Collins to Back Jackson for Supreme Court, Giving Her a G.O.P. Vote  —  Senator Susan Collins, a centrist from Maine, said a second meeting with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson alleviated her concerns.  It is unclear if other Republicans will join her.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

POLITICO Playbook: Could Trump blow the midterms for the GOP?  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  He's back.  —  All signs point to a typical midterm election this year in which the president's party suffers double-digit losses in the House.  The GOP has the big structural advantages on its side …

Facebook paid GOP firm to malign TikTok … Facebook parent company Meta is paying one of the biggest Republican consulting firms in the country to orchestrate a nationwide campaign seeking to turn the public against TikTok.  —  The campaign includes placing op-eds and letters to the editor …

The Attacks On Clarence And Ginni Thomas Are Merely Latest In A Decades-Long Smear Campaign  —  Not only are the attacks on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni purely political, they're deeply hypocritical.  —  While claiming its aggressive collection of confidential information …

What if Putin Didn't Miscalculate?  —  The conventional wisdom is that Vladimir Putin catastrophically miscalculated.  —  He thought Russian-speaking Ukrainians would welcome his troops.  They didn't.  He thought he'd swiftly depose Volodymyr Zelensky's government.  He hasn't.  He thought he'd divide NATO.

Why Russian troops are using tree branches for camouflage in Ukraine  —  Russian troops in Ukraine have scrambled to avoid detection and attack by using tree branches and straw, even swaths of carpeting, to conceal tanks and other armored vehicles, in what analysts call a surprising lack …

Trump's Truth Social App Plummets in Traffic, Sees 93% Drop in Signups Since Launch Week (Exclusive)  —  Former president Donald Trump's Truth Social app is seeing a 93% drop in signups and similarly steep decline in traffic after a rocky rollout last month fraught with technical issues …

U.S. Households Face $5,200 Inflation Tax This Year  —  Paying More  —  Inflation means the average U.S. household has to spend an extra $5,200 this year  —  Notes: This chart shows our estimate of the inflation cost for each income quintile assuming differential inflation rates facing each income group …

Pompeo leverages foreign policy bonafides in 2024 shadow primary  —  NAPLES, Fla. — Mike Pompeo is running — if not for president, then for a chance to be Donald Trump's running mate should the former president mount another campaign.  —  Pompeo is methodically laying the groundwork …

The Government Made This Fake News Broadcast About a Nuclear Attack on Indianapolis  —  Watch a never-before-seen video from Mighty Derringer, a Department of Energy training exercise simulating a nuclear terrorist attack on a major U.S. city.  —  Alerts  —  In December of 1986, the Pentagon …

Half of Russia's 20 Richest Billionaires Are Not Sanctioned  —  Data and graphics by Raeedah Wahid, Mira Rojanasakul, Marion Halftermeyer and Alex McIntyre  —  Half of Russia's 20 richest people have not been sanctioned over its war in Ukraine, leaving a group of super-rich …

Cawthorn's orgies-and-drugs comment stirs trouble within Freedom Caucus  —  Kevin McCarthy isn't the only senior Republican who wants to have a talk with Rep. Madison Cawthorn about his claim that some of his colleagues invited him to orgies and used cocaine.

Biden approval rating falls despite booming economy  —  The U.S. economy keeps growing at the fastest rate since 1987, the unemployment rate is down, and job growth is up.  But it doesn't seem to be resonating with American voters.  Biden's approval rating has fallen to lowest level of his presidency …

Statement from Jamie Wallis MP - 30th March 2022  —  Yesterday the parliamentary party had a photo in the chamber and then we went for dinner together.  It was nice, especially for those of us in the ‘2019 intake’ of MPs who haven't done anything like that before.

Sanctioned Oligarch's Presence Adds Intrigue to Ukraine-Russia Talks  —  Roman Abramovich, sanctioned owner of the Chelsea Football Club, mysteriously showed up at the talks between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul, and is said to be playing an unofficial role.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

After crossing Trump, Cassidy weighs governor bid  —  There's no Senate Republican quite like Bill Cassidy: He voted to convict Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection after getting reelected by 40 points, while helping cut big deals on Covid relief and infrastructure.

A Democratic Super PAC's Ad Buy Shows a Widening Battle for House Control  —  The Democrats' House Majority PAC is spending nearly $102 million to reserve advertising time in 51 media markets, staking out a broad battlefield for the coming midterm elections.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Trump's New Lawyer Has Been Fawning Over Him Since High School  —  Trump has plenty of history with his newest lawyer.  —  Here are just a few highlights from the résumé of Donald Trump's latest lawyer: amateur poet... twice suspended from the Florida bar... and …