 (Alex Brandon/AP) With national eyes on Virginia now, just a week before the state conducts the first real electoral test of the Biden presidency, the stage was big and the stakes were high. By Teo Armus and Sean Sullivan ● Read more » | | | | The committee has already requested documents and communications related to John Eastman's legal advice and analysis on how President Donald Trump could seek to overturn the election results and remain in office. By Jacqueline Alemany ● Read more » | | | | Former senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) was among a quartet of former senators and widows of senators confirmed to ambassadorial posts Tuesday. By Felicia Sonmez ● Read more » | | | The Trump administration was "distracted" by last year's election and ignored recommendations to curb the pandemic, the White House's former coronavirus response coordinator told congressional investigators this month. By Dan Diamond ● Read more » | | | | The Republican gubernatorial candidate is airing an ad that does not disclose the "child" in question was a high school senior and the book in question was a Pulitzer Prize winner. Analysis ● By Glenn Kessler ● Read more » | | | The two-term Republican governor is facing a primary challenge from the right. By Mariana Alfaro ● Read more » | | | | Health provisions remain a sticking point in spending package amid efforts to reduce price tag, rally factions. By Dan Diamond, Rachel Roubein, Amy Goldstein and Tony Romm ● Read more » | | | | Minneapolis votes on whether to replace the police, the school assault case that could rattle Virginia's elections, and Democrats' favorite Republican elections official joins the Biden administration. Analysis ● By David Weigel ● Read more » | | | | Designed for the canceled the 1942 World's Fair, EUR gets its moment in the spotlight eight decades later. By Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli ● Read more » | | | The result? An exploration of what partisanship means. Analysis ● By Philip Bump ● Read more » | | | | It's easy to dismiss this as the rantings of a fringe member. But these things have demonstrated a tendency to catch on. Analysis ● By Aaron Blake ● Read more » | | | | President Biden's economic agenda is on hold — thanks, in no small part, to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). The families in his home state could pay the price for it. By Maggie Penman, Alexis Diao, Reena Flores, Jordan-Marie Smith, Linah Mohammad, Rennie Svirnovskiy, Ariel Plotnick, Emma Talkoff, Sabby Robinson and Sean Carter ● Read more » | | | Toni Morrison's contentious novel "Beloved" is the Chekhov's gun of Virginia's gubernatorial race. Analysis ● By Philip Bump ● Read more » | | | | The lawmakers responded to a new story tying them to organizing the Stop the Steal rally, reinforcing the concerns about what might come from the House's investigation. Analysis ● By Aaron Blake ● Read more » | | | Brooks responded to a Rolling Stone report that found the GOP congressman or his staff to have been in contact with two unnamed organizers of the Jan. 6 rally and similar gatherings following the 2020 presidential election. By Timothy Bella ● Read more » | | | | | | |
