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.

Herschel Walker Claims to Own Companies That Don't Exist  —  George Senate candidate Herschel Walker's history of exaggerating his business success is even worse than anyone thought.  —  Former NFL star Herschel Walker has made millions in business ventures since he retired in 1997 …

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 …

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Joining Military Is ‘Throwing Your Life Away’  —  Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has said joining the military is like “throwing your life away” due to President Joe Biden's foreign policies.  —  Speaking to former Fox News host Lou Dobbs' podcast on April 9 …

Substack's Growth Spurt Brings Growing Pains  —  The publishing platform's founders want Substack to be an “alternate universe on the internet.”  But it faces copycat rivals, an exodus by writers and a need to move beyond newsletters.  —  There are things that the newsletter writer Kirsten Han misses about Substack.

What Really Happened in Ukraine in 2014—and Since Then  —  A close look at the lies and distortions from Russia apologists and propagandists about the roots of the Ukraine war.  —  Pundits skeptical of or even hostile to Ukraine's cause in its defensive war against Russia have different reasons …

Frank James, the man being sought by police, left a trail of troubling videos online.  —  The man whom the police have identified as a person of interest in the subway attack in Brooklyn appears to have posted dozens of videos on social media in recent years — lengthy rants in which he expressed …

BLM co-founder: Charity transparency laws are ‘triggering’  —  Laws that require charities to disclose their finances and activities to the public endanger the lives of activists, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors said at a recent event.  —  The embattled activist …

Two men from The Villages admit to casting multiple ballots in 2020 election  —  Two residents from The Villages confessed to voter fraud charges after filing two ballots in the 2020 Presidential election, court records show.  —  Charles F. Barnes and Jay Ketcik pleaded guilty to casting …

Is There a Right Left? … In January 1995, a Republican became speaker of the House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years—and the GOP found itself in control of the Senate for only the second time since 1955.  Almost immediately, ideas that were incubated within conservative …

Did the John Birch Society Win in the End?  —  Modern conservatism was built by purging the right's reckless conspiracy theorists—but now they've taken over.  —  A foundation of the folklore of the American right is the story of how National Review's William F. Buckley, in the early- to mid-1960s …

Democrats are considering big changes to the primary process ahead of 2024  —  The Democratic National Committee is opening the door to significant changes to how the party picks presidential candidates in the future.  —  Members of the Rules and Bylaws Committee, which governs the nominating process …

America's Highest Earners And Their Taxes Revealed  —  Secret IRS files reveal the top US income-earners and how their tax rates vary more than their incomes.  Tech titans, hedge fund managers and heirs dominate the list, while the likes of Taylor Swift and LeBron James didn't even make the top 400.

Biden jobs boom?  Not all Dems are buying  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  One need not be a rocket scientist to understand why the historic increase in the price of goods …

China's ‘Zero-Covid’ Mess Proves Autocracy Hurts Everyone  —  The fear in China is that the strict coronavirus policy has become another Mao-style political campaign with devastating effects.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Long before the “zero Covid” policy, China had a “zero sparrow” policy.

Biden ATF Nominee Repeatedly Claimed Ohio Elections are ‘Rigged’  —  The new nominee to head the ATF has a history of employing heated rhetoric to question the integrity of elections.  —  Steve Dettelbach, who was recently nominated to run the agency by President Joe Biden (D.) …

Youngkin vetoes bipartisan bills while stoking political rancor  —  RICHMOND — Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) continued to stoke partisan rancor this week with a flurry of unusual vetoes and bill amendments that political opponents and analysts saw as punishing Democrats and agitating culture-war talking points.

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 …

The Pandemic Has Trapped Millions in Unending Grief  —  COVID is now the third leading cause of death—and therefore the third leading cause of grief—in the United States.  —  Photo Illustrations by Aaron Turner  —  lucy esparza-casarez thinks she caught the coronavirus while working …

Trump Fans Found a Way to Be Even Worse at the Airport  —  A new video trend has the right paging fake passengers over airport intercoms.  —  Are you or a loved one feeling serpentine lately?  The QAnon-right thinks your COVID-19 vaccine might have been laced with snake blood to inject you with Satan's DNA.

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

South Carolina ‘serial rapist’, 19, whose dad works for DA gets PROBATION for ‘sexually’ assaulting pastor's daughter: Second ‘rape victim’ died, with third rape charge dismissed  — Relatives of 19-year-old Bowen Turner's victims said he was merely given a slap on the wrist by Orangeburg County Judge Markley Dennis

This Isn't Putin's Inflation  —  The price rises began long before Ukraine and will be hard to stop.  —  White House aides were out in force on Monday warning that Tuesday's inflation report would be ugly and blaming it on Vladimir Putin.  No doubt that beats blaming your own policies.

Dems retreat on crime and police reform  —  President Joe Biden is proclaiming that it's time to “fund the police” and pouring more money into law enforcement in his budget plan.  Democratic mayors in deep-blue cities are promising to hire hundreds more cops.

For 20 Years, This Prosecutor Had a Secret Job Working For the Judges Who'd Decide His Cases  —  Ralph Petty worked as an assistant district attorney in Midland County, Texas, for 20 years.  Like any prosecutor, he fervidly advocated for the government.  But he wasn't just any advocate, because he wasn't just a prosecutor.

First look: McCormick's Q1 haul in PA GOP primary … - A source close to the campaign said it will be reporting additional self-funding from McCormick.  — Oz has not yet reported his first-quarter fundraising totals. … The campaign says it got donations from all 67 of the state's counties.

Biden to unveil five new judicial nominees, bringing total to 90  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden plans to roll out five new judicial nominees on Monday, elevating two judges to federal circuit courts and picking three to serve on district courts, a White House official told NBC News.

Top Trump White House lawyers scheduled for Jan. 6 interview  —  Two of Donald Trump's top White House lawyers are slated to speak with the Jan. 6 select committee Wednesday, according to one person with knowledge of the arrangement.  —  Pat Cipollone, Trump's White House counsel …

District awards middle schoolers $2,000 for student drag show  —  Middle school students at Whatcom Middle School will perform in drag in the coming weeks.  And the district is paying them to do it.  —  Bellingham Public Schools held a contest called Think BIG.