Why the West's Diplomacy With Russia Keeps Failing  —  Oh, how I envy Liz Truss her opportunity!  Oh, how I regret her utter failure to make use of it!  For those who have never heard of her, Truss is the lightweight British foreign secretary who went to Moscow this week to tell her Russian counterpart …

How McConnell Hopes to Thwart Trump in the Midterms  —  Senator Mitch McConnell is working furiously to bring allies to Washington who will buck Donald J. Trump.  It's not going according to plan.  —  PHOENIX — For more than a year, former President Donald Trump has berated Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona …

Guest opinion: A letter from Marc Racicot to current GOP chair  —  Editor's note: This letter from former Montana Gov. Marc Racicot to GOP National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel is published with the author's permission.  —  Dear Chairwoman McDaniel,  —  It is a sad day, indeed.

Joe Rogan's use of the n-word is another January 6 moment  —  (CNN)The podcaster Joe Rogan did not join a mob that forced lawmakers to flee for their lives.  He never carried a Confederate flag inside the US Capitol rotunda.  No one died trying to stop him from using the n-word.

No One Is Taking a Knee on Sunday  —  A behind-the-scenes clash over the Super Bowl halftime show is a case study in the N.F.L.'s effort to protect its brand through a draconian playbook.  As Dr. Dre and Eminem have learned, Republicans buy League Pass too.

Police clear ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters from key U.S.-Canada border crossing, but it has still not reopened  —  The White House said the Canadian authorities intend to resume traffic shortly  —  OTTAWA — The White House said Sunday that it expects Canada to reopen a vital U.S.-Canada crossing …

‘This Week’ Transcript 2-13-22: Speaker Nancy Pelosi & Sen. Lindsey Graham  —  A rush transcript of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” airing on Sunday, February 13, 2022 on ABC News is below.  This copy may not be in its final form, may be updated and may contain minor transcription errors.

Book: Donald Trump said Bill Belichick ‘chickened out’ in rejecting Freedom medal and they later made up at a golf course  —  A forthcoming book chronicling a turbulent 18-month snapshot of American politics will claim some new details surrounding one of the higher-profile rejections …

The Seeds of Political Violence Are Being Sown in Church  —  The new insurrection is being organized, in a sanctuary near you.  —  On Thursday night in Castle Rock, Colorado, a group called “FEC United” (FEC stands for faith, education, and commerce) held a “town hall” …

Pennsylvania Senate race: Dave McCormick to air 'Let's Go Brandon' ad during Super Bowl  —  Dave McCormick said many of the recent crises have been ‘self-inflicted by Joe Biden’  —  David McCormick seeks to reverse Biden's ‘disastrous’ energy policies  —  EXCLUSIVE: Republican candidate …

Overdose Deaths in the United States Are Rising at a Troubling Rate  —  Overdoses are increasing at a troubling rate.  —  Drug overdoses now kill more than 100,000 Americans a year — more than vehicle crash and gun deaths combined.  —  Sean Blake was among those who died.

‘Alt-Right Armory’ Podcaster Faces Charges of Possessing Machine Guns  —  The podcaster, Joseph Paul Berger, and his father, Joseph Raymond Berger, had 13 fully automatic machine guns and 12 gun silencers that were illegally imported into the United States, officials said.

Jim Jordan Says Trump ‘Right On Target’ With Statement Suggesting Clinton Campaign Operatives Should be Executed  —  Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) is concurring with a Donald Trump statement in which the former president suggests Democrat operatives tied to the Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign should have been executed.

Inside the Bitcoin Laundering Case That Confounded the Internet  —  The arrests of Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan left the world of cryptocurrency incredulous: Could this goofy young couple have been Bitcoin's Bonnie and Clyde?  —  When anonymous hackers infiltrated …

America's richest companies are using the pandemic as an excuse to jack up prices … Larry Summers, the former US Treasury secretary and longtime Democratic economic advisor, has been adamant that the anticompetitive behavior of America's corporate cartels and monopolies is not a cause of the recent inflation surge.

Jared Kushner is nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Abraham Accords between Israel and Middle Eastern neighbors  — Kushner, 41, who worked on foreign policy for the Trump administration, was put up for the award for his work on the Abraham Accords  — Congressman and Republican candidate …