Ukraine, Russian-backed rebels accuse each other of shelling in Donbas region, where war has already simmered for years  —  Kyiv — Ukraine's military and the Russian-backed separatists it has battled for eight years in the country's eastern Donbas region both accused the other side of opening fire …

Operation ‘Stop Greitens’ goes awry  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SCOOP: TRUMP MEETS BRITT — Former President DONALD TRUMP met with Alabama GOP Senate candidate KATIE BRITT at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, two sources familiar told Playbook.  The former president has been having buyer's remorse …

GOP tensions boil over Trump's fundraising tactics  —  Donald Trump's spamming of Republican donors could kneecap party efforts to build a steady funding stream for future elections and compete with Democratic fundraising, top GOP officials are privately warning.

Trump Makes New Claims About His Wealth After Accountants Drop Him  —  The former president has spent decades inventing facts and figures to suit his needs.  Now, dropped by his accountants, he is making new claims.  —  On Tuesday evening, former President Donald J. Trump …

In Leaked Audio, CDC's Rochelle Walensky Privately Confirms She Won't Relax School Mask Guidance  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have no plans to change their recommendation that all U.S. schools require students to wear masks, according to an audio recording …

My Pillow's Mike Lindell barred from entering Canada to support convoy protestors  —  Lindell, as well as a truck full of 10,000 pillows destined for protesters, were denied entry into Canada Tuesday evening  —  OTTAWA - My Pillow CEO and staunch Donald Trump supporter Mike Lindell …

US Capitol attack panel discusses subpoena for Ivanka Trump  —  House select committee is considering best way to get evidence from ex-president's daughter about his efforts to cling to power  —  The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack is considering issuing a subpoena …

Vulnerable to the Virus, High-Risk Americans Feel Pain as the U.S. Moves On  —  Transplant recipients, cancer patients and millions of other Americans with risk factors feel ignored and abandoned as their neighbors, and their government, seek a return to normal.  —  Denisse Takes's world is very small these days.

D.C. police lieutenant suspended over alleged ties to right-wing group  —  A D.C. police lieutenant in the intelligence branch has been put on leave amid an investigation into alleged improper contacts with a prominent member of the extremist group Proud Boys, according to four law enforcement officials with knowledge of the case.

‘My clients are going RINO hunting’: How the 2022 primaries will rewire the GOP  —  Evidence of the party's unrest is everywhere.  Nearly a half-dozen Republican governors alone are facing competitive primary challenges.  —  Republicans are embarking on a primary season that is poised …

Jim Clyburn saved Biden's candidacy — and now has the president's ear on Supreme Court picks … Most nights when he's in Washington, House Majority Whip Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) sits down to dinner with Cedric L. Richmond, one of President Biden's closest advisers, at the members-only National Democratic Club.

We asked all 143 Texas GOP congressional candidates about Biden's win.  Only 13 call it legitimate.  —  The debate had been underway for less than 10 minutes before the top Republican candidates in a MAGA-friendly Houston congressional district reached a consensus: each believed the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.

Banks are moving to freeze accounts linked to convoy protests.  Here's what you need to know  —  Emergencies Act directs financial institutions to cut ties with some people  —  Using powers granted under the Emergencies Act, the federal government has directed banks and other financial institutions …

The Moral Danger of Declaring the Pandemic Over Too Soon  —  Dr. Gonsalves is an associate professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, a longtime AIDS activist and a 2018 MacArthur fellow.  —  The early 1990s were in many ways the most terrible of those first years of the AIDS epidemic in America.

Biden Keeps Blaming the Supply Chain for Inflation.  That's Dishonest.  —  Mr. Rattner served as counselor to the Treasury secretary in the Obama administration.  —  In an interview with Lester Holt of NBC last week, President Biden hewed closely to his talking points on inflation …

Lawyers and Lobbyists Fight for Their Slice of $3.5 Billion in Afghan Money Seized by the Biden Administration … Last Friday, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. would hold billions in seized Afghan central bank money to pay out to families of victims of 9/11 who had sued the Taliban for damages.

Florida politicians behind “Don't Say Gay” bill backed by corporations that claim to support LGBTQ rights  —  Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria, and Rebecca Crosby  —  A bill advancing rapidly through the Florida legislature would prohibit many of the state's teachers from discussing “sexual orientation or gender identity” in class.

The “Big Sort” Continues, with Trump as a Driving Force  —  Dear Readers: UVA Center for Politics Director Larry J. Sabato recently interviewed Jonathan Karl of ABC News and Rep. Ro Khanna (D, CA-17) about, respectively, their new books Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show and Dignity in a Digital Age …

Florida House passes ban on abortion after 15 weeks, sends bill to Senate … Florida's House of Representatives passed a bill to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy late on Wednesday, a measure several Republican-led states are pushing as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality of such limits.

The Fall of the Capitol Steps  —  Washington's beloved comedy troupe lasted for decades but struggled amid the bitter political division.  Then came covid.  —  I felt a special sadness when the Capitol Steps announced their retirement last year.  The D.C.-based musical political comedy troupe came …