Fearing Poisoning, Vladimir Putin Replaces 1,000 of His Personal Staff  —  Kremlin Questioned Protesting Russian TV Producer for 14 Hours After Arrest  —  Russian Speakers Make Cold Calls to Thwart Putin's Ukraine Propaganda  —  Parents of Ex-Marine Jailed in Russia Say Putin Is Using Him as a Political Pawn

Lia Thomas Wins an NCAA Swimming Title  —  With her victory in Atlanta, Thomas, who competes for the University of Pennsylvania, became the first openly transgender woman to win an N.C.A.A. swimming championship.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  ATLANTA — Lia Thomas …

America Is Zooming Through the Pandemic Panic-Neglect Cycle  —  All epidemics trigger the same dispiriting cycle.  First, panic: As new pathogens emerge, governments throw money, resources, and attention at the threat.  Then, neglect: Once the danger dwindles, budgets shrink and memories fade.

N.C. investigates Mark Meadows after reports that he never lived where he registered to vote  —  State investigators in North Carolina are probing Mark Meadows over his voter registration, after news organizations reported that the former White House chief of staff registered to vote in 2020 using …

GOP indicates plans to question KBJ on handling of sex-related offenses  —  Senate Republicans are offering clear indicators that they plan to make Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's handling of sex-related offenses a key line of questioning in her confirmation hearings next  —  week.

Everyone Was Surprised By The Senate Passing Permanent Daylight Saving Time.  Especially The Senators.  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate's unanimous passage of a bill to make daylight saving time permanent stunned many Americans, not least of which the senators themselves.

More than two dozen Senate Republicans demand Biden do more for Ukraine after voting against $13.6 billion for Ukraine … More than two dozen Senate Republicans are demanding that President Biden do more to aid war-torn Ukraine and arm its forces against Russia's brutal assault …

Mother of Hunter Biden's child testified in tax probe, lawyer handed over financial records  — The Arkansas woman who had a child by Hunter Biden out of wedlock recently testified to a federal grand jury in Delaware as part of a criminal tax probe of the son of President Joe Biden.

Gov. Mike DeWine's suggestion to break Ohio's redistricting impasse: have mapmakers collaborate on bipartisan plan  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The morning after the Ohio Supreme Court threw out a third Republican-backed legislative redistricting plan, Gov. Mike DeWine suggested having Democratic and GOP mapmakers …

Consent is not enough.  We need a new sexual ethic.  —  Rachel, 25, has the open face and friendly demeanor of a born-and-bred Midwesterner.  She's lively and opinionated, and feels in control of most areas of her life.  But when it comes to sex, something isn't right.

Russian billionaire's yacht is docked in St. Augustine  —  St. Augustine is home to a Russian billionaire's $7 million yacht.  —  Igor Makarov's 128-foot yacht, called Areti I, has been in St. Augustine at Camachee Cove for years, a spokesman for his firm, Areti International Group, said.

Indicted Congressman Blames Lying Charges on Spotty Cell Service  —  Rep. Jeff Fortenberry is on trial for lying to the FBI.  His defense team has a classic excuse.  —  Indicted Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) may have just staked his political career—and possibly his freedom—on a tried-and-true excuse: Bad cell phone reception.

Marina Ovsyannikova's courage should make U.S. stop our own war against protests  —  It was a stunning, brave act that electrified Americans — even if no one witnessed it in real time.  But the soon-to-be-viral video of a Russian state TV employee named Marina Ovsyannikova crashing …

Ukraine gives Europe a key swing vote in the US-China rivalry  —  Beijing as mediator is a fantasy — European leaders must make clear the cost of China's support for Moscow  —  The writer is a professor at Georgetown University and served on the US National Security Council staff from 2009-2015

Daniel Yergin on Russia losing its status as an “energy superpower”  —  The energy analyst and award-winning author of “The Prize” and “The New Map” says Vladimir Putin is destroying the foundation of his country's economic power  —  Vladimir putin once said that he did not like hearing Russia described as an “energy superpower”.

Literacy scores show widening achievement gap in D.C. during pandemic  —  The literacy proficiency gap between young White students and students of color in the District continued to widen during the second year of the pandemic, according to data released recently by D.C. Public Schools.

Prosecutors Try to Jail MAGA Fanatic After Daily Beast Report  —  Joshua Macias has been in the thick of Stop the Steal chaos since November 2020.  Now prosecutors say he is violating his bail conditions. … Philadelphia prosecutors have filed a motion seeking to revoke the bail of Joshua Macias …

Hannity's clownish contortions on Ukraine reveal the rot at Trumpism's core  —  Donald Trump's most slavish propagandists have a problem.  Trump withheld military aid from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an extortion scheme of unfathomable corruption and depravity.

How Putin's Oligarchs Bought London  —  From banking to boarding schools, the British establishment has long been at their service, discretion guaranteed.  —  Roman Abramovich was thirty-four years old—baby-faced, vigorous, already one of Russia's richest oligarchs—when he did something seemingly inexplicable.

Koch Industries to stay in Russia, says exiting does ‘more harm than good’  —  Koch Industries, the American manufacturing giant that employs 122,000 people across the world, said Wednesday it would not exit its operations in Russia because doing so would put its “employees there at greater risk and do more harm than good.”

Amazon Closes $8.5 Billion Acquisition of MGM … Amazon has closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM, the companies said Thursday.  —  The pact was first announced in May and has been winding its way through the regulatory process.  Per Amazon, “The storied, nearly century-old studio …