Trumps Selling Prized Washington, D.C., Hotel for $375 Million  —  CGI Merchant Group, a Miami-based investment firm, is in contract to acquire the hotel lease for the Trump International Hotel  —  Donald Trump's family hotel company has reached an agreement to sell the rights to its glittering Washington …

Exasperation and dysfunction: Inside Kamala Harris' frustrating start as vice president  —  (CNN)Worn out by what they see as entrenched dysfunction and lack of focus, key West Wing aides have largely thrown up their hands at Vice President Kamala Harris and her staff …

The media's epic fail  —  A reckoning is hitting news organizations for years-old coverage of the 2017 Steele dossier, after the document's primary source was charged with lying to the FBI.  —  Why it matters: It's one of the most egregious journalistic errors in modern history …

Biden to Name Mitch Landrieu to Lead Roughly $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan  —  The former Louisiana lieutenant governor led the city of New Orleans from 2010 to 2018  —  WASHINGTON—President Biden intends to name former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to supervise the roughly $1 trillion …

Memo from Trump attorney outlined how Pence could overturn election, says new book  —  ABC News' Jonathan Karl covers the story in his new book on Trump's presidency.  —  In a memo not made public until now, then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows emailed to Vice President Mike Pence's top aide …

Biden approval hits new low as economic discontent rises, Post-ABC poll finds  —  Majorities of Americans support President Biden's $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package and a pending bill that would spend nearly $2 trillion on social programs and climate initiatives.

Rep. Anthony Gonzalez: ‘The cold hard truth is Donald Trump led us into a ditch on January 6’  —  (CNN)Rep. Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, a House Republican who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial earlier this year, repeatedly slammed Trump in an extensive sit-down interview with CNN's Jake Tapper.

Inflation emerges as defining economic challenge of Biden presidency, with no obvious solution at hand  —  Many of Biden's policies have helped the bottom third, but the middle class is facing new hardships and blaming Biden for it.  —  America is emerging from the pandemic facing …

Will Real Estate Ever Be Normal Again?  —  In Austin and cities around the country, prices are skyrocketing, forcing regular people to act like speculators.  When will it end?  —  To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.

Schiff says Jan. 6 committee preparing to refer Meadows for criminal contempt charges  —  Full Schiff: When Trump aides refuse subpoenas, they 'seem to feel that they're above the law'  —  WASHINGTON — The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol will …

Portugal bars companies from contacting employees off hours and requires other protections for remote work.  —  MADRID — Portugal is barring employers from contacting their staff outside their contracted working hours under a new law and from remotely monitoring their work …

Biden advisers say pandemic, not policies, fueling inflation  —  U.S. President Joe Biden's economic advisers defended his policies on Sunday amid rising inflation that they said was a global issue related to the COVID-19 pandemic, not a result of the administration's programs.

Biden spending bill to likely slip in Senate after House delays  —  The Senate's debate over President Biden's social and climate spending bill appears likely to slip, after the House failed to send the bill over before the Veterans Day recess.  —  Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer …

‘Terrifying for American democracy’: is Trump planning for a 2024 coup?  —  Republicans are vying for critical positions in many states - from which they could launch a far more effective power-grab than Trump's 2020 effort  —  At 1.35pm on 6 January, the top Republican in the US Senate …

Afghan College Students Find a New Life, and Safety, in Iraq  —  Regarded as infidels by the Taliban, over 100 students from the American University in Kabul have found an unlikely refuge in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimaniya.  —  SULAIMANIYA, Iraq — As the Taliban closed in on the Afghan capital …

Republicans seek a U.S. Senate takeover in 2022 but struggle over candidates  —  The national environment could hardly look more favorable to Republicans one year before the midterm elections, with declining approval for President Biden, growing pessimism in the country and spiking prices for essentials like gasoline and milk.

What's in Chris Christie's New Book  —  In a new book and in an interview, Mr. Christie says that if the former president wants to be a positive force, “he's got to let this other stuff go.”  —  Chris Christie wants to be very clear about something: The election of 2020 was not stolen.