EXCLUSIVE Rating agencies say Biden's spending plans will not add to inflationary pressure  —  U.S. President Joe Biden's infrastructure and social spending legislation will not add to inflationary pressures in the U.S. economy, economists and analysts in leading rating agencies told Reuters on Tuesday.

Biden Sells Infrastructure Improvements as a Way to Counter China  —  Spending on roads, broadband internet and more will help revitalize U.S. competitiveness against its top economic adversary, the president says.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden on Tuesday began selling …

Sinema speaks up — and shakes off her critics  —  Watch the Senate floor enough and you'll notice Sen. Kyrsten Sinema regularly chatting with Mitch McConnell and his top deputy John Thune.  Republicans have even tried to recruit her to their conference, and throw the Senate to the GOP.

FBI raids home of Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters in election data breach investigation  —  Federal, state and local authorities searched the homes of Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and three of her associates on Tuesday as part of an investigation into accusations the elected official was involved …

Democrats Shouldn't Panic.  They Should Go Into Shock.  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  The rise of inflation, supply chain shortages, a surge in illegal border crossings, the persistence of Covid …

Trump's legal strategy tested in fight with Congress over Jan. 6 records  —  As president, Donald Trump stymied lawmakers seeking his financial records and the testimony of a close adviser by employing a legal strategy that worked to his advantage even when he lost in court.

Did the Justice Department overreach in raiding James O'Keefe's home?  —  The FBI on Nov. 6 searched the Mamaroneck, N.Y., home of James O'Keefe, the founder of the video-sting group Project Veritas.  As reported by the New York Times, authorities also searched the homes of two O'Keefe associates.

What Biden Should — and Shouldn't — Do to Combat Inflation  —  Rising prices are eroding workers' wage gains and Joe Biden's political capital.  The consumer price index (CPI) rose at a 6.2 percent annual rate in October, the highest America had seen in more than two decades.

Ivermectin: Much More Than You Wanted To Know  —  I know I'm two months late here.  Everyone's already made up their mind and moved on to other things.  —  But here's my pitch: this is one of the most carefully-pored-over scientific issues of our time.  Dozens of teams published studies saying ivermectin definitely worked.

House Democrats have a new strategy to engage voters of color in the midterm elections  —  The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is launching a new, multimillion-dollar effort to engage and mobilize voters of color ahead of the midterm elections, including investments in local organizing …

PolitiFact doubles down on widely mocked ‘fact-check’ claiming Rittenhouse's possession of weapon wasn't legal  —  ‘Our fact-check remains unchanged,’ a lengthy editor's note concludes  —  PolitiFact doubled down on Tuesday after being roasted for a poorly aged “fact-check” …

No, the real inflation rate isn't 15 percent  —  Jordan Peterson and Jack Dorsey are touting a bogus theory about the inflation rate.  —  Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the official inflation rate had soared to 6.2 percent in October, the highest level in decades.

Sherrilyn Ifill stepping down from NAACP Legal Defense Fund  —  Longtime second-in-command Janai Nelson will take over one of the country's top civil rights groups this spring, but no official transition date has been set  —  Sherrilyn Ifill was 10 years old when a New York City police officer shot …

AOC says lawmakers have to fundraise for their own safety in wake of threatening Gosar video: 'It's ludicrous'  —  Right-wing Arizona congressman tweeted an anime cartoon showing him killing the New York progressive  —  Rep. Paul Gosar Posts Homemade ‘Fantasy Video’ of Him Violently Murdering AOC

Poll: Voters split on Biden's mental fitness as job approval remains low  —  Voters have increasing doubts about the health and mental fitness of President Joe Biden, the oldest man ever sworn into the White House, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.

FBI Tracks Threats Against Teachers, School-Board Members  —  Many Republicans see prospect of criminalizing concerned parents  —  WASHINGTON—The Federal Bureau of Investigation has set up a process to track threats against school-board members and teachers, moving to implement …

The N.Y. Governor's Race Is Wide Open, and Democrats Are Rushing In  —  Jumaane Williams, the New York City public advocate, became the latest Democrat to enter the 2022 race for governor.  —  On a weekend swing through Southern California, Letitia James, New York's attorney general …

RED SHIFT: How Trump's attempt to let COVID-19 destroy Blue America reversed itself, animated  —  Back in July 2020, Vanity Fair reporter Katherine Eban wrote a shocking expose  —  which exposed the depths of callousness and cold-hearted political calculation which the Trump Administration used …

The Steele Dossier and the End of Shame In American Politics  —  The famous philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal once declared that “the only shame is to have none.”  The problem with shame is it assumes a sense of guilt over one's actions.  In the age of rage, there appear fewer …

GOP primary fights escalate after Trump's endorsements  —  Republican candidates who missed out on former President Trump's endorsement aren't packing it up.  In some cases, they're starting to hit back harder against their Trump-backed rivals.  —  In marquee Senate races in Pennsylvania …

How a Cure for Gerrymandering Left U.S. Politics Ailing in New Ways  —  Independent commissions to oversee the redrawing of electoral maps were thought to be the solution to an age-old problem.  Instead, they have become bogged down in political trench warfare.

‘The View’ erupts during segment with unvaccinated former co-host, providing a teachable moment  —  Video  —  “The View” is not the first place I would go for nuanced political or public health discussions.  But Tuesday's episode did at least provide a teachable moment when it comes to vaccine skepticism.

Unlikely coalition wants women to register for military draft  —  America's young women are on the cusp of a rite of passage that's been reserved for men until now: registering with the Selective Service when they turn 18.  —  Driving the news: Whether allowing women to serve in combat …

Democrats rebrand Build Back Better bill to counter inflation concerns  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats are refocusing their message on President Joe Biden's Build Back Better bill in response to inflation concerns from voters and key centrist lawmakers as Congress moves closer to final votes on the massive spending package.

The AMA's “Advancing Health Equity” plan leaves out everything that matters  —  Changing the way doctors talk isn't nearly as important as the access-broadening policies the AMA has opposed  —  The American Medical Association is the premier trade group for medical doctors and an influential actor in American healthcare policy.

Beto rejects Trump as foil  —  Democrat Beto O'Rourke, sprinting through his second day on the campaign trail with stops in San Antonio and Laredo, signaled he'll avoid the playbook that failed Terry McAuliffe in Virginia, telling Axios, “Trump doesn't live in Texas.  Biden doesn't live in Texas.

COVID-Positive Republican Senator Charged for Inappropriately Grabbing Nurse  —  HANDS OFF  —  John Bizon, a Republican state senator of Michigan and a doctor, has been charged with misdemeanor assault after allegedly grabbing a nurse practitioner and squeezing her waist inappropriately, according to MLive.com.

‘This experience broke a lot of people’: Inside State amid the Afghanistan withdrawal  —  The chaos that came with ending America's longest war extended to Foggy Bottom, where staff were left with psychological scars.  —  U.S. Marines are shown providing assistance during the chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan on Aug. 20 in Kabul.

Whistleblower worries Jan. 6 committee is going easy on Capitol Police  —  As congressional investigators increasingly scrutinize the performance of the U.S. Capitol Police surrounding the Jan. 6 attacks, a whistleblower says he worries the department is getting off too easy.

Cuomo May Have to Forfeit Millions Earned From Pandemic Memoir  —  A New York State ethics panel revoked its approval that allowed Andrew Cuomo to write his book, contending that he broke his promise not to use state resources.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo could be forced …

Inflation Will Hurt Biden's Spending Plan  —  Mr. Rattner served as counselor to the Treasury secretary in the Obama administration.  —  Enough already about “transitory” inflation.  Last Wednesday's terrible Consumer Price Index news shifts our inflation prospects strongly into the …

The corrupt liberal media came for me, just like they came for Kyle Rittenhouse, and if he decides to sue I say go for it and hold the media accountable  —  The parallels between me and Kyle Rittenhouse are impossible not to draw.  —  Kyle was 17-years-old when he became a household name after that terrible tragedy in Kenosha.