Schumer plots debt ceiling course against McCarthy: 'We'll win'  —  Chuck Schumer, as he's known to do, is talking a lot these days.  And it's all aimed at Kevin McCarthy.  —  The Senate majority leader is directing heat at the new House GOP majority on the daily, casting McCarthy's conference …

DOJ tells senators it is working to satisfy Trump and Biden document demands without harming special counsel probes  —  The Justice Department has told lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee that it is working to satisfy their demands for information about classified documents found …

Ukraine: Boris Johnson says Putin threatened him with missile strike  —  Boris Johnson has said Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike in an “extraordinary” phone call in the run-up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.  —  The then-prime minister said Mr Putin told him it “would only take a minute”.

Gavin Newsom's Wife Rakes in Cash Charging California Public Schools To Screen Her Woke Movies … California Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D.) wife has charged the state's public schools as much as $1.5 million to screen her documentaries on “gender justice” and “corporate exploitation.”

71 Commands in 13 Minutes: Officers Gave Tyre Nichols Impossible Orders  —  A Times analysis found that officers gave dozens of contradictory and unachievable orders to Mr. Nichols.  The punishment was severe — and eventually fatal.  —  Police officers unleashed a barrage of commands that were confusing …

Waiting for a Deus Ex Machina End to the Trump Era  —  Press them hard enough, and most Republican officials—even the ones with MAGA hats in their closets and Mar-a-Lago selfies in their Twitter avatar—will privately admit that Donald Trump has become a problem.

Meet Ron DeSantis' inner circle  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is easily one of the most recognizable names in American politics today.  —  He won reelection by historic margins, stumped for candidates across the country during the 2022 election cycle and is widely expected to run for the presidency.

Inside a US Neo-Nazi Homeschool Network With Thousands of Members  —  A Ohio couple has been unmasked as leaders of the neo-Nazi “Dissident Homeschool” Telegram channel that distributes lesson plans to 2,400 members.  —  David Gilbert  —  Earlier this month, while the rest of the country …

Matt Gaetz, Political Arsonist, Has New Powers.  What Will He Do With Them?  —  “I am not some ‘Lord of the Flies’ nihilist,” said the far-right congressman and chief tormentor of Speaker Kevin McCarthy.  —  WASHINGTON — The night before the start of a humiliating and historic five …

All Roads Lead to Crimea  —  Will it be the Last Campaign?  —  We will restore the normality of life in the territory of Donbas and Crimea, which were illegally occupied in 2014 and have been brought to the point of disaster by the occupiers over the time that has passed.

Bill Barr's Image Rehab Is Kaput  —  Former Attorney General William Barr has spent the last year in a desperate salvage operation for what's left of his legal and ethical reputation.  During his 22 months in office, he allowed his Justice Department to become a personal protection racket for his boss …

What three hard-line conservatives plan to do with their seats on the Rules Committee  —  The addition of Republican Reps. Chip Roy (Texas), Ralph Norman (S.C.), and Thomas Massie (Ky.) to the House Rules Committee — one of the concessions from Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …