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 …

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.

Mark Meadows Spread Trump's Voter Fraud Claims.  Now His Voting Record Is Under Scrutiny.  —  The former Trump aide listed a mobile home in rural North Carolina as his residence at the same time that he was running operations at the White House.  —  Mark Meadows, the White House chief …

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” …

Guy Reffitt guilty on all counts in first Capitol riot trial  —  The first trial in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach ended with a guilty verdict on all counts, a victory for federal prosecutors handling one of the largest investigations in U.S. history.  —  After three days of testimony and three hours …

How Dems Helped Spike Gas Prices  —  Despite reassurances from the White House that it is doing nothing to discourage oil companies from opening new drill sites, President Joe Biden's allies in Congress just months ago pressured oil executives to decrease outputs because of climate change …

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.”

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.

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. …

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 …

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 …

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.

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” …

Venezuela Releases Imprisoned Americans After Talks With U.S.  —  The release of at least two Americans came after the Biden officials moved to thaw relations with Venezuela, long a steadfast Russian ally.  —  At least two Americans who were imprisoned in Venezuela were released on Tuesday …

McDonald's to Shutter 850 Russia Stores After Backlash  —  McDonald's Corp. is temporarily closing all 850 Russia locations, following mounting criticism that the fast-food chain failed to act quickly following the nation's invasion of Ukraine.  —  The company will continue paying …

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.

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 …

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 …

Fox News Poll: McCormick tops Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania GOP senate primary poll  —  A Fox News survey of Pennsylvania GOP primary voters finds McCormick tops Oz by 9 points  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for March 8  —  Former hedge fund CEO David McCormick has a clear advantage …

72-Year-Old Lawyer With AR-15 and ‘To-Do List’ Admits Threatening to Kill Senate Dems  —  GUILTY AS CHARGED  —  A former Pennsylvania attorney charged with threatening to kill Democratic members of the U.S. Senate has pleaded guilty, according to court records.

Justifications for Destroying a People … IN THE DAYS since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, Ukrainians and their supporters have been lionized for the same forms of resistance to oppression for which Palestinians are routinely condemned.  Western television networks …

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

How Did This Many Deaths Become Normal?  —  The United States reported more deaths from COVID-19 last Friday than deaths from Hurricane Katrina, more on any two recent weekdays than deaths during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, more last month than deaths from flu in a bad season …

U.S. Probes Options Trade That Gained on Microsoft-Activision Deal  —  Entertainment-industry titans Barry Diller and David Geffen made purchases just days before the merger was announced  —  Federal prosecutors and securities regulators are investigating large bets that Barry Diller …

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.

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 …