Alaska U.S. Rep. Don Young has died at age 88  —  Alaska U.S. Rep. Don Young died Friday, his office said.  —  His wife, Anne, was by his side, his office said in statement.  —  “It's with heavy hearts and deep sadness that we announce Congressman Don Young, the Dean of the House …

Biden warns Xi of global backlash if China helps Russia's attack on Ukraine  — President Joe Biden spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping for nearly two hours on Friday morning, largely about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  — Moscow has asked Beijing for assistance in its war …

How Putin Bungled His Invasion of Ukraine  —  Faulty assumptions, terrible logistics, and a ferocious Ukrainian resistance have turned Russian President Vladimir Putin's Ukrainian adventure to ashes—for now.  —  Three weeks after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, social media around the world …

It's 70 degrees warmer than normal in eastern Antarctica.  Scientists are flabbergasted. … The coldest location on the planet has experienced an episode of warm weather this week unlike any ever observed, with temperatures over the eastern Antarctic ice sheet soaring 50 to 90 degrees above normal.

How low will the GOP go in taking on Ketanji Brown Jackson?  Josh Hawley lets us know.  —  How desperate can you get?  This desperate: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is pushing the argument that Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is dangerously soft on sex offenders, child pornographers in particular.

Ukraine Is Wrecking Russian Tanks With a Gift From Britain  —  In video after video taken in Ukraine, a puff of smoke and a brief flash of light signal that another clutch of Russian troops are about to die.  —  Sometimes it is only a split second before that light streaks to a tank …

What the Russia Invasion Teaches Us About the Right  —  Contrarians aren't critical thinkers.  They're gullible reactionaries, vulnerable to conspiracy theories. … I want to share with you two remarkably similar numbers.  At first glance, they should have nothing to do with each other.

Ukrainian Forces Try to Hold Mariupol as Combat Reaches City Streets  —  Russia fires a long-range ballistic air missile hitting a military base in western Ukraine; capturing Mariupol in the south remains a key objective  —  KYIV, Ukraine—Russian forces pushed into the city of Mariupol Saturday …

Josh Mandel and Mike Gibbons nearly come to blows at Ohio candidate forum  —  Ohio Republican Senate candidates Josh Mandel and Mike Gibbons nearly came to blows during a candidate forum Friday evening.  —  Mandel, a former state treasurer and an early front-runner in the race …

Mixed signals from Ukraine's president and his aides leave West confused about his end game … The mounting death toll in Ukraine has forced President Volodymyr Zelensky to consider concessions to Russia in order to bring an end to the devastating conflict, but the specific elements …

The New York Times editorial board should retract and resign  —  It's hard to imagine a more fundamental misreading of the freedom of speech - or an organization whose credibility depends more on understanding it correctly - than today's lead editorial from the New York Times editorial board.

Dr. Oz's Heritage Is Targeted as Rivals Vie for Trump Backing  —  The Senate candidate's Turkish background has emerged as a focus of David McCormick's attacks in Pennsylvania's G.O.P. primary.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Late last year, before he had formally entered …

Researchers warn that Christian nationalists are becoming more radical and are targeting voting  —  New research linking Christian nationalism with a desire to limit voting.  People citing their faith as the reason they support trucker convoys that shut down the border over covid protections.

Trump Campaign Owes $300,000 in Legal Fees After Another Failed NDA Case  —  The award stems from an arbitration claim that was dismissed in part because of the “vague and unenforceable” provisions of a nondisclosure agreement.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

People's Convoy Reveals Ridiculous New Goal: ‘Take Back’ Black Lives Matter Plaza  —  ‘TAR & FEATHERED’  —  On Friday morning, the so-called “People's Convoy” seemed to reveal a new goal for the right-wing trucker movement: Reclaim the two-block-long Black Lives Matter Plaza in downtown Washington …

Firing-squad executions get the greenlight in South Carolina  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has given the greenlight to firing-squad executions, a method codified into state law l ast year after a decade-long pause in carrying out death sentences because of the state's inability to procure lethal injection drugs.

‘Madison is wrong’: GOP backlash over Cawthorn grows after Zelensky insult  —  (CNN)When House Republicans gathered on the baseball field Friday morning for their weekly practice, members were abuzz about one topic: Rep. Madison Cawthorn.  —  The North Carolina Republican infuriated members …

Inside the transfer of foreign military equipment to Ukrainian soldiers … ON THE POLAND-UKRAINE BORDER — There were no passport officers on the dirt road, no customs lane, no signs marking this isolated patch of farmland for what it has become: a clandestine gateway for military supplies entering Ukraine.

Ukraine is getting Switchblade.  It should be just the first wave of loitering munitions for Kyiv.  —  Loitering munitions — essentially small suicide drones capable of tracking a target and then striking it — have been around for years, but the technology emerged as a key weapons in the 2021 conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The socialite daughter of Putin's spokesman complains US sanctions are ‘unfair’ but thinks they won't make a difference … - Elizaveta Peskova is the daughter of Vladimir Putin spokesperson Dmitriy Peskov.  — The US government sanctioned her and the rest of her family on March 11.

Ex-West Virginia legislator pleads guilty in Jan. 6 case  —  A former West Virginia state lawmaker who livestreamed the Jan. 6, 2021 rioting at the Capitol pleaded guilty on Friday to a felony charge of civil disorder over his involvement in the uprising.  —  Derrick Evans, 36 …

Putin needs a revised theory of victory that excludes the capture of Kyiv  —  Military leader and strategist March 18, 2022 — 3.30pm  —  Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size  —  Three weeks into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia is yet to achieve its key military objectives in the north, east or south.

Specialist Ukrainian drone unit picks off invading Russian forces as they sleep  —  An elite Ukrainian drone unit has destroyed dozens of “priority targets” by attacking Russian forces as they sleep, The Times can reveal.  —  Aerorozvidka, a specialist air reconnaissance unit within the army …