Live Updates: Biden Arrives at Ukrainian-Polish Border to Meet With Soldiers and Refugees  —  President Biden is due to meet with U.S. troops along NATO's eastern flank as refugees continue to flee Ukraine, with more than two million having gone to Poland.  Fighting raged on as Russia continued …

Virginia Thomas urged White House chief to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 election, texts show … Virginia Thomas, a conservative activist married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, repeatedly pressed White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to pursue unrelenting efforts …

Ted Cruz's Daughters Attend a Private School That Is ‘Antiracist’  —  The Texas senator aggressively questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson this week for serving on the board of a school “overflowing with critical race theory.”  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Germany vows to end dependence on Russian gas by 2024 as US offers extra shipments  —  America plans to deliver at least 15bn cubic metres of LNG to Europe as west ramps up moves to reduce reliance on Moscow  —  Germany vowed to all but wean itself off Russian gas by mid-2024 as the US …

Sen. Manchin launches new push for ‘all of the above’ energy bill … Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) has restarted talks with fellow Democrats about reviving the party's climate and social spending bill, according to two people familiar with the matter, as administration officials search …

Nebraska US Rep. Fortenberry found guilty in campaign probe  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska was convicted Thursday on charges that he lied to federal authorities about an illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign from a foreign billionaire at a 2016 Los Angeles fundraiser.

How the 2022 Primaries Are Testing Trump's Role as the G.O.P. ‘Kingpin’  —  Two of Donald Trump's most prominent Senate endorsements have already backfired.  Now the month of May looms large to measure his pull on the party.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Bannon's escape plan: how the Trump strategist is trying to dodge prison  —  Bannon is advancing a high-stakes defense as he battles a case that could mean up to a year in federal prison and thousands of dollars in fines if convicted  —  s the House select committee investigating …

Inside New York City's Decision to End Vaccine Mandate for Pro Athletes  —  Owners and executives of some of the wealthiest sports franchises urged Mayor Eric Adams to allow unvaccinated athletes to play in New York.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

North Korea Posts Batshit Slow-Mo Missile Test Hype Video  —  North Korea state-run television has published a trailer worthy of any low budget end-of-world action flick.  Except it's real.  —  Correspondent-At-Large  —  If the idea that North Korea's new intercontinental nuclear-capable ballistic missile …

The Black Agenda is a Nihilistic and Socialist Agenda  —  When the end goal is to crush the American Dream.  —  [Order David Horowitz's new book, I Can't Breathe: How a Racial Hoax is Killing America: HERE.]  —  The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for A Broken System, edited by Anna Gifty Opoku-Ageyman …

AOC is the new Trump  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes up space: on magazine covers, on cable news, and on social media, where her followers number in the millions across multiple platforms.  Her Twitter account alone, with 12 million followers, is not just an order of magnitude larger …

GROSS: Florida Department of Health hates masks, prefers tissues and sleeves for germs  —  The Florida Department of Health is a politicized agency that follows the governor's anti-mask philosophy, but new guidance proves that it knows the science behind masking works.

Ending my campaign for Oklahoma's 5th Congressional District … Everything was a blur.  Physicians were talking amongst each other and occasionally to me, as an IV was stuck into my arm and a tube was shoved in my nose.  That morning, March 2nd, after thirteen days of being the center …