Rep. Van Taylor apologizes for affair with ‘ISIS bride,’ abruptly drops reelection bid  —  Two-term Plano Republican concedes runoff to Keith Self after admitting ‘horrible mistake’  —  Update: Updated at 3:30 p.m. with Taylor dropping out and apologizing.

Germans Seize Russian Billionaire Alisher Usmanov's Mega-Yacht  —  Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov was sanctioned by the European Union on Monday.  Two days later, Forbes has learned from three sources in the yacht industry that one of his prized possessions—the 512-foot yacht Dilbar …

‘This is ridiculous’: DeSantis scolds students for wearing face masks during USF visit  —  You have been added to Daily News Newsletter  —  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis made his frustration with face masks known when he visited Tampa for a press conference Wednesday morning.

Jan. 6 committee says Trump violated multiple laws in effort to overturn election  —  The Jan. 6 select committee says its evidence has shown that then-President Donald Trump and his campaign tried to illegally obstruct Congress' counting of electoral votes and “engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States.”

Bombing of Civilian Targets Intensifies  —  Russian troops seized the strategically important city of Kherson, Ukrainian officials said, in a significant moment in the battle for the country's south.  Explosions struck the capital, Kyiv, and Russian troops continued to lay siege to Kharkiv.

Statement by President Biden on Texas' Attacks on Transgender Youth  —  In recent days, elected leaders in Texas have launched a cynical and dangerous campaign targeting transgender children and their parents.  The Governor of Texas has directed state officials to open child abuse investigations …

House passes resolution backing Ukraine; Three Republicans vote ‘no’  —  The House passed a resolution on Wednesday to declare support for Ukraine's sovereignty in the face of the invasion ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, while urging an “immediate cease-fire.”

First Jan. 6 defendant pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy in Capitol attack … A member of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group has become the first to admit to engaging in seditious conspiracy to keep President Biden from taking office on Jan. 6, 2021.

China Asked Russia to Delay Ukraine War Until After Olympics, U.S. Officials Say  —  A Western intelligence report indicates that Chinese officials had some level of direct knowledge about President Vladimir V. Putin's war plans or intentions.  —  WASHINGTON — A Western intelligence report …

Rep. Lauren Boebert heckles Biden as he talks about his late son during the State of the Union  —  Democrats and Republicans in Washington at times displayed unity as President Biden addressed the nation at his first State of the Union on Tuesday night.  Members of both parties stood to applaud …

Sean Hannity proposes NATO fighter jets bomb Russian convoy “and then nobody takes credit for it, so then Putin won't know who to hit”  —  Sean Hannity calls on Joe Biden to ignore the law and assassinate Vladimir Putin  —  Fox hosts advocate appeasing Putin: “Maybe carve out the eastern provinces, recognize Crimea, something”

Trump's border wall has been breached more than 3,000 times by smugglers, CBP records show  —  NACO, Arizona — Mexican smuggling gangs have sawed through new segments of border wall 3,272 times over the past three years, according to unpublished U.S. Customs and Border Protection maintenance records obtained …

Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan indicted on federal racketeering charges alleging array of bribery schemes  —  Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, for decades the most powerful politician in the state, was indicted Wednesday on federal racketeering charges alleging …

Dems agonize over Manchin's wish list: Taxes, prescription drugs, climate cash  —  Joe Manchin is once again setting the agenda for Democrats and says he's willing to make a deal.  They're listening — cautiously.  —  Hours after President Joe Biden laid out what he hoped to salvage from Democrats' defunct …

Why Americans Might Not Rally Around Biden Over Ukraine  —  The days when voters put their partisan differences aside during a national security crisis appear to be over.  —  Few notions are as ingrained in political punditry as the idea that foreign crises unite Americans behind their president.

The GOP's untouchable loudmouths  —  Far-right Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) are untouchable inside the House Republican conference. … - They've already been stripped of their committees. … - “They literally have nothing tangible [to punish them] …

California law students shout down Georgetown scholar, viral video shows  —  UC Hastings says, ‘The act of silencing a speaker is fundamentally contrary to the values of this school’  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for March 2  —  Ilya Shapiro, a constitutional scholar who recently found himself …

Ukrainian camera operator Yevhenii Sakun killed in Russian shelling of Kyiv TV tower  —  New York, March 2, 2022 - In response to reports that Ukrainian journalist Yevhenii Sakun was killed on Tuesday, March 1, when Russian forces shelled a television tower in Kyiv, the Committee …

'We were sent as cannon fodder.  We're killing peaceful people': Weeping Russian POWs say they had no idea they were being sent to war and were made ‘to attack people defending their territory’  — Russian troops captured by Ukrainian forces in opening days of war described themselves as ‘cannon fodder’

Trump Hotel Chief, Hired With Big Ambitions, Leaves a Shrinking Brand  —  Eric Danziger was the only outsider to lead the Trump hotel group.  His departure, for family reasons, comes as the Trumps pursue a future beyond hotels.  —  Donald J. Trump's top hotel executive is leaving the company …