Putin Is Making a Historic Mistake  —  Dr. Albright served as the U.S. secretary of state from 1997 to 2001.  —  In early 2000, I became the first senior U.S. official to meet with Vladimir Putin in his new capacity as acting president of Russia.  We in the Clinton administration …

Rudy Giuliani poised to cooperate with January 6 committee  —  Trump's former lawyer may reveal the roles played by Republicans to prevent certification of Joe Biden's election victory  —  Donald Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani is expected to cooperate with the House select committee …

E.U. will unveil a strategy to break free from Russian gas, after decades of dependence … For years, Europe's dependence on Russian energy has held it back from taking powerful action against Kremlin mischief.  But now, the Russia-Ukraine crisis is forcing a change unlike any before …

Squad member to deliver response to Biden SOTU  —  A member of the liberal “Squad” is delivering a formal response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address Tuesday.  —  In the speech, given on behalf of the left-wing group Working Families Party, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) …

How an obscure far-right website with 3 employees dominates Facebook in 2022  —  Most people have probably never heard of the website Conservative Brief.  It employs just three writers and it does not produce any original reporting.  Nearly all of its articles are aggregations of Tweets …

The Jolt: Herschel Walker: 'I don't support either' Brian Kemp or David Perdue  —  Plenty of Georgia Republicans are happy to stay out of the messy primary between Gov. Brian Kemp and former U.S. Sen. David Perdue.  But Herschel Walker is the first high-profile candidate to say he's “mad” …

Trump Wanted Lindsey Graham to Take Out Mitch McConnell.  Graham LOL'd  —  The former president has been fixated on denying Mitch McConnell another turn as the leader of Senate Republicans, but he's having trouble finding volunteers to challenge him.  —  Since leaving office …

Wuhan lab leak theory ‘accepted as likely behind closed doors at No 10’  —  Biosecurity expert helping Government to prevent future pandemics claims ministers consider leak as most likely origin of Covid pandemic  —  A lab leak in Wuhan, China, is now considered the most likely origin of the Covid pandemic …

No Compassion  —  Judge Michelle Childs' many denials of compassionate release signal a carceralism that should have no place on the Supreme Court.  —  One year in, one of President Joe Biden's few meaningful accomplishments is his record of appointing civil rights and criminal defense attorneys onto lower federal courts.

Big majorities reject book bans - CBS News poll  —  Americans overwhelmingly reject the idea of banning books about history or race.  One reason for that: a big majority also say teaching about the history of race in America makes students understand what others went through.

As ‘Freedom Convoy’ spinoffs pop up on social media, D.C. region braces  —  Local and federal agencies are preparing for possible traffic disruptions in the D.C. region related to plans inspired by the self-styled “Freedom Convoy” that occupied downtown Ottawa for more than three weeks protesting vaccine mandates.

Guns overtake car crashes as leading cause of US trauma-related deaths, study says  —  (CNN)Firearm deaths have overtaken car crashes are the leading cause of death by trauma in the US, according to a new study.  —  In 2017, there were 1.44 million years of potential life lost due to firearm deaths …

Starbucks Tries To Slow Union Elections But Misses Legal Deadline By 8 Minutes  —  The coffee chain's legal team said Microsoft Outlook crashed as it was emailing the files.  A labor board official didn't have much sympathy.  —  As more baristas around the country seek to unionize …