Suspect has died of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after mass shooting at Michigan State University left 3 dead and 5 injured, police say  —  A suspect appears to have died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a shooting at Michigan State University left 3 people dead and injured 5 others Monday evening, 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.

US recovers electronic components from suspected Chinese spy balloon  —  White House says no evidence three other aerial objects engaged in surveillance but cannot rule it out  —  The US military has recovered important electronic components from the suspected Chinese spy balloon that was shot …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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?

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 …

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.

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.

The Hunter Biden laptop and claims of ‘Russian disinfo’  —  DONALD TRUMP: “It's the laptop from hell ...” … — exchange during the final presidential debate, Oct. 22, 2020 … — exchange on 60 Minutes, Oct. 25, 2020  —  About a month before the 2020 presidential election …

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.

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 …

Twitter is just showing everyone all of Elon's tweets now … For many of us, Twitter's “For You” is full of tweets and replies to tweets from Elon Musk.  Not everyone is getting the Elon-first feed, but on Monday afternoon, more than a few people noticed something was different.

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.

Antisemitism is on the rise in the U.S., surveys say  —  More than 80% of Jewish adults in the U.S. say antisemitism has increased in the last five years, with many saying they've seen antisemitic remarks and threats online, according to a pair of new surveys from American Jewish Committee.

The Junk Economics of ‘Junk-Fee’ Politics  —  Biden's regulatory assault on common business practices will reduce competition and harm low-income Americans.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  WSJ Opinion: Joe Biden Has Become Bernie Sanders  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.

Could VP Kamala Harris be replaced in 2024?  Democratic strategists weigh in  —  Democrats weigh in on Harris amid suggestions that the vice president be replaced in 2024.  —  Kamala Harris pressed by ABC, CBS over poor Biden poll numbers, admits Americans are ‘still hurting’

Longtime NJ senator who was a Trump delegate switches to the Democratic Party  —  After four terms as a Republican state senator, Samuel Thompson is going to try to keep his seat — but from the other side of the aisle.  —  Thompson intends to run this year as a Democrat after losing Republican Party support ahead of the primary.