RT America ceases productions and lays off most of its staff  —  New York (CNN Business)The production company behind the American version of the Russian state-funded network RT laid off most of its staff on Thursday, according to a memo obtained by CNN.  —  Misha Solodovnikov …

France Impounds Super Yacht Owned by Head of Russian State Oil Giant  —  Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin's superyacht was blocked by French customs officials on the Cote D'Azur, part of the European Union's sanctions against wealthy Russians with close ties to President Vladimir Putin.

When I Confronted Trump About Election Fraud  —  In an excerpt from his new memoir, the former Attorney General recalls the explosive White House meeting where he rejected President Trump's claims about the 2020 election.  —  The first day of December 2020, almost a month after the presidential election, was gray and rainy.

The Justice Dept. and the Jan. 6 inquiry make moves to snare Trump  —  Those criticizing Attorney General Merrick Garland for not moving expeditiously against former president Donald Trump for an attempted coup should take heart.  —  On Wednesday, we saw a matter-of-fact announcement …

Melania Trump Event Called Off After Officials Question Fund-Raising  —  Florida regulators found that a company working on the charitable event had not registered properly.  The former first lady's office said it would be rescheduled.  —  WASHINGTON — A Florida fund-raiser planned for April …

Wisconsin Supreme Court picks Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' maps in redistricting fight  —  MADISON - A divided state Supreme Court approved election maps Thursday that were drawn by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers but will let Republicans keep the upper hand in races for the Legislature.

Ex-Fox News Producer Charged With Working for Russian Oligarch … Jack Hanick, a onetime producer at Fox News, has been indicted on charges of working for a sanctioned Russian oligarch to establish TV networks in Russia and in other European countries.  —  Hanick, 71, is accused of working …

Putin Thought Ukraine Would Fall Quickly.  An Airport Battle Proved Him Wrong.  —  Russia wanted to use Hostomel Airport outside Kyiv to bring troops directly to the capital.  A band of Ukrainian soldiers fought to keep the Russians from using the landing strip, forcing them to move soldiers and supplies over land.

BBC revives shortwave radio dispatches in Ukraine, and draws ire of Russia.  —  As Russia is trying to cut off the flow of information in Ukraine by attacking its communications infrastructure, the British news outlet BBC is revisiting a broadcasting tactic popularized during World War II: shortwave radio.

Here's the message that wins the midterms for Democrats, if they're not afraid  —  It hasn't aired yet, but I want to share with you the political ad that could win the 2022 midterm elections for the Democrats — even with all the doom and gloom about President Biden's approval rating and all the historical trends that favor the GOP.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot blocked Columbus statue deal, berated lawyers with obscene remarks, lawsuit claims  —  Mayor Lori Lightfoot blocked a deal the Chicago Park District made with an Italian American group to allow a Christopher Columbus statue to be displayed in a parade and made obscene remarks aimed …

Bronx subway feces attack suspect curses judge, is back on the street day later  —  A homeless defendant with a double-digit rap sheet, accused of smearing his own feces on a woman inside a Bronx subway station, left a courtroom in handcuffs — for his monthsold murder threat against a Jewish man …

Deep Dive: The U.S. military program to arm Ukraine with Javelin anti-tank missiles  —  In 2014, the Russian military annexed Crimea in a largely bloodless irregular warfare operation before they invaded and captured parts of Donbas in Eastern Ukraine.  The United States military took immediate notice.

Putin's war is a nightmare for the Ukrainian people and for Russia, an expert warns  —  Michael Kimmage, a specialist on U.S.-Russia relations who formerly served in the State Department, says the war in Ukraine is not going the way Russian President Vladimir Putin had planned.

Last Vestiges of Russia's Free Press Fall Under Kremlin Pressure  —  “Everything that's not propaganda is being eliminated,” a Nobel Prize winning editor said as Russian authorities moved to control the narrative in the Ukraine war.  —  As President Vladimir V. Putin wages war against Ukraine …

Kentucky lawmaker apologizes for referencing Jewish women's sex life amid abortion debate  —  Kentucky Rep. Danny Bentley made comments about Jewish women and the Holocaust during a debate Wednesday over anti-abortion legislation, quickly drawing condemnation from several members …

UC Berkeley must withhold thousands of acceptance letters after state Supreme Court ruling  —  UC Berkeley must cut enrollment by about 3,000 students for next fall after the California Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court's order that the prestigious university freeze enrollment at 2020 levels.

Our Oligarch … IN THE FIRST 48 HOURS of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Roman Abramovich, the 55-year-old close confidante of Russian President Vladimir Putin, boarded his personal Boeing jet in Monaco bound for Moscow.  Even as he returned to Putin's side, Abramovich, who is worth an estimated $14 billion …

Jon Stewart on Why the Right Would ‘Rather Do a Deal With Putin Than Pelosi’  —  (SINGING) When you walk in a room, do you have sway?  —  Oh, wait one second.  I'm going to just turn off my heat.  —  Jon Stewart  —  Did you say turn off your heat?  She's going to freeze to death if this goes on.

AIPAC's PAC endorses dozens of Republicans who refused to certify Joe Biden as president  —  WASHINGTON (JTA) — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee's newly formed political action committee released its first list of 120 congressional endorsees, and more than a quarter of them are Republicans …

Absolute Power  —  Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, is 36 years old and has led his country for almost five years.  His father, the 86-year-old King Salman, has rarely been seen in public since 2019, and even MBS—as he is universally known—has faced the world only a few times since the pandemic began.

White Nationalists With Lanyards: Orlando Showed The Ugly Future Of The Republican Party  —  A weekend in Florida, a major conservative conference, a white nationalist “groyper” conference, and a doomed quest to determine the difference between the two.

Biden holds back on going after GOP on Russia, to some Dem chagrin  —  Joe Biden's long, cold staredown with Vladimir Putin is uniting Europe.  Global sanctions are decimating the Russian economy.  Republicans are splintering at home.  —  But while Democrats are increasingly emboldened …

‘I Am Lia’: The Trans Swimmer Dividing America Tells Her Story  —  Lia Thomas has dominated women's college swimming this season—and has also become a lightning rod for controversy.  Many—including some teammates—say she shouldn't be able to compete against other women.

Treasury Sanctions Russians Bankrolling Putin and Russia-Backed Influence Actors  —  United States and its Partners and Allies Continue Campaign Against Putin's Affiliates in Response to the Premeditated and Unprovoked Invasion of Ukraine  —  Treasury to Share Financial Intelligence …

YouTube Won't Distinguish Between Misinformation and Reporting, So It Suspended My Channel  —  On December 9, 2020, YouTube announced it would take down videos that alleged widespread fraudulent voting in the 2020 presidential election.  A month later, after President Donald Trump's lies …

Live updates: Ukrainians in US given temporary legal status  —  The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war:  —  WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security will grant temporary legal status to Ukrainians living in the U.S.  —  Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas …

A Russian businessman has put a $1 million bounty on Vladimir Putin's head, calling for military officers to arrest him as a war criminal  — Russian businessman Alex Konanykhin has put a $1 million bounty on Vladimir Putin's head.  — He has called on Russian military officers to go after Putin and arrest him as a war criminal.

Putin vows to continue war as Russian missiles lay waste to Ukraine's cities  —  After Putin-Macron call, France says Russia's goal is to ‘take control of all of Ukraine’  —  Russia subjected the Ukrainian port of Mariupol and the cities of Chernihiv and Kharkiv to relentless missile bombardment …