In Bucha, the story of one man's body left on a Russian killing field  —  BUCHA, Ukraine — Police found the body in an abandoned Russian military camp where occupying soldiers had sat around drinking wine, their laughter so loud that neighbors seethed as it echoed down Yablunska Street.

Rotting fruit, spoiled vegetables: How Texas just made the supply chain even worse  —  San Francisco (CNN)A weeklong protest by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott against President Biden's recent immigration policy reached a resolution on Friday, but the gridlock it created has resulted in hundreds …

‘I Just Think Sarah These Days Is Not a Person to Be Taken Seriously’  —  WASILLA, Alaska — About 70 miles up the road from Sarah Palin's home on Lake Lucille, there's a propane, gift and souvenir store set behind a snowbank where Mike Carpenter, the owner, will turn on Newsmax …

CIA Bombshell: The Sussmann data was “user created”  —  My late Friday night involved hitting refresh on PACER every so often, incurring the $0.10 charge for each search result as I waited on Special Counsel John Durham's latest filing in the Michael Sussmann case.  (Exciting, I know.)

India Is Stalling the W.H.O.'s Efforts to Make Global Covid Death Toll Public  —  The agency has calculated that 15 million people have died as a result of the pandemic, far more than earlier estimates, but has yet to release those numbers.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Prosecutors don't pursue stolen property charges in case involving dog  —  Federal prosecutors said Saturday that they did not pursue criminal charges filed by D.C. police against four men who were arrested at a residence where authorities found Pablo, a puppy that had been taken from his owner at gunpoint.

Historic loss of flagship deals humiliating blow to Russia's naval power  —  The Russian-Ukrainian war has produced yet another hallmark event in the history of warfare.  —  On April 14, after 49 days of Russia's all-out war, Ukraine inflicted a devastating blow upon the Kremlin's pride …

The Slime Machine Targeting Dozens of Biden Nominees  —  In an escalation of partisan warfare, a little-known dark-money group is trying to thwart the President's entire slate.  —  During the autos-da-fé that now pass for Supreme Court confirmation hearings in the U.S. Senate …

I'm a Longtime Professor.  The Real Campus “Free Speech Crisis” Is Not What You Think.  —  I'm a college professor, which is one of those jobs that people outside the profession love to ask you about.  For the better part of a decade, most of those conversations have been about one thing: free speech.

Florida's education department rejects math textbooks, saying some had critical race theory  —  Even math textbooks can't measure up to Florida's strict new education standards.  —  The Florida Department of Education says it has found that many math textbooks submitted by publishers contained …

The One Way History Shows Trump's Personality Cult Will End  —  In the summer of 2020, Ruth Ben-Ghiat was putting the final touches on her history of modern autocracy.  She had to do it, though, without the benefit of knowing whether one of her most important subjects would remain in power come November.

Abortion bans that have been enacted  —  Florida: Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed into law a 15-week abortion ban which has no exceptions for rape or incest.  It only allows for abortions to be performed past the 15 weeks if there's a medical emergency or a “fatal fetal abnormality.”

Russian oligarch Deripaska's yacht arrives in Turkish waters  —  A yacht linked to Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska arrived in a bay near the southwestern Turkish resort of Gocek on Saturday, as more Russian billionaires head for Turkey to flee Western sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

EXCLUSIVE: The *Real* Reason Jared Kushner was Given $2 Billion to Invest by MBS  —  On Monday, I wrote about the staggering sum of $2 billion entrusted by the Saudi investment fund PIF to Jared Kushner's new fund, Affinity Partners—reportedly at the behest of Saudi Crown Prince MBS …

The Unseen Scars of Those Who Kill Via Remote Control  —  Capt. Kevin Larson was one of the best drone pilots in the U.S. Air Force.  Yet as the job weighed on him and untold others, the military failed to recognize its full impact.  After a drug arrest and court martial, he fled into the California wilderness.

Mike Lee and a Little Light Treason  —  The public doesn't care enough about anti-democratic threats  —  Here are some things that are true about America.  —  Our democracy is eroding.  —  It keeps getting worse because the people attacking democracy face no real punishment.  —  It could get a lot worse.