Alex Jones' InfoWars files for bankruptcy in U.S. court  —  Far-right wing website InfoWars on Sunday filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in the face of multiple defamation lawsuits.

Mike Lee's Role in Trump's Attempted Coup  —  What would have happened if his plan worked?  —  Senator Mike Lee's defenders insist his repeated texts to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows offering his guidance on the proper constitutional process to overturn the 2020 election results prove his honor.

After a valiant 53-day defense compared to the Alamo and Stalingrad, Mariupol appears about to fall  —  MARIUPOL'S LAST STAND: Low on food and ammo, Mariupol's last defenders are surrounded and confined to a small area of the city in and around the Azovstal iron and steelworks …

Trump Supporters Explain Why They Believe the Big Lie  —  Some 35 percent of Americans—including 68 percent of Republicans—believe the Big Lie, pushed relentlessly by former President Donald Trump and amplified by conservative media, that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

Florida's vile ‘groomer’ law may soon blow up in DeSantis's face  —  One of the more repulsive features of Florida's new law restricting classroom discussion of sex and gender is its vagueness.  This may be a feature, not a bug: It could encourage conservative parents to sniff …

The Jolt: Marjorie Taylor Greene outraised by Democratic challenger in 2022  —  News and analysis from the politics team at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  —  Friday's deadline to report fundraising for the first three months of 2022 has given us more information to sift through in some of Georgia's most contested federal races.

We're Publishing the Facebook Papers.  Here's What They Say About Donald Trump, the 2020 Election, and Jan. 6.  —  Gizmodo has reviewed, redacted, and published more than two dozen leaked Facebook documents, the first of hundreds to come.  —  Alerts  —  In the hours following the Jan. 6 attack …

Rick Scott became the Senate GOP's election general, then went to war  —  With an aggressive fundraising effort and a controversial policy plan, the Florida senator has been upsetting colleagues.  He's okay with that.  —  Florida Sen. Rick Scott has been publicly dressed …

Given endless resources, Tucker Carlson zeroes in on UFOs and testicles  —  Tucker Carlson and his team are in the television business, so it's not surprising that one of the trailers for the second season of “Tucker Carlson Originals” — his short-form documentary series that airs …

Democrats Can Avoid Disaster in November  —  Ms. Warren is a U.S. senator from Massachusetts  —  Democrats are the party of working people.  Ahead of the 2020 election, we advanced ideas and plans that we believed would, in ways big and small, make our democracy and our economy work better for all Americans.

There's a better way forward for New York State  —  These are perilous times and the ship of state must maneuver quickly, but smartly.  —  The problems are mounting and public skepticism about the future of New York is at frightening levels.  —  The legislative session is still ongoing in Albany and the priorities are clear.

Trump attempt at a coup to be a focus of U.S. House hearings, lawmaker Raskin says  —  Then-President Donald Trump attempted a coup on Jan. 6, 2021, and that will be a centerpiece of committee hearings in Congress next month, said Democrat Jamie Raskin, a committee member who led the prosecution of Trump's second impeachment.

Lethal darts were fired into a Ukrainian neighborhood by the thousands  —  BUCHA, Ukraine — At Svitlana Chmut's house outside Kyiv, there are carrots in her garden and deadly Russian mini-arrows in her yard.  —  A pile of the sharp, finned projectiles rounded up by Chmut are now gathering rust in the spring's fine mist.

Lonely Anatoly: The Russian ambassador is Washington's least popular man  —  No one wants to talk to Anatoly Antonov.  —  Russia's ambassador to the United States can't get meetings with senior officials at the White House or the State Department.  He can't convince U.S. lawmakers to see him, much less take a photo.

Kamala Harris Talks to ‘The Ringer’ About Her Wordle Strategy  —  The Wordle craze has hit the vice president's office, but there's a problem: The veep can't send anyone her squares  —  When Vice President Kamala Harris admitted last week at a fundraiser in Washington, D.C. …

How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens  —  The inside story of the world's most notorious commercial spyware and the big tech companies waging war against it.  —  NSO Group's software has been linked to repressive regimes, but now “all types of governments” use it, an observer said.

The End of Presidential Debates  —  The Marvel entertainment company fused its superhero movies into a “Marvel Cinematic Universe” so involute that only the most devoted fans can make sense of it.  —  The Trump Cinematic Universe works the same way.  Only those conversant …

John Fetterman has a huge cash advantage for the homestretch of the Pa. Senate primary  —  A turbulent few weeks and hard-hitting attacks have done little to change one of the persistent realities of Pennsylvania's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate: John Fetterman has a crucial money lead …

White House Global Covid-19 Summit to be held in May  —  It comes at a time when many global health groups are rethinking their pandemic responses amid new vaccine supplies, variants and treatment options.  —  The White House announced Monday that its Global Covid-19 Summit …

Poll: Cortez Masto leads Laxalt for Nevada Senate; ominous signs over Biden approval  —  Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) leads likely Republican opponent and former Attorney General Adam Laxalt by 8 percentage points, but voter economic angst and President Joe Biden's low approval rating …

Texans Spend Billions on Border Operations.  What Do They Get in Return?  —  Rick Perry and Greg Abbott have launched widely publicized and costly border initiatives for nearly two decades — often during reelection season or while eyeing higher office.  —  In October 2005 …

The Messy Politics of Teaching Gender  —  How the left and the right can find sanity.  —  The controversy over Florida's so-called “Don't Say Gay” law, which severely curbs the ability of public schools to teach about sexual orientation or gender identity, has brought the spotlight on the extent …

It Looks Like Genocide  —  Rich Lowry thinks President Biden shouldn't have used that term.  But the evidence of genocide is mounting.  —  Rich Lowry, a man who spent much of the Donald Trump presidency arguing his rhetoric doesn't matter, look at his policies, is very worried about Joe Biden's words.

Man opened fire at South Carolina mall in self-defense, his lawyer says  —  Police said multiple shooters were involved and nine people were struck.  Leaders decry the violence even as lawmakers pull back gun regulations.  —  Man arrested after South Carolina mall shooting fired in self-defense, his lawyer says