Russia Recruiting Syrians for Urban Combat in Ukraine, U.S. Officials Say  —  Moscow is looking for help from foreign fighters to take cities including Kyiv  —  WASHINGTON—Moscow is recruiting Syrians skilled in urban combat to fight in Ukraine as Russia's invasion is poised to expand deeper into cities, according to U.S. officials.

Scoop: Biden advisers weigh Saudi Arabia trip for more oil  —  President Biden's advisers are discussing a possible visit to Saudi Arabia this spring to help repair relations and convince the Kingdom to pump more oil, Axios has learned. … Biden has chastised Saudi Arabia …

Why Did Mark Meadows Register to Vote at an Address Where He Did Not Reside?  —  In September, 2020, Donald Trump's then chief of staff claimed to live in a mobile home in North Carolina.  —  Mark Meadows, who grew up in Florida, moved to North Carolina in the nineteen-eighties and opened Aunt D's, a sandwich shop in Highlands.

Ukrainian Family's Dash for Safety Ends in Death  —  Russian forces hit a bridge being used by civilians evacuating the fighting in Ukraine.  Four people were killed.  —  IRPIN, Ukraine — The bridge was just a shell of its old self, blown up days earlier by Ukrainian soldiers intent …

Inside the U.S. Race to Arm Ukraine Against Russia  —  The United States has walked to the edge of direct conflict with Russia in an operation that is reminiscent of the Berlin airlift of 1948-49, but far more complex.  —  On a snowy tarmac at Amari Air Base in northern Estonia on Sunday morning …

Trump muses on war with Russia and praises Kim Jong Un … NEW ORLEANS — Former president Donald Trump mused Saturday to the GOP's top donors that the United States should label its F-22 planes with the Chinese flag and “bomb the s — t out of Russia.”  —  He also praised North Korean …

Ukrainians Find That Relatives in Russia Don't Believe It's a War  —  Many Ukrainians are encountering a confounding and frustrating backlash from family members in Russia who have bought into the official Kremlin messaging.  —  LVIV, Ukraine — Four days after Russia began dropping artillery shells …

U.S. gasoline prices soar to highest since 2008 on Russia conflict, AAA says  —  U.S. gasoline prices jumped 11% over the past week to the highest since 2008 as global sanctions cripple Russia's ability to export crude oil after its invasion of Ukraine, automobile club AAA said on Sunday.

Of Course Journalists Should Interview Autocrats  —  Anyone who tells you otherwise does not understand the purpose of journalism.  —  About the author: Graeme Wood is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of The Way of the Strangers: Encounters With the Islamic State.

Rep. Paul Gosar's lengthy ties to White nationalists, pro-Nazi blogger and far-right fringe received little pushback for years  —  Last spring, Republican Rep. Paul Gosar and a small group of volunteers traveled to the southern border city of San Luis, Arizona, to clean up the city's trash.

The Russia we have lost  —  There were a lot of us in Moscow, back then.  Silly, millennial Euro-Brits, trying to be journalists, floating through a boozy world of “hackpack” drinks and Russian liberals.  We were there on cooked visas — fixed in Kyiv — dreamers and weirdos who had OD'd …

Putin's Henchmen Rage About Getting Trolled With ‘Endless Photos’ of Dead Russian Troops  —  Moscow's top mouthpieces claim they're being tormented with a disturbing flood of text messages and phone calls about the neighboring war in Ukraine.  —  While Russian President Vladimir Putin …

Gov. DeSantis spokesperson labels sex ed bill's opponents ‘groomers’  —  Daniella Levine Cava meets with students leaving Sunday for “Proud to Say Gay” rally at the Capitol … Scott Powers  —  Scott Powers is an Orlando-based political journalist with 30+ years' experience …

Most Women Denied Abortions by Texas Law Got Them Another Way  —  New data suggests overall abortions declined much less than previously known, because women traveled out of state or ordered pills online.  —  The impact of the Texas abortion law was partly offset by trips to out-of-state clinics, and by abortion pills

More than 4,500 anti-war protesters arrested in one day in Russia, group says  —  More than 4,500 protesters were arrested Sunday at antiwar demonstrations across Russia, according to the independent human rights organization OVD-Info, as people risked jail time to denounce the nation's war with Ukraine.