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 …

Judging a Judge on Race and Crime, G.O.P. Plays to Base and Fringe  —  Grilling Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, conservative senators painted her as a jurist who had coddled criminals and embraced “woke” education.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Braun walks back comments that interracial marriage ruling should have been left to states … Sen. Mike Braun said during a media call Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court was wrong to legalize interracial marriage decades ago.  —  That decision should have been left to individual states, he said.

Trump shares his misguided ideas for resolving the war in Ukraine  —  Trump suggested he had a secret plan to end the crisis in Ukraine.  Now that he's elaborated on the details, he probably should've kept it under wraps.  —  About a month ago, a reporter asked Donald Trump …

Debra Meadows appears to have filed three false voter forms  —  “What we do know is a number of times as we have mail-in ballots, if there is not a chain of custody that goes from the voter to the ballot box, mischief can happen.”  — Then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, in an interview on ABC's “This Week,” July 26, 2020

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 …

Putin spokesman refuses to rule out use of nuclear weapons if Russia faced an ‘existential threat’  —  (CNN)Russian President Vladimir Putin's chief spokesman has conceded that Russia has yet to achieve any of its military goals in Ukraine and refused to deny that Moscow could resort to the use of nuclear weapons.

Motivated Reasoning: Emily Oster's COVID Narratives and the Attack on Public Education  —  Abigail Cartus, Ph.D, MPH Justin Feldman, Sc.D, MPH  —  Of the numerous political battles sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, some of the most bitterly contested have taken place over K-12 education.

Then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appearing remotely at the 2019 AIPAC Policy Conference.  Credit: Jose Luis Magana/AP  —  AIPAC, the most influential pro-Israel lobby group in the United States, has defended its endorsing of dozens of Republicans who refused to accept President Joe Biden's victory …

Hillary Clinton tests positive for COVID-19  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced on Tuesday evening that she has tested positive for COVID-19.  —  “I've got some mild cold symptoms but am feeling fine,” Clinton said in a statement posted to Twitter, adding that she was …

Russia and Far-Right Americans Find Common Ground With Ukraine War  —  Some conservatives have echoed the Kremlin's misleading claims about the war and vice versa, giving each other's assertions a sheen of credibility.  —  After President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia claimed that action …

A month into war, Putin's mind-set is complex — and dangerous  —  As the Ukraine war nears a month of brutal fighting, Vladimir Putin is obsessed with Ukraine, angry at his generals, paranoid about enemies at home and abroad, and wrapping his bloody deeds in spiritual language almost mystical in its vision of Russia's past and future.

Trump's vendetta against Kemp escalates ahead of his Georgia rally  —  Donald Trump's vow to exact revenge on Brian Kemp has morphed into an all-out effort to also punish the governor's closest allies.  —  For the second time in as many weeks, the former president endorsed …

Taliban orders girl high schools remain closed, leaving students in tears  —  The Taliban on Wednesday backtracked on their announcement that high schools would open for girls, saying they would remain closed until a plan was drawn up in accordance with Islamic law for them to reopen.