Vast Majority Of Americans Say Ban Russian Oil, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Nearly 8 In 10 Support U.S. Military Response If Putin Attacks A NATO Country  — mail_outline  —  At nearly the end of week two of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as the U.S. and its allies consider ratcheting …

Supreme Court Allows Court-Imposed Voting Maps in North Carolina and Pennsylvania  —  State courts had ruled that earlier maps for congressional elections had been warped by partisan gerrymandering.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed maps that had been approved by state courts …

Florida's controversial surgeon general recommends against Covid-19 vaccination for kids  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida's controversial surgeon general announced Monday that the state is breaking with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and will be the first state …

I Came to College Eager to Debate.  I Found Self-Censorship Instead.  —  Ms. Camp is a senior at the University of Virginia.  —  Each week, I seek out the office hours of a philosophy department professor willing to discuss with me complex ethical questions raised by her course on gender and sexuality.

Scoop: Trump trashes Barr in rant to Lester Holt  —  Former President Trump rants against Bill Barr, his former attorney general, in a three-page letter to “NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt, who interviewed Barr about his new book, “One Damn Thing After Another,” out tomorrow.

Hate for Putin's Russia Consumes Ukraine  —  Much of the bitterness is directed at President Vladimir V. Putin, but Ukrainians also chastise ordinary Russians, calling them complicit.  —  LVIV, Ukraine — Trapped in his apartment on the outskirts of Kyiv during fierce battles over the weekend …

Prosecutor tells jurors ‘ecstatic’ Jan. 6 defendant bragged about carrying gun  —  Final witnesses expected to testify in first Jan. 6 trial  —  WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors on Monday rested their case against the first Capitol attack defendant to go to trial, telling jurors during closing arguments …

Former NC congressman registered to vote in home where he purportedly never stayed  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — Former U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, one of North Carolina's most prominent political figures, is registered to vote using the address of a mobile home in which the former property owner says the Republican never lived.

Absurd trucker convoy jamming up the Capital Beltway has me rooting for higher gas prices  —  The truckers who make up the People's Convoy driving in circles around Washington, D.C., are making it hard for people who write satire. … OK, let me get this straight: A truckload of U.S. truckers …

Russia will stop ‘in a moment’ if Ukraine meets terms - Kremlin … Russia has told Ukraine it is ready to halt military operations “in a moment” if Kyiv meets a list of conditions, the Kremlin spokesman said on Monday.  —  Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was demanding that Ukraine cease military action …

Decarcerating from the Bench  —  “We had a real clear strategy about how to change the system and what tools we were going to use, and we did it.”  —  Franklin Bynum says he first ran to be a criminal court judge in 2018 because he saw a golden opportunity for reform in Texas's largest county.

The Strategy That Can Defeat Putin  —  First came the shock: the sight of missiles and artillery shells slamming into apartment buildings, helicopters pirouetting in flames, refugees streaming across the border, an embattled and unshaven president pleading with anguished political leaders abroad for help …

Scoop: High-powered group targets Trump lawyers' livelihoods  —  A dark money group with ties to Democratic Party heavyweights will spend millions this year to expose and try to disbar more than 100 lawyers who worked on Donald Trump's post-election lawsuits, people involved with the effort tell Axios.

Businesses are fleeing Russia.  McDonald's and Pizza Hut are sticking around. … Economic sanctions from the United States and its allies have cut Russia off from the levers of international finance, crucial webs of global supply chains, passenger air travel and even some oil companies.

As Russia's Military Stumbles, Its Adversaries Take Note  —  President Vladimir Putin could still reduce cities in Ukraine to rubble, officials say.  But European countries that once feared Russia say they are not so scared anymore.  —  CONSTANTA, Romania — When it comes to war, generals say that “mass matters.”

Taylor Lorenz Introduces Her Brand to the Washington Post  —  Today is Taylor Lorenz's first day at the Washington Post, and she's already doing, arguably, exactly what she was hired to do: She's stirring up trouble on social media.  “Oh my God, can you stand all the drama?” she says, giggling on a phone call with me last night.

GOP Lawmaker Resigns After Being Charged With Wire Fraud  —  Tennessee state Rep. Robin Smith has reached a plea deal with prosecutors for a federal wire fraud charge involving a disgraced former state House speaker.  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee Republican lawmaker resigned Monday shortly …

Connect the antisemitic dots  —  “Putin could have written the Protocols.”  —  Not enough has been said about Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy being Jewish.  Not enough, anyway, by the mainstream press in the west.  In Russia, though, it has been the subject of intense focus.  Why?

Sen. Ron Johnson says Obamacare should be repealed if GOP wins power back  —  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said he wants to see the GOP repeal the Affordable Care Act if his party wins the White House and the House and Senate majorities again in 2024, a move that would resurrect a fight …

U.S. National Average Price of Gasoline Hits New All-Time Record High  —  Previous record of $4.10 per gallon set in 2008 has fallen as gas prices continue to rise  —  The national average price of gasoline in the U.S. today broke the existing record, rewriting the all-time high …

‘Our sons were sent to Ukraine as cannon fodder’: Furious Russian mothers face down Kremlin  —  Countrywide rallies on Sunday were met by police brutality in Russia but not even the threat of jail could restrain soldier's mothers  —  Angry Russian mothers have accused Vladimir Putin …

Two ‘Leftist Bros’ Dive Into Conservatism to ‘Know Your Enemy’  —  The podcast hosted by Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell offers history lessons that middle-aged liberals, young socialists and even some conservatives can love.  —  When Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell sat down in the spring …

Morgan Stanley Says Russia's Set for Venezuela-Style Default  —  The odds of Russia making its foreign debt payments are diminishing as bond prices fall, recession in the nation looms and various payment restrictions pile up after the invasion of Ukraine, according to Morgan Stanley & Co.

How a Former Fox News Director Landed in Jail for Pushing Putin Propaganda  —  But a disregard for sanctions and lying to the FBI could land him in prison for years  —  On election night 2016, former Fox News director Jack Hanick was in Moscow — attending a pro-GOP party …

Tom Cotton to Compare Reagan and Trump in Speech on Future of the GOP  —  Arkansas senator and possible 2024 presidential candidate is the latest in a series of Reagan Library speakers  —  Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas is expected to argue in a high-profile speech Monday evening …

The Politics of Ukraine in an Ohio Town  —  Ohio sits in the middle of what food marketers refer to as the “Pierogi Pocket of America.”  And smack dab in the middle of this pocket is the town of Parma.  —  Parma—population 80,000—is a suburb of Cleveland and has suddenly gotten a lot …

Republicans warn Justice Department probe of Trump would trigger political war  —  Republican lawmakers are warning that any Department of Justice prosecution of former President Trump will turn into a political battle, setting a high bar for Attorney General Merrick Garland to act …