Trump Is Guilty of ‘Numerous’ Felonies, Prosecutor Who Resigned Says  —  Mark F. Pomerantz, who had investigated the former president, left after the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, halted an effort to seek an indictment.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Cory Booker Aside, Democrats Stranded Ketanji Brown Jackson  —  The third day of hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation to the Supreme Court came to a close on Wednesday following another 10-plus hours filled with character smears about child pornography from Republican senators …

Under Fire, Out of Fuel, No Air Support: What Intercepted Russian Radio Chatter Reveals  —  The Times's Visual Investigations team analyzed dozens of battlefield radio transmissions between Russian forces during an initial invasion of the town of Makariv, outside Kyiv.

Top Russian military leaders repeatedly decline calls from U.S., prompting fears of ‘sleepwalking into war’ … Repeated attempts by the United States' top defense and military leaders to speak with their Russian counterparts have been rejected by Moscow for the last month …

Biden requests Mehmet Oz and Herschel Walker resign from presidential council or be terminated  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden has formally asked two Trump-appointed members of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition to resign from their posts or be terminated.

Trump endorsements slow and prompt a scramble by candidates, advisers  —  Former president Donald Trump has slowed his efforts shape the nation's most competitive Republican primaries, holding back endorsements in some of the biggest Senate races and publicly abandoning his support for the struggling Senate campaign of Rep. Mo Brooks.

Foreign Secretary announces 65 new Russian sanctions to cut off vital industries fuelling Putin's war machine  —  New sanctions target strategic industries, banks and business elites.  —  From:  —  Liz Truss has announced 65 sanctions, targeting strategic industries, banks and business elites

Why Trump Is Losing His Grip on the GOP  —  It strains memory now to recall that when Donald Trump first shoved his way into presidential politics seven years ago this spring, and soon after humiliated a long parade of establishment Republicans, his appeal to voters had a coherent dimension.

Madison Cawthorn Committed the One Unforgivable Sin of Politics  —  The ingredients are there for an upset.  —  If the worst thing Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) did this month was call Ukraine's President “a thug,” or get caught speeding multiple times with a revoked license …

U.S. to welcome 100,000 Ukrainian refugees  —  The Biden administration will announce plans to welcome 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and others affected by the Russian war on Ukraine, the Biden administration announced Thursday.  —  Not all will be admitted through the refugee program or during this fiscal year.

Spies Will Doom Putin  —  After invading Ukraine, he's tightening the screws the way the Soviets did—and that will help the CIA recruit Russians.  —  I spent 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency's clandestine service, and watching Vladimir Putin's brutal war in Ukraine …

Losing Wars and Saving Face  —  Russian flags dumped in the aftermath of a pro-war rally at the Luzhniki Stadium on the 18th March (Photo via @mbk_center)  —  The futility of Russia's war against Ukraine is matched only by its brutality.  The longer it goes on the greater the potential humiliation …

Russia-Ukraine war fails to fuel Biden rebound: AP-NORC poll  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Joe Biden meets with key allies in Brussels to coordinate a stronger response to Russia's monthlong assault on Ukraine, a new poll shows Americans have yet to rally around his leadership.

North Korea's Nuclear Opportunism … With the entire world focused on Ukraine, the coming weeks and months will present the perfect opportunity for rogue states to make trouble, knowing that the United States and other powers are distracted.  Chief among such potential opportunists is North Korea …

Live Updates: Biden Is in Europe to Rally Allies as Ukraine Battles Russian Forces  —  As President Biden holds urgent meetings with NATO, the G7 and the E.U. in Brussels, Ukraine says it destroyed a Russian landing ship at a strategic southern port.  A U.N. agency says the war has driven half of Ukraine's children from their homes.

In texts, SC GOP candidates picks fight with Mick Mulvaney  —  A Trump-backed South Carolina GOP congressional candidate lashed out at the former president's acting White House chief of staff in a series of text messages this week, where she twice called Mick Mulvaney a “piece of s—” …

Fed Up With Deadly Propaganda, Some Russian Journalists Quit  —  At least four state television employees have publicly resigned, citing regret for their roles in promoting false narratives about Ukraine.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Dmitri Likin spent more than two decades helping shape …