Breakingviews: Elon Musk probably won't buy Twitter  —  Four years ago, Elon Musk vowed to set up a peanut brittle company to take on Warren Buffett's iconic U.S. confectioner See's Candies.  Then he changed his mind.  It wouldn't be surprising if Musk's $44 billion deal to buy social network Twitter went the same way.

White House's Ukraine aid bid heads straight for Hill morass  —  President Joe Biden's latest request for military aid to Ukraine is set to reach Congress as early as Thursday — and promptly get mired in legislative quicksand.  —  Top Republicans are shrugging off Democrats' efforts …

Judge Says Real Estate Giant Broke Rules for Trump  —  Judge Arthur Engoron has already determined that one of the largest real estate firms in the world broke its own rules to help the Trump Organization.  —  A New York judge has determined that Cushman & Wakefield, one of the world's …

Tucker Carlson Pushed Trump to Endorse J.D. Vance With ‘Disgusting’ Sexual Innuendo  —  Exclusive: In a critical GOP Senate primary in Ohio, Trump's support was swayed in part by a Fox News host spreading rumors about another man's sex habits  —  In the days before Donald Trump endorsed J.D. Vance …

‘Enormous impact’: US intelligence prevented the fall of Kyiv  —  Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size  —  Washington: America helped foil Moscow's efforts to take Kyiv and repelled its advances elsewhere by sharing such detailed intelligence that Ukraine knew exactly …

Republican Group Taunts ‘Lying’ Kevin McCarthy With Billboards In His Own District  —  The Republican Accountability Project calls out the House minority leader amid new Jan. 6 revelations.  —  A conservative group erected six billboards in House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) home district after he was caught in a lie.

How deep does the rot in the Russian army go?  —  The fiasco in Ukraine could be a reflection of either a bad strategy or a poor fighting force  —  THE JOB of organising NATO's biggest military exercise since the cold war kept Admiral James Foggo, then the commander of American naval forces …

Opinion CBS News commentator Mick Mulvaney has a new credibility problem  —  Now that CBS News is paying former acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to provide on-air commentary, here's a question its anchors could pose to him: Do you believe the things you write?

Climate change increases cross-species viral transmission risk  —  orcid.org/0000-0001-6960-8434 1,2 na1, - Gregory F. Albery 1,3 na1, - Cory Merow 4, - Christopher H. Trisos  —  orcid.org/0000-0002-5854-1489 5, - Casey M. Zipfel  —  orcid.org/0000-0002-7903-6318 1, - Evan A. Eskew

Inside Zelensky's World  —  The nights are the hardest, when he lies there on his cot, the whine of the air-raid sirens in his ears and his phone still buzzing beside him.  Its screen makes his face look like a ghost in the dark, his eyes scanning messages he didn't have a chance to read during the day.

ESPN Anchor Sage Steele Sues Network, Alleging Violation of Free-Speech Rights  —  Lawsuit centers on Ms. Steele's comments about Covid-19, ex-President Obama in a podcast interview last year  —  ESPN anchor Sage Steele sued the network and its parent, Walt Disney Co. …

Exclusive: MAGA Candidate Evicted from Home After Wife Asks Court for Emergency Order of Protection  —  His current wife is now the third domestic partner to accuse him of abusive or threatening behavior  —  Teddy Daniels, a far-right Republican candidate for lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania …

Biden Blocked From Winding Down Title 42 Border Policy Early  —  Federal judge issues a temporary restraining order blocking the administration from moving ahead with its plan to end pandemic-era border policy.  —  WASHINGTON—A federal judge in Louisiana has issued a temporary restraining order …

Drones Have Come of Age in Russia-Ukraine War  —  “A child can operate these drones,” one expert said.  —  Ukraine's eastern Donbas region is flat, open, and streaked with cloudy skies, terrain that Western officials believe has already limited Russia from carrying out the withering air …

I Blew the Whistle on Facebook.  Europe Just Showed Us the Next Step.  —  Elon Musk's deal to take Twitter private, which has spurred questions about power, censorship and safety for the future of the platform, happened just days after the European Union reached a landmark agreement to make social media less toxic for users.

Labor's Disenchantment in Ohio Puts Even Democratic Veterans at Risk  —  As unions decline and their members maintain their affections for Donald J. Trump, Democrats like Representative Marcy Kaptur find their base of support eroding quickly.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Why did Kamala take the Pfizer pill?  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  For the last several weeks, Americans across the country have struggled to access the new Covid-19 antiviral pill, Pfizer's Paxlovid.

Scoop: Former U.S. ambassador accused of illegal foreign lobbying  —  Richard Olson, a former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, has been criminally charged for his alleged role in an undisclosed lobbying campaign for the Qatari government, records show.

Senators to Convene Bipartisan Immigration Meeting After Impasse  —  A bipartisan group of senators will meet Thursday to discuss options for passing immigration legislation this year.  —  “The idea is to get as many bipartisan bills we can find that have goals that will add up to 60,” …

Trump's Spokeswoman Calls For Arrests Over 2020 Election at QAnon Rally  —  “They're gonna start arresting political opponents.  They're gonna start throwing political dissidents in jail,” Liz Harrington warned the crowd.  —  CJ  —  Former President Trump's chief spokeswoman spoke …

Marjorie Taylor Greene Rips Catholic Church For Helping Migrants: 'Satan's Controlling the Church'  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) tore into the Catholic Church in a recent interview with right-wing activist Michael Voris of Church Militant.  In the wild interview …

First on CNN: US left behind $7 billion of military equipment in Afghanistan after 2021 withdrawal, Pentagon report says  —  Washington (CNN)Approximately $7 billion of military equipment the US transferred to the Afghan government over the course of 16 years was left behind in Afghanistan …

Republican senator calls for ethics probe into Madison Cawthorn  —  A red-state Republican senator calling for an investigation into a GOP colleague from his home state just doesn't happen often.  —  By any fair measure, Rep. Madison Cawthorn appears to be in a difficult political position.

Putin Must Be Stopped Once and for All  —  The U.S. and allies are now seeking a sweeping strategic defeat for Russia. … Defending Ukraine is not enough.  Defeating Russia on the battlefield is not enough.  We must ensure—using every means available at our disposal …

Trained Russian Navy Dolphins are Protecting Black Sea Naval Base, Satellite Photos Show  —  Russia has deployed trained dolphins during its invasion of Ukraine to protect a Black Sea naval base, USNI News has learned.  —  The Russian Navy has placed two dolphin pens at the entrance to Sevastopol harbor …