Evidence mounts of GOP involvement in Trump election schemes  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rioters who smashed their way into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, succeeded — at least temporarily — in delaying the certification of Joe Biden's election to the White House.

Pelosi, Congressional Delegation Statement on Visit to Kyiv, Ukraine  —  Rzeszow, Poland - Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Members of a Congressional delegation issued this statement following their visit to Kyiv, Ukraine.  This visit is the first official Congressional delegation to have visited Ukraine following Russia's invasion.

Lavrov Compares Ukraine's Zelenskyy to Hitler, Who Also ‘Had Jewish Blood’  —  Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview on Italian television on Sunday that the fact Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Jewish does not negate the Nazi elements in his country.

‘A horrible plague, then Covid’: Biden and correspondents joke in post-Trump return to normality  —  White House Correspondents' Association dinner is first attended by a sitting president in six years after Donald Trump's snubs, then pandemic  —  Joe Biden celebrated the return …

Europe to Make Fresh Push to Revive Iran Nuclear Deal  —  Talks have hit a deadlock over Iran's demand that Washington lift terror designation on Iran's Revolutionary Guards  —  European officials are preparing to make a fresh push to salvage a nuclear deal with Iran, offering to send …

This Will Not Pass: Trump-Biden blockbuster is dire reading for Democrats  —  Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns have made waves with tapes of Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans - but the president's party has more to fear from what they reveal  —  his Will Not Pass is a blockbuster.

Ron DeSantis and Other Republicans Desecrate What Their Party Long Championed  —  In 2010, the Supreme Court held that “political speech does not lose First Amendment protection ‘simply because its source is a corporation.’” The case was Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission …

In 2020, Biden was a political juggernaut in Massachusetts.  A new poll shows voters have soured on him.  A lot.  —  In March 2020, President Biden swept through Massachusetts' Democratic primary with a come-from-behind Super Tuesday victory.  He later topped Donald Trump …

A Role Model for the Midterms  —  Democrats need to fight back against the Republicans' phony culture war.  Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow showed how.  —  “Unhappy is the land that needs a hero.”  The famous line is from Brecht's “Life of Galileo,” and it's often trotted …

Three steps for Elon Musk if he's serious about free speech at Twitter  —  But first, a primer for a somewhat confused billionaire on what the First Amendment actually entails  —  As the would-be new owner of Twitter, Elon Musk has been touting his passion for free speech over the past week.

ADL Chief Compares ‘Radical Left’ Critics of Israel to Right-wing Extremists  —  ‘These radical actors indisputably and unapologetically denigrate and dehumanize Jews,’ says ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt, singling out groups such as Jewish Voice for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine

Opinion The Jan. 6 hearings should follow 5 basic rules  —  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a prominent member of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, has promised blockbuster hearings that will “blow the roof off” Congress.  (Perhaps better not to raise expectations so high?)