Eric Adams taps younger brother Bernard as a deputy police commissioner  —  Mayor Eric Adams has tapped his younger brother to serve as a deputy NYPD commissioner, The Post has learned.  —  Bernard Adams, a 56-year-old retired NYPD officer, will oversee governmental affairs, he confirmed Friday.

State lawyers arguing against Biden vaccine mandates test positive for COVID-19  —  Two officials presenting arguments on Friday to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to block vaccine mandates ordered by President Joe Biden's administration have tested positive for COVID-19 and will make their cases remotely, their offices said.

QAnon Star Who Said Only ‘Idiots’ Get Vax Dies of COVID  —  Cirsten Weldon told her fans not to get vaccinated and wanted Dr. Anthony Fauci executed.  She just died of COVID.  —  A leading QAnon promoter who urged both her followers and strangers she passed on the street …

Three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery sentenced to life in prison  —  The three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, in Georgia were sentenced Friday to life in prison.  —  The sentences for Travis McMichael, who shot Arbery; and his father, Gregory McMichael, do not carry the possibility of parole.

Hospitals Are in Serious Trouble  —  When a health-care system crumbles, this is what it looks like.  Much of what's wrong happens invisibly.  At first, there's just a lot of waiting.  Emergency rooms get so full that “you'll wait hours and hours, and you may not be able to get surgery when you need it …

Today's deep question: Will Twitter suspend Sotomayor for COVID misinformation?  —  A wise axiom warns us not to deduce Supreme Court decisions based on the questions asked by its justices during oral arguments.  Perhaps, however, we can deduce their relative wisdom and grasp of reality from the questions they pose.

Lani Guinier, civil rights champion and Harvard law professor, dies at 71  —  A leading voice for voting rights long before her nomination to lead the US Justice Department's Civil Rights Division made her nationally known, Lani Guinier died Friday.  —  Ms. Guinier, the Bennett Boskey professor …

Drudge hits ‘mute’ on Biden  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With Allie Bice.  —  The Drudge Report made its name by making life hell for Democrats in the White House.  —  But over the past several months …

Five myths about the filibuster  —  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has thrown down the gauntlet, saying he will move to change Senate rules by Jan. 17 if Republicans continue to block the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

Was the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol an Act of ‘Terrorism’?  —  A sharp rebuke of Senator Ted Cruz by the Fox News host Tucker Carlson has heightened a legal and semantic debate over a charged term.  —  WASHINGTON — After a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol last year …

Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson expected to run for reelection  —  Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson is expected to run for reelection and kick off his campaign next week, according to a source familiar with his decision.  —  For months, the incumbent Republican declined to say whether …

Why I Soured on the Democrats  —  Until recently, I was a loyal, left-leaning Democrat, and I had been my entire adult life.  I was the kind of partisan who registered voters before midterm elections and went to protests.  I hated Donald Trump so much that I struggled to be civil to relatives on the other side of the aisle.

The rise of a pro-democracy media  —  America's news media is increasingly covering the growing radicalism of the Republican Party and its democracy-eroding behavior.  That's a welcome shift.  But it still isn't going far enough.  —  The media has long had a problematic “both sides” approach to covering politics.

An 85-year-old man in India says he got 12 Covid vaccine shots, and still wants more.  —  There is vaccine hesitancy, but on the flip side, there is Brahmdeo Mandal.  —  Mr. Mandal is so excited about the healing promise of a jab that he says he has received 12 coronavirus vaccine doses — so far.

Tech Startup Wants To Gamify Suing People Using Crypto Tokens  —  The new company plans to let everyday Americans bet on civil lawsuits by buying and trading associated crypto tokens in “initial litigation offerings.”  —  MS  —  A new tech startup plans to become “the stock market of litigation financing” …

Chatfield admits to affair as ‘consenting adults,’ denies rape claim  —  Alleged victim was the ex-House speaker's future sister-in-law  —  Former state House Speaker Lee Chatfield admitted today to an extramarital affair but said it was with a consenting adult and denied “false rape claims.”

This is how the Republicans are whitewashing the J6 insurrection out of existence  —  And how the Big Lie became so easy to believe.  —  The president pinned blame on the former president Thursday for causing the J6 insurrection.  His speech was part of events marking the one-year anniversary …

Pelosi Invites President Biden to Deliver State of the Union Address on March 1  —  Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the following letter today to President Joseph R. Biden inviting him to deliver the State of the Union address on Tuesday, March 1, 2022:

Living In The Florida County That Became A Breeding Ground For Capitol Rioters  —  Seven residents of Brevard County — where cruelty and violence are fixtures of “Make America Great Again” politics — have been arrested since Jan. 6, 2021.  —  Brevard County, Florida …

Unvaxxed couple dies of COVID holding hands: ‘True definition of soulmates’  —  A husband and wife married four decades died “seconds” apart while holding hands.  —  William Stewart, 73, and wife Carol, 69, had been hospitalized with severe cases of COVID-19 — unmitigated by the fact …

Mom who took her child into Capitol during riot gets prison  —  A North Carolina woman who brought her 14-year-old son into the U.S. Capitol during last year's riot was sentenced Friday to three months imprisonment.  —  U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said she finds it …

The chair of the Jan. 6 panel says the committee will ask Mike Pence to appear  —  Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the Democratic-led House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, says they expect to ask former Vice President Mike Pence to voluntarily appear this month.

Beijing Games' corporate brand gamble  —  Hi China Watchers.  The 2022 Beijing Olympics open in 29 days so we're looking at the reputational implications for corporate sponsors of an event inextricably linked to its host country's human rights abuses.  We'll also bring you up to speed …

What Role Will January 6 Play in The 2022 Midterms?  —  The following things can be true at the same time.  First, the attack on the Capitol on January 6 was a dark moment in American history and one in which the former president bears responsibility.  Second, the attack on the Capitol …

Oldsmar man had explosive devices near Jan. 6 anniversary rally in Pinellas, sheriff says  —  Garrett James Smith, 22, was arrested on charges of making and possessing a destructive device and loitering.  He remains in jail on a bond of $300,250.  —  A 22-year-old Oldsmar man …