Are Republicans Now Going to Endorse Doug Mastriano?  —  Doug Mastriano is an insurrectionist, period.  —  The winner of tonight's GOP primary for the governorship of Pennsylvania bused supporters to the Capitol on January 6th, was photographed on the Capitol grounds, and ever since has sought …

Justice Dept. Is Said to Request Transcripts From Jan. 6 Committee  —  The committee has interviewed more than 1,000 people so far, and the transcripts could be used as evidence in potential criminal cases or to pursue new leads.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has asked …

A Russian soldier accused of killing a civilian pleads guilty in a Kyiv court.  —  The Russian Defense Ministry said that nearly 1,000 fighters had surrendered to Kremlin custody at the Azovstal steel plant.  Finland and Sweden formally asked to join NATO, potentially the alliance's biggest expansion in decades.

Dems question whether Maloney can run DCCC while battling freshman colleague  —  House Democrats could find themselves picking sides in a deeply uncomfortable primary this summer: their campaign chair versus a Black freshman.  And a growing swath of the caucus is blaming its midterm chief …

Dems Pick Hospitalized Fetterman in Crucial Pennsylvania Race  —  The Democratic socialist lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, who suffered a stroke days before the primary and drew ire on the campaign trail for pulling a gun on an unarmed black man, cruised to victory in Tuesday's Democratic Senate primary.

After Buffalo, saving the GOP means leaving the GOP  —  I thought the Republican Party could be saved.  I was wrong.  —  I've been a political conservative most of my life, having worked for two Republican presidents and for a GOP-controlled Congress.  In the wake of the mass shooting …

Scoop: DHS preparing for violence following abortion ruling  —  The U.S. government is bracing for a potential surge in political violence once the Supreme Court hands down the ruling that's expected to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by Axios.

China draws North Korea closer than ever as Biden visits region  —  SEOUL — In December 2017, the U.N. Security Council agreed that the next time North Korea tested a ballistic missile capable of reaching the United States, it would slam down new fuel sanctions to pressure its leader, Kim Jong Un.

Map: A county-by-county look at COVID-19 transmission in the United States  —  As the Northeast and other parts of the country grapple with a highly transmissible offshoot of the Omicron variant, community transmission levels are once again rising, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

All Those Celebrities Pushing Crypto Are Not So Vocal Now  —  Crypto boosters such as Matt Damon, Reese Witherspoon and Gwyneth Paltrow have been criticized for hyping virtual currency without highlighting the risks.  —  In the latest commercial from the virtual currency exchange Crypto.com …

Cawthorn loses primary in North Carolina  —  Rep. Madison Cawthorn lost the Republican primary for his House seat in North Carolina on Tuesday — halting the young, pro-Trump congressman's rise after a series of scandals plagued his short tenure in Washington.

As Adams Praised a New Police Tool, a Close Ally Had a Stake in the Maker  —  Mayor Eric Adams and his chief of staff, Frank Carone, say Mr. Adams's endorsement of BolaWrap was entirely coincidental.  —  For years, as an elected official and candidate for New York City mayor …

Pope Francis Is Dangerously Wrong About Ukraine  —  Sending weapons to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion is not “madness.”  —  Since Vladimir Putin's renewed war of conquest in Ukraine in late February, Pope Francis has offered perfunctory condemnations of the “violent aggression against Ukraine.”

Crypto-Backed Oregon Congressional Candidate Lost to Andrea Salinas Despite $13 Million in Backing  —  Salinas projected to be the Democratic nominee in the new Sixth Congressional District.  Carrick Flynn appears to have lost.  —  Expand  —  Oregon's new congressional district saw unprecedented spending …

A pro-Trump film suggests its data are so accurate, it solved a murder.  That's false  —  A conservative “election integrity” group called True The Vote has made multiple misleading or false claims about its work, NPR has found, including the suggestion that they helped solve the murder of an eight-year-old girl in Atlanta.

China cut tech exports to Russia after U.S.-led sanctions hit  —  Chinese shipments of laptops, phones and other technology to Russia plummeted in March, U.S. Commerce secretary says  —  Chinese technology exports to Russia plummeted in March after U.S.-led sanctions took effect …

With Plunging Enrollment, a ‘Seismic Hit’ to Public Schools  —  The pandemic has supercharged the decline in the nation's public school system in ways that experts say will not easily be reversed.  —  ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. — In New York City, the nation's largest school district has lost some 50,000 students over the past two years.

DA Boudin and Fentanyl: Court Data Shows Just 3 Drug Dealing Convictions in 2021 as Immigration Concerns Shaped Policy  —  Despite a surging fentanyl crisis that killed nearly 500 people last year in San Francisco, the office of District Attorney Chesa Boudin did not secure a single conviction …

The Putin Show  —  How the war in Ukraine appears to Russians  —  When vladimir putin was first elected president of Russia in 2000, he changed little in the office he inherited from Boris Yeltsin.  Yet in place of a pen on the desk, Mr Putin put a television remote control, one visitor noted.

Report: In 1st, US refuelers to take part in major Israeli drill for strike on Iran  —  Collaboration involving Israeli fighter jets and American refuelers seen as message to Iran regarding potential for US assistance in an actual Israeli attack  —  The United States will participate …