forces.  —  The United States has picked up intelligence that Russia is discussing next Wednesday as the target date for the start of military action, officials said, acknowledging the possibility that mentioning a particular date could be part of a Russian disinformation effort.

Police Set to Move In on Truckers Blocking Ontario Bridge: Canada Protest Updates  —  Officers began approaching the truckers, who have blocked traffic across the U.S. border at a critical juncture.  In Paris, the authorities used tear gas on a copycat protest along the Champs-Élysées.

The TikTok buildup: Videos reveal Russian forces closing in on Ukraine  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin and top Russian officials for months have been denying that Moscow is preparing to mount an invasion of neighboring Ukraine.  But videos posted to TikTok and other social media platforms tell another story.

Vulnerable Democrats plan to run on kitchen-table issues, but some in party want voters focused on Trump, too  —  Democrats heading into turbulent reelection battles want to focus their campaigns on the bread-and-butter issues that appeal to swing voters, not Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Texas ban on encouraging mail-in votes likely unconstitutional, judge rules  —  The challenged provision makes it a state jail felony for election officials to “solicit the submission” of an application to vote by mail if the voter did not request it.  —  Copy link

Slate, the Pioneering Web Magazine, Struggles to Find Identity and Profit  —  After high-profile departures, the publication is trying to find a new voice.  —  In early January, two days after an abrupt announcement that the top editor of Slate was stepping down, the publication's staff signed …

After Covid, risks of heart problems remain elevated for up to a year  —  As far as Michelle Wilson knew, she'd recovered from Covid-19.  —  Wilson, 65, contracted the virus in November 2020.  Her illness, she said, was mild, and she was feeling ready to go back to work as a nurse in St. Louis by early December.

With Biden's agenda hanging by a thread, Democrats question Schumer-Klain strategy  —  For all the ire directed by liberal activists at two moderate senators who in recent weeks scuttled President Biden's most ambitious plans, Democratic members of Congress increasingly cast blame on another duo …

Family company of Dr. Oz had largest fine in ICE history  —  A tree-trimming company partly owned by Dr. Oz and his wife Lisa's family was fined $95 million by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency over a scheme to knowingly employ illegal immigrants.

Far From the Big City, New Economic Life  —  Incomes are low in small-town Tennessee, but so is the cost of living.  That attraction could be a key to reviving many rural areas.  —  GAINESBORO, Tenn. — There is not much to suggest prosperity in Gainesboro, a hamlet of 920 in Tennessee's Upper Cumberland region.

Affordable housing plan voted down in Ohio village after opposition from Dave Chappelle  —  An affordable housing plan was nixed in Yellow Springs, Ohio, after resident and comedian Dave Chapelle said that he would pull his businesses out of the town should the plan go through.

The US supreme court is letting racist discrimination run wild in the election system  —  The court has approved or tolerated massive voter roll purges, extreme gerrymandering and election laws that have a disparate impact on minorities  —  he US supreme court, in a 5-4 decision …

Selling Trump: A Profitable Post-Presidency Like No Other  —  Much as he did while in the White House, Donald Trump has thoroughly blurred the lines between his political ambitions and his business interests, with a wide-ranging set of moneymaking ventures.  —  In early December …

Inside the Woke Indoctrination Machine  —  After watching 100 hours of leaked video, we now fully grasp the danger of this ideology in schools.  —  Last spring we exposed how two elite independent schools in New York had become corrupted by a divisive obsession with race …

Even by today's standard of campus cowardice and conformity, this repulsive episode is noteworthy  —  A sludge of ignorance and cowardice oozes so constantly through today's campuses that institutions acquire immunity through recidivism: Progressivism's totalitarian temptation is too commonplace to be newsworthy.

France: Police fire tear gas at COVID ‘freedom convoy’ in Paris  —  Protesters in cars and vans converged on Paris to protest the government and for a variety of populist causes.  The so-called freedom convoy imitates a similar effort that has shut down bridges on the US-Canada border.

No, you haven't heard the last of Andrew Cuomo  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Andrew Cuomo resigned as New York governor amid scandal last August, but his confidantes say he's plotting his comeback.  —  In interviews with a dozen former aides and allies, they characterized the three-term governor …