EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in ‘Dozens’ of Planning Meetings With Members of Congress and White House Staff  —  As the House investigation into the Jan. 6 attack heats up, some of the planners of the pro-Trump rallies that took place in Washington, D.C. …

How Frances Haugen Became a Power Player in the Facebook Leaks  —  In a time of mega-leaks, journalists' sources have become power players.  Frances Haugen, the former Facebook product manager who shared company documents, led a meticulous media rollout.  —  Frances Haugen first met Jeff Horwitz …

Trump Blasts Fox News For Supposedly Airing ‘Untruthful Anti-Trump Commercials’  —  Former President Donald Trump blasted Fox News on Sunday, claiming the network “continually allow[s] horrible and untruthful anti-Trump commercials to be run.”  —  “What good is it if FOX News speaks …

Sudan's civilian leaders arrested amid coup reports  —  Members of Sudan's transitional government and other civilian leaders have been arrested amid reports of a military coup.  —  Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok is among those reported to have been put under house arrest by unidentified soldiers.

Ron DeSantis Planning $5K Bonus for Unvaccinated Police to Relocate to Florida  —  Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Sunday that he is hoping to sign legislation that would give unvaccinated police officers a $5,000 bonus to relocate to his state.

AP source: Manchin agreeable to wealth tax for Biden plan  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pivotal Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin appears to be on board with White House proposals for new taxes on billionaires and certain corporations to help pay for President Joe Biden's scaled-back social services and climate change package.

Facebook's Internal Chat Boards Show Politics Often at Center of Decision Making  —  Employees allege content rules aren't enforced for Breitbart and other right-wing publishers for fear of public blowback, and management expresses wariness of appearing biased, according to internal documents

How Amazon Mishandled Paying Dozens of Workers on Leave  —  A knot of problems with Amazon's system for handling paid and unpaid leaves has led to devastating consequences for workers.  —  A year ago, Tara Jones, an Amazon warehouse worker in Oklahoma, cradled her newborn …

Former Saudi official calls Mohammed bin Salman a “psychopath,” says Saudi crown prince fears what he knows  —  Saad Aljabri was number two in Saudi intelligence until, he says, Mohammed bin Salman forced him out.  Now, MBS is Saudi Arabia's crown prince, and Aljabri is in exile.

Fauci fires back at Rand Paul for slam on tonight's “Axios on HBO”  —  Responding to charges by Sen. Rand Paul on Sunday's “Axios on HBO,” NIAID director Anthony Fauci told “ABC This Week” that it's “molecularly impossible” for U.S.-funded bat virus research in China to have produced COVID-19.

Twitter suspends Rep. Jim Banks for misgendering transgender four-star officer  —  Twitter suspended the account of Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) Saturday after he intentionally misgendered Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, the first openly transgender Senate-confirmed federal official, a spokesperson for the platform told Axios.

Facebook has known it has a human trafficking problem for years.  It still hasn't fully fixed it  —  New York (CNN Business)Facebook has for years struggled to crack down on content related to what it calls domestic servitude: “a form of trafficking of people for the purpose …

“The Liberty Way”: How Liberty University Discourages and Dismisses Students' Reports of Sexual Assaults  —  Note: This story includes descriptions of sexual violence and attempted suicide.  —  When Elizabeth Axley first told Liberty University officials she had been raped, she was confident they'd do the right thing.

Fauci says vaccines for kids between 5-11 likely available in November  —  Vaccines for kids between the ages of 5 and 11 will likely be available in the first half of November, top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said on Sunday, predicting a timetable that could see many kids …

Cygnal Poll: YOUNGKIN TIED; GENERIC REPUBLICAN +1  —  New Cygnal survey of 800+ likely voters shows steep declines for McAuliffe  —  WASHINGTON - The ground in Virginia has shifted.  A new poll of 816 likely voters shows Glenn Youngkin and Terry McAuliffe dead even at 48% a piece, with one week to go until Election Day.

POLITICO Playbook: The 9 most important days of Biden's presidency  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE GREAT MISMATCH: President JOE BIDEN's average approval rating is at a new low (43.4%), and his average disapproval rating is at a new high (50.7%), according to FiveThirtyEight.

1 big thing: Schlapps see '24 Trump run  —  The chairman of the American Conservative Union told Margaret Talev for “Axios on HBO” he accepts “Joe Biden is my president, and I want him to succeed,” but predicted Republicans retake the House and Senate in 2022 — and greater than 50% odds Donald Trump runs in 2024.

It's His Town Now As he coasts to general-election victory, the post-technocrat, post-progressive Eric Adams mayoralty has already begun.  —  Bo Dietl says on the phone to come by the South Street Seaport at six, where he'll be hosting a fund-raiser for Eric Adams, the Democratic nominee and all but assured next mayor of New York City.

Disgraced former governor is recast as MAGA warrior in Senate bid  —  Former Gov. Eric Greitens is viewed by many Republicans as the candidate most likely to jeopardize a GOP-held Senate seat.  Yet he's leading in primary polls in Missouri.  —  The scandal-plagued former Missouri …

Defense Minister Benny Gantz at a conference in Tel-Aviv, in April.  Credit: Moti Milrod  —  The government's declaration of civil society organizations in the West Bank as terrorist organizations is a destructive folly that tarnishes all of the parties in the coalition and the state itself.

How 4 Weeks of U.S. Paid Leave Would Compare With the Rest of the World  —  The U.S. is one of six countries with no national paid leave.  The Democrats have cut their plan to four weeks, which would still make it an outlier.  —  Congress is now considering four weeks of paid family and medical leave …

What We Learned, at the Town Hall  —  The press keeps asking about the ‘how’ of politics.  Citizens ask about the ‘what’ of governance.  —  This post is on what we learned about the presidency, about this president, and about the press, in the “Town Hall” session that Joe Biden had this past week …

A 19th-Century Law Dismantled The KKK.  Now It Could Bring Down A New Generation Of Extremists.  —  In a Virginia courthouse this week, a historic trial will begin that aims to unravel the real motivations of the far-right activists behind the 2017 Charlottesville riot.

EXCLUSIVE: Two SF Prosecutors Quit & Join Effort to Oust Former Boss, District Attorney Chesa Boudin  —  Prosecutors Brooke Jenkins and Don Du Bain tell the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit they have quit their jobs at the San Francisco District Attorney's office and joined the effort to recall …

COVID Vaccine Makers Prepare for a Variant Worse than Delta  —  Companies are updating vaccines and testing them on people to prepare for whatever comes next in the pandemic  —  Pfizer's chief executive, Albert Bourla, made a bold promise in June.  Standing next to US President Joe Biden …