Dire Conditions in Besieged City as Food and Water Run Low  —  Vladimir Putin said any nation that imposes a no-fly zone would be considered an enemy combatant.  Russian forces are running into problems in their key objective to take Kyiv, but are making significant inroads in southern Ukraine.

Putin's full-scale information war got a key assist from Donald Trump and right-wing media … The former presidential adviser and Russia expert Fiona Hill made headlines last week when she stated bluntly in a Politico interview that Vladimir Putin would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons.

WTF: Trump rages to friends about his social network's problems, says report  —  The disgraced former President Trump's Wall Street-fueled Twitter knockoff is two weeks old, and the rollout is going so badly reports say he's cursing the venture to his friends.

US works with Poland to provide Ukraine with fighter jets  —  Kyiv ratchets up pressure on west to bolster its air force so it can repel Russian air strikes  —  The US is working with Warsaw on a deal to provide Ukraine with Polish fighter jets as Kyiv ratchets up the pressure on the west …

Russia's War on Ukraine Must Fail  —  Mr. Johnson is the prime minister of the United Kingdom.  —  LONDON — Over the past week, in response to the gut-wrenching scenes in Ukraine, Western unity has been impressive and heartening.  I know from my near-daily conversations with President Volodymyr Zelensky …

U.S. Officials Travel to Venezuela, a Russia Ally, as the West Isolates Putin  —  The trip is the highest-level visit by American officials to Caracas in years, driven by a desire to separate Russia from its remaining Latin American allies.  —  Senior U.S. officials are traveling to Venezuela …

Scattered corpses.  A rain of rockets.  A week inside Russia's war against Ukraine  —  The shell that reamed the Russian soldiers' vehicle scattered them in all directions.  One was face down on the asphalt, arms outstretched.  Another was a mass of white and red in barely-there fatigues.

Visa Suspends All Russia Operations  —  Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced it is suspending its Russia operations.  —  Effective immediately, Visa will work with its clients and partners within Russia to cease all Visa transactions over the coming days.  Once complete, all transactions initiated …

Trump has been on Putin's side in Ukraine's long struggle against Russian aggression  —  (CNN)Americans rarely pay much attention to international events.  Busy lives leave little time for distant events with unfamiliar protagonists.  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine …

Trump renews NATO criticism after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and also says “vote counter” can be more important than candidate  —  Former President Donald Trump, in remarks to top Republican National Committee donors Saturday evening, renewed his criticism of NATO, hinted again at another run …

RFE/RL Suspends Operations In Russia Following Kremlin Attacks  —  WASHINGTON - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has suspended its operations in Russia after local tax authorities initiated bankruptcy proceedings against RFE/RL's Russian entity on March 4 and police intensified pressure on its journalists.

‘Reckless ignorance’: Senators criticised for sharing photos of Zelensky during call after being asked not to  —  Democratic Rep Dean Phillips slammed Republican Senators Steve Daines and Marco Rubio for their ‘appalling and reckless ignorance’  —  Zelensky attacks Nato in nighttime address: ‘People will die because of you’

Harris to walk across Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday anniversary  —  (CNN)Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Selma, Alabama, on Sunday, where she will walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to mark the 57th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, a key moment in the civil rights moment.

Mike Lindell Claims He Will Sue ‘All Voting Machines’ to Prove Big Lie  —  HERE WE GO AGAIN  —  MyPillow CEO and Big Lie booster Mike Lindell found himself on yet another platform Saturday, this time in support of Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.

Russia's Ukraine invasion could be a global economic ‘game changer’ … Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the financial reckoning imposed on Moscow in response are proof that the triumphant globalization campaign that began more than 30 years ago has reached a dead end.

Ukraine official says assault halts evacuations for 2nd time  —  LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian official says a second attempt to evacuate civilians from a southern city under siege for a week has failed due to continued Russian shelling.  —  Evacuations from the port city of Mariupol …

Indicted.  Under F.B.I. Investigation.  And Still Popular With Texas Republicans.  —  Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, earned the most votes in Tuesday's G.O.P. primary.  His embrace of Trumpism has helped him weather a series of allegations.  —  SAN ANTONIO — The race …

Iowa Poll: As 2022 governor's race takes shape, Kim Reynolds leads Deidre DeJear … Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds holds an 8-point lead over Democratic challenger Deidre DeJear as Iowa's race for governor begins to take shape.  —  The latest Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows 51% …

Blinken Arrives in Poland to Gauge Additional US Aid for Ukraine  —  The Russian invasion has pushed more than one million refugees to flee Ukraine for neighboring nations.  —  KORCZOWA, Poland — With a line of refugees streaming into Poland behind them, the top American and Ukrainian diplomats met …

Too Close to Putin?  Institutions Vet Artists, Uncomfortably.  —  Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led arts organizations to reconsider who performs, forcing them to confront questions about free speech and policing political views.  —  In Canada, an acclaimed 20-year-old Russian pianist's concert …

TikTok Is Gripped by the Violence and Misinformation of Ukraine War  —  The Chinese-owned video app is dealing with a flood of war videos and the question of whether it is spreading unverified information.  —  Bre Hernandez used to scan TikTok for videos of makeup tutorials and taco truck reviews.

‘Freedom Convoy’ spinoff rallies in Md. with about 1,000 vehicles and unclear plans … HAGERSTOWN, Md. — They drove pickup trucks, RVs, 18-wheelers and minivans, some making a 2,500-mile journey from Southern California.  More joined as the convoy passed through Amarillo, Tex. …

Ukraine War Fever Could Kill GOP Midterm Chances  —  How does any rational or caring human being watch us lose a 20-year war against cave-dwelling barbarians, and not just lose that war, but lose it in the most humiliating fashion imaginable, and less than a year later already have a war-boner for Ukraine?

Fox News & Newsmax Took Biden Money To Push Deadly COVID Vaccines To Its Viewers  —  Corporate news outlets did not disclose the money they took to push dangerous drugs to their conservative audience  —  Two days ago, Chris Pandolfo at Blaze Media revealed that his media organization …