Republicans rebuke Liz Cheney in unprecedented moves  —  Party leaders meeting in Salt Lake City move a censure resolution against the congresswoman from Wyoming and prepare to fund her primary opponent  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Republican leaders forged an agreement this week to potentially fund …

Cyberattack on News Corp, Believed Linked to China, Targeted Emails of Journalists, Others  —  The attack, discovered on Jan. 20, affected publications including The Wall Street Journal, New York Post and the company's U.K. news operation  —  News Corp was the target of a hack that accessed emails …

Why Stephanie Cutter says Dems need a new SCOTUS strategy  —  As Justice Stephen Breyer prepares to retire, the White House is racing to select his replacement.  Names of successors have been floated, the vetting-by-press has begun, members of Congress are already moving to push for their favored picks.

Michael Flynn Is Still at War  —  The general tried to persuade Donald Trump to use the military to overturn the 2020 election.  A year later, he and his followers are fighting the same battle by other means.  —  On Nov. 25, 2020, President Donald J. Trump announced via Twitter …

CNN staffers grill WarnerMedia boss over Jeff Zucker resignation  —  The sudden resignation of Jeff Zucker as president of CNN has shaken up the troops at the cable news network.  —  Jason Kilar, chief executive of the cable news channel's parent firm, WarnerMedia, heard it firsthand during …

The making of a modern Republican  —  Paths to power and winning elections inside the GOP are changing rapidly and radically, spawning a new generation of kingmakers while diminishing the clout of many who lorded over the party for years.  —  Why it matters: Fourteen of the Republican Party's top consultants …

The Masking Regime Is Coming Apart  —  This week, the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit asking the courts to overturn Governor Glenn Youngkin's executive order rescinding the state's mask mandates in schools.  —  Youngkin's order does not prevent students from wearing masks.

Arizona Republican House speaker effectively dooms GOP bill to allow state legislature to reject election results  —  (CNN)A Republican bill that would have overhauled elections in Arizona — including giving the state legislature the power to reject election results — proved to be too much even for state GOP leaders this week.

Was Hillary Clinton Paying Michael Avenatti?  —  As the creepy porn lawyer faces fines and jail time, questions about his operation—and who was financing it—linger.  —  Did Hillary Clinton or the Democratic National Committee ever pay Michael Avenatti?  —  The question isn't exactly new.

Payrolls show surprisingly powerful gain of 467,000 in January despite omicron surge  —  January jobs report exceeds estimates with nonfarm payrolls surging by 467,000  —  Payrolls rose far more than expected in January despite surging omicron cases that seemingly sent millions of workers to the sidelines …

Zuckerberg Tells Staff to Focus on Video Products as Meta's Stock Plunges  —  Mark Zuckerberg quipped that if he started to cry, it wasn't because of the day's news.  —  His red, teary eyes were the result of a scratched cornea, the Facebook founder said Thursday, attempting to lighten …

Pence To Rebut Trump's ‘Could Have Overturned The Election’ Lie In Orlando Speech  —  The former vice president is expected to respond to Trump's continued attacks at a Federalist Society conference in Florida.  —  By S.V. Date  —  ORLANDO, Fla. ― Former Vice President Mike Pence …

Islamic State's ‘ghost’ of a leader was plotting comeback when U.S. commandos cornered him  —  Captured Islamic State fighters described him as a “ghost,” a mysterious and nearly invisible leader with little practical sway over his weakened terrorist organization.

The Talented Mr. Bernardini … Filippo Bernardini was just a high-school student when he published his first novel.  It was 2008, and Bernardini, who lived in a small town an hour north of Rome, wrote it for an independent publishing house in Milan using a thinly veiled pseudonym …

Paul promises investigation of Fauci if Republicans take Senate  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he plans to subpoena Anthony Fauci's records if Republicans retake the Senate in November's midterm elections and he becomes chairman of a committee.  —  Paul stands to become chairman …

Haley: Americans Face ‘Enormous Risk the Minute They Set Foot in China’ for Olympics  —  Americans participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics will face enormous risk, former ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told the Washington Free Beacon on the heels of reports that athletes …

Eric Holder's ‘Democracy’ Con  —  He campaigns against gerrymandering, then says not a word about New York's map.  —  To understand the political con that is the Democrats' “voting rights” push, look at the bait-and-switch that preceded it.  Eric Holder this week cemented his party's ruthless …

The Black woman sentenced to six years in prison over a voting error  —  Pamela Moses was sentenced to six years in prison for trying to register despite a felony conviction but officials admitted making a series of mistakes  —  For the last few months, I've been following the case of Pamela Moses …

Russia, China push back against US in pre-Olympics summit  —  BEIJING (AP) — The leaders of Russia and China pushed back against U.S. pressure on Friday, declaring their opposition to any expansion of NATO and affirming that the island of Taiwan is a part of China, as they met hours before the Winter Olympics kicked off in Beijing.

Mail:Bag:3  —  There was a question about the Habsburg Empire in the mix that I wanted to answer but it just kept spinning out of control and I had to skip it.  Sorry!  But maybe on some rainy day we'll get a post about it holding together and “the martians” turning Austria-Hungary into the scientific superpower of the 20th century.

‘Ground up and spit out’: Inside the Hill staffer Instagram rebellion  —  Pay so low that aides survive on food stamps.  Office cultures that drive committed employees to seek mental health support.  Staffers of color feeling cut off from pursuing senior roles.

Dystopic TikTok Trend Demands Amazon Workers Dance for Surveillance Cameras  —  TikTok users leave a note for their delivery drivers asking that they dance for the camera.  Then, they put it online for the enjoyment of strangers.  —  GJ  —  Amazon drivers have to endure many indignities on the job.

In New York City Sewage, a Mysterious Coronavirus Signal  —  For the past year, scientists have been looking for the source of strange coronavirus sequences that have appeared in the city's wastewater.  —  Last January, a team of researchers searching for the coronavirus …

On inflation, we can learn from the mistakes of the past — or repeat them  —  A year ago I warned that “there is a chance that macroeconomic stimulus on a scale closer to World War II levels than normal recession levels will set off inflation pressures of a kind we have not seen in a generation.”