Zelensky Gives Interview to Russian Journalists.  Moscow Orders It Quashed.  —  It was a remarkable moment in the war in Europe: President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine gave a 90-minute-long Zoom interview on Sunday to four prominent journalists from Russia, the country invading his.

Inside Ted Cruz's last-ditch battle to keep Trump in power … Sen. Ted Cruz was dining near the Capitol on the evening of Dec. 8, 2020, when he received an urgent call from President Donald Trump.  A lawsuit had just been filed at the Supreme Court designed to overturn the election Trump had lost …

Why Trump Says He ‘Just Might Have to’ Run Again  —  He doesn't want to be remembered as a loser, sure—but he also fears prosecution.  —  At a rally on Saturday in Commerce, Georgia, Donald Trump all but announced his 2024 run for president as he lobbed more verbal missiles …

How Joe Manchin Aided Coal, and Earned Millions  —  At every step of his political career, Joe Manchin helped a West Virginia power plant that is the sole customer of his private coal business.  Along the way, he blocked ambitious climate action.  —  GRANT TOWN, W. Va. …

First look: Biden to ask Congress to fund the police  —  President Biden will propose more than $32 billion in new spending to fight crime, two White House officials familiar with his 2023 budget plans tells Axios, putting a price tag on his State of the Union call to fund — not defund — the police.

Boris Nemtsov Tailed by FSB Squad Prior to 2015 Murder  — Previously, Bellingcat and partners discovered that a secret FSB squad had followed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny during his presidential campaign in 2017, and in the days and months before he was poisoned in 2020.

A Middle East Geopolitical Realignment Accelerates to Confront and Contain Iran  —  A first-ever diplomatic summit in Israel illustrates the new relationships being built across the region as the U.S. rethinks its security role in the Mideast  —  New diplomatic and security ties are reshaping …

Biden's Facts Don't Care About Putin's Feelings  —  This isn't about Biden's apt ad lib.  It's about steeling for a long “battle between democracy and autocracy.” … While America's media is embroiled in another confected controversy, this one about whether Joe Biden hurt Vladimir Putin's feelings …

Prosecutors Advance Tax Probe of Hunter Biden  —  Grand jury heard witness in February about past drug use, spending habits of president's son  —  A federal tax investigation into Hunter Biden is gaining momentum as prosecutors gather information from several of his associates about the sources …

Galaxy Brain … Henry Williams was 7 in 2008, and what he remembers about 2008 is that his dad lost his job.  Henry's suburban childhood was comfortable, but even so, it was shadowed by an awareness of precarity.  For a time when Henry was growing up, an aunt in her 20s lived with his family while she was between jobs.

GOP pushes Biden to do more to pressure China over Russia  —  Republicans want the Biden administration to do more to pressure China on pushing Russia to end its invasion of Ukraine and to make the consequences clear to Chinese leader Xi Jinping if he decides to help Russian President Vladimir Putin even more.

How a Google billionaire helped pay for Biden's science office  —  As President Joe Biden granted his science office unprecedented access and power, one outside adviser to that office has attained what staffers describe as an unusual level of influence.  —  A foundation controlled by Eric Schmidt …

A Securities and Environment Commission invents itself  —  It's called “global warming,” but the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seems to believe that it's really “corporate warming.”  Toward that end, the SEC just proposed new rules to compel publicly traded companies to disclose climate-related information to shareholders.

Why redistricting has stalled in 4 unfinished states  —  The final stage of the redistricting cycle has arrived: gridlock.  —  Spats between governors and state legislators — and between different Republican factions — have brought map-making to a standstill in the final four states still without …