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 …

Congress Gives Final Approval to Make Lynching a Hate Crime  —  The bill's unanimous passage in the Senate ended more than a century of failed attempts to explicitly criminalize lynching.  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate unanimously approved a bill that would make lynching a federal hate crime …

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 …

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 Ron Johnson says Obamacare should be repealed if GOP wins power back  —  Sen.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 …

Texas county finds 10K uncounted ballots from primary day  —  Officials say about 10,000 mail ballots were tabulated but not counted in Texas' most populous county on the day of last week's election, adding to the delay in determining some winners in the nation's first primary of the 2022 midterms

Judge tosses obstruction charge against Jan. 6 defendant  —  A federal judge has thrown out an obstruction charge against a defendant charged with breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6, a ruling that could reverberate across hundreds of cases stemming from the attack on Congress.

Attorney John Eastman says ‘conflicting’ advice to Trump negates Jan. 6 committee's claims of criminal intent  —  Attorney John Eastman, a key adviser to then-President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn the 2020 election, on Monday rejected the Jan. 6 select committee's claim that his work …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.”

Russia, Blocked From the Global Internet, Plunges Into Digital Isolation  —  Russian authorities and multinational companies have erected a digital barricade between the country and the West, erasing the last remnants of independent information online.  —  Adam Satariano reports on tech in Europe …

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 …

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 …

The New York Times Knowingly Published A False Smear Against Clarence Thomas' Wife  —  New information reveals the Times knowingly printed a false allegation in a hit piece on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's wife, Ginni.  —  The New York Times has smeared again …

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?

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 …

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.

This Isn't Obama's Iran Deal.  It's Much, Much Worse.  —  The last thing the world needs is another nuclear-armed dictatorship flush with cash and attacking its neighbors.  But that's what President Biden and his Iran envoy Robert Malley are creating in the deal they are about to close in Vienna …

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 …

After more than a half-century, photographer Bob Brown puts finishing touches on a stellar career  —  1 of 15  —  On the front page of the Richmond Times-Dispatch this past Feb. 19, the lead photograph featured a smiling Gov. Glenn Youngkin meeting with members of the Senate Republican Caucus at the Capitol.

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 …