Campaign manager Juan Rodriguez is taking the most heat for the failings, but his defenders point their finger at the candidate's sister, Maya Harris.People close to Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris‘ campaign say the effort has been hampered by a flat organizational structure at the top with no clear lines of authority. | John Locher/AP PhotoBALTIMORE — Kamala Harris’ campaign is careening toward a crackup.As the California senator crisscrosses the country trying to revive her sputtering presidential bid, aides at her fast-shrinking headquarters are deep into the...…Campaign manager Juan Rodriguez is taking the most heat for the failings, but his defenders point their finger at the candidate's sister, Maya Harris.People close to Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris‘ campaign say the effort has been hampered by a flat organizational structure at the top with no clear lines of authority. | John Locher/AP PhotoBALTIMORE — Kamala Harris’ campaign is careening toward a crackup.As the California senator crisscrosses the country trying to revive her sputtering presidential bid, aides at her fast-shrinking headquarters are deep into the...WW…

The committee is eliminating the donor threshold, which had functionally barred Bloomberg from the stage.Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg. | Sue Ogrocki, File/AP PhotoThe Democratic National Committee is drastically revising its criteria to participate in primary debates after New Hampshire, doubling the polling threshold and eliminating the individual donor requirement, which could pave the way for former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg to make the stage beginning in mid-February.Candidates will need to earn at least 10 percent in four polls released from Jan. 15 to Feb....…The committee is eliminating the donor threshold, which had functionally barred Bloomberg from the stage.Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg. | Sue Ogrocki, File/AP PhotoThe Democratic National Committee is drastically revising its criteria to participate in primary debates after New Hampshire, doubling the polling threshold and eliminating the individual donor requirement, which could pave the way for former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg to make the stage beginning in mid-February.Candidates will need to earn at least 10 percent in four polls released from Jan. 15 to Feb....WW…

The one-time presidential candidate says he opposes the recall effort. The poll suggests he’s thinking about being the fallback option if it succeeds.Tom Steyer ran for president in 2020 but didn't fare well in the Democratic primary contests. | Sean Rayford/Getty ImagesTom Steyer is polling the California recall.And the billionaire environmental activist and erstwhile presidential hopeful has included his own name among the list of possible contenders to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom, according to three people familiar with the recent survey.A Steyer entity commissioned the wide-ranging poll...…The one-time presidential candidate says he opposes the recall effort. The poll suggests he’s thinking about being the fallback option if it succeeds.Tom Steyer ran for president in 2020 but didn't fare well in the Democratic primary contests. | Sean Rayford/Getty ImagesTom Steyer is polling the California recall.And the billionaire environmental activist and erstwhile presidential hopeful has included his own name among the list of possible contenders to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom, according to three people familiar with the recent survey.A Steyer entity commissioned the wide-ranging poll...WW…

The president is preparing to embark on a new, far more public-facing phase of his term.President Joe Biden speaks from the State Dining Room following the passage of the American Rescue Plan in the U.S. Senate at the White House on March 6. | Samuel Corum/Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden spent the first months of his presidency hunkered down as he worked on getting more vaccines into people’s arms and a massive bill to deal with the pandemic to his desk.With that $1.9 trillion legislation set to clear Congress and the pace of vaccinations picking up, the White House is preparing to embark...…The president is preparing to embark on a new, far more public-facing phase of his term.President Joe Biden speaks from the State Dining Room following the passage of the American Rescue Plan in the U.S. Senate at the White House on March 6. | Samuel Corum/Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden spent the first months of his presidency hunkered down as he worked on getting more vaccines into people’s arms and a massive bill to deal with the pandemic to his desk.With that $1.9 trillion legislation set to clear Congress and the pace of vaccinations picking up, the White House is preparing to embark...WW…

The president’s Covid-relief bill passed the Senate on Saturday. It was a remarkably drama-free milestone for a $1.9 trillion bill.President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Vice President Kamala Harris in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. | Al Drago-Pool/Getty ImagesFrom the day Joe Biden stepped into the White House, his top priority was clear: Pass Covid relief. Ignore skirmishes elsewhere. Keep the message to Congress simple. And keep the message to the public even clearer: The current health and financial crisis would not go...…The president’s Covid-relief bill passed the Senate on Saturday. It was a remarkably drama-free milestone for a $1.9 trillion bill.President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Vice President Kamala Harris in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. | Al Drago-Pool/Getty ImagesFrom the day Joe Biden stepped into the White House, his top priority was clear: Pass Covid relief. Ignore skirmishes elsewhere. Keep the message to Congress simple. And keep the message to the public even clearer: The current health and financial crisis would not go...WW…

Can arguments over children’s books and kids' toys really turn the political needle? Is there a wocket in my pocket?And yet, even as it becomes all consuming on the right, White House advisers and Biden aides insist they’re unbothered by the culture-wars-du-jour. | Oliver Contreras-Pool/Getty ImagesThere’s a war on The Muppets. And “The Cat and the Hat!”But Biden is busy. He has no time for all that.Over the past few weeks, Republicans have simmered over the “cancellation” of seemingly innocent family favorites, including the venerated Mr. Potato Head toy and Dr. Seuss books. Glenn Beck has...…Can arguments over children’s books and kids' toys really turn the political needle? Is there a wocket in my pocket?And yet, even as it becomes all consuming on the right, White House advisers and Biden aides insist they’re unbothered by the culture-wars-du-jour. | Oliver Contreras-Pool/Getty ImagesThere’s a war on The Muppets. And “The Cat and the Hat!”But Biden is busy. He has no time for all that.Over the past few weeks, Republicans have simmered over the “cancellation” of seemingly innocent family favorites, including the venerated Mr. Potato Head toy and Dr. Seuss books. Glenn Beck has...WW…

Housing payments inflated the incomes they earned. Now, former staffers are worried they’ll lose out on unemployment, health care subsidies and stimulus money.Mike Bloomberg attends a 9/11 memorial service at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum on Sept. 11, 2020 in New York City. | Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesNearly a year after Mike Bloomberg’s $1 billion presidential campaign crashed into Super Tuesday, his staffers are still dealing with the aftershocks.In recent weeks, aides to the former Democratic candidate started receiving tax forms that in some cases list incomes that...…Housing payments inflated the incomes they earned. Now, former staffers are worried they’ll lose out on unemployment, health care subsidies and stimulus money.Mike Bloomberg attends a 9/11 memorial service at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum on Sept. 11, 2020 in New York City. | Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesNearly a year after Mike Bloomberg’s $1 billion presidential campaign crashed into Super Tuesday, his staffers are still dealing with the aftershocks.In recent weeks, aides to the former Democratic candidate started receiving tax forms that in some cases list incomes that...WW…

The White House chief of staff is a prolific poster, though the content and purpose is hardly Trump-like.Washington’s hottest Twitter feed is now an acronym managed by Ron Klain. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP PhotoAfter four years in which the White House used Twitter as a tool to batter the media and knife political opponents, the Biden administration is trying a softer touch.Officials are using the social media platform to project a sense of competence and calm — not launch narcissistic tirades. It’s being deployed to woo lawmakers, and less often shame them. And instead of the president himself...…The White House chief of staff is a prolific poster, though the content and purpose is hardly Trump-like.Washington’s hottest Twitter feed is now an acronym managed by Ron Klain. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP PhotoAfter four years in which the White House used Twitter as a tool to batter the media and knife political opponents, the Biden administration is trying a softer touch.Officials are using the social media platform to project a sense of competence and calm — not launch narcissistic tirades. It’s being deployed to woo lawmakers, and less often shame them. And instead of the president himself...WW…

Charges of sexism and white male privilege are flying as Neera Tanden’s nomination looks increasingly doomed.Neera Tanden, nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), testifies at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Budget Committee on February 10 at the U.S. Capitol. | Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty ImagesWomen’s rights activists and allied Democrats are growing increasingly vocal about what they call the unfair targeting of women and people of color nominated by Joe Biden to top posts in his administration.Their fears had been bubbling for weeks, as Biden’s...…Charges of sexism and white male privilege are flying as Neera Tanden’s nomination looks increasingly doomed.Neera Tanden, nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), testifies at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Budget Committee on February 10 at the U.S. Capitol. | Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty ImagesWomen’s rights activists and allied Democrats are growing increasingly vocal about what they call the unfair targeting of women and people of color nominated by Joe Biden to top posts in his administration.Their fears had been bubbling for weeks, as Biden’s...WW…

The party didn’t think it could stop passage. But with nearly three-quarters of Americans approving of the law, some luminaries can’t believe how little a dent they made.President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Plan into law on March 11. | Doug Mills-Pool/Getty ImagesAs President Joe Biden embarks on an ambitious plan to sell his massive coronavirus relief package to the public, conservatives are starting to ask: Did we botch this?The overwhelming sentiment within the Republican Party is that voters will turn on the $1.9 trillion bill over time. But that wait-and-see approach has...…The party didn’t think it could stop passage. But with nearly three-quarters of Americans approving of the law, some luminaries can’t believe how little a dent they made.President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Plan into law on March 11. | Doug Mills-Pool/Getty ImagesAs President Joe Biden embarks on an ambitious plan to sell his massive coronavirus relief package to the public, conservatives are starting to ask: Did we botch this?The overwhelming sentiment within the Republican Party is that voters will turn on the $1.9 trillion bill over time. But that wait-and-see approach has...WW…