G. Gordon Liddy, Chief Operative Behind Watergate Scandal, Dies At 90 The bombastic conservative, who became a popular talk show host, reveled in his reputation as a man willing to go to any lengths to reelect Nixon, saying, "I'd do it again for my president." Vanessa Romo
Biden To Use Job Creation To Sell His Green Energy Plan As President Biden prepares to roll out a multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure plan focused on green energy, he's working to frame the measure around jobs — not just addressing climate change. Scott Detrow
Political Crisis Deepens In Brazil As 3 Military Commanders Are To Be Replaced Brazil's Ministry of Defense has announced that the commanders of the army, navy and air force will be replaced, deepening a political crisis for President Jair Bolsonaro. Philip Reeves
Biden Announces New Steps To Tackle Anti-Asian Violence And Discrimination The White House on Tuesday unveiled actions to reverse the rising violent crimes against the AAPI community. Advocates and Asian American leaders have pressed the administration to do more. Alana Wise
Capitol Conspiracy Cases Show Plans For Violence, Not Necessarily For Breach The massive Justice Department investigation into the Jan. 6 riot is ongoing, but the picture so far shows "small cells" of conspiracy, rather than an overarching one. Here's what's publicly known. Ryan Lucas
Biden Makes 1st Judicial Nominations, Including A Supreme Court Contender With the lesson of former President Barack Obama's difficulty in filling vacancies "imprinted on his brain," his staff says, the president sees filling judicial seats as a top priority. Nina Totenberg
What Unemployment Insurance Tells Us About Work During A Pandemic A new study looks at the effect of unemployment benefit generosity on employment levels during the Covid-19 pandemic. Samuel Cai
Democrats Say The Fight To Abolish The Filibuster Is About Protecting Civil Rights Democrats say voter protections, police reform, climate change — virtually the entire Biden agenda — will be abandoned if the Senate does not abolish the filibuster. Kelsey Snell
With Focus On Domestic Extremists, Lawmakers Aim To Reorient National Security Agenda In the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, a growing number of lawmakers are calling for a revamp of U.S. policy to better target domestic terrorists. Claudia Grisales
Biden Administration Pushes Major Expansion For Offshore Wind Energy Officials say expanding offshore wind will create tens of thousands of jobs and help reduce climate warming emissions. Multiple departments will coordinate to sell new leases and approve permits. Jeff Brady