The Schumer-Manchin Tax Increase on Everyone  —  Their Senate bill hits U.S. manufacturing especially hard, and it raises taxes on Americans making less than $400,000 a year.  —  Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wants a Senate vote on his partisan tax deal with Joe Manchin as early as this week, and no wonder he wants to rush it through.

Trump's Lawyers Are Preparing Legal Defenses Against Criminal Charges  —  According to internal communications reviewed by Rolling Stone, Trump's team is “quietly” planning for criminal charges as they wait for the Justice Department to make its move  —  Donald Trump's lawyers …

Republicans lead race for House control at start of 2022 campaign — CBS News Battleground Tracker  —  The CBS News Battleground Tracker model finds Republicans start the 2022 campaign with a lead in the race for the House, with 230 seats to 205 seats for Democrats.  The party with 218 seats controls the House.

Biden's success story  —  President Biden has slowly but substantially re-engineered significant parts of the American economy — achievements obscured by COVID, inflation and broad disenchantment. … And it's possible no amount of explaining can excite people when prices are soaring and viruses are spreading.

Arizona 2022: Dead Heat in Republican Gubernatorial Nomination; Masters With 18-Point Lead in for US Senate Nomination  —  Home Polls Arizona 2022: Dead Heat in Republican Gubernatorial Nomination; Masters With 18-Point Lead in for US Senate Nomination  —  The final Emerson College Polling survey …

A former Kremlin adviser is hospitalized in Europe.  —  Anatoly Chubais, who resigned as a top Kremlin adviser shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, was hospitalized on Sunday in a western European country in critical condition with the symptoms of a rare neurological disorder.

Man arrested with AK-47 outside of dissident Iranian journalist's Brooklyn home  —  A man armed with a loaded AK-47 was arrested on Thursday outside of the Brooklyn home of Iranian dissident journalist Masih Alinejad, according to sources and charging documents.

Will Ivana help Donald Trump with tax breaks from beyond the grave?  —  First wife's resting-place in Trump's New Jersey golf course might benefit ex-husband's long-held tax planning purposes  —  hen Ivana Trump, Donald Trump's first wife, was buried last month near the first hole …

Republicans' next big play is to ‘scare the hell out of Washington’ by rewriting the Constitution.  And they're willing to play the long game to win.  — The conservative movement isn't done reshaping the Constitution from the ground up.  — Conservatives are now pushing …

Bill Russell, basketball great who worked for civil rights, dies at 88  —  Throughout his basketball career, Bill Russell compiled a legacy of championship achievement unparalleled in any sport.  As the dominant defensive player of his generation, he won an Olympic gold medal …

D.C. schools expand covid vaccine mandate, unlike most other districts  —  D.C. students who are 12 and older must be vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend school this upcoming academic year.  —  The youth vaccine mandate in D.C. is among the strictest in the nation …

Lies for Profit: Can Sandy Hook Parents Shut Alex Jones Down?  —  A hefty financial verdict this week could dissuade other politically driven liars.  But the path forward is uncertain, and the legal battles take a toll.  —  AUSTIN, Texas — When viral lies harm private people, are the courts their best refuge?

Republicans race to stop Greitens in Missouri Senate primary  —  Republicans are making a final push to shut out former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in the state's closely watched GOP Senate primary, fearing that him clinching the GOP nomination on Tuesday could put an otherwise safe Republican seat at grave risk in November.

A Nigerian Street Vendor Is Beaten to Death in Italy as Witnesses Stand By  —  The killing, in a seaside town on the Adriatic, has shocked Italians because of its brutality and because of the indifference of those looking on.  —  ROME — In May 2021 Alika Ogorchukwu, a 39-year-old Nigerian living in Italy …

Congress on “high alert” amid security threats  —  A series of high-profile security incidents is rattling members of Congress and prompting Capitol security officials to take major steps to shore up lawmakers' security. … - The development came just weeks after a man was arrested …

Are missing Homeland Security texts hiding the biggest secret of Jan. 6?  —  You've probably heard the expression that the cover-up is always worse than the crime — a notion that was cemented by the mother of all U.S. political scandals, Watergate.  Think about it — only five burglars …

Publisher admits error, says Tim Scott did not OK line in book about presidential bid  —  The publisher of U.S. Sen. Tim Scott's forthcoming political memoir acknowledged over the weekend that it made a mistake when it claimed the South Carolina Republican is preparing a presidential bid this year.

Iran says it will ‘build nuclear warheads’ and turn NY into ‘hellish ruins’  —  The video declared Iran's regime can move its “peaceful nuclear program to a nuclear weapons program” at a fast pace.  —  Iran expert Ben Sabti tweeted that an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) …