Jury in Georgia Trump Inquiry Recommended Multiple Indictments, Forewoman Says  —  She would not discuss specific indictments in the special grand jury's report but noted that its recommendations were “not going to be some giant plot twist.”  —  A special grand jury that investigated election interference …

Jennifer McClellan will win special election and become Virginia's first Black congresswoman, CNN projects  —  Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan will win the special election for Virginia's 4th Congressional District and will become the first Black woman to represent the commonwealth in Congress, CNN projected Tuesday.

Two Starkly Different Judges Advance in Wisconsin Supreme Court Election  —  Janet Protasiewicz, a liberal, and Daniel Kelly, a conservative, will face off on April 4 in a race that could tilt the balance of the court, with abortion rights, gerrymandered maps and more in the balance.

Dozens of ‘New York Times’ Journalists Hit Staff Union for Its Defense of Trans Coverage Criticism  —  Some of the paper's top reporters signed a letter objecting to the Guild's response to newsroom leaders.  “We ask that our union work to advance, not erode, our journalistic independence,” they wrote.

‘Egregious security breach’: Top House Dem blasts McCarthy over Jan. 6 footage  —  Calling it an “egregious security breach” that “endangers” U.S. Capitol Police, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Tuesday blasted Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy for reportedly handing …

US believes Russia had failed intercontinental ballistic missile test around when Biden was in Ukraine  —  Russia carried out a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile that appears to have failed around the time President Joe Biden was in Ukraine on Monday, according to two US officials familiar with the matter.

Ukraine skeptics are finally breaking through in the presidential race  —  President Joe Biden said on Monday that his surprise visit to Kiev should erase “doubt” about America's “support for Ukraine in the war.”  A few hours later, Biden's predecessor and would-be challenger was second-guessing him.

Why Fox News' lies about Trump's defeat probably aren't protected by the 1st Amendment  —  Fox News responded to an incendiary court filing in Dominion Voting System's $1.6-billion defamation suit last week by asserting that “the core of this case remains about freedom of the press and freedom of speech …

Companies Can't Ask You to Shut up to Receive Severance, NLRB Rules  —  The board reverses two previous decisions that held that such severance agreements were lawful.  Limits on free speech have become increasingly common aspect of many severance agreements.

A Wealthy ‘Anti-Woke’ Activist Joins the 2024 Presidential Field  —  Vivek Ramaswamy, 37, has made a name for himself in right-wing circles by opposing corporate efforts to advance political, social and environmental causes.  —  Vivek Ramaswamy, a multimillionaire entrepreneur and author …

Feds fine Mormon church for illicitly hiding $32 billion investment fund behind shell companies  —  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a nonprofit entity that it controlled have been fined $5 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission over accusations …

Nikki Haley defended right to secession, Confederate History Month and the Confederate flag in 2010 talk  —  Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley defended states' rights to secede from the United States, South Carolina's Confederate History Month and the Confederate flag in a 2010 interview …

Jen Psaki, Once the Voice of Biden, Moves to an Anchor Chair  —  The former White House press secretary will start hosting a weekly MSNBC talk show on March 19.  As for the president, “I am not going to gratuitously attack him.”  —  Rachel Maddow is teaching her to use a TelePrompTer, so far with mixed results.

U.S. Department of Transportation Fact Sheet: Steps Forward on Freight Rail Industry Safety & Accountability  —  For well over a century, railroads have been an indispensable part of America's economy, society, and way of life.  Our rail system must be kept safe—safe for the workers who operate it …

DeSantis About To Defuse $1.2 Billion Tax Bomb He Activated A Year Ago To Punish Disney  —  The Republican governor's 2022 law would have increased tax bills on Central Florida property owners by thousands of dollars each for a decade and a half.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is one signature away …

Finland Takes Another Look at Youth Gender Medicine  —  A recent interview with the country's top gender expert shows how out of step the American medical establishment is with its European counterparts  —  Dr. Riittakerttu Kaltiala knows gender medicine.  She is the top expert …

Wagner Head Accuses Russia's Defense Ministry of Treason  —  The founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin on Tuesday accused the country's Defense Ministry and the Chief of the General Staff of intentionally depriving his fighters of munitions in Ukraine.

Andrew Tate has detention extended for third time  —  Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have had their custody in Romania extended for a third time, and will remain in detention until at least the end of March.  —  The pair were arrested in December on suspicion …

Inside the New Right's Next Frontier: The American West  —  Preppers, techies, hippies, and yuppies are converging on the American West, the safest place to “exit” a society gone haywire.  —  The buffalo were grazing by the highway on the outskirts of the richest county in the richest country in the history of the world.

Mississippi Racial Gerrymandering Case Dismissed in U.S. Supreme Court  —  The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear Buck v. Reeves, a case alleging that the state's congressional maps are racially gerrymandered.  The decision affirms that Mississippi is no longer required to get federal preclearance for its congressional maps.

Seattle becomes first U.S. city to outlaw caste discrimination after council vote  —  Seattle became the first U.S. city to outlaw caste discrimination on Tuesday, after its local council voted to add caste to the city's anti-discrimination laws.  —  The move addresses an issue important …

U.S. groups suing to ban abortion pill lose bid for early trial  —  A Texas federal judge on Tuesday refused to set an accelerated trial schedule for a lawsuit by anti-abortion groups seeking to end U.S. sales of the abortion pill mifepristone, in a case that could severely disrupt access to medication abortion nationwide.

Borderless Vigilantism: The Nativist US Militias Entering Mexico  —  Run all the way back!" shouts Jeremiah ‘Jay’ Shivers to a terrified, unarmed man whom he threatens at gunpoint.  Shivers is an affiliate of a nationalist militia, and “back” means Mexico.  But a geolocation indicates that …

'Everyone's Tired': Acceptance and Exasperation in Russian Elite as Invasion Anniversary Looms  —  While most members of Russia's political and business elite have come to terms with the invasion of Ukraine one year in, some are frustrated by the Kremlin's apparent inability to act more forcefully …

Southern Baptist Convention Ousts Second-Largest Church Over Women Pastors  —  WWJD?  —  The Southern Baptist Convention has ousted its second-largest congregation.  The convention voted Tuesday to oust Saddleback Church, the California high-profile megachurch started by celebrity pastor Rick Warren, because it has women pastors.