Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court … President Biden will nominate federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer, according to people briefed on the process, a historic choice that fulfills the president's pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court.

Putin Sends Mixed Signals on His Willingness to Negotiate  —  With Russian troops moving on Kyiv, the Kremlin sends mixed signals on talks.  —  Ukrainians on Friday braced for a battle for their capital, Kyiv, as officials warned residents to stay indoors and “prepare Molotov cocktails” …

Putin ‘ready’ for talks with Kyiv, Kremlin says  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin is “ready” to engage in diplomatic talks, a Kremlin spokesperson said approximately 48 hours after the invasion of Ukraine.  —  “In response to Zelensky's offer, Vladimir Putin is ready to send to Minsk a Russian delegation …

Putin was playing Biden all along  —  The U.S. president and his aides thought they could manage Putin.  Their calculations were dead wrong.  —  President Vladimir Putin of Russia addressees the nation in Moscow.  —  For more than two decades, Joe Biden has disliked and distrusted Vladimir Putin …

On Ukraine's Snake Island, a defiant last stand against Russian forces  —  As the Russian military pounded targets across Ukraine with an array of bombs and missiles, a small team of Ukrainian border guards on a rocky, desolate island received an ominous message: Give up or be attacked.