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.”

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 …

Millions of Palm-Sized, Flying Spiders Could Invade the East Coast  —  A huge invasive spider that invaded Georgia from East Asia could soon take over most of the U.S. East Coast, a new study has revealed.  —  New research, published Feb. 17 in the journal Physiological Entomology …

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 …

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, 2021, a ruling that could reverberate across hundreds of cases stemming from the attack on Congress.

People flee embattled Ukrainian cities along safe corridors  —  LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Evacuations of people fleeing embattled Ukrainian cities along safe corridors began Tuesday, while U.N. officials said the exodus of refugees from Russia's invasion reached 2 million.

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 …

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.

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.

Elise Stefanik unveils new endorsements for 2022 midterm elections  —  Elise Stefanik's E-PAC supports Republican women candidates  —  Elise Stefanik rips education secretary over alleged ‘solicitation’ of NSBA letter: This is a ‘war on parents’  —  FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Elise Stefanik …

Ukrainian foreign minister: The world can do more to help us fight Russia  —  Dmytro Kuleba is the foreign minister of Ukraine.  —  For decades, world leaders bowed their heads at war memorials across Europe and solemnly proclaimed: “Never again.”  The time has come to prove those were not empty words.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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?

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