Biden and Manchin speak  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and President Joe Biden spoke Sunday night after a major blowup in negotiations around the president's domestic agenda, three people familiar with the call told POLITICO.  —  The conversation ended with a sense that negotiations would …

Jan. 6 Committee Weighs Possibility of Criminal Referrals  —  The House panel is examining whether there is enough evidence to recommend that the Justice Department pursue cases against Donald J. Trump and others.  —  When the House formed a special committee this summer to investigate …

Biden to announce plan to mail 500 million free rapid tests to Americans next month  —  The president also aims to deploy 1,000 military doctors and nurses.  —  President Joe Biden will announce a plan on Tuesday to distribute 500 million free at-home rapid tests to Americans beginning …

Fox tightens its vaccine rule, removing a test-out option for N.Y.C. office workers.  —  Fox Corporation, the owner of Fox News, told employees on Friday that those working in New York City would have to show proof they'd had at least one dose of the Covid vaccine by Dec. 27, removing the option to get tested weekly instead.

Omicron sweeps across nation, now 73% of US COVID-19 cases  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Omicron has raced ahead of other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the U.S., accounting for 73% of new infections last week, federal health officials said Monday.

Journalist, Dallas Morning News politics reporter, author Wayne Slater killed in car crash  —  Slater, who chronicled two Texas governors' rise to national prominence and co-wrote two books about George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove, was 74.  —  AUSTIN — Retired Dallas Morning News Austin bureau chief …

Logs show Trump flew more often on Epstein jets than was known  —  Donald Trump appears to have flown on Jeffrey Epstein's private jets six more times than was previously known, according to flight logs released as evidence in Ghislaine Maxwell's trial.  —  Previous disclosures of portions …

Democrats riled by Spanish-language radio attacks on Kamala Harris  —  Political operatives and the radio hosts themselves say the uptick in calls is notable.  Who, if anyone, is behind them remains unclear.  —  Florida Democrats are sounding alarms over what they believe is a sustained …

Latino political power is a big winner in California's new congressional map  —  Latino voters would see a major boost in political clout under new congressional and legislative districts approved unanimously Monday by the independent citizen panel charged with redrawing the state's political map.

FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Protect Americans and Help Communities and Hospitals Battle Omicron  —  Today, President Biden will announce new actions to protect Americans and help communities and hospitals battle Omicron, building on the robust plan he announced earlier …

My Traumatizing Years With Bryan Singer … I turned 18 in March of 2009.  Just days after my birthday, my life would change forever.  —  I was working in New York as an assistant scenic designer when I was introduced to Bryan Singer.  Bryan had heard about me through Gary Goddard …

Spanberger privately says she's prepared to run in new Northern Virginia 7th District if map holds  —  Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-7th, is telling state legislators privately that she will run in the newly configured 7th Congressional District in Northern Virginia if the state Supreme Court's …

Food suppliers blame inflation for price hikes.  Lawmakers say they're padding the bill.  —  The levers of government are being primed for an escalating crackdown on excessive food price inflation, which the Biden-Harris Administration and its Congressional allies believe is partially a result …

J.D. Vance Is Now Pushing False Conspiracy Theories About “Quarantine Camps”  —  Seems a little crazy!  —  It should be generally assumed when somebody starts talking about concentration or internment camps, outside of the historical context (Nazis, Japanese internment) …

A man was sentenced to prison for threatening journalists.  I was one of them  —  New York (CNN Business)Editor's note: This story contains language that some readers may find offensive.  —  Many reporters are sadly accustomed to receiving threats and harassment in connection with their work.

Fanone resigns from D.C. police force 11 months after battling insurrectionist mob at Capitol  —  Michael Fanone, the D.C. police officer who was dragged into a mob and beaten during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and later publicly excoriated lawmakers and others who downplayed the attack …

Actor Jay Johnston Told Me He Was at the Capitol Riot, Says Director  —  SPOTTED … The director and co-star of the 'Bob's Burgers' and ‘Mr. Show’ actor's new film say Johnston admitted to them that he was at the Capitol riot protesting so-called election fraud.

As the GOP sheds its moderates, a whirlwind approaches  —  Doug Sosnik was a senior adviser to Bill Clinton from 1994 to 2000 and is a counselor to the Brunswick Group.  —  We don't need to wait for the results of next year's midterm elections to know that a political shock wave is headed toward Washington.

Dan Bongino threatened to quit his radio show over a vaccine mandate.  So, why hasn't he?  —  Two months later, the conservative host says he's still in an ‘ongoing fight’ about the mandate with his employer, Cumulus Media  —  Two months ago, Dan Bongino sounded ready to give …

Steve Bannon Threatens to Take Over the ‘Election Apparatus’ and ‘The Secretaries of State’  —  Former senior Trump adviser Steve Bannon threatened on Monday to take over the U.S. “election apparatus.”  —  During his weekday internet show War Room Pandemic, Bannon, who was indicted last month …

Congressman Andy Biggs says Biden admin seeks ‘control,’ to make unvaccinated into ‘an other’ in society  —  The White House recently told the unvaccinated they were ‘looking at a winter of severe illness and death.’  —  Kayleigh McEnany rips Biden's warning to unvaccinated Americans

CIA advisor and expert in foreign conflicts believes the US is ‘closer to civil war than anyone would like to believe’ and claims America is no longer a democracy but an ‘anocracy’  — University of California academic Dr. Barbara Walter said the U.S. meets several of the telltale signs that are part of a road to insurgency