Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their plans.  The Biden administration announced the change Monday as it looks …

Mocking anti-vaxxers' deaths is ghoulish, yes — but necessary  —  Among all the ways that COVID-19 affects our lives, the pandemic confronts us with a profound moral dilemma:  —  How should we react to the deaths of the unvaccinated?  —  On the one hand, a hallmark of civilized thought is the sense that every life is precious.

West Virginia's coal miners just made Joe Manchin's life a lot harder  —  For months, Sen. Joe Manchin III has sold his opposition to the Build Back Better proposal as driven uniformly by a brave and hardheaded assessment of the national interest.  He has warned that BBB will fuel inflation …

Mike Pence Seen as Key Witness in Jan. 6 Investigation  —  Getting the former vice president to answer questions under oath could be crucial as the House panel focuses on Donald Trump's responsibility for the Capitol riot.  —  As the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault …

Voting Rights Groups Skipping Biden's Speech in Georgia Over Inaction  —  Stacey Abrams, the Democratic candidate for governor, also will not be there, but she cited a scheduling conflict.  —  When President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris deliver major speeches on voting rights …

U.S. poised to break record 142,000 covid-19 hospitalizations … The United States is poised to surpass its record for covid-19 hospitalizations as soon as Tuesday, with no end in sight to skyrocketing case loads, falling staff levels and the struggles of a medical system trying to provide care amid …

Speaker: Nashville US House seat to split in redistricting  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republicans plan to carve fast-growing Nashville into multiple congressional seats, making it potentially easier for the state's Republican-dominated congressional delegation to flip …

Mitch McConnell's Electoral Count Act offer is a poison pill for voting rights  —  Fate of voting rights legislation rests on pressure from ‘spotlight of history’  —  The Electoral Count Act, the law governing how Congress certifies presidential elections, is filled with gaps and ambiguities.

Dems' filibuster conundrum: It's not just Manchin and Sinema  —  A Democratic senator from Arizona is still not sold on changes to the filibuster.  And it's not Kyrsten Sinema.  —  Mark Kelly is not yet committed to a change in the Senate rules that would allow elections reform legislation to pass by a simple majority.

Fox, MSNBC and CNN show differing directions with new hosts and shows  —  New York (CNN Business)On Monday morning CNN, MSNBC and Fox all made programming announcements that doubled as statements about each network's positioning in the news and talk marketplace.

North Carolina voters dispute Cawthorn candidacy over Jan. 6  —  A group of North Carolina voters want U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn disqualified as a congressional candidate  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — A group of North Carolina voters told state officials on Monday they want U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn disqualified …

The Data Are Pointing to One Major Driver of America's Murder Spike  —  After murders in the United States soared to more than 21,000 in 2020, researchers began searching for a definitive explanation why.  Many factors may have contributed, such as a pandemic-driven loss of social programs …

More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people.  This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation.  —  The Washington Post has compiled the first database of slaveholding members of Congress by examining thousands of pages of census records and historical documents

GOP steps up bid to convince Hogan to run for Senate in Md.  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans are stepping up a personal campaign to persuade Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to run for the Senate and help the party's chances of regaining control of the chamber.

How do we know Trump's election fraud claims are bogus?  Take a look at Pennsylvania.  —  Former president Donald Trump, like a tone-deaf musician, used the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot last week to once again allege, without evidence, that the 2020 election was rigged.

In a First, Man Receives a Heart From a Genetically Altered Pig  —  The breakthrough may lead one day to new supplies of animal organs for transplant into human patients.  —  A 57-year-old man with life-threatening heart disease has received a heart from a genetically modified pig …

Greg Gutfeld has risen to the top at Fox News — and that's no joke  —  NEW YORK — Greg Gutfeld is picking through a long, narrow closet.  He wrenches a painting from the depth of the clutter.  A painting of himself.  That familiar arched right eyebrow.  That sideways grin.

Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2022  —  1. The business of journalism is looking up for some |  2. Audience strategies and publisher innovation |  3. The practice of journalism: hybrid newsrooms, generational change, and new agendas |  4. Government regulation, privacy, and the future of platforms |

Fed vice chair to resign over stock trading controversy  —  Richard Clarida is the third Federal Reserve official to quit over questionable behavior during the coronavirus pandemic  —  Richard Clarida, the Federal Reserve's vice chair, announced Monday that he will resign …

Doug Jones calls for building “pro-democracy coalition”  —  Although Jones placed the events of Jan. 6 on the radical right, he called for voters to avoid electing extreme candidates on either side.  —  Former U.S. Senator Doug Jones is calling on citizens to “build a pro-democracy coalition” …

California's Newsom wants health coverage for all immigrants  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Backed by soaring revenues amid the pandemic, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday proposed a budget that would pay for the health care of all the state's low-income residents living in the country illegally …

Exclusive — Kevin McCarthy Plans to Strip Ilhan Omar off Foreign Affairs, Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff off Intelligence Committee  —  House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy told Breitbart News that as speaker of the House he would strip Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA) …

America has rejected fascism before  —  The 2020s are similar to the 1940s.  —  Editorial Board readers are familiar with my obsession with political time - or how one party and its ideas prevail with a majority of Americans for four or five decades before falling into a period of transition …

Yale, Georgetown, Other Top Schools Illegally Collude to Limit Student Financial Aid, Lawsuit Alleges  —  A new federal suit adds to continuing efforts to change college admissions practices  —  Sixteen major U.S. universities, including Yale University, Georgetown University and Northwestern University …

No, the CDC chief didn't say that 75% of all COVID deaths involved four comorbidities  —  This clip, suspiciously shorn of context, has gone viral on righty Twitter today for the same reason that all content goes viral in political media, because it confirms (or appears to confirm) the audience's priors.

Biden's Deep State is on Substack  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With Allie Bice.  —  Last week, faced with lingering news about inflation impacting the costs of consumer goods, the White House tried to go on the offensive.

Democrats scramble to sink Cruz's plan to impose sanctions over Nord Stream pipeline  —  Germany suspends approval of Nord Stream 2 pipeline  —  (CNN)Top Senate Democrats and the Biden administration are maneuvering behind the scenes to defeat a measure from GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas …

An Indiana GOP state senator said teachers ‘need to be impartial’ during lessons about Nazism and fascism  —  On Wednesday, during an Indiana state Senate committee hearing about a proposed bill that would ban “divisive concepts” in school classrooms, Republican Sen. Scott Baldwin …