Post-Trump GOP doctrine  —  Republicans — reshaped, controlled and defined by Donald Trump since 2015 — are slowly but surely charting a post-Trump ideology and platform.  —  Why it matters: Other than conservative courts, toughness on immigration and hostility toward modern liberalism …

Prices climbed 6.2 percent in October compared to last year, the largest increase in 30 years, as inflation strains economy  —  It's unclear when supply chains will clear, especially given how vulnerable the economy remain to the pandemic  —  Prices rose 6.2 percent in October compared with a year ago …

GOP recruitment struggles give Democrats hope in 2022 Senate fight  —  WASHINGTON — They lost the governor's race in Virginia.  They had a bad scare in New Jersey.  They're the clear underdogs in the battle for the U.S. House.  But Democrats saw glimmers of hope in the fight for the Senate …

Trump White House records can be turned over to House Jan. 6 investigative committee, judge rules  —  A federal judge in Washington ruled late Tuesday that hundreds of pages of Trump White House records can be turned over to a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack …

Biden Agenda Faces Revenue Doubt With IRS Boost Likely Left Out  — Democratic aide anticipates lower-than-expected revenue score  — House moderates delayed floor vote pending cost analysis  —  A major IRS enforcement boost will likely be omitted from a forthcoming top-line revenue estimate …

Goddard school district orders 29 books removed from circulation  —  WICHITA, Kansas — The Goddard school district has removed more than two dozen books from circulation in the district's school libraries, citing national attention and challenges to the books elsewhere.

Brian Williams to Leave MSNBC  —  The former anchor of “NBC Nightly News” rehabilitated his tarnished image as the host of a popular 11 p.m. show on MSNBC.  —  Brian Williams, the square-jawed news anchor laid low by a fabulism scandal who mounted a career comeback with a popular 11 p.m. talk show on MSNBC …

To highlight his success, Biden will point to... Baltimore?  —  It would appear that somebody on Team Biden has finally noticed that the President's approval numbers have continued to tank and are not showing any signs of rebounding.  With that in mind, now that Uncle Joe …

Updating The Verge's background policy  —  On ‘on background’  —  The main way this happens is that big companies take advantage of a particular agreement in the media called “background.”  Being “on background” means that they tell things to reporters, but those reporters agree …

The political war around daylight saving time takes a nasty turn  —  When the clocks turned back on Sunday morning to end daylight saving time, hungover college kids cheered and parents of young kids lamented their fates.  But for Jay Pea and Scott Yates, it was yet another volley …

Prosecutors seek 4+ years in prison for ‘QAnon Shaman’ in attempt to set example  —  ‘Man up’: Chairman challenges Trump after ruling  —  (CNN)The Justice Department is asking for the so-called QAnon Shaman, who wore a headdress and posed shirtless on the Senate floor during the siege of the US Capitol …

GOP billionaire Ken Langone says he will hold a fundraiser for Democrat Joe Manchin, who has worked to shrink Biden's agenda  — Republican billionaire Ken Langone said he will hold a fundraiser for Joe Manchin after the conservative Democrat opposed elements of Joe Biden's agenda.

Biden's Plans More Popular Than President  —  Message may matter more than substance in the end  —  West Long Branch, NJ - President Joe Biden's big spending plans on infrastructure, support programs, and climate change remain broadly popular even though he personally does not.

How the media missed a New Jersey senate candidate's racist social media posts — until he'd already won.  —  Edward Durr was such a long-shot candidate in his New Jersey state senate race that no one seemed to notice something rather striking about him: He had a history of posting bigoted …

Top GOP congressional candidate in Texas accused of abusing teenage daughter of estranged husband  —  A star Republican congressional candidate in Texas was accused last month by her estranged husband in court documents of “cruel and aggressive conduct” toward his 14-year-old daughter …

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema takes victory lap after Congress passes physical infrastructure bill  —  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema took a victory lap Monday, saying the $1.2 trillion physical infrastructure bill passed by the House of Representatives is evidence her approach to bipartisan legislating is backed by the American public.

Welcome to the Daddy Wars  —  The problem isn't masculinity, or a lack thereof, but family structure.  —  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)  —  After what seems like 150 years of “mommy wars” in America, we haven't solved anything.

Transcripts and Exhibits from Independent Investigation into Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Former Governor Andrew Cuomo  —  These are transcripts and corresponding exhibits from the independent investigation and resulting report into sexual harassment allegations against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

White supremacists find a new platform to spread hate: A federal courtroom in Charlottesville  —  Defendants are using a trial about the 2017 Unite the Right rally as an opportunity to spew the hate they've been banned from some social media platforms for expressing

Three Individuals Charged with $3.5 Million Scheme to Collect Contributions for Fraudulent Political Action Committees  —  Two California men and one Texas man have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Austin, Texas, for their alleged involvement a scheme to operate two fraudulent political …

Mayor Breed backs recall of three San Francisco school board members: ‘Our kids must come first’  —  San Francisco's Mayor London Breed is backing the effort to recall three school board members, saying she is supporting “the parents' call for change.”  —  Breed's endorsement of the recall …

Revisiting the Fox News Fallacy  —  It Seems To Be Alive and Well  —  Three months ago, I wrote a piece on the Fox News Fallacy.  As I explained in that piece: … In light of the Democrats' dreadful performance in last week's election, I thought it would be useful to revisit this analysis and see if it still applies.

CNN's Brian Stelter attracts tiniest audience of '21, has failed to average 800K viewers for 10 straight weeks  —  ‘Reliable Sources’ averaged a dismal 645,000 viewers on Sunday  —  Brian Stelter defends CNN's Cuomo ‘crisis’ on late-night  —  CNN's struggling host Brian Stelter attracted …

Newsmax tries to assuage furor of conservative hosts over vaccine mandate  —  On-air stars went from venting anger at their company's policy to accusing “fake news” of trying to turn viewers against the channel.  —  Newsmax seemed to have a massive problem on its hands at the end of last week.

CNN Poll: Three out of four adults think Facebook is making society worse  —  (CNN)Roughly three-quarters of adults believe Facebook is making American society worse, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with about half saying they know somebody who was persuaded to believe in a conspiracy theory because of the site's content.