DeSantis doubles down on claim that some Blacks benefited from slavery  —  GOP presidential candidate draws renewed criticism after suggesting slavery helped African Americans develop skills such as being a blacksmith  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is intensifying his efforts to de-emphasize racism …

Inside Biden's unusual hidden campaign  —  The president is gambling that using Democratic and outside groups will work better than a big, centralized effort  —  President Biden's campaign manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, has spent her first months on the job planning a sweeping national reelection effort …

Biden Will Establish A National Monument Honoring Emmett Till, The Black Teen Lynched In Mississippi  —  A White House official says President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.  —  President Joe Biden will establish …

GOP's crumbling case against Biden on crime, immigration and inflation  — Dave Lawler- Stef W. Kight- Courtenay Brown  —  Republicans are hammering “Joe Biden's America” as a land of rising violent crime, surging immigration and out of control inflation, but there's just one problem …

Trump's GOP rivals open door to cutting Social Security for younger people  —  Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence and Nikki Haley propose curbing spending on the program without affecting seniors  —  Three of Donald Trump's rivals for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination are pushing for cuts …

San Diego Library Protest Against Pride Books Draws a Backlash  —  Two San Diego residents cleared out the Pride month display at their library and said such materials shouldn't be available to children, one of several recent clashes over L.G.B.T.Q. issues in California.  —  Reporting from San Diego

Before Jan. 6, Mark Meadows joked about Trump's election claims  —  In a text, Meadows wrote that his own son was unable to find more than a handful of votes potentially cast in the name of dead voters, people familiar with message say  —  Mark Meadows joked about the baseless claim …

The Steep Cost of Ron DeSantis's Vaccine Turnabout  —  Once a vaccine advocate, the Florida governor lost his enthusiasm for the shot before the Delta wave sent Covid hospitalizations and deaths soaring.  It's a grim chapter he now leaves out of his rosy retelling of his pandemic response.

Sununu: Most New Hampshire voters are ‘not with Trump’  —  The New Hampshire said GOP contenders can topple Trump in his state, but they have to take him on directly.  —  New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu insisted Republican presidential candidates can take down frontrunner Donald Trump …

Inside the DeSantis Doc That Showtime Didn't Want You to See  —  Vice put together an in-depth documentary exploring DeSantis' time at Guantanamo Bay.  Showtime suddenly shelved the documentary one day after DeSantis declared for president. … When executives at Showtime pulled …

Trump Unlocked a Whole New Level of Bullshitting in Iowa  —  New Abnormal podcast hosts Andy and Danielle react to Trump's nonsensical answer to a question from a voter in Iowa.  Plus!  Illuminati conspiracies once influenced a U.S. election. … Listen to this full episode of The New Abnormal …

Tulsi Gabbard pushes back against Jack White's anti-Trump comment  —  Former Republican presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard blasted musician Jack White's criticism of former President Trump on Twitter Saturday.  —  Gabbard, who served as U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district …

Democrats scramble to reach voters after Florida cancels mail-in ballot requests  —  More than a million mail-in ballot requests were canceled in three counties in January.  Democrats say they're working to stem the effects of the change.  —  Florida Democrats say they're spending …

Tony Bennett saw racism and horror in World War II.  It changed him.  —  What were the chances?  Thousands of miles from home, in a foreign land devastated by war, old friends bumped into each other on the street.  —  It was Thanksgiving Day, 1945, when two U.S. Army soldiers met unexpectedly in Mannheim, Germany.