Employee bursts onto live Russian state TV to denounce war: ‘They are lying to you here’  —  A woman burst onto the set of Russian state TV's flagship evening news program Monday, chanting “stop the war” and denouncing government “propaganda” — a striking moment of public protest …

Document in Jan. 6 Case Shows Plan to Storm Government Buildings  —  New details from evidence cited in the indictment of Enrique Tarrio, the former head of the far-right Proud Boys, reveal a plan with similarities to what unfolded at the Capitol.  —  A document found by federal prosecutors …

How Kyiv's outgunned defenders have kept Russian forces from capturing the capital  —  IRPIN, Ukraine — The bodies of Russian soldiers were scattered by the wreckage of charred military vehicles and shelled buildings.  Twenty feet away, behind tanker trucks, Ukrainian volunteers stood watch …

China Is About to Make a Big Mistake by Supporting Russia  —  The Chinese government could be a peacemaker in Ukraine or it can be Putin's enabler.  But it can't be both. … China is about to make a big mistake.  —  Faced with the choice between playing a constructive role in helping …

SF is now boycotting most of the United States  —  Gavin Newsom likes to say that San Francisco is 49 square miles surrounded by reality.  Well, okay then.  In reality, he's actually ripping off a line from

How does Ron DeSantis sleep at night?  —  Republicans are killing us.  —  No, really.  —  Until now, we've known that covid-19 death rates were higher among the unvaccinated, and also higher in counties that went for Donald Trump, whose supporters were more likely to resist vaccinations, masks and other pandemic precautions.

Schumer's Senate shocker: Bills are passing (seriously)  —  It's the Capitol's election-year surprise: The 50-50 Senate is actually working.  —  After high-profile partisan failures on President Joe Biden's signature domestic policy bill and on weakening the filibuster for voting reform …

NY Woman Punched 125 Times, Foot-Stomped in Brutal Hate Crime Beating: Police  —  A 42-year-old Yonkers man has been arrested on attempted murder as a hate crime and other charges in the vicious caught-on-camera beating of a 67-year-old Asian woman who was attacked as she returned home last week, police said Monday.

Covid, Russia and crime: GOP presidential hopefuls poke at Trump's record  —  Republicans looking to run in 2024 once lived in fear of crossing former President Donald Trump.  —  That's starting to change.  —  Over the past few weeks, three would-be presidential candidates who hail …

U.S. Sewer Data Warns of a New Bump in Covid Cases After Lull  —  A wastewater network that monitors for Covid-19 trends is warning that cases are once again rising in many parts of the U.S., according to an analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data by Bloomberg.

In private speech, Romney warns of ‘extraordinary challenge’ to preserve American democracy  —  McLean, Virginia — Senator Mitt Romney, of Utah, offered more than 200 Republican donors a stark message on the fragility of American democracy during private remarks on Monday night at a fundraiser in Northern Virginia.

Russian Mogul Is Charged With Donating Illegally to U.S. Campaigns  —  Andrey Muraviev was indicted on charges of making donations as a foreign national to boost licensing decisions for a marijuana business.  —  Federal prosecutors in Manhattan on Monday accused a Russian tycoon of scheming …

MSNBC Almost Brought Back Olbermann to Replace Maddow  —  In this week's Source Material we reveal how MSNBC almost filled Maddow's soon-to-be vacant time slot with her own former mentor—until Rachel killed the deal. … To fill its upcoming Rachel Maddow void, MSNBC almost took a time machine back to the good old days of 2011.

UK announces new economic sanctions against Russia  —  The UK Government has today announced a ban on exports to Russia of high-end luxury goods, while also hitting hundreds of key products with new import tariffs. … - UK to deny Russia and Belarus access to Most Favoured Nation tariff …

Gov. Newsom signs law to stop UC Berkeley enrollment cuts  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday that will rescue UC Berkeley from a court-ordered enrollment freeze and steep admission cuts and allow the university to resume plans to enroll more than 5,000 California first-year students.

CIA black site detainee served as training prop to teach interrogators torture techniques  —  Newly declassified documents reveal Ammar al-Baluchi was repeatedly slammed against a wall while naked until all trainees received ‘certification’  —  A detainee at a secret CIA detention site …

He's American, He Oversees Papa John's in Russia and He's Staying  —  Christopher Wynne's company controls the franchise agreements for the 190 Papa John's locations in the country.  “At the end of the day, they appreciate a good pizza,” he said.  —  Papa John's International said last week …

DeWine signs law removing training, background check, permitting requirement to conceal carry  —  Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law Monday removing training, background check and permitting requirements to carry a concealed weapon in Ohio.  —  When the law takes effect in 90 days …

‘Gutted’: What happened when a Georgia elections office was targeted for takeover by those who claim the 2020 election was a fraud  —  ROME, Ga. — The interim election supervisor took a seat all the way to one side of the meeting room, her back against the wood-paneled wall …

Roman Abramovich: New evidence highlights corrupt deals  —  A BBC investigation has uncovered new evidence about the corrupt deals that made Roman Abramovich's fortune.  —  The Chelsea owner made billions after buying an oil company from the Russian government in a rigged auction in 1995.

Leaders of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia to visit Kyiv on Tuesday  —  Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Czech PM Petr Fiala and Slovenia's Prime Minister Janez Janša will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his PM Denys Shmyhal in Kyiv on Tuesday.

Election ‘Vigilante’ Group Posing as County Workers, Says New Mexico's State Auditor  —  One of the group's leaders gave a speech in a church about the audit where he said “I want arrests, I want prosecutions, I want firing squads.”  —  Leaders of a far-right Telegram group pledged …

Iran fires missiles at Biden's nuclear deal delusions  —  The Biden administration seems willing to bear any Iranian burden, however bloody, in order to restore the flawed nuclear deal with Tehran.  —  Secretary of State Antony Blinken might have left it out of his weekend tweeting spree …

Tulsi Gabbard Labeled a ‘Russian Asset’ for Pushing U.S. Biolabs in Ukraine Claim  —  Former Democratic Representative Tulsi Gabbard has been condemned as a “traitor” and accused of being a “Russian asset” for comments her detractors said lent credibility to Kremlin propaganda …

Seattle Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization  —  Defendant Swore Oath to ISIS and Attempted to Travel to Middle East to Commit Acts of Violence  —  A Seattle man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle …