Sarah Palin Announces She's Running for Congress in Alaska  —  Ms. Palin released a statement on Friday that she was entering the race to replace Representative Don Young, who died last month.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Sarah Palin, a former Alaska governor …

Trump's presidential diarist tells Jan. 6 committee White House officials provided less detail about his activities days before riot  —  Washington (CNN)Just days before the US Capitol riot, White House officials started providing fewer details about then-President Donald Trump's calls and visits …

Manchin: Biden's repeal of Title 42 order ‘a frightening decision’  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Friday slammed President Biden's decision to rescind Title 42, a Trump-era health order used to rapidly deport people who cross the border without authorization as “a frightening decision” …

Will Smith Resigns From Academy Over Chris Rock Oscars Slap Backlash … Will Smith, facing possible expulsion or suspension after he assaulted Chris Rock during last Sunday's Oscars telecast, has instead resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

U.S. Will Help Transfer Soviet-Made Tanks to Ukraine  —  The transfer, a response to a request from Ukraine's president, will mark the first time the Biden administration has helped send tanks in the five-week-old war.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Amazon Warehouse Workers Win Historic Union Vote on Staten Island  —  Members of the new Amazon Labor Union are on course to become the the nation's first unionized workers at the online retail behemoth, thanks to a grassroots independent organizing campaign.

Roman Abramovich's $1bn five-yacht fleet revealed  —  Latest vessel's discovery highlights veil of secrecy over sanctions-hit oligarch's assets  —  Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich owns or is linked to a collection of five yachts estimated to be worth almost $1bn, including several vessels …

The “Putin Is Bad, But” Republicans  —  On Thursday, in a dim conference room in the bowels of a Washington, D.C., hotel, about 150 conservatives gathered for a day of group therapy.  They had all been traumatized by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which had left them questioning their assumptions about the world.

China accused of hacking Ukraine days before Russian invasion … China staged a huge cyberattack on Ukraine's military and nuclear facilities in the build-up to Russia's invasion, according to intelligence memos obtained by The Times.  —  More than 600 websites belonging to the defence ministry …

In Disney, DeSantis finds his corporate foil  —  Disney used to be a power broker that got what it wanted in Tallahassee.  Then came Ron DeSantis and a fight over what critics have called the 'Don't Say Gay' bill.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — One of Florida's biggest political players …

Defense Department Announces $300 Million in Additional Assistance for Ukraine  —  Attributed to Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby:  —  This afternoon, April 1, the Department of Defense (DoD) notified Congress of additional assistance activities under authority provided by the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI).

Shaken at First, Many Russians Now Rally Behind Putin's Invasion  —  Polls and interviews show many Russians now accept the Kremlin's assertion that their country is under siege from the West.  Opponents are leaving the country or keeping quiet.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Why Biden's jobs boom isn't translating  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  The U.S. unemployment rate hit 3.6 percent today, as 431,000 jobs were added during the month of March.

Food Delivery Leak Unmasks Russian Security Agents  —  Russian tech giant Yandex has blamed one of its employees for the hacking and subsequent leak of data from Yandex Food, a popular food delivery service in Russia.  —  Among the many users affected are serving agents of Russia's security services …

Minute-by-Minute: Inside The Out-Of-Control Protest at Yale Law School  —  On March 10, 2022, a protest at Yale Law School—just ranked (again) this week as the #1 law school in the U.S.—got horrendously out of hand.  —  The background: Yale's Federalist Society had invited two lawyers …

Ginni Thomas Pushed Trump to Hire Someone the White House Suspected Was a Foreign Spy  —  The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas gave the former president “insane and unworkable” lists of people he should fire and hire, according to a new report from The Daily Beast