Inside a Biden White House adrift  —  WASHINGTON — Faced with a worsening political predicament, President Joe Biden is pressing aides for a more compelling message and a sharper strategy while bristling at how they've tried to stifle the plain-speaking persona that has long been one of his most potent assets.

Former Trump aide Navarro says he has received a grand jury subpoena related to Jan. 6  —  Peter Navarro, a former White House aide to Donald Trump, says he's been served a grand jury subpoena by federal prosecutors probing the Jan. 6 insurrection — and claims they have asked for records of …

Exclusive: Supreme Court leak investigation heats up as clerks are asked for phone records in unprecedented move  —  (CNN)Supreme Court officials are escalating their search for the source of the leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, taking steps to require law clerks …

Government tables bill to limit handguns, pledges to buy back assault-style weapons  —  Legislation stops short of full handgun ban but sets hard limit on number in Canada  —  New legislation aims to cap legal handguns in Canada  —  The federal government has tabled new gun control legislation …

Gun Talks Put Senate's Tattered Credibility on the Line  —  After a string of Democratic failures on marquee issues, Senator Chuck Schumer's decision to give bipartisan gun talks time is a test of the Senate — and of democracy itself.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Joe Biden: My Plan for Fighting Inflation  —  I won't meddle with the Fed, but I will tackle high prices while guiding the economy's transition to stable and steady growth.  —  1x  —  The global economy faces serious challenges.  Inflation is elevated, exacerbated by Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.

Russia Extends Control Over Key Ukraine City as U.S. Plans to Boost Kyiv's Firepower  —  The Biden administration plans to provide Ukraine with precision-guided rocket systems, which could arrive within weeks  —  Russian forces took parts of the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk …

OPRF to implement race-based grading system in 2022-23 school year  —  Oak Park and River Forest High School administrators will require teachers next school year to adjust their classroom grading scales to account for the skin color or ethnicity of its students.

James Biden — presidential brother, family helper, political wild card  —  President Biden's brother James is known in the family as the one who's always ready to help.  But he also has a history of business dealings that resulted in recriminations and lawsuits.

Kevin McCarthy's Jan. 6th Coverup is Underway  —  The man who wants to be speaker of the House refuses to cooperate with the Jan. 6th investigation.  —  Conditioned to accept the idea that most Republican officials are zombified “ultra MAGA” automatons for former President Trump …

‘The horse and buggy era’: Attacks on voting machines set off fresh worries about election subversion  —  (CNN)Despite warnings that ditching voting machines would delay election results and likely violate the law, county commissioners in a rural slice of western Colorado this year voted …

The folly of “off-ramps”  —  When Ukraine wins the war, Putin will build his own  —  Some observers of the Russo-Ukrainian war seem to think that its greatest danger is that Ukraine will win, or win too quickly, and that this will be uncomfortable for Putin, and that we should care.