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 …

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 …

U.S. sues to compel casino mogul Steve Wynn to register as agent of China  —  The former RNC finance chairman was repeatedly advised to register as an agent of a foreign government but declined to do so, according to prosecutors  —  The Justice Department on Tuesday sued Steve Wynn to compel …

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

Finland and Sweden formally ask to join NATO, in potentially its biggest expansion in two decades.  —  Finland and Sweden formally submitted their bids for NATO membership on Wednesday morning, casting aside decades of strategic neutrality to embrace the military alliance in a swift transformation prompted …

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.

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 …

Double Jeopardy: Princeton Prepares To Axe Star Professor Who Raised Hell Over Woke Lunacy  —  Princeton University is planning to fire one of the most distinguished classics professors in the country, Joshua Katz, after his criticism of the school's racial politics made him the target …

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 …

House Plans Vote on Baby Formula Legislation Wednesday  —  Democrats have drawn criticism from GOP for not tackling shortage sooner  —  WASHINGTON—Democrats, responding to public anger over the baby-formula shortage, laid out plans for legislation and oversight hearings aimed at boosting supply …

Trump's Billionaire Pal Watered Down GOP Platform on 9/11 for Saudis  —  The feds are now looking into how Trump's billionaire friend Tom Barrack successfully stripped mentions of 9/11 in the 2016 GOP platform to please the Saudis.  —  The Justice Department has updated its indictment …

Inside a Widow's Scorched-Earth Bid for Her Husband's Old Seat in Congress  —  Former state GOP chair Jennifer Carnahan's campaign to reclaim her late husband's seat isn't inspiring Minnesota Republicans—it's making them grimace.  —  On the surface, Jennifer Carnahan couldn't have a better story to tell.

Scoop: White House tries to soothe solar probe fallout  —  White House officials told Democratic senators they're committed to resolving the uncertainty the solar industry is facing because of an investigation into whether China is secretly manufacturing solar panels destined for U.S. markets, Axios has learned.

Bill de Blasio eyeing run at newly drawn NY seat Jerrold Nadler has left behind  —  Just when you thought he was out ...  Ex-New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told a state lawmaker he plans to run for New York's newly drawn 10th Congressional district — the seat entrenched Rep. Jerrold Nadler …

DeSantis' office considered a bill to target libel laws, records show  —  A top staffer for Gov. Ron DeSantis worked on a proposal that sought to challenge decades-old First Amendment protections for the news media and make it easier for high-profile people to win defamation lawsuits …