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 …

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan tests positive for Covid-19  —  (CNN)Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan tested positive for Covid-19, he tweeted Monday.  —  “I am feeling fine at the moment,” said Hogan, who is vaccinated and has received a booster shot.  The test was part of his regular testing routine, said Hogan, a Republican.

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 …

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.

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 …

Trump Sues New York A.G. in Attempt to Stop Inquiry Into His Business  —  The attorney general, Letitia James, is seeking to question the former president under oath next month as part of a long-running investigation.  —  Donald J. Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday against the New York State attorney general …

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 …

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) …

Biden's Economic Performance Has Proved Unbeatable  —  No first-year president going back to Carter comes close to matching the current White House occupant's No. 1 or No. 2 ranking in each of 10 key measures.  —  U.S. financial markets are outperforming the world by the biggest margin in the 21st century …

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 …

White House says Biden came in close contact with COVID-infected staffer  —  President Joe Biden came in close contact with a staff member who tested positive for COVID-19, the White House announced Monday.  —  White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the 79-year-old Biden …

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

QAnon cultists are now drinking bleach compound from communal bowl: ‘Immediately evokes images of Jonestown’  —  QAnon cultists gathered in Dallas have started drinking an industrial disinfectant mixed into a chemical cocktail.  —  Family members of a Delaware woman who left her husband …

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.

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.

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 …

It's official: Durham is investigating the Clinton Campaign.  —  Enter the Clinton Campaign Lawyers  —  The latest filings by Special Counsel John Durham reveal that lawyers for the Hillary Clinton Campaign now represent Christopher Steele primary subsource Igor Danchenko.

Revealed: the Florida power company pushing legislation to slow rooftop solar  —  Florida Power & Light delivered bill text to a state lawmaker.  Its parent company sent $10,000 to her campaign coffers  —  Mary Ellen Klas for the Miami Herald and Mario Alejandro Ariza for Floodlight

Turning Point USA Kicks Out Right-Wing Journo Who Ambushed Kyle Rittenhouse To Ask Why He Supports BLM  —  FAILURE TO COMPLY  —  Conservative independent journalist Elad Eliahu was booted from Turning Point USA's winter conference on Monday after ambushing acquitted Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse.

Millions of Angry, Armed Americans Stand Ready to Seize Power If Trump Loses in 2024  —  Mike “Wompus” Nieznany is a 73-year-old Vietnam veteran who walks with a cane from the combat wounds he received during his service.  That disability doesn't keep Nieznany from making …

Trump met with boos after revealing he received Covid-19 booster  —  (CNN)Former President Donald Trump was booed by a portion of an audience in Dallas on Sunday when he said he had received a Covid-19 booster shot, according to video of the closed press event that was shared on social media.

The push to ban books in Texas schools spreads to public libraries  —  Some Texas residents are asking for greater say in what titles appear on public library shelves.  —  Copy link  —  When the Llano County Library shuts down for three days this week, starting Tuesday, it won't be for the holidays.

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

President Biden Announces Intent to Appoint Commissioners to the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders  —  WASHINGTON - Today, President Biden announced his intent to appoint the following leaders as commissioners to the President's Advisory Commission …

Bidens add to their family with new first puppy  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have added to their pet family, the first lady's spokesperson told CNN.  —  A new puppy, a pure-bred German Shepherd, was spotted Monday playing on the South Lawn of the White House.

Murphy, a leader of House Dem centrists, won't seek reelection  —  Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a leading voice of House Democrats' moderate wing, announced Monday she won't seek reelection next fall in another stinging loss for her party.  —  The Florida Democrat — who flipped a GOP-held battleground seat …