Manchin breaks with party leaders over strategy on debt ceiling and Biden's economic package  —  (CNN)Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday pushed back on several politically sensitive positions his party leaders are taking at a crucial time for President Joe Biden's domestic agenda.

What's Wrong With Kyrsten Sinema?  —  In 2003, Joe Lieberman, at the time the worst Democratic senator, traveled to Arizona to campaign for his party's presidential nomination and was regularly greeted by antiwar demonstrators.  “He's a shame to Democrats,” said the organizer of a protest outside …

Users Turn to Twitter During Facebook Crash.  Jokes and Venting Ensue.  —  Facebook and its family of apps — including Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Oculus — began flickering back online late Monday, after being down for more than five hours and disrupting the digital lives of billions of its users.

‘Some are just psychopaths’: Chinese detective in exile reveals extent of torture against Uyghurs  —  (CNN)The raids started after midnight in Xinjiang.  —  Hundreds of police officers armed with rifles went house to house in Uyghur communities in the far western region of China …

Group files complaint with California bar association against John Eastman, lawyer who advised Trump on election challenges  —  A bipartisan group of former officials and legal heavyweights, including two former federal judges, asked the California bar association Monday to investigate …

Francis Collins to step down as NIH director  —  National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins plans to announce his resignation on Tuesday after nearly three decades at the agency, including 12 years at the helm, three sources tell POLITICO.  —  The 71-year-old physician-geneticist led …

Black Former Tesla Worker Awarded More Than $130 Million in Damages  —  The company subjected the employee to a racially hostile work environment, jury finds  —  SAN FRANCISCO— Tesla Inc. subjected a Black former worker to a racially hostile work environment and failed to take reasonable steps …

Black Lives Matter comparison roils court in Jan. 6 cases  —  Federal judges are wrestling with a dilemma as dozens of cases stemming from the Capitol riot move toward sentencing: Should they throw the book at everyone who streamed into the building on Jan. 6, or just those who committed violence and destruction?

Lousy Management, Knucklehead Hires Plague Operations of Real-Life Sopranos  —  Failure to stick with best business practices and a younger generation of bumbling suburban-bred mobsters kneecap a storied New York clan  —  NEW YORK CITY—The kiss of death for Mafia families isn't necessarily from gang wars or snitches.

Nikki Haley Embraces Trump in Her Vision of GOP Future  —  Trump's U.N. ambassador says the Republican Party needs the former president, but she believes he was defeated in election  —  Nikki Haley calls Donald Trump a friend and says she would consult with him before embarking on a White House bid …

New York's largest health care provider fires 1,400 unvaccinated workers  —  Northwell Health, New York's largest hospital system, announced Monday that it fired 1,400 workers for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19.  —  Driving the news: The state's vaccine mandate for health workers went into effect last week.

Officials knew about oil off O.C. coast Friday, sparking new questions about response  —  California and federal officials had strong indications of oil on the water off the Huntington Beach coast Friday evening, records reviewed by The Times show, more than 10 hours before the operator of an oil platform reported it to authorities.

Miami Vice's Journey From Misfire to Masterpiece  —  Spend an evening with Vulture, every Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET on Twitter.  —  At regular but sometimes unpredictable intervals, Vulture selects a film to watch with our readers as part of our Wednesday Night Movie Club.

Pence Says He ‘Parted Amicably’ With Trump After Supporters Tried to Hang Him  —  “The president and I sat down a few days later and talked through all of it,” the former vice president told Sean Hannity on Monday night.  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence insisted on Monday night that he …

Justice Department Addresses Violent Threats Against School Officials and Teachers  —  Citing an increase in harassment, intimidation and threats of violence against school board members, teachers and workers in our nation's public schools, today Attorney General Merrick B. Garland directed …

GA Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger Details Trump's ‘Threats’  —  Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger writes in a new book that former President Donald Trump was a “bully” who used “threats” to try to overturn a legitimate election.  —  BEAST INSIDE

Instagram promoted pages glorifying eating disorders to teen accounts  —  New York (CNN Business)"I have to be thin," “Eternally starved,” “I want to be perfect.”  These are the names of accounts Instagram's algorithms promoted to an account registered as belonging to a 13-year-old girl …

New Trump Super PAC Formed in the Wake of Misconduct Accusations  —  After a Trump donor accused Corey Lewandowski of making unwanted sexual advances, allies of the former president formed a new super PAC.  —  Allies of former President Donald J. Trump formed a new super PAC days after Corey Lewandowski …

Wisconsin GOP mimics Orwell's Thought Police  —  George Orwell's “Nineteen Eighty-Four” warned of a dystopian future where totalitarians imposed societal restrictions so rigid that any dissent was punished as a “thought crimes.”  To establish their authoritarian order, the fascists described in Orwell novel banned words.

Biden's polling numbers are even worse than they appear  —  Democrats are rightly worried about President Biden's poor job approval ratings.  A closer look at his ratings among independents shows Democrats should be even more worried than they are.  —  Biden's overall job approval ratings are bad enough.

OZY Rules: The House Negro Gets It in the End  —  The now-defunct OZY's business chicanery conceals a much more corrosive narrative.  —  “And in regards to your little music thing...” It was both a dressing down, very possibly Dressing Down #37, and a pep talk.  Or it was intended to be.

Ken Griffin, Top GOP Donor, Rules Out Backing a Trump Rerun  —  Hedge fund manager Ken Griffin, a major donor to Republicans, ruled out supporting Donald Trump for another run for president.  —  “I think it's time for America to move on,” he said in a discussion Monday with Erik Schatzker at the Economic Club of Chicago.

Top State adviser leaves post, rips Biden's use of Trump-era Title 42  —  A senior State Department official is leaving his role in the Biden administration.  And on his way out, he has sent a scathing internal memo criticizing the president's use of a Trump-era policy to expel migrants from the southern border.

Swab Job: Fox Folks Nix Vax  —  If you're a registered nurse or an EMT, Fox News has a job for you!  The conservative network's Washington bureau is apparently seeking to hire COVID swabbers on a full- and part-time basis starting later this month.  —  Per a recruiting email obtained by The Bulwark …