We're All Trying to Find the Guy Policing Our Behavior  —  Who or what is preventing us from going “back to normal” exactly?  —  I dropped my kid off at school this morning, as I do most mornings.  We took the city bus, which, as always, crawled in traffic and grew steadily more crowded …

US in talks with Qatar over gas supplies to Europe in event of Ukraine invasion  —  Washington discusses contingency measures with Gulf state and others in case Russian incursion were to lead to shortfalls  —  The US is holding discussions with Qatar and other large gas exporters …

2 N.Y.P.D. Officers Killed in Shooting in Harlem, Officials Say  —  The officers were the third and fourth to be shot in the line of duty in recent days.  —  Two New York City police officers were killed in a shooting in Harlem on Friday, officials said.  They were the third and fourth officers …

Omicron has changed the shape of the pandemic.  Will it end it for good?  —  (CNN)The world feared the worst when a worrying new coronavirus variant emerged in late November and ripped through South Africa at a pace not seen before in the pandemic.  —  But two months later …

‘House of Trump is crumbling’: why ex-president's legal net is tightening  —  Some Trumpland observers are convinced that he is in serious legal trouble as New York's AG investigation of Trump Organizations's finances intensifies  —  hen Donald Trump announced plans in 2006 to build …

‘That raise meant nothing’: Inflation is wiping out pay increases for most Americans  —  After years of barely budging, wages are finally up.  But the same strong recovery that is emboldening workers is also driving up inflation, leaving most Americans with less spending power than they had a year ago.

Videos show ‘Stop the Steal’ rally organizer saying he would work with extremist groups  —  Videos show what ‘Stop the Steal’ leader was thinking leading up to Jan. 6  —  (CNN)An organizer of the “Stop the Steal” rallies that preceded the attack on the US Capitol a year ago said he would work …

In-depth: Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance talks platform, issues  —  LEBANON, Ohio — J.D. Vance, the author of “Hillbilly Elegy” and a venture capitalist, is one of six serious GOP candidates running for the U.S. Senate seat Rob Portman is retiring from this year.

The unfiltered year of Aaron Rodgers  —  SITTING IN WHAT has become the most famous living room in football, sipping a scotch and wearing a half-zip with a Masters logo, Aaron Rodgers couldn't stop grinning.  —  Peyton Manning and Eli Manning had just asked him, as part of their ManningCast …

Manchin says he's ready to talk.  Can Democrats sell him on a new ‘Build Back Better’?  —  The pivotal centrist Democrat has been elusive on President Biden's top domestic priority.  He says he's willing to restart negotiations — from “scratch.”  —  Biden on passing Build Back Better: We'll have to ‘break it up’

Crypto Crash Erases More Than $1 Trillion in Market Value  —  For Bitcoin, there's only been one constant recently: decline after decline after decline.  And the superlatives have piled up really quickly.  —  With the Federal Reserve intending to withdraw stimulus from the market, riskier assets the world over have suffered.

Sinema faces blowback in Arizona for votes defying Democrats  —  PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is growing increasingly isolated from some of her party's most influential officials and donors after playing a key role in scuttling voting rights legislation that many Democrats consider essential to preserving democracy.

China's Games: How Xi Jinping Is Staging the Olympics on His Terms  —  From Beijing's unexpected bid through the coronavirus pandemic, China has managed to fulfill its promises and cow its critics.  —  When the International Olympic Committee met seven years ago to choose a host for the 2022 Winter Games …

Here's how Ohio won a bid by Intel to build the world's largest chip factory  —  It was a Christmas morning surprise for Ohio's governor and lieutenant governor: Intel was coming to Ohio.  —  Gov. Mike DeWine was enjoying the kind of chaotic Christmas morning at the Governor's Residence that most parents and grandparents experience.

Was Dorothy Day Too Left-Wing to Be a Catholic Saint?  —  The Archdiocese of New York has asked the Vatican to consider the social activist for sainthood.  But church leaders are not entirely comfortable with her politics.  —  Hundreds of people gathered at St. Patrick's Cathedral to celebrate …

Jewish leaders urge worship attendance after hostage siege  —  On the eve of her 100th birthday Saturday, Ruth Salton told her daughter she was going one way or another to Friday night Shabbat services at Congregation Beth Israel, just days after a gunman voicing antisemitic conspiracy theories …

The Perpetual Battle Over Abortion Rights  —  The political battle over cultural or moral issues—like, say, same-sex marriage—typically follows a familiar path.  When the vast majority of Americans opposed gay marriage, the law reflected that, as it did in the 1990s, when support for legalizing …

How far will DeSantis go to please the crowd?  —  Ron DeSantis has a special trick.  —  Every time there's a big Trump parade — whether it's for the border wall or against COVID protocols, critical race theory, or Big Tech — DeSantis jumps in front and pretends he's the leader.

Mississippi Senate Bill 2113 … Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 21-0)  —  Senate Bill 2113  —  (COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)  —  AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 37-13-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT NO PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING, COMMUNITY/JUNIOR COLLEGE …

Milwaukee County prosecutor seeks to pass off case over fake electors to state or federal agencies  —  MADISON - A Milwaukee County prosecutor has consulted with Attorney General Josh Kaul on whether 10 Republicans committed fraud by claiming to be presidential electors even though Donald Trump lost in Wisconsin.

CDC: Natural immunity stronger than vaccines alone during delta wave  —  DENVER (KDVR) — Natural immunity was six times stronger during the delta wave than vaccination, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  —  The report, published Jan. 19 …

An Oral History of When Politico Came to Capitol Hill  —  When it launched on Jan. 23, 2007, POLITICO promised its readers an “unblinking focus” on covering politics.  “We will embrace the way journalism is changing,” an early mission statement read.  The subjects of that coverage …

New York gov: My daughter got used to wearing sneakers, your kid will get used to wearing a mask  —  Grim.  And out of step with her own party, which has been trying harder lately amid the many reports of children suffering during the pandemic to signal that it's putting kids first now.

Feds issue subpoenas seeking records related to Rep. Cuellar and his wife, associates  —  Cuellar's attorney said the congressman is “fully cooperating” with the probe.  —  The federal grand jury probe that led to the raid of Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar's home and office in Texas …

Bill Maher On 'Real Time's 20th Season, Being “Over Covid” & America's Upcoming “Real Day Of Reckoning”  —  EXCLUSIVE: Bill Maher is back and ready to rumble.  —  “I feel like Covid is still the dominant issue of our lives right now and it should not be anymore,” the Real Time with Bill Maher host …

Can You Force the Suburbs to Build Apartments?  Massachusetts Is Trying.  —  Build up or pay up.  —  That is the message Massachusetts is sending to 175 cities and suburbs in the Boston area, as a bill passed last year to boost housing production begins to take effect.

MitchPlease, Black Americans are Americans  —  Hold up!  Did Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) say what I thought he said?  —  When asked on Wednesday what he would tell voters of color who fear they won't be able to vote in November's midterm elections because of the Senate's failure …