Wyoming GOP votes to stop recognizing Cheney as a Republican  —  CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Republican Party will no longer recognize Liz Cheney as a member of the GOP in its second formal rebuke for her criticism of former President Donald Trump.  —  The 31-29 vote Saturday in Buffalo …

Statement from Chancellor Robert J. Zimmer on his role for the University of Austin  —  I was asked to serve in an advisory role to the University of Austin by its founding president, Dr. Pano Kanelos.  This board had no fiduciary, oversight or management responsibilities.

Alex Jones Liable by Default in All Sandy Hook Defamation Suits  —  A Connecticut judge's ruling combines with decisions in Texas to grant a clean sweep for families of shooting victims in their cases against the Infowars host.  —  A superior court in Connecticut granted a sweeping victory …

Andrew Sullivan and the Narrative of the “MSM Narrative”  —  The narrative on MSM narratives is false.  —  Over the weekend Andrew Sullivan published a jeremiad against the “mainstream media” that tracks pretty closely with the Matt Taibbi-Glenn Greenwald-Bari Weiss view …

Exclusive: Beto O'Rourke Is Running for Governor  —  For months, Texas Democrats have failed to field a single serious candidate to challenge Governor Greg Abbott's reelection bid.  But today, Beto O'Rourke is announcing in Texas Monthly that he is entering the 2022 gubernatorial race.

Infrastructure was once a crashing bore.  Now it symbolizes our sick, violent politics.  —  Will this be the last gasp of bipartisan deal-making?  If it's this dangerous to vote for infrastructure, there's no safe common ground in politics.  —  View Comments

It's Not Just White People: Democrats Are Losing Normal Voters of All Races … Last Monday, a Democratic firm hosted focus groups with women in Virginia who voted in 2017 for Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, in 2020 for Democratic President Joe Biden, and then this month for Republican Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin.

Mnuchin and Pompeo Discussed a Plan to Oust Trump from Office on Jan. 6: Report  —  “In the hours after the riot, there were high-level conversations about” using the 25th Amendment to kick Trump out of office, according to ABC News' Jonathan Karl  —  Steve Mnuchin and Mike Pompeo discussed …

Kamala Harris' allies lash out at the media and each other as the bad press keeps piling up  — Vice President Kamala Harris is facing more bad press.  — Her allies are increasingly frustrated by reports of infighting in the White House.  — They blame the press and anonymous leaks from her orbit.

Teen Who Torched Synagogue Seethed About Jews in Disturbing Diary, Feds Say  —  Franklin Barrett Sechriest, a former National Guard member, also spewed vitriol toward African-Americans, a newly unsealed federal complaint reveals.  —  A Texas teen accused of setting fire to an Austin, Texas …

CBO to Release a Complete Cost Estimate for H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act, by November 19  —  The Congressional Budget Office anticipates publishing a complete cost estimate for H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act (Rules Committee Print 117-18 incorporating a manager's amendment by Congressman Yarmuth) …

Dems on verge of seizing control of Monroe County Legislature; first time in 30 years  —  Democrats appear to have taken control of the Monroe County Legislature for the first time in more than 30 years.  —  Unofficial absentee and affidavit counts, tabulated Monday, flipped two close races …

An empowered I.R.S. emerges as the linchpin of Biden's social policy bill.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden's pledge to fully pay for his $1.85 trillion social policy and climate spending package depends in large part on having a beefed up Internal Revenue Service crack down on tax evaders …

Two students sue Yale Law administrators for alleged retaliation in Amy Chua case  —  Two unnamed Yale Law School students filed a complaint Monday against three Law School administrators and the University for allegedly “blackball[ing]” them from job opportunities after they refused to endorse …

A newly disclosed memo reveals Trump's plot to turn the military into his personal goon squad  —  I want to apologize to Mark T. Esper, former president Donald Trump's fourth and second-to-last defense secretary.  I may have been too harsh on the man who became known as “Yesper” for accommodating Trump.

Proud Boys leader seeks release from D.C. jail, alleging inhumane conditions  —  A national leader of the Proud Boys, a far-right group with a history of violence, asked a judge on Monday to release him from the D.C. jail and place him on home confinement, citing what he described as inhumane conditions in the facility.

The Bad Guys Are Winning  —  The future of democracy may well be decided in a drab office building on the outskirts of Vilnius, alongside a highway crammed with impatient drivers heading out of town.  —  I met Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya there this spring, in a room that held a conference table, a whiteboard, and not much else.

State Rep. Ryan Guillen switches to GOP in latest blow to South Texas Democrats  —  The Rio Grande City lawmaker was the least liberal Democrat in the Texas House this year, according to a political scientist's rankings of lawmakers.  —  Copy link  —  Longtime Democratic state Rep. Ryan Guillen …

The Behaviors and Attitudes of U.S. Adults on Twitter  —  A minority of Twitter users produce a majority of tweets from U.S. adults, and the most active tweeters are less likely to view the tone or civility of discussions as a major problem on the site  —  Pew Research Center conducted …

Biden Infrastructure Czar Advises Pro-China Group  —  President Joe Biden's pick to oversee $1.2 trillion in infrastructure spending is a top adviser to a trade organization that seeks Chinese investment in American infrastructure.  —  Mitch Landrieu serves as strategic adviser …

Aung San Suu Kyi being treated well: Myanmar army  —  Myanmar's military has told the BBC that authorities are not mistreating ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.  —  The 76-year-old former leader has not been seen in public since a February military coup removed her from office.

Attorney General Yost Sues Facebook for Securities Fraud After Misleading Disclosures, Allegations of Harm to Children  —  (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a lawsuit against the social-media giant Facebook for misleading the public on how it controlled …

Trump wades into West Virginia member-vs-member race  —  Former President Donald Trump is endorsing GOP Rep. Alex Mooney in the member-vs.-member primary in West Virginia over GOP Rep. David McKinley, who recently voted for the new infrastructure law.  —  His decision does not come as a surprise.

'He's nuts and he's got a vendetta': Cuomo won't leave New York alone  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Andrew Cuomo will not go away.  —  Three months after resigning in disgrace, battered by misconduct allegations leveled by nearly a dozen women, the former New York governor continues to make weekly headlines.

Cross v. Loudoun County School Board  —  Description: A Loudoun County Public Schools policy requires all faculty and students, regardless of their beliefs about biological sex and gender, to use the pronouns that students demand regardless of their biological sex.  —  Loudoun County teacher wins free speech battle

POLITICO Playbook: Washington's mystery mansion buyer unmasked  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  A busy Monday: Congress is back ... PATRICK LEAHY makes a big announcement at 10 a.m. ... JOE BIDEN signs BIF at 3 p.m. ... STEVE BANNON is expected to surrender.  —  THE TRUMP HOTEL IS BEING SOLD …

Parents protesting ‘critical race theory’ identify another target: Mental health programs  —  At a September school board meeting in Southlake, Texas, a parent named Tara Eddins strode to the lectern during the public comment period and demanded to know why the Carroll Independent School District …