Biden and Xi Pledge More Cooperation, but Offer No Breakthroughs  —  President Biden and China's leader, Xi Jinping, met for about three and a half hours.  U.S. officials said the talks were meant to reassure both sides that misunderstandings would not lead to unintended clashes.

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 …

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.

Wyoming GOP votes to no longer recognize Rep. Cheney as a Republican  —  Wyoming Republican leaders voted this weekend to no longer recognize Rep. Liz Cheney as a member of their party.  —  The resolution, which does not strip Cheney of any tangible power, passed the Wyoming GOP Central Committee …

Dem tension breaks, but to-do list looms  —  Presented by The American Petroleum Institute  —  With Anthony Adragna, Heather Caygle and Kyle Cheney.  —  SCOREKEEPER, SCREEN YOUR CALLS — Speaker Nancy Pelosi's message to her leadership team on Monday night was clear …

CPJ concerned over FBI raid on home of Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe  —  The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed concern about the harmful precedent set by recent Federal Bureau of Investigation raids on the homes of Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe and his associates.

Americans broadly support Supreme Court upholding Roe v. Wade and oppose Texas abortion law, Post-ABC poll finds  —  Americans say by a roughly 2-to-1 margin that the Supreme Court should uphold its landmark abortion decision in Roe v. Wade, and by a similar margin the public opposes …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

How Did So Much of the Media Get the Steele Dossier So Wrong?  —  Mr. Grueskin is a professor of professional practice and former academic dean at Columbia Journalism School.  He has held senior editing positions at The Wall Street Journal, The Miami Herald and Bloomberg News.

No matter the verdict in Rittenhouse trial, Black residents of Kenosha say justice remains elusive  —  KENOSHA, Wis. — More than a year after his nephew was shot seven times by a police officer, paralyzing him from the waist down, Justin Blake takes to this city's broad courthouse steps each morning and makes his case for justice.

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.

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 …

Scoop: Welch preparing to run for Senate  —  Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) is indicating to colleagues he's preparing to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), people familiar with the matter tell Axios.  —  Why it matters: Vermont has never sent a woman to serve in either the House or Senate.

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 …

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 …

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

In Another Trump Book, a Journalist's Belated Awareness Steals the Show … When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission.  —  By the looks of his formidable résumé, the veteran Beltway journalist Jonathan Karl shouldn't startle all that easily.

GOP revenge for the Bannon indictment may have to wait  —  Donald Trump's closest allies in Congress greeted the indictment of Steve Bannon with a warning: It's payback time once we take back the House.  But getting revenge won't be so simple.  —  Bannon turned himself into authorities …

The end of “click to subscribe, call to cancel”?  One of the news industry's favorite retention tactics is illegal, FTC says  —  Most U.S. news organizations won't let readers cancel online.  The Federal Trade Commission wants that to change.  —  Discovering they had to get on the phone …

Facebook took down a New Mexico militia group's accounts.  Prosecutors say it deleted key evidence.  —  A legal showdown highlights a tension between social media companies' content moderation efforts and real-world prosecutions  —  In June 2020, a group of men in military-style camouflage …

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.

Joe Biden's Empty Inflation Toolbox  —  President Joe Biden was clear.  Inflation — now at the highest point in 30 years — was at the top of his concerns.  —  “Many people remain unsettled about the economy, and we all know why,” Biden said recently at the Port of Baltimore.  “They see higher prices.

Cambridge, Md., mayor charged with 50 counts in revenge porn case  —  Andrew Bradshaw allegedly used Reddit to distribute intimate photos of a woman without her consent  —  Cambridge, Md., Mayor Andrew Bradshaw faces 50 counts of distributing revenge porn, state prosecutors announced Monday.

Mary Trump: If Donald Runs Again, This Will Be the Reason  —  Mary Trump is honest about what she thinks about Biden's low approval ratings and what her uncle is brewing.  Plus, a Holocaust survivor's son shares a chilling Trump prediction.  —  Mary Trump knows her uncle, Donald Trump …

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