Live Updates: Several People Are Shot at Brooklyn Subway Station  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  Shooting in subway comes amid rise in gun violence across the city.  —  Multiple people were shot in the subway system in Brooklyn during the Tuesday morning rush, officials said …

Lt. Gov. Benjamin Resigns Following Campaign Finance Indictment  —  Brian A. Benjamin, New York's second in command to Gov. Kathy Hochul, was charged with bribery, fraud and falsification of records while a state senator.  —  Lt. Gov. Brian A. Benjamin of New York resigned on Tuesday …

Big cuts coming for CNN+ after slow start  —  Investment and projections for CNN+ are expected to be cut dramatically in response to a low adoption rate, two sources tell Axios. … - Hundreds of millions of dollars are expected to be cut from that original investment total.

Pentagon looks to vastly expand weapons for Ukraine  —  The Biden administration is poised to dramatically expand the scope of weapons it's providing Ukraine, U.S. officials said Tuesday, with the Pentagon looking to send Mi-17 helicopters that can be equipped to attack Russian vehicles, armored Humvees and a range of other arms.

U.S. judge declines to jail two men accused of impersonating federal agents  —  A U.S. judge on Tuesday declined to jail two men accused of impersonating federal agents and supplying Secret Service personnel with gifts, dealing a blow to prosecutors who had argued that the defendants pose a danger and should be detained.

Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg releases statement ahead of impeachment vote, slams Gov. Noem … PIERRE — On the eve of a vote to authorize articles of impeachment against Jason Ravnsborg, the South Dakota attorney general broke months of silence on the issue.

In Conference Call Before Riot, a Plea to ‘Descend on the Capitol’  —  Days before Jan. 6, a onetime aide to Roger J. Stone Jr. told Trump backers to make lawmakers meeting to finalize the 2020 election results feel that “people are breathing down their necks.”  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Rudy Giuliani unlocks phones for prosecutors in Ukraine-related lobbying probe  —  (CNN)Federal prosecutors may soon reach a charging decision regarding Rudy Giuliani's foreign lobbying efforts involving Ukraine, after he helped investigators unlock several electronic devices that were seized by the FBI …

This Is the War's Decisive Moment  —  The relatively brief but bloody war in Ukraine is entering its fourth phase.  In the first, Russia tried to depose Volodymyr Zelensky's government and sweep the country into its embrace in a three-day campaign; in the second, it attempted to conquer Ukraine …

McConnell: ‘Actually possible’ for GOP to screw up midterms with ‘unacceptable’ candidates  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said the political atmosphere is good for Republicans heading into the midterms but warned that the party could bungle its chances if …

Republicans and Putin ‘in lockstep’ for blaming inflation on Biden, says White House adviser  —  A White House adviser said Republicans are “in lockstep” with the Kremlin over whom to blame for rising inflation in the United States.  —  Jesse Lee, a White House communications adviser …

House G.O.P., Banding Together, Kills Bid to Honor Pioneering Black Judge  —  A right-wing congressman persuaded fellow Republicans to abruptly turn against a routine measure to name a federal courthouse in Florida for a Black State Supreme Court justice.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

These Men Think You Won't Like Their Views.  But They Want to Feel Free to Express Them.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  There was no talk of a stolen election, no conspiracy theories about voter fraud or rants about President Biden's legitimacy.

Photos Indicate Russian Looting of Radioactive Materials from Ukraine's Chernobyl  —  The scale of Russia's looting of Ukraine has become clearer with new photos indicating Russian theft of hazardous materials from a site near Chernobyl's nuclear power plant, and another image from Belarus adding …

Angry Drivers, Lots of Guns: An Explosion in Road Rage Shootings  —  Dozens have been reported in Texas alone amid a pandemic surge in gun purchases and a country increasingly on edge.  —  HOUSTON — The trouble started with an argument between two drivers merging in slow traffic after an Astros baseball game last summer.

A transgender psychologist has helped hundreds of teens transition.  But rising numbers have her concerned  —  Day after day, emails pour into Erica Anderson's inbox from parents struggling to support their teenagers coming out as transgender.  —  “He's been depressed and anxious since the pandemic began …

Trump ‘authorized’ assault on Capitol, Jan. 6 defendant argues at trial  —  WASHINGTON — An attorney for a man who took a coat rack and a bottle of liquor during the U.S. Capitol attack argued to a jury on Tuesday that former President Donald Trump “authorized” the Jan. 6 assault on the building …

VIDEO: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sends cops to eject our journalists for NO reason  —  The governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, sent police to expel two of our journalists from an official press conference at Miami Dade College today for no reason.  —  NBC News and The Miami Herald reported …

Chuck Grassley Says He Won't Vote to Repeal Affordable Care Act  —  US Sen. Chuck Grassley went on record in front of around 80 people in Waukon to say he does not support repealing a landmark healthcare reform law that brought coverage to more than 230,000 Iowa residents.

Nicholas Kristof's Botched Rescue Mission … By the time I arrived in Yamhill, Oregon, Nicholas Kristof's political career had already ended in a face-plant.  “I didn't feel any burning ambition to be a politician whatsoever,” he told me.  Good thing.  From start to finish …

Chris Dixon thinks web3 is the future of the internet — is it? … Regular listeners to Decoder know I'm pretty skeptical of crypto.  But I want to come by that skepticism honestly, so I talk to people who are actually investing in and building crypto startups and technology.

Summers Watch  —  Larry Summers is not only a self-promoter who is often wrong on his economics.  He is disdainful of who suffers if his recommendations are taken seriously.  —  Larry Summers, spurned for a Biden administration post, is famously vindictive.

Pentagon does ‘not object’ to potential transfer of jets from Slovakia to Ukraine  —  The Pentagon would not stand in the way of a possible transfer of Slovakian fighter jets to Ukraine, a senior U.S. defense official told reporters Tuesday.  —  Slovakia, which has already provided military technology …