Kari Lake, still pushing midterm fraud fiction, edges closer to Senate run  —  She would be tough to beat in a GOP primary, setting up a challenge for national Republicans who worry about her general election prospects  —  By Liz Goodwin and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

Putin, czar with no empire, needs military victory for his own survival  —  MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin likes to portray himself as a new czar like Peter the Great or Ivan III, the 15th-century grand prince known as the “gatherer of the Russian lands.”

Bernie Sanders: ‘Oligarchs run Russia.  But guess what?  They run the US as well’  —  The veteran senator is now part of Joe Biden's inner circle, and is still fighting his country's vast inequalities  —  fter the State of the Union address at the beginning of this month …

The former Trump aide crafting the House GOP's debt ceiling playbook  —  The national debt exploded on Russell Vought's watch.  Now he wants Republican lawmakers to play hardball.  —  Last month, amid the raucous battle to elect House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, former president Donald Trump spoke …

Art Fair Visitor Breaks a Jeff Koons Balloon Dog Sculpture  —  A woman accidentally knocked over a bright blue dog sculpture at Art Wynwood in Miami, causing the $42,000 artwork to shatter, witnesses said.  —  The balloon dog sculptures made famous by Jeff Koons so closely imitate …

Why does the South have such ugly credit scores?  —  Today, we look at a big, fat map of credit scores reproduced from a recent economics paper.  And while the map suggests any number of tantalizing questions, we are most intrigued by that big band of credit-score calamity that stretches across the American South.

February 18, 2023  —  Republican leaders are recognizing that the sight of Republican lawmakers heckling the president of the United States didn't do their party any favors.  —  It not only called attention to their behavior, it prompted many news outlets to fact-check President Biden's claim …

Sen. Graham pushes for F-16s to Ukraine as US declares Russian actions ‘crimes against humanity’  —  “I believe a decision will be imminent” on the jets, he said on “This Week.”  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Sunday pushed the Biden administration to provide more aid to Ukraine after Vice President Kamala Harris said

‘Brainwashing a Generation’: British Schools Combat Andrew Tate's Views  —  Alarmed by an online personality's popularity among their students, educators are mobilizing to combat the sexism he promotes.  —  As the seventh graders settled into a lecture hall at a school near London …

28 Children Rescued, 59 Adults Arrested in Massive DFW Child Porn Investigation: Police  —  Local police, FBI work together to rescue 28 children investigators say were sexually abused, exploited online  —  More than two dozen children have been rescued and nearly 60 people …

Mary Trump warns ‘Donald will use any opportunity to incite more violence’ if indicted  —  Addressing the massive onslaught of legal problems and investigations dogging Donald Trump, his niece Mary Trump told MSNBC's Katie Phang that an indictment would likely spur him to try and incite more violence.

Timothy J. Heaphy Led the House Jan. 6 Investigation.  Here's What He Learned.  —  The top staff investigator for the House inquiry on the Capitol attack opened up about his biggest takeaways and why proving intent is the key to a criminal charge against former President Donald J. Trump.

Statement from President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on the Day of Remembrance of Japanese American Incarceration  —  When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, eighty-one years ago today, it ushered in one of the most shameful periods in American history.