINGTON — Scores of former Trump political appointees gathered at a GOP social club Wednesday night to hear Steve Bannon detail how they could help the next Republican president reconfigure government.

Biden to host lawmakers at White House next week amid impasse on his agenda  —  President Biden will host congressional lawmakers at the White House next week after a visit to Capitol Hill failed to yield any clear breakthrough on how to pass two key pieces of his economic agenda.

U.S. prosecutors ask judge to sentence men accused of plotting ‘race war’ ahead of Va. gun rally as domestic terrorists  —  Federal prosecutors have requested that two members of The Base, a white-supremacist group, be sentenced as domestic terrorists after investigators accused them of planning …

Unvaccinated employees ‘will not be able to work at American Airlines’ due to federal mandate  —  The CEO and president of Fort Worth-based American Airlines said that employees won't be able to opt out for testing.  —  American Airlines leaders told employees Friday that they will need …

Arrest made in arson incident at Travis County Democratic Party office  —  Law enforcement authorities say they have made an arrest in Wednesday's arson incident at theTravis County Democratic Party office in East Austin.  A “Molotov cocktail” was thrown inside the office and ignited during the early morning hours.

Hack exposes law enforcement officers who signed up to join anti-government Oath Keepers  —  Will Carless Grace Hauck Erin MansfieldUSA TODAY  —  The law enforcement officers described what they could offer the Oath Keepers:  —  “I have a wide variety of law enforcement experience …

Caslen calls coming to USC ‘biggest regret of my life’ as emails show split over departure  —  COLUMBIA — More than four months after resigning as president at the University of South Carolina amid a plagiarism scandal, Bob Caslen remains bitter about how his 21-month tenure ended.

Trump asks court to force Twitter to reinstate his account  —  Former President Donald Trump has asked a court to mandate that Twitter restore his social media account, in a Florida court filing made late Friday.  —  In the court document, Trump asked a District Court judge for the Southern District …

Taiwan angered after largest ever incursion by Chinese air force  —  Taiwan sharply criticised China on Saturday after Beijing marked the founding of the People's Republic of China with the largest ever incursion by the Chinese air force into the island's air defence zone.