Trump's Lawyers Are Preparing Legal Defenses Against Criminal Charges  —  According to internal communications reviewed by Rolling Stone, Trump's team is “quietly” planning for criminal charges as they wait for the Justice Department to make its move  —  Donald Trump's lawyers …

Bill Russell, NBA great and Celtics legend, dies at 88  —  BOSTON (AP) — Bill Russell, the NBA great who anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years — the last two as the first Black head coach in any major U.S. sport — and marched for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr., died Sunday.

A former Kremlin adviser is hospitalized in Europe.  —  Anatoly Chubais, who resigned as a top Kremlin adviser shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, was hospitalized on Sunday in a western European country in critical condition with the symptoms of a rare neurological disorder.

Lessons From Joe Manchin's March to Victory  —  Progressives miscalculated, thinking that big proposals would change the debate, and closing their minds to the possibility of persuading their political opponents.  Biden and Schumer saw the bigger picture.  —  About 16 months passed between …

Arizona 2022: Dead Heat in Republican Gubernatorial Nomination; Masters With 18-Point Lead in for US Senate Nomination  —  Home Polls Arizona 2022: Dead Heat in Republican Gubernatorial Nomination; Masters With 18-Point Lead in for US Senate Nomination  —  The final Emerson College Polling survey …

D.C. schools expand covid vaccine mandate, unlike most other districts  —  D.C. students who are 12 and older must be vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend school this upcoming academic year.  —  The youth vaccine mandate in D.C. is among the strictest in the nation …

The Schumer-Manchin Tax Increase on Everyone  —  Their Senate bill hits U.S. manufacturing especially hard, and it raises taxes on Americans making less than $400,000 a year.  —  Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wants a Senate vote on his partisan tax deal with Joe Manchin as early as this week, and no wonder he wants to rush it through.

Republicans race to stop Greitens in Missouri Senate primary  —  Republicans are making a final push to shut out former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in the state's closely watched GOP Senate primary, fearing that him clinching the GOP nomination on Tuesday could put an otherwise safe Republican seat at grave risk in November.

Thousands of lives depend on a transplant network in need of ‘vast restructuring’  —  White House Digital Service found that the technology that matches donated organs to patients has failed repeatedly  —  The system for getting donated kidneys, livers and hearts to desperately ill patients relies …

Lies for Profit: Can Sandy Hook Parents Shut Alex Jones Down?  —  A hefty financial verdict this week could dissuade other politically driven liars.  But the path forward is uncertain, and the legal battles take a toll.  —  AUSTIN, Texas — When viral lies harm private people, are the courts their best refuge?

Biden's success story  —  President Biden has slowly but substantially re-engineered significant parts of the American economy — achievements obscured by COVID, inflation and broad disenchantment. … And it's possible no amount of explaining can excite people when prices are soaring and viruses are spreading.

A Nigerian Street Vendor Is Beaten to Death in Italy as Witnesses Stand By  —  The killing, in a seaside town on the Adriatic, has shocked Italians because of its brutality and because of the indifference of those looking on.  —  ROME — In May 2021 Alika Ogorchukwu, a 39-year-old Nigerian living in Italy …

Will Ivana help Donald Trump with tax breaks from beyond the grave?  —  First wife's resting-place in Trump's New Jersey golf course might benefit ex-husband's long-held tax planning purposes  —  hen Ivana Trump, Donald Trump's first wife, was buried last month near the first hole …

Iran says it will ‘build nuclear warheads’ and turn NY into ‘hellish ruins’  —  The video declared Iran's regime can move its “peaceful nuclear program to a nuclear weapons program” at a fast pace.  —  Iran expert Ben Sabti tweeted that an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) …

Republicans lead race for House control at start of 2022 campaign — CBS News Battleground Tracker  —  The CBS News Battleground Tracker model finds Republicans start the 2022 campaign with a lead in the race for the House, with 230 seats to 205 seats for Democrats.  The party with 218 seats controls the House.