Dominion Voting sues Fox for $1.6B over 2020 election claims  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Dominion Voting Systems on Friday filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, arguing the cable news giant falsely claimed in an effort to boost faltering ratings that the voting company had rigged the 2020 election.

The Presidential Press Conference in the Biden Era Is as Awful as Ever  —  Under Trump, we had to listen.  But now?  There must be a better way.  —  Sometimes the big moments in our politics meet the very low expectations we have for them.  Joe Biden's first Presidential press conference, on Thursday, was one of them.

Michigan GOP chair quips on video about assassination, ‘three witches’  —  Michigan Republican Party Chairman Ron Weiser labeled the state's top Democratic officeholders “witches” and referenced “assassination” Thursday when pressed for answers about how to remove two sitting GOP congressmen.

Incoming TNR Editor Lays Out Boring Vision For Magazine In “Depressing” Meeting With Staff  —  In a meeting with staffers yesterday, the newly announced editor of The New Republic, current Daily Beast columnist Michael Tomasky, laid out his vision for the magazine.  It is everything the formerly new TNR was not.

Trump Complains Government Is ‘Persecuting’ Capitol Rioters  —  One of the most dangerous, long-lasting changes effected by Donald Trump is the rightward extension of the Republican coalition.  A wide array of far-right militias and cults was either created or inspired to join the Republican Party …

Pelosi Appoints Major General William J. Walker First Black American to Serve as Sergeant-at-Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives  —  Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi today announced her appointment of Major General William J. Walker as House Sergeant-at-Arms, the first Black American to serve in this position.

The Jolt: Image of lawmaker's arrest spoils victory lap on election law  —  By Patricia Murphy - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Greg Bluestein - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tia Mitchell - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  —  Talk about mixed messages.

Hemal Jhaveri  —  I am no longer employed at USA TODAY, a company that was my work home for almost eight years.  —  Over eight years, I rose from a social media editor to a writer to a columnist and finally the Sports Media Group's Race and Inclusion editor.

Larry McMurtry, Novelist of the American West, Dies at 84  —  In “Lonesome Dove,” “The Last Picture Show” and dozens more novels and screenplays, he offered unromantic depictions of a long mythologized region.  —  Larry McMurtry, a prolific novelist and screenwriter who demythologized …

Stephen Miller to launch a new legal group to give Biden fits  —  Former Trump White House policy adviser Stephen Miller, known for his hard-line immigration policies and conservative culture war postures, is launching a new legal group.  And he's looking to use it to make Joe Biden's life miserable.

Far-Right Extremists Move From ‘Stop the Steal’ to Stop the Vaccine  —  Extremist organizations are now bashing the safety and efficacy of coronavirus vaccines in an effort to try to undermine the government.  —  Adherents of far-right groups who cluster online have turned repeatedly …

LAPD detains, then releases, Los Angeles Times reporter covering unrest in Echo Park  —  Los Angeles Times reporter James Queally was briefly detained by the Los Angeles Police Department as he was covering a protest in Echo Park on Thursday evening.  —  Protesters were also detained by police …

Suez Canal blockage is delaying an estimated $400 million an hour in goods  — Lloyd's List calculates blockage is costing $400 million an hour.  — Lloyd's values the canal's westbound traffic at roughly $5.1 billion a day, and eastbound traffic at around $4.5 billion a day.

Republican Legislator Is Very Sorry About His Harvey Weinstein-Themed Zoom Background  —  Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox?  Sign up here.  —  Some stories make you ask the question, “Why?”  This is one of those stories.  —  Maine state representative Bruce Bickford …

U.S. sets new vaccine record with 3.4 million doses administered in one day  —  The U.S. broke its previous record for most COVID-19 vaccines administered in a single day, with 3.4 million doses reported on Friday, according to the White House.  —  Why it matters: President Biden on Thursday set …

Watch: GOP candidate resurfaces with new persona to run in a different state  —  Dan Rodimer lost an election for Nevada's 3rd District in November.  Four months later, he's running in a special election for a U.S. House seat in Texas — after a complete transformation.

MAGA World says Biden's lost it.  Republican senators disagree.  —  For former President Donald Trump's GOP allies, President Joe Biden's recent stumble on the Air Force One stairs was a sign of bigger problems.  But Republican senators who've met with Biden say the 78-year-old president is just fine …

Media Startups Axios and the Athletic Discuss Merger, Eyeing SPAC Deal  —  Deal would be part of plan to create larger company with a portfolio of digital-media publishers  —  Sports-media outlet the Athletic is in merger talks with news startup Axios, according to people familiar with the matter …

“I'm Afraid to Open Twitter”: Next-Level Harassment of Female Journalists Is Putting News Outlets to the Test  —  Newsrooms that once preached “don't feed the trolls” are being forced to grapple with a daily deluge of smears.  “Even the most open-minded media organizations are still run …

Taiwan reports largest ever incursion by Chinese air force  —  TAIPEI (Reuters) - Twenty Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone on Friday, in the largest incursion yet reported by the island's defence ministry and marking a dramatic escalation of tension across the Taiwan Strait.

Kristi Noem's Disappointing Capitulation  —  After the overwhelmingly conservative legislature in South Dakota passed a bill to protect female athletes from being forced to compete against transgender-identified males, Governor Kristi Noem inappropriately used her “style-and-form” veto …

Autopsy of a pandemic: 6 doctors at the center of the US Covid-19 response  —  Watch, “COVID WAR: The Pandemic Doctors Speak Out,” at 9 p.m. Sunday, March 28, only on CNN.  —  (CNN)This past January, just a few days after the inauguration of President Joe Biden, six of the doctors responsible …

For 50 Years, I Was Denied the Story of My Birth  —  All adoptees deserve better.  —  Mr. Inskeep, a co-host of NPR's “Morning Edition” and “Up First,” is an adoptee and an adoptive father.  —  In 1968, a woman appeared for an interview at the Children's Bureau, an adoption agency in Indianapolis.

POLITICO Playbook PM: Senators seek answers on Hunter Biden gun incident  —  BREAKING: A pair of Republican senators sent letters to federal law enforcement agencies seeking more information about an October 2018 incident involving HUNTER BIDEN and a discarded gun that we wrote about Thursday.

Bannon criminal probe in N.Y. includes embedded investigators from state attorney general's office  —  NEW YORK — The New York attorney general's office has partnered with Manhattan's district attorney to investigate Stephen K. Bannon for the alleged fundraising scam that prompted …

Hugo Boss' Xinjiang comments spark accusations of hypocrisy online  —  Chinese subsidiary's social media post appears to contradict German fashion brand's corporate buying policy Japanese homeware brand Muji also accused of double standards as Beijing's dispute with Western countries hots …