WATCH NOW: Sen. Braun open to U.S. Supreme Court rescinding ruling that legalized interracial marriage  —  U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., would welcome the U.S. Supreme Court rescinding its 1967 ruling that legalized interracial marriage nationwide in favor of allowing each of the 50 states to decide such issues on its own.

When Anna Wintour pissed off Kamala  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  Tensions between Vice President KAMALA HARRIS and President JOE BIDEN and their teams began before inauguration …

BuzzFeed investors have pushed CEO Jonah Peretti to shut down entire newsroom, sources say  — Several large shareholders have urged BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti to shut down the company's news organization.  — BuzzFeed News has won awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, but is now shrinking through voluntary buyouts.

Biden faces off against Putin.  His other opponent is time.  —  President Joe Biden heads to Europe this week as the leader of a coalition of western governments trying to stave off the worst military crisis in Europe since World War II.  His mission: to keep it all from falling apart.

Why the MAGA Movement Loves Putin  —  The Far Right's adulation for Putin is closer to mainstream GOP thinking than many would have you believe.  —  It says everything about the modern Republican Party that in the days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it wasn't clear whose side the GOP would be on.

Russia launched hypersonic missiles due to a low stockpile, sources say  —  The leading theory for why Russia launched hypersonic missiles into Ukraine last week is that it's running out of precision-guided weapons to strike faraway targets, a senior U.S. defense official and a Western official familiar with assessments told POLITICO.

Alcohol-Related Deaths Spiked During the Pandemic, a Study Shows  —  The deaths were up 25 percent in 2020 compared with 2019, amid heightened stress factors and delayed treatment, according to a new report.  —  Almost a million people in the United States have died of Covid-19 in the past two years …

As Russia Stalls in Ukraine, Dissent Brews Over Putin's Leadership  —  Military losses have mounted, progress has slowed, and a blame game has begun among some Russian supporters of the war.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  In January, the head of a group of serving …

Schools nationwide are quietly removing books from their libraries … LANCASTER, Pa. — Samantha Hull was on vacation when she got the call about the missing books.  —  Eight titles had melted away seemingly overnight, a panicked school aide told Hull, from the shelves of an elementary school …

Ukraine Must Win  —  The war in Ukraine has reached a turning point.  The Russian troops that invaded the country from the north, south, and east are now scarcely moving.  They have targeted schools, hospitals, apartment buildings, and a theater sheltering children, but they are not yet in control even of the places they occupy.

Project Veritas says feds secretly accessed its emails  —  A group that has singled out journalists and Democrats in undercover operations contends that prosecutors misled a federal court and sought unwarranted gag orders during a federal investigation of the group's ties to the alleged theft …

Utah governor vetoes transgender sports ban  —  Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) vetoed a bill banning transgender children from playing school sports on Tuesday calling the bill, noting in a letter explaining his veto that “rarely has so much fear and anger been directed at so few.”

School apologizes after teacher leads California preschoolers in anti-Biden chant  —  NORCO, Calif. — A Southern California private school apologized to parents after a teacher shared a video last month of her leading preschool students in a chant denouncing President Joe Biden.

Trudeau will be prime minister until 2025  —  OTTAWA, Ont.  — Justin Trudeau has brokered a deal with the left-leaning New Democrats that will keep his minority Liberal government in power until 2025.  —  The Canadian prime minister announced Tuesday a formal entente that will see the NDP vote …

Omicron Subvariant Takes Hold in U.S. as New York Cases Tick Up  —  More than a third of last week's U.S. Covid-19 cases were caused by the omicron BA.2 subvariant, a notable increase from just a week earlier when predictions were at just under one-quarter, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Disney employees across the U.S. are walking out today.  Here's why.  —  Disney employees plan massive walkout over 'Don't Say Gay' bill  —  Walt Disney Co. employees at corporate locations across the U.S. got up from their desks and headed to the exits Tuesday to protest CEO Bob Chapek's response …

The Evacuation of Pediatric Oncology Patients to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital  —  Our partnership with, and commitment to, the people of Ukraine is steadfast and enduring.  To that end, the Department of State has coordinated with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital …

The Trailer: How campaign rhetoric about child porn made it to the Supreme Court hearing  —  In this edition: Why Republicans are talking about pedophilia this week, how contempt is shaping Ohio's U.S. Senate primary, and what's happening in the race to replace Don Young.

In Kharkiv's Rubble, Hatred for Russia Is Strong  —  Once an admirer, citizens have now nothing but contempt and worse for the invaders  —  “Russian terrorists did this. ...  And my father is Russian, from Belgorod!”  Galina, a 63-year-old cashier, says as she pulls her belongings from the wreckage of what used to be her apartment.

Being president means expecting the unexpected  —  In an era when norms are often cast aside, one cardinal rule of the presidency remains intact: expect the unexpected.  That rule is being vindicated once more.  On Election Day 2020, few expected Russia to invade Ukraine and begin the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II.

Facing Putin's wartime censorship, a Nobel laureate fights to keep truth in Russia alive  —  Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov, editor of the Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, convened an emergency staff meeting minutes after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his war against Ukraine.