MSU suspect dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound; 3 people killed; 5 wounded  —  East Lansing — A suspected gunman who killed three people and wounded several others on the campus of two Michigan State University was founded dead late Monday night from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

Ron Klain Looks Back on Biden's First Two Years as President  —  “We have been declared dead, dead, dead many times,” the White House's departing chief of staff says, of the Administration.  “You just have to keep after it.”  —  The mood at the Presidential Inauguration of Joe Biden …

Pence to fight special counsel subpoena on Trump's 2020 election denial  —  Mike Pence is preparing to resist a grand jury subpoena for testimony about former President Donald Trump's push to overturn the 2020 election, according to two people familiar with the former vice president's thinking.

Nikki Haley launches 2024 Republican presidential bid, first challenge to Trump  —  Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said on Tuesday that she will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, putting her at odds with one-time boss Donald Trump, the ex-president also seeking to win back the White House.

Biden's unacceptable silence on UFO shootdowns  —  President Joe Biden talks a great deal about the importance of democratic accountability and good government.  The public has a right to expect the federal government to provide timely and accurate information on important matters.

Indian government raids BBC offices after documentary critical of Modi  —  NEW DELHI — Indian tax authorities raided the BBC and seized its journalists' phones in a stunning — and apparently retaliatory — move Tuesday against the British broadcaster weeks after it aired …

Inflation rose 0.5% in January, more than expected and up 6.4% from a year ago  — Inflation rose in January by 0.5% following a 0.1% increase in December, according to the consumer price index report released Tuesday.  — The CPI was up 6.4% from the same period in 2022.

U.S. warns Ukraine it faces a pivotal moment in war  —  As first anniversary nears, White House fears flow of arms may be harder to come by  —  As the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine nears, U.S. officials are telling Ukrainian leaders they face a critical moment to change …

Combating Disinformation Wanes at Social Media Giants  —  As the companies have shed jobs recently, many teams assigned to combat false and misleading information have taken a hit.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube, like other social media platforms, spent years expanding its efforts to tackle misinformation after the 2016 election.

Worried residents near Ohio train derailment report dead fish and chickens as authorities say it's safe to return  —  For days, authorities have been telling residents of the area around East Palestine, Ohio, that it is safe to return home after a 150-car train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed Feb. 3.

Banning ideas and authors is not a ‘culture war’ - it's fascism  —  The media's framing of measures like Florida's African American studies ban is a dangerous falsification of reality  —  wave of Republican enthusiasm for banning concepts, authors and books is sweeping across the United States.

Conservatives gloat as Congress starts off with little to show  —  The new Congress has accomplished almost nothing so far — and conservatives are quite pleased about it.  —  For Republicans who want to slow President Joe Biden's agenda and court confrontation with Democrats, the beginning of the year has played out beautifully.

Clapper says letter about Russian links to Hunter Biden laptop saga was ‘distorted’  —  Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign quickly dismissed the laptop story as a Russian disinformation operation.  After the New York Post published emails belonging to his son, Biden called the story …

Ron DeSantis Has a Glaring Vulnerability  —  As a rule, State of the Union addresses are what Daniel Boorstin has called pseudo-events: scripted affairs whose only news value is the commentary surrounding them.  But President Biden's speech gave some important signals about the upcoming election.

Elizabeth Warren cultivates anti-crypto coalition  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren is branding herself as the scourge of crypto.  And she's not doing it alone.  —  The progressive Massachusetts Democrat is starting to recruit conservative Senate Republicans to her anti-crypto cause and getting …

The G.O.P.'s Long War Against Medicare and Social Security  —  Politically, the most crucial moment in President Biden's State of the Union address was his declaration that “some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset every five years.”  Why did he say that?

The 2023 Cost-of-Thriving Index  —  Executive Summary  —  While many economists argue that America's working families are more prosperous than ever before, families themselves feel that they have come under increasing economic pressure.  The families are right.

Rescuers find more alive in Turkey, more aid reaches Syria  —  1 of 18  —  Aid agencies and governments stepped up a scramble to send help to earthquake-hit parts of Turkey and Syria on Tuesday, as rescuers continued to pull survivors out of the rubble more than 200 hours after devastation swept the region.

2/14/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  Senators will walk into a classified briefing this morning that's probably unlike any they've ever been to before. … And a Senate that badly wants to conduct oversight of the Biden administration's handling of these incidents and figure …

First lady Jill Biden decorates White House for Valentine's Day  —  It's the third year in a row she's had hearts pop up across the lawn overnight.  —  Valentine's Day decorations on the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 14, 2023.  —  For the  —  third year in a row

California will try to enshrine right to same-sex marriage  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California, a U.S. trendsetter for progressive policies and a state where the current governor once made news issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in San Francisco before it was legal …