WSJ Poll: 79% of Americans Back Ban on Russian Oil Even if Energy Prices Rise  —  A wide majority of Americans, 79%, said they favored a ban on Russian oil imports even if the prohibition increased energy prices in the U.S., according to data from a new Wall Street Journal poll.  Just 13% said they opposed it.

Statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland in connection with the statement by the US Secretary of State on providing airplanes to Ukraine  —  The authorities of the Republic of Poland, after consultations between the President and the Goverment, are ready to deploy …

Saudi, Emirati Leaders Decline Calls With Biden During Ukraine Crisis  —  Persian Gulf monarchies have signaled they won't help ease surging oil prices unless Washington supports them in Yemen, elsewhere  —  The White House unsuccessfully tried to arrange calls between President Biden …

Longtime Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio charged with conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack on Capitol  —  Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, a leader of the extremist group the Proud Boys, has been indicted on a conspiracy charge in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Arizona lawmaker speaks to white nationalists, calls for violence — and sets fundraising records … Midway through a white nationalist's conference in Orlando last month, one speaker drew applause calling for gruesome violence against “traitors” after excoriating critics of the “honorable” …

The First Jan. 6 Defendant To Go To Trial Was Found Guilty On All Counts  —  WASHINGTON — Guy Reffitt, a Texas man accused of bringing a handgun to the US Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection and the first person to stand trial in connection with the attack, was found guilty on all counts on Tuesday.

'Don't Say Gay' bill: Florida Senate passes controversial LGBTQ school measure  —  The Florida Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would prohibit “classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity” in the state's primary schools.  The measure, dubbed the “Don't Say Gay” …

Missouri lawmaker seeks to stop residents from obtaining abortions out of state … The pattern emerges whenever a Republican-led state imposes new restrictions on abortion: People seeking the procedure cross state lines to find treatment in places with less-restrictive laws.

Meta's Sheryl Sandberg: ‘No two countries run by women would ever go to war’  — “No two countries run by women would ever go to war,” Meta Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said Tuesday.  — If half the world were run by women, Sandberg believes the world would be “safer” and “much more prosperous.”

Michigan GOP candidate says he tells daughters to ‘lie back and enjoy it’ if rape is inevitable … A Republican candidate favored to win a seat in the Michigan House said he tells his daughters to “just lie back and enjoy it” if raped, as he attempted to make an analogy about abandoning efforts …

Liz Cheney nails the truth about ‘the Putin wing of the GOP’  —  Is there a “Putin wing of the GOP”?  —  Rep. Liz Cheney says so.  The Wyoming Republican made the charge this weekend, in reference to a former Trump administration official who openly sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

Sixteen Years After ‘The Road,’ Cormac McCarthy Is Publishing Two New Novels  —  This fall, Knopf will publish two interlinked books that are a thematic and stylistic departure for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist.  —  During a rare appearance in Santa Fe, N.M., in 2015 …

United Nations bans staff from using ‘war’ or ‘invasion’ regarding Ukraine  —  Email on communications policy reminds staff of their responsibility to ‘be impartial’  —  The United Nations has banned its staff from referring to the situation in Ukraine as a “war” or “invasion” …

Biden Answered the 3 a.m. Call  —  When Hillary Clinton sought to sow doubts about Barack Obama, her rival for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, she ran an attack ad tarnishing him as dangerously inexperienced.  As the screen shows images from a suburban house, a husky-voiced narrator intones …

Johnson blocks vote on antisemitism envoy, meets with truckers instead  —  Republican Sen. Ron Johnson on Tuesday blocked a vote on the nomination of Deborah E. Lipstadt as the Biden administration's antisemitism envoy.  Instead Johnson met with a group of truckers in Washington, D.C. …

IT IS NOT NEWS THAT BILL BARR LIED TO PROTECT KLEPTOCRACY IT IS NOT NEWS THAT BILL BARR LIED TO PROTECT KLEPTOCRACY  —  Let's talk about what Bill Barr did in his second tenure as Attorney General.  —  Even before Jeff Sessions was fired, Barr decided — based on the false claims he saw on Fox News …

New York's Russian Restaurants Feel War's Impact  —  Most owners are antiwar, and many of them are from Ukraine.  But customer numbers are down all the same.  —  After Russia invaded Ukraine, Sveta, a small restaurant in the West Village known for its Instagram-friendly cocktails …

Senate passes $107 billion overhaul of USPS, lauding mail agency's role in pandemic response … The Senate on Tuesday approved a $107 billion financial overhaul of the long-beleaguered U.S. Postal Service, providing monetary relief for the agency that leaders say will allow it to modernize and invest in efficient service.

The Pandemic Has Worsened the Reading Crisis in Schools  —  The fallout from the pandemic is just being felt.  “We're in new territory,” educators say.  —  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The kindergarten crisis of last year, when millions of 5-year-olds spent months outside of classrooms, has become this year's reading emergency.

Dual U.S. / Russian National Charged With Acting Illegally As A Russian Agent In The United States  —  Elena Branson Allegedly Willfully Evaded FARA Registration for Nearly a Decade, Working to Advance the Interests of the Russian Government While Receiving Tasking and Funding from High-Level Russian Officials

Warren crafts bill targeting cryptocurrency in Russia sanctions  —  WASHINGTON — As the U.S. searches for new ways to punish Russia for invading Ukraine, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is crafting legislation she hopes will make it harder to use cryptocurrency to evade sanctions.

McDonald's to temporarily close 850 stores in Russia  —  DETROIT (AP) — McDonald's said Tuesday it is temporarily closing all of its 850 restaurants in Russia in response to the country's invasion of Ukraine.  —  The burger giant said it will continue paying its 62,000 employees in Russia …

The U.S. has four political parties stuffed into a two-party system.  That's a big problem.  —  The United States right now has four political parties stuffed into a two-party system — and that's increasingly a big problem for the country.  —  This reality becomes clear if you set aside …