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 …

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 …

American journalist Danny Fenster released from Myanmar jail despite 11 year sentence  —  American journalist Danny Fenster, held since May in a Myanmar jail, was released Monday and allowed to leave the country en route to rejoin his family in the United States, according to his employer and former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson.

Live Liverpool bomber was of Middle Eastern background and not known to MI5 - latest updates  —  The Remembrance Sunday terrorist originated from the Middle East but was not known to the security services, The Telegraph can disclose.  —  The bomber, who died when his Improvised Explosive Device …

New book alleges Fox's Maria Bartiromo shouted at Bill Barr about imagined voter fraud  —  (CNN Business)Former attorney general Bill Barr says Fox News host Maria Bartiromo called him up “screaming” about imaginary voter fraud, according to his account in a new book.

On inflation, it's past time for team ‘transitory’ to stand down  —  There is a wise apocryphal saying often attributed to John Maynard Keynes: “When the facts change, I change my mind.  What do you do?”  After years of advocating more expansionary fiscal and monetary policy …

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.

How Republicans Have an Edge in the Emerging 2022 Congressional Maps  —  On a highly distorted congressional map that is still taking shape, the party has added enough safe House districts to capture control of the chamber based on its redistricting edge alone.

McConnell sought to disinvite Trump from Biden's inaugural  —  The level of distrust that Mitch McConnell had for then-President Donald Trump in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 riots on Capitol Hill was greater than previously known.  —  The then-Senate majority leader sought to have Trump disinvited …

Flu shots uptake is now partisan.  It didn't use to be  —  (CNN)Uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine has, unfortunately, become partisan like so much else in our society.  Almost every Democratic adult (90% to 95%) has gotten a shot, while a little less than two-thirds of Republican adults have.

In wake of Bannon indictment, Republicans warn of payback  —  GOP lawmakers say Democrats, by pursuing contempt charges against a Trump ally, are paving the way for them to go after Biden aides if they retake the House in 2022.  —  Republicans are rallying around former White House adviser Stephen K. Bannon …

Ukraine warned of ‘high probability’ of Russian military escalation this winter  —  Kyiv's deputy defence minister tells FT western intelligence not just based on troop surge at border  —  Western intelligence suggests a “high probability of destabilisation” of Ukraine by Russia as soon …

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.

Anti-Vax Conspiracist Emerald Robinson is Reportedly Out at Newsmax: ‘The Decision Has Essentially Been Made’  —  Newsmax White House correspondent Emerald Robinson has been off the air since earlier this month after she posted a lunatic tweet claiming that the Covid-19 vaccines contained a bioluminescent demonic tracker.

AP Exclusive: ‘Sesame Street’ debuts Asian American muppet  —  What's in a name?  Well, for Ji-Young, the newest muppet resident of “Sesame Street,” her name is a sign she was meant to live there.  —  “So, in Korean traditionally the two syllables they each mean something different and Ji means, like, smart or wise.

Dems' bitter pill: Popular health provisions won't kick in until after the midterms  —  Democrats are close to making good on long-held promises to lower prescription drug costs and make health care more affordable.  The rub?  Voters won't feel much of it until after the 2022 elections.

His Reasons for Opposing Trump Were Biblical.  Now a Top Christian Editor Is Out.  —  A clash over culture and politics comes to World, a groundbreaking journalistic institution that covers evangelical Christians.  —  When Marvin Olasky gets angry emails from readers …

Marilyn Manson: The Monster Hiding in Plain Sight  —  He was a provocative media darling for decades.  Offstage, exes allege, he was an abuser who made their lives hell.  A Rolling Stone investigation based on court documents and more than 55 new interviews  —  It started as a vocal booth.