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 …

Producer who crashed Russian TV broadcast with antiwar message can't be found, lawyers say  —  A day after she burst onto a live news broadcast on Russian state television holding a sign denouncing the war in Ukraine, lawyers with human rights groups told The Washington Post they are unable …

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 …

Saudi Arabia Considers Accepting Yuan Instead of Dollars for Chinese Oil Sales  —  Talks between Riyadh and Beijing have accelerated as the Saudi unhappiness grows with Washington  —  Saudi Arabia is in active talks with Beijing to price its some of its oil sales to China in yuan …

Film Crew Recorded Illicit Pre-Insurrection Meeting Between Proud Boys and Oath Keepers: Court Document  —  A documentary team picked up audio of attendees of the extremist meetup discussing the Capitol, per a new court filing  —  A documentary film crew attended an illicit …

How this tiny Christian college is driving the right's nationwide war against public schools  —  Exclusive: In the full-scale conservative assault on public education, Hillsdale College is leading the charge  —  The mood in Costa Mesa on Feb. 2 was more love bomb than fire bomb …

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 Jefferson Airplane's Paul [...]  —  SF is now boycotting most of the United States

Putin Killed Trump's ‘America First’ Movement  —  In 2016, Trump wooed disaffected Republicans by bashing Bush's wars.  But Russia's bombardment of Ukraine has changed things. … In political campaigns, we are always fighting the last war.  —  Donald Trump's election in 2016 was …

Global Economy Sinks Deeper into Turmoil as Fed Prepares to Raise Rates  —  Federal Reserve officials are set to raise interest rates to control inflation, but the return to normal they had hoped to see remains painfully elusive.  —  WASHINGTON — When Federal Reserve officials raise interest rates …

Why Is David Leonhardt So Happy?  —  I have been reading David Leonhardt's New York Times newsletter, The Morning, for the better part of the last year, and I cannot for the life of me decide if he is Dr. Pangloss or if he is Candide—the relentless crackpot optimist or the disappointed student …

Covid, Russia and crime: GOP presidential hopefuls take swipes 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 …

The Biggest Lie About Florida's “Don't Say Gay” Bill Erases One Crucial Word  —  In the week since Florida lawmakers passed H.B. 1557, dubbed the “Don't Say Gay” bill, the law's most prominent supporters have refused to publicly tell the truth about what the measure actually says.

Ukrainian Special Forces Have Plans for an Insurgency Against Russia  —  “Ukraine has a long history of national resistance against occupation,” a special forces soldier told VICE World News.  —  Ben Makuch  —  LVIV, Ukraine — Even if Russia succeeds in its invasion of Ukraine and achieves …

Russia says it received guarantees from US on Iran nuclear deal  —  MOSCOW — Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that Moscow has received guarantees from the US on its ability to trade with Tehran as part of ongoing talks to salvage the Iran nuclear deal.  —  “We received written guarantees.

U.S. sanctions Belarus president, more Russian officials  —  All property and interests in property owned by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko or his wife are now blocked in the U.S.  —  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Moscow on March 11, 2022.

Wild Kremlin TV Hosts Threaten the U.S. With Nuclear Strikes Unless Sanctions End and Reparations Are Paid  —  Russian state media has shut down last week's minor dissent and now demands an end to sanctions and even reparations for affected Russians.  Or else.

Half of Americans Doubt Biden Will Run in 2024, WSJ Poll Shows  —  The president says he is planning for another campaign; some fellow Democrats worry about his age and energy level  —  President Biden enters this year's midterm elections with roughly half of Americans doubting …

U.S. Diplomats, Some in War Zones, Struggle to Get Paid  —  New State Department accounting system has resulted in missing payments for Foreign Service employees  —  WASHINGTON—A new payroll system at the State Department introduced last year is causing thousands of U.S. diplomats …

White House to ‘stop critical COVID response efforts’ as funding stalls in Congress  —  The Biden administration has warned for weeks there was not enough money left.  —  The White House is preparing to “stop critical COVID response efforts” as additional funding for COVID-19 relief sits stalled …

‘Liberal Hack Tournament’ returns, tourney all-stars compete with newcomers for viral glory  —  Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin made history last year as the first woman to win #HackMadness  —  CNN faces new turmoil amid Cuomo probe  —  One of the most viral events of the year is underway …

How Progressives Won the School Culture War—in New Hampshire!  —  An upset victory last week in a red state suggests that the Republican Party's game plan for attacking public education may not be a winning strategy.  —  It wasn't supposed to turn out this way.

Gov. Reeves Claims Critical Race Theory ‘Humiliates’ White People At Bill Signing  —  Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared a victory today as he signed a bill into law that he and other Republican lawmakers have falsely claimed would ban the teaching of “critical race theory” in the state's public schools and community colleges.

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 …

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.

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.

Fearing political violence in 2024, judges sentence Jan. 6 defendants to probation through the next election … U.S. judges including those appointed by Republican presidents are increasingly sentencing defendants who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the Capitol to three-year terms …

Poll: Americans warm to Biden's approach on Russia and Ukraine  —  President Biden's approval rating for his handling of Russia and Ukraine has risen 5 percentage points since the start of the war in Eastern Europe more than two weeks ago, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll …

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.

“Here Be Monsters”  —  A remedial look at American interests  —  Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the phrase “national interest” has become something of a blasphemy.  Certain thinkers in the “realist” school of foreign policy analysis have drawn social media ire …