Multiple people shot in Brooklyn subway stop during rush hour  —  Multiple people were shot Tuesday morning in a gruesome shooting in a Brooklyn subway station during rush hour, officials said.  —  The bloody incident broke out around 8:30 a.m. at the 36th Street station for the D, N, R lines in Sunset Park.

Hubris and isolation led Vladimir Putin to misjudge Ukraine  —  More than six weeks into his war against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is feeling the sting of failure.  —  Thousands of Russian battlefield deaths.  Three front-line retreats by the Russian military.

Lt. Gov. Benjamin Arrested in Campaign Finance Scheme  —  Brian A. Benjamin, New York's No. 2 official to Gov. Kathy Hochul, will face a federal charge that he conspired to commit bribery while a state senator.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Lt. Gov. Brian A. Benjamin of New York …

Inflation Continued to Worsen in March, as Gas and Rent Costs Rose: Live Updates  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  Prices were 8.5% higher in March than a year earlier.  —  Inflation  —  +8.5% in  —  March  —  +6.5%  —  without  —  food and energy  —  Year-over-year percent change in the Consumer Price Index

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.

Pennsylvania Republicans Are Going to Nominate an Election Conspiracist for Governor  —  TFW when Dr. Oz is the most normal Republican in a state.  —  LOL, if you thought Donald Trump's endorsement of Dr. Mehmet Oz for Senate was the worst development in Pennsylvania's 2022 GOP primaries …

Did Jared Kushner just get a $2 billion bribe?  —  It was jarring to learn that back in 1967, some 16 of 22 senators from former Confederate states opposed the confirmation of the first Black Supreme Court justice, Thurgood Marshall.  For the first Black woman nominee 55 years later …

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.

The Obscure Law NY Prosecutors Could Use to Charge Trump Years From Now  —  Trump may be hoping to run out the clock, but New York prosecutors believe they have a lot more time than the former president thinks. … The Manhattan District Attorney's investigation into former President Donald …

Princeton's Mixed-Up President Discards Free Speech and Demonizes Its Defenders … Say what you want about Christopher Eisgruber, the president of Princeton University—he is a principled man.  The problem is that he holds principles that are in serious conflict with one another.

Covid-19 may be hastening democracy's demise  —  Trust in U.S. institutions has been declining for years, thanks to government scandals, economic dislocation, increased inequality and social media.  Now, evidence is growing that the coronavirus pandemic is making the phenomenon much worse.

QAnon candidates are on the ballot in 26 states  —  With millions in funding and the support of prominent Republicans, the conspiracy theory movement is one of the fastest-growing forces in American politics, a Grid investigation finds.  —  Part one of “The United States of QAnon,” …

Axios-Ipsos poll: Most Americans say COVID is no longer a crisis  —  Less than one in 10 Americans now describe COVID-19 as a crisis — with about three in four calling it a manageable problem and one in six saying it's no problem at all — according to the latest installment of the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index.

California pushing for 32-hour workweek at larger companies as part of pandemic-driven shift … California is trying to become the first state in the nation to make a four-day workweek a state law.  —  The state introduced a new bill that would make the official workweek 32 hours …

The Jolt: Internal poll shows Brian Kemp close to outright primary win, despite Trump fight  —  The race for Georgia governor might as well have been a tossup when David Perdue entered the contest in December.  Now Gov. Brian Kemp's allies are increasingly confident they can avoid a runoff …

Former Trump lawyer, amid clash with Jan. 6 committee, pushing to decertify 2020 election  —  Trump has been watching the decertification push closely  —  Just as he was emerging as a top target of the House committee investigating the Capitol attack, former Trump lawyer John Eastman took a trip to Wisconsin.

Romney, now a GOP maverick, undecided on future in politics  —  Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) says he hasn't decided whether to run for re-election in 2024, when he could be on the same ballot as Donald Trump if the former president seeks another bid for the White House.

DeJoy says USPS will expedite midterm ballots, holds firm on electric trucks … Had the U.S. Postal Service incrementally made improvements over the years, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says, Americans wouldn't know who runs their mail agency.  And DeJoy, the controversial leader of the mail service …