New Details Flesh Out How Project Veritas Acquired Ashley Biden's Diary  —  The right-wing group placed a deceptive call to the president's daughter a month before Election Day, weeks after her stolen diary was shown around at a Trump fund-raiser.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

America has a New York Times-doesn't-get-the-First Amendment problem  —  It may be the most classic bit during the nine-season run of the iconic TV sitcom Seinfeld: The time that Jerry shows up at the airport car rental place with his reservation, only to be told there aren't any cars.

Replacements Come for Some Exhausted Chernobyl Workers  —  Here are the latest developments in Ukraine.  —  Firing rockets and bombs from the land, air and sea, Russian forces continued to bombard the besieged coastal city of Mariupol on Sunday and were also deporting thousands of residents …

On Eve of Confirmation Hearings, G.O.P. Steps Up Attacks on Jackson  —  The White House and Democrats have pushed back hard against new claims that the judge was overly lenient in certain cases, calling them a smear.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 19  —  Frederick W. Kagan, George Barros, and Kateryna Stepanenko  —  March 19, 3 pm ET  —  Ukrainian forces have defeated the initial Russian campaign of this war.  That campaign aimed to conduct airborne and mechanized operations to seize Kyiv …

Fierce fighting engulfs Mariupol as Russia demands Ukraine surrender city  —  Turkey says the two countries are converging on aspects of a peace deal as devastation continues  —  Russia has given Ukrainian forces a Monday deadline to surrender control of the besieged port city of Mariupol …

Who's Unhappy With Schools?  The Answer Surprised Me.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Tucked into a New Yorker article by Jill Lepore about the spate of school board fights over just about everything was a statistic that caught my eye.  Despite all the ink spilled lately …

The Russians Fleeing Putin's Wartime Crackdown  —  Resisters are leaving Russia because the country they worked to build is disappearing—and the more people who leave, the faster it vanishes. … In the world as it existed before Russia invaded Ukraine, on February 24th …

War in Ukraine: Anti-war opinions can cost Russians their jobs  —  For 28-year-old geography teacher Kamran Manafly, it all began with an Instagram post.  —  “I don't want to be a reflection of state propaganda,” he wrote on the social media site, just a few days before it was restricted in Russia.

How the GOP's dirtiest slur got a new life  —  In speeches, ads and on social media, it is fast becoming the defining smear of the 2022 primary campaign season: RINO.  —  The acronym — short for ‘Republican-In-Name-Only’ — is hardly new.  But former President Donald Trump's frequent use …

'Why won't Israel give Ukraine weapons?'  Zelensky criticizes Knesset  —  Zelensky praised the Iron Dome as the best missile defense system, asking why Israel was not supplying Ukraine with defensive weapons.  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky used his address to MKs and cabinet ministers …

Pentagon's Work With Ukraine's Biological Facilities Becomes Flashpoint in Russia's Information War  —  Moscow falsely accuses U.S. of funding biowarfare in Ukraine despite Kremlin once benefiting from Pentagon program  —  On his first official visit abroad, the new senator from Illinois …

Demand for This Toad's Psychedelic Venom Is Booming.  Some Warn That's Bad for the Toad.  —  In a sign of unintended consequences of the psychedelic resurgence, scientists say that the Sonoran desert toad is at risk of population collapse.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Russia's war for Ukraine could be headed toward stalemate … Russia's attempt to conquer Ukraine could be headed to a stalemate as heavy casualties and equipment losses take a toll on unprepared Russian forces that have failed so far to achieve any of their initial objectives, Western officials and military experts say.

'It's choose your fighter time': Rep. Matt Gaetz announces reelection campaign  —  FORT WALTON BEACH — Rep. Matt Gaetz announced Saturday that he will be running for reelection this year.  —  Gaetz confirmed that he will be fighting to keep his seat in the U.S. House as he met with a crowd …