Trumps Selling Prized Washington, D.C., Hotel for $375 Million  —  CGI Merchant Group, a Miami-based investment firm, is in contract to acquire the hotel lease for the Trump International Hotel  —  Donald Trump's family hotel company has reached an agreement to sell the rights to its glittering Washington …

Exasperation and dysfunction: Inside Kamala Harris' frustrating start as vice president  —  (CNN)Worn out by what they see as entrenched dysfunction and lack of focus, key West Wing aides have largely thrown up their hands at Vice President Kamala Harris and her staff …

Biden to Name Mitch Landrieu to Lead Roughly $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan  —  The former Louisiana lieutenant governor led the city of New Orleans from 2010 to 2018  —  WASHINGTON—President Biden intends to name former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to supervise the roughly $1 trillion …

New book alleges Fox's Maria Bartiromo shouted at Bill Barr about imagined voter fraud  —  (CNN Business)Former attorney general Bill Barr says Fox News host Maria Bartiromo called him up “screaming” about imaginary voter fraud, according to his account in a new book.

American journalist Danny Fenster released from Myanmar jail despite 11 year sentence  —  American journalist Danny Fenster, held since May in a Myanmar jail, was released Monday and allowed to leave the country en route to rejoin his family in the United States, according to his employer and former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson.

Biden has underestimated problems facing the country — and Democrats fear that has become a political problem  —  In June, senior White House officials promised that rising inflation was just “transitory.”  —  In July, President Biden declared that “the virus is on the run.”

How Republicans Have an Edge in the Emerging 2022 Congressional Maps  —  On a highly distorted congressional map that is still taking shape, the party has added enough safe House districts to capture control of the chamber based on its redistricting edge alone.

Flu shots uptake is now partisan.  It didn't use to be  —  (CNN)Uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine has, unfortunately, become partisan like so much else in our society.  Almost every Democratic adult (90% to 95%) has gotten a shot, while a little less than two-thirds of Republican adults have.

In wake of Bannon indictment, Republicans warn of payback  —  GOP lawmakers say Democrats, by pursuing contempt charges against a Trump ally, are paving the way for them to go after Biden aides if they retake the House in 2022.  —  Republicans are rallying around former White House adviser Stephen K. Bannon …

Ukraine warned of ‘high probability’ of Russian military escalation this winter  —  Kyiv's deputy defence minister tells FT western intelligence not just based on troop surge at border  —  Western intelligence suggests a “high probability of destabilisation” of Ukraine by Russia as soon …

The Bad Guys Are Winning  —  If the 20th century was the story of slow, uneven progress toward the victory of liberal democracy over other ideologies—communism, fascism, virulent nationalism—the 21st century is, so far, a story of the reverse.  —  Illustrations by Michael Houtz

Anti-Vax Conspiracist Emerald Robinson is Reportedly Out at Newsmax: ‘The Decision Has Essentially Been Made’  —  Newsmax White House correspondent Emerald Robinson has been off the air since earlier this month after she posted a lunatic tweet claiming that the Covid-19 vaccines contained a bioluminescent demonic tracker.

Dems' bitter pill: Popular health provisions won't kick in until after the midterms  —  Democrats are close to making good on long-held promises to lower prescription drug costs and make health care more affordable.  The rub?  Voters won't feel much of it until after the 2022 elections.

AP Exclusive: ‘Sesame Street’ debuts Asian American muppet  —  What's in a name?  Well, for Ji-Young, the newest muppet resident of “Sesame Street,” her name is a sign she was meant to live there.  —  “So, in Korean traditionally the two syllables they each mean something different and Ji means, like, smart or wise.

McConnell sought to disinvite Trump from Biden's inaugural  —  The level of distrust that Mitch McConnell had for then-President Donald Trump in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 riots on Capitol Hill was greater than previously known.  —  The then-Senate majority leader sought to have Trump disinvited …

His Reasons for Opposing Trump Were Biblical.  Now a Top Christian Editor Is Out.  —  A clash over culture and politics comes to World, a groundbreaking journalistic institution that covers evangelical Christians.  —  When Marvin Olasky gets angry emails from readers …

Marilyn Manson: The Monster Hiding in Plain Sight  —  He was a provocative media darling for decades.  Offstage, exes allege, he was an abuser who made their lives hell.  A Rolling Stone investigation based on court documents and more than 55 new interviews  —  It started as a vocal booth.

Biden to propose 20-year drilling ban around Chaco Culture National Historical Park, a sacred tribal site  —  Officials will announce the move, which affects a contested swath of federal land in New Mexico, at the White House Tribal Nations Summit  —  The Biden administration on Monday …

Conspiracy theories are an election security threat, new report says  —  Welcome to The Cybersecurity 202!  Today is the 62nd anniversary of the events recounted in Truman Capote's “In Cold Blood.”  Read it if you haven't.  —  Below: A hacker sent fake cyberattack alerts from FBI email accounts …

China's nuclear build-up: ‘one of the largest shifts in geostrategic power ever’ … On July 27, China became the first nation to fly a hypersonic glide vehicle — a manoeuvrable craft that travels at more than five times the speed of sound — around the earth.

Native Americans have a proud history in the US military  —  Amid national celebration in November for Veterans Day and Native American Heritage Month, this is a good time to remember the many sacrifices and contributions native people have made on behalf of the United States.