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 …

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.

American man killed in Ukraine while waiting in bread line, family says  —  Russia intensifies attacks on civilians in Ukraine  —  A U.S. man was killed this week in Ukraine while he was waiting in a bread line for food in the northern city of Chernihiv, his family said.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

Jan. 6 trial centers on lingering mystery: Where was Mike Pence as riot raged?  —  Where precisely was Mike Pence while a mob descended on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021?  —  A defendant set to face just the second trial in the nearly 15 months since the attack intends to make that question the centerpiece of his defense Monday.

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 …

House passes CROWN Act banning discrimination against Black hairstyles  —  CROWN stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair.  It prohibits “discrimination based on an individual's texture or style of hair.”  —  The House on Friday passed the CROWN Act, which would ban hair-related discrimination.

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 …

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.

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.

Jill  —  A Biography of the First Lady … EBOOK / ISBN-13: 9780316377607  —  USD: $14.99 / CAD: $18.99  —  PAGE COUNT: 320 SELECT A FORMAT: … The personal and political life of First Lady Dr. Jill Biden  —  Dr. Jill Biden has been described as President Joe Biden's greatest political asset.

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 …

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.  —  SPORTS  —  Tears and Tension as the NCAA Awards a Women's Championship to Lia Thomas  —  By MADELEINE KEARNS

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 …