Biden Weighs Deploying Thousands of Troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics  —  The president is also considering deploying warships and aircraft to NATO allies, in what would be a major shift from its restrained stance on Ukraine.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden is considering deploying …

Top Jan. 6 Investigator Fired From Post at the University of Virginia  —  Democrats in Virginia denounced the action as a partisan move aimed at helping former President Donald J. Trump undercut the investigation of the Capitol riot.  —  The top staff investigator on the House committee scrutinizing …

Start the Steal: New MAGA Emails Reveal Plot to Hand Arizona to Trump  —  Exclusive emails obtained by Rolling Stone expose an attempt to recertify the state as a victory for Donald Trump — and reveal top Trumpworld figures were complicit  —  The technology was complicated, but the plan was simple …

Sarah Palin set to battle New York Times at defamation trial  —  Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, has spent 4-1/2 years battling the New York Times (NYT.N) over an editorial she said falsely linked her to a deadly Arizona mass shooting …

China's extended naval reach in western Pacific fuels Taiwan tensions  —  Deployment of warships near southern Japan and east of Taipei is big expansion of Beijing's military presence  —  China has established a constant naval presence close to southern Japan and eastern Taiwan …

Exclusive: Iran nuclear agreement unlikely without release of U.S. prisoners, negotiator says  —  The United States is unlikely to strike an agreement with Iran to save the 2015 Iran nuclear deal unless Tehran releases four U.S. citizens Washington says it is holding hostage, the lead U.S. nuclear negotiator told Reuters on Sunday.

Anti-vaccine activists march in D.C. — a city that mandates covid vaccines — to protest mandates  —  Thousands of protesters from across the country — including some of the biggest names in the anti-vaccination movement — descended on the nation's capital Sunday for a rally against vaccine mandates.

Is Germany a Reliable American Ally?  Nein  —  Berlin goes its own way, prizing cheap gas, car exports to China, and keeping Putin calm.  —  As Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine looms, most Western allies are acting to support Kyiv and reassure vulnerable members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Israeli soldiers blindfolded and gagged elderly Palestinian American later found dead: Leaked report  —  Details of an army investigation obtained by Israeli media indicate troops didn't seek aid for the unresponsive detainee, but none are likely to be prosecuted.

‘Downhill,’ ‘divisive’: Americans sour on nation's direction in new NBC News poll  —  WASHINGTON — Overwhelming majorities of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, that their household income is falling behind the cost of living, that political polarization …

D.C. Is a Donut.  There Is No Center in Washington Politics  —  Pundits blame progressives for Biden's sagging approval ratings, but the left represents more of America than it does in Congress. … “Blame the left” is Washington's latest craze.  —  It would not be surprising if it were just coming from the GOP.