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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

Baseless OAN attack on Ketanji Brown Jackson echoes QAnon conspiracy theory  —  RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM JASMINE GEONZON & GIDEON TAAFFE  —  Following Sen. Josh Hawley's (R-MO) Twitter rant yesterday against Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a segment on OAN took …

‘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 …

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.

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 …

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.

How Democrats alienated the woman who helped them win the House  —  Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) pioneered the playbook that helped Democrats flip the House in 2018.  Less than four years later, she announced her retirement.  Her experience has raised alarms about the Democratic Party going forward.

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

Why is J.D. Vance getting canceled by his fellow Republicans?  —  A fascinating mystery has arisen around Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance.  And it raises pressing questions about a larger phenomenon: The drift toward Putinism among some in the GOP, and the effort by other Republicans to paper it over or purge it outright.

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 …

Will ‘Trump Enablers’ Eat Lunch in This Town Again?  —  As the clock ran out on the profoundly unfamiliar year of 2020, Washington settled — briefly, awkwardly — into a profoundly familiar Beltway ritual: a presidential transition.  Appointees of the outgoing administration looked for onward employment.

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 …

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.

Generic Congressional Ballot  —  Republicans Lead by 11 Points on Congressional Ballot: Sponsored by Miranda Devine's LAPTOP FROM HELL: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide  —  The 2022 midterm elections are now 235 days away, and Republicans …