America Has a Free Speech Problem  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.  —  For all the tolerance and enlightenment that modern society claims …

Anatomy of the Mariupol hospital attack  —  Medical facilities and workers have been repeatedly hit by Russian forces since their invasion of Ukraine, despite this being against the rules of war.  The World Health Organization (WHO) listed 43 verified attacks as of March 17.

J.D. Vance Gets Canceled  —  It seems J.D. Vance's “No BS Tour” is skipping a stop in Minnesota.  The Ohio Senate hopeful, currently polling in third place, was slated to speak at the Minnesota GOP's annual Lincoln-Reagan dinner fundraising event.  Then, without explanation, he was pulled.

GOP shrugs off Trump impeachment echoes in Russia-Ukraine war  —  Republicans clamoring to accuse President Joe Biden of slow-walking support for Ukraine don't see a shred of comparison with Donald Trump's impeachment for withholding aid from the very same nation.

POLITICO Playbook: A retiring moderate Democrat unloads on the party  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SCOOP: DEMS TO HAUL BIG OIL TO THE HILL AMID GAS SURGE — As prices at the pump soar, House Democrats are readying a strategy to try to redirect the nation's ire away from President JOE BIDEN and toward oil companies.

Covid and the ‘Very Liberal’  —  There's a schism among Democrats.  And the latest on Ukraine.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  The left-right divide over Covid-19 — with blue America taking the virus more seriously than red America — has never been the pandemic's only political divide.

Chinese carrier sails through Taiwan Strait hours before Biden-Xi call  —  A Chinese aircraft carrier sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Friday, Taiwan's Defence Ministry said, just hours before the Chinese and U.S. presidents were due to talk.  —  China claims democratically ruled Taiwan …

As Trump's Alabama Senate pick struggles, Shelby to pour in millions  —  Mo Brooks is reeling and Alabama's Senate GOP primary is descending into chaos.  So Sen. Richard Shelby is making his move.  —  The retiring Alabama senator is preparing to pour as much as $6 million into the race …

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 …

How Pete Souza and Ronny Jackson Became Public Foes  —  Pete Souza, the former White House photographer-turned-Trump troll, now uses his popular Twitter feed almost exclusively to ridicule Representative Ronny Jackson, the former White House doctor-turned-Trump acolyte.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Ivermectin Didn't Reduce Covid-19 Hospitalizations in Largest Trial to Date  —  Patients who got the antiparasitic drug didn't fare better than those who received a placebo  —  Researchers testing repurposed drugs against Covid-19 found that ivermectin didn't reduce hospital admissions …

Virginia School Covered Up Sexual Assault That Left Victim Hospitalized  —  An Alexandria high school withheld details from parents about a reported multiple-assailant rape on school grounds.  —  n the national debate over the direction of K-12 education, the battle lines separating parents and institutions are only hardening.

Most Medical Debts to Be Removed From Consumers' Credit Reports  —  Equifax, Experian and TransUnion are making sweeping changes to how they report medical debt in collections beginning this summer  —  The biggest credit-reporting firms will strip tens of billions of dollars in medical debt …

Under Trump, DHS directed to probe bogus claims about voter fraud  —  In late April of 2020, a top political appointee in the Trump administration called for Department of Homeland Security officials to scrutinize an unusual topic for a national security agency: possible voter fraud in the upcoming election.

Jan. 6 committee faces a thorny challenge: Persuading the public to care  —  The House Jan. 6 committee has tried to recruit high-profile journalists to write its report about the attack on the Capitol, hoping to build a narrative thriller that compels audiences and is a departure from government reports of yore.

‘The Republic Got Dumber Because of That Tweet’: Ben Sasse Chides Chris Murphy on Senate Floor for ‘Twitter Self-Pleasuring’  —  Sens. Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Ben Sasse (R-NE) engaged in a lengthy and spirited back-and-forth on the Senate floor Thursday that centered on a tweet the former sent earlier in the day.

Ukraine Live Updates: 130 Rescued From Theater Rubble; Fates of Hundreds More Unknown  —  A Ukrainian official said that “more than 1,300 people” might still be trapped in the basement of a Mariupol theater that was nearly destroyed in a Russian attack.  President Biden was discussing the war in a call with China's leader, Xi Jinping.

Inside Russia's propaganda bubble: Where a war isn't a war  —  RIGA, Latvia — Fake U.S. biowarfare labs.  Fake killer birds.  Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump cameos.  Ukrainian “Nazis” everywhere.  —  Russia's domestic television propaganda machine has reached such an intensity amid …