GOP panics over ‘ultra-MAGA’ Pennsylvania Senate wild card  —  Influential Republicans in Washington and among the nationwide party elite are having a belated “oh s—t” moment over the previously unimaginable prospect that Kathy Barnette could win their party's nomination for the open Senate seat in Pennsylvania.

Roberts may face roadblocks in probe of Roe leak, reporter who published it says  —  WASHINGTON — One of the two Politico reporters who obtained the Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade questions whether Chief Justice John Roberts has the legal authority to order his fellow justices …

Judge nixes Jan. 6 plea deal after right-wing streamer ‘Baked Alaska’ declares himself ‘innocent’  —  WASHINGTON — A right-wing internet personality who live-streamed himself storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was set to plead guilty to a federal charge on Wednesday as part of a plea deal reached …

Opinion Leaked emails from Trump's lawyer show blueprint for a 2024 coup  —  The House committee examining the insurrection attempt has obtained new emails from the lawyer who helped concoct Donald Trump's plot to overturn the 2020 election.  They reveal a whole new level of scheming behind that effort …

Republicans who support abortion rights have come up with their own bill.  —  Senate Democrats press forward on a bill to protect abortion rights, with failure all but certain.  —  Senate Democrats are pushing forward on Wednesday to force a test vote on legislation that would enshrine abortion rights …

Judge Lifts Contempt Order Against Trump in Civil Inquiry  —  The former president must pay a $110,000 fine that accumulated during the two-week contempt and meet other conditions or the order will be reinstated, a judge said.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Elon Musk's Belated Disclosure of Twitter Stake Triggers Regulators' Probes  —  SEC is investigating Tesla CEO for tardy notification after buying 5% of Twitter's stock; FTC has separate probe under way of purchase reporting  —  WASHINGTON—Federal regulators are investigating Elon Musk's late disclosure …

Trump Completes Sale of Washington Hotel to Investor Group  —  The favored gathering place of Trump supporters — and a magnet for conflict of interest questions — will become a Waldorf Astoria.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump International Hotel …

Inflation's biting.  Roe's fraying.  Dems are still trying to connect with voters.  —  Only after Rep. Katie Porter put bacon in her cart at her local grocery store recently did she notice that its price had spiked to $9.99 a pound.  Reluctantly, she put the package back.

The Democrats Really Are That Dense About Climate Change  —  Sign up for The Weekly Planet, Robinson Meyer's newsletter about living through climate change, here.  —  MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—On Monday night, I saw one of the most despair-inducing performances about the hope of climate action that I've witnessed in years.

North Korea says it has detected its first covid case of the pandemic  —  TOKYO — North Korea says it has detected a case of the BA.2 omicron subvariant in its capital, Pyongyang, the first time the country has acknowledged a positive coronavirus infection since the pandemic began more than two years ago.

Biden waives executive privilege for new set of Trump records  —  The president has authorized the National Archives and Records Administration to hand over an eighth tranche of presidential records from the Trump White House to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack

Elon Musk, an erratic visionary, revels in contradiction  —  As the uproar over Elon Musk's $44 billion buyout of Twitter reaches a crescendo, another Musk drama, still chaotic four years after it began, has been back in court.  —  Ironically, that spectacle started with a Musk tweet about doing an audacious deal.

Susan Rice Criticized for Creating ‘Abusive and Dehumanizing’ Workplace  —  Current and former White House officials say that Rice routinely berates colleagues, including Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.  —  White House Domestic Policy Adviser Susan Rice speaks at an event …

DeSantis-appointed judge signals Florida's congressional map is unconstitutional for diminishing Black representation  —  (CNN)A Florida circuit court judge signaled Wednesday that a new congressional map championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is likely unconstitutional …

Is Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism?  —  In a recent speech, the head of the Anti-Defamation League unequivocally equated the two.  —  Since 2015, Jonathan Greenblatt has served as the director of the Anti-Defamation League, an organization devoted to chronicling and fighting anti-Semitism in American society.

'We've all made mistakes' - Greg Norman's gaffe over killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi  —  Greg Norman attempted to brush off questions about the murder of the dissident Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi by saying “we've all made mistakes”.  —  The Australian former golfer …

Sharing LGBTQ Identity A Fireable Offense, Mississippi High School Warned Teacher  —  Mere weeks into the 2021-2022 school year, Pearl River Central High School art teacher Catherine Bass was already exhausted.  Students at the rural South Mississippi school in Carriere, Miss. …

'It's shameful': Russian-linked billionaires have given enormous sums of money to the West's leading educational and cultural institutions  —  (CNN)Their names are etched in stone alongside some of the most powerful people and companies in American history — the Rockefellers, the Walgreens, and the Coca-Cola company.

El Salvador expected to default as bitcoin plummets  —  The Central American country made the cryptocurrency legal tender last year, but since then, it has continued to fall, raising concerns about whether it will be able to meet its next debt payment  —  The Salvadoran experiment to make bitcoin legal currency has hit a wall.

Biden's Incoming Press Secretary Laughs When Asked Who Is Handling Baby Formula Crisis  —  Incoming White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked onboard Air Force One Wednesday afternoon about the ongoing baby formula shortage rattling American parents.

Opinion We're in danger of losing our democracy.  Most Americans are in denial.  —  It has been stirring to see so many Americans come together to support Ukraine's fight for freedom.  But it is dismaying to see that there is no similar consensus on defending democracy at home.