Senate GOP backlash smacks RNC after Cheney-Kinzinger censure  —  Senate Republicans are not happy with the Republican National Committee.  —  In interviews on Monday evening, GOP senators lashed out at their own national party's overwhelming vote to censure Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) …

Putin Says the West Is Goading Russia Into War With Ukraine—and Many Russians Agree  —  State propaganda is driving home Russian President Vladimir Putin's explanation of why he has massed troops near Ukraine  —  Like many Russians, graduate student Anastasia Bukhteyeva hopes …

Documents detail U.S. military's frustration with White House, diplomats over Afghanistan evacuation  —  Senior White House and State Department officials failed to grasp the Taliban's steady advance on Afghanistan's capital and resisted efforts by U.S. military leaders to prepare the evacuation …

Peter Thiel to Exit Meta's Board to Support Trump-Aligned Candidates  —  The tech billionaire, who has been on the board of the company formerly known as Facebook since 2005, is backing numerous politicians in the midterm elections.  —  Peter Thiel, one of the longest-serving board members of Meta …

Jaw-dropping gender gap in jobs  —  The super tight labor market pushed lots of men back to work in January, but women were held back by Omicron.  —  Driving the news: More than 1 million men surged into the job market last month, coming off the sidelines and either looking for a job or getting a job …

Biden's top science adviser, Eric Lander, resigns amid reports of bullying  —  President Joe Biden's top science adviser, Eric Lander, resigned on Monday evening following reports of his bullying and mistreatment of subordinates.  —  The resignation came despite initial insistence …

Requiem for a Liberal Giant  —  There's an indelible scene in Todd Gitlin's 1987 book “The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage,” in which he and other leaders of Students for a Democratic Society — the leading organization of what was called the New Left — meet with old guard democratic socialists from the journal Dissent.

Sidney Powell, ‘Kraken’ Lawyers Ask Appeals Court to Reverse ‘Intemperate’ Sanctions Order: We're Not ‘Overwrought, Dangerous Lunatics’  —  Indignant about what they describe as their portrayals as “overwrought, dangerous lunatics,” attorney Sidney Powell and her fellow “Kraken” …

We Have Kyrsten Sinema's Social Security Number  —  Last month, we filed a public records request for Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's divorce papers.  The request came back with many enlightening insights, such as that the Congresswoman — who wrote the book Unite and Conquer …

Republican Attorneys General Association accepts illegal contribution from RFK Jr's anti-vax group  —  The Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) accepted an illegal $50,000 contribution from Children's Health Defense, a leading purveyor of anti-vaccine propaganda run by Robert F. Kennedy Jr …

‘Precipitous decline’: J.D. Vance pollster issues warning on Ohio Senate race  —  Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance “needs a course correction ASAP” — and that's according to the well-funded super PAC supporting him.  —  A 98-page PowerPoint presentation produced by Tony Fabrizio …

Axios-Ipsos poll: America learns to live with COVID  —  One in three Americans expects to catch COVID within the next month — and only one in 10 thinks it will be eradicated by this time next year — according to the latest installment of the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index.

House Oversight chair pledges to ‘fully investigate’ Trump's record keeping  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  The composer John Williams of “Star Wars,” “Jaws” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark” fame turns 90 today.  Send tips, praise, complaints and secret recordings of White House meetings to earlytips@washpost.com.

Erik Prince Helped Raise Money for Conservative Spy Venture  —  New details reveal the ambitions of an operation intended to infiltrate opponents of Donald Trump, including moderate Republicans as well as progressives and Democrats.  —  WASHINGTON — During the summer of 2018, as Richard Seddon …

New York Deer Infected With Omicron, Study Finds  —  White-tailed deer on Staten Island have become the first wild animals with documented Omicron infections.  The coronavirus has now been found in deer in 15 states.  —  White-tailed deer on Staten Island have been found carrying …

Supreme Court, in 5-4 Vote, Restores Alabama's Congressional Voting Map  —  A special three-judge court had ordered lawmakers to redraw the lines, saying Black voters “have less opportunity” than other Alabamians to elect their favored candidates.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …

Prosecutors' witness list offers glimpse into Jan. 6 trial strategy  —  Prosecutors late Monday began laying out their trial strategy for Jan. 6 cases in the clearest detail yet, indicating they intend to call multiple Capitol Police officers, a former Senate aide, a member of the Three Percenters militia …

Slow-Motion Suicide in San Francisco  —  The city is carrying out a bizarre medical experiment in which they are helping homeless drug addicts use drugs.  'It's handing a loaded gun to a suicidal person.'  —  Writes Michael Shellenberger  · Subscribe

He Survived the Holocaust and Was Killed Crossing the Street at Age 99  —  Jack Mikulincer was on his way to synagogue to observe the Sabbath when he was hit by an SUV in Brooklyn, the police and family members said.  —  After surviving two wars, the Nazi invasion of Hungary and the Holocaust …

California to let indoor mask mandate expire for vaccinated people  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that he will let a statewide indoor mask mandate expire next week for people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19.  —  Masks will continue to be the rule for schoolchildren …

SoftBank's $66bn sale of chip group Arm to Nvidia collapses  —  Transaction had faced scrutiny from regulators and was opposed by rivals  —  SoftBank's $66bn sale of UK-based chip business Arm to Nvidia collapsed on Monday after regulators in the US, UK and EU raised serious concerns …

Kilar Comes Back for More...  After a series of off-the-rails newsroom conversations last week to address Jeff Zucker's ouster, the likely outgoing WarnerMedia C.E.O. returned to the barrel today via an emotional virtual meeting with select high-level staff.

How can you judge the quality of a news outlet?  Look at how politically diverse its audience is  —  One exercise I like to use when teaching college students about media is to draw a Cartesian coordinate plane, give them each a list of news organizations, and then have them place each one at some X,Y coordinate.

Fox News' Brian Kilmeade Slams Trump Over ‘Outright Lie’ About 2020 Election … Brian Kilmeade of Fox News blasted Donald Trump over his 2020 election claims Monday.  —  Kilmeade, speaking on his talk-radio show, said that the former president lied about Arizona's election audit.

Donald Trump Promised He Wouldn't Nominate a Black Woman to the Supreme Court  —  Running for reelection in 2020, Donald Trump's slogan was “Promises Made.  Promises Kept.”  —  He certainly kept one promise.  On May 18, 2016—and again in September of that year—Trump promised …

How Manchin used politics to protect his family coal company  —  As governor, Joe Manchin supported an unusual detail in a clean energy bill that was moving through the West Virginia Legislature in 2009.  —  The provision classified waste coal as an alternative energy.

Re: The Federal Government's Duty To Protect the States And The States' Sovereign Power Of Self Defense When Invaded  —  Attorney General Opinion Number  —  To:  —  Arizona House of Representatives  —  Questions Presented  —  The request seeks a formal legal opinion on whether …

Roger Stone Is Raking It In—From Candidates He Endorses  —  Roger Stone is officially back, tax evasion cases be damned.  —  Less than a year after receiving a presidential pardon, Roger Stone is staging a comeback, doling out political endorsements to a spate of right-wing longshots and raking in cash.