Lindsey Graham saves Biden's big day  —  A higher-than-expected inflation report was threatening to black out President Joe Biden's big celebration Tuesday of party-line legislation designed to bring down prices.  The subsequent plunge of markets seemed to ensure a painful head-meets-wall day inside the White House.

Graham Proposes 15-Week Abortion Ban, Splitting Republicans  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina introduced legislation on Tuesday that would institute a federal ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, reigniting debate on an issue that Republicans have worked …

West Virginia becomes second state to pass strict abortion ban since fall of Roe  —  The West Virginia legislature on Tuesday passed a bill to prohibit nearly all abortions, making it the second state to pass a new ban since the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade in June.

Kenneth Starr, whose probe led to Clinton impeachment, dies  —  Ken Starr, a former federal appellate judge and a prominent attorney whose criminal investigation of Bill Clinton led to the president's impeachment, has died at age 76, his family said Tuesday.

Rapid loss of territory in Ukraine reveals spent Russian military  —  Troop and logistics issues plus equipment losses could limit Vladimir Putin to defending the territory he already holds  —  Moscow's rapid loss of more than 2,300 square miles of territory in northeastern Ukraine has raised …

Putin, tone deaf and isolated, pursues war ‘goals’ and refuses to lose  —  Vladimir Putin's definitive quality as president — his refusal ever to back down — helped him project Russian global power for years.  But facing repeated setbacks in a catastrophic war in Ukraine, his inflexible approach is looking more like his great flaw.