In Florida Legislative Session, a Chance for DeSantis to Check Off His Wish List  —  Republican lawmakers have indicated the session will be guided by Gov. Ron DeSantis's priorities, including a proposal that would expand gun rights.  —  MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida …

Once an albatross around Trump's neck, Jan. 6 is now taboo in the GOP primary  —  OXON HILL, Md. — Like most politicians considering a White House run, Ron DeSantis published a new book this past week, designed to frame him as an unapologetic truth teller, eager to tackle the hard issues of the day.

Twitter can't protect you from trolls any more, insiders say  —  Twitter insiders have told the BBC that the company is no longer able to protect users from trolling, state-co-ordinated disinformation and child sexual exploitation, following lay-offs and changes under owner Elon Musk.

New emails show Dr. Anthony Fauci commissioned scientific paper in Feb. 2020 to disprove Wuhan lab leak theory  —  New emails uncovered by House Republicans probing the COVID-19 pandemic reveal the deceptive nature of Dr. Anthony Fauci.  —  They show he “prompted” or commissioned …

Russia's Wagner Troops Exhaust Ukrainian Forces in Bakhmut  —  Deadly fight against the penal battalions threatens Kyiv's ability to mount spring offensive  —  CHASIV YAR, Ukraine—Shielded by a small hill from Russian positions a half-mile away, a Ukrainian soldier spotted via drone feed …

How Walgreens supports the anti-abortion movement  —  Walgreens, one of the nation's largest pharmacy chains, announced that it will not dispense abortion pills in at least 10 states where abortion remains legal.  The decision came in response to a letter from 20 state attorneys general …

Kari Lake wins CPAC vice president poll, topping DeSantis, Haley  —  Former Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake won a straw poll for the Republican vice presidential pick during the Conservative Action Political Conference (CPAC) this weekend.  —  Among a field of 28 candidates …

House Committee Budgets Swell as G.O.P. Plans Road Shows Across U.S.  —  Republican leaders have told their colleagues to get out of Washington for field hearings that allow the party to take their message straight to voters, a costly pursuit that can be a boon to big donors.

Russia's population nightmare is going to get even worse  —  War in Ukraine has aggravated a crisis that long predates the conflict  —  A demographic tragedy is unfolding in Russia.  Over the past three years the country has lost around 2m more people than it would ordinarily have done, as a result of war, disease and exodus.

U.S. pressures airlines to commit to ending family seating fees  —  Three U.S. airlines agreed to commit in writing to eliminating family seating fees if adjacent seats are available during booking, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) said on Monday.

Election deniers take aim at group that helps states maintain voter rolls  —  Defenders say attacks on the system are fed by misinformation and will only make it easier to commit voter fraud  —  At a time of hyperpolarization over voting and elections, Democrats and Republicans had largely managed …

After playing wage catch-up, U.S. firms may have found their footing  —  At the worst of the pandemic labor crunch, convenience store chain Sprint Mart struggled to staff its shops across the southern U.S. as available workers drifted to the higher wages Amazon.com Inc offered at its fulfillment centers …

They thought loved ones were calling for help.  It was an AI scam.  —  Scammers are using artificial intelligence to sound more like family members in distress.  People are falling for it and losing thousands of dollars.  —  The man calling Ruth Card sounded just like her grandson Brandon.

Russia and Iran hesitate over co-operation as west warns of costs  —  Moscow held off buying Iranian missiles over fears Ukraine would receive long-range rockets, say officials  —  Russia has hesitated to buy ballistic missiles from Iran out of concern that Ukraine's allies would in response supply Kyiv …

Daines walks Trump tightrope as he tries to win back Senate for Republicans  —  As the new head of the NRSC, the Montana senator must recruit electable candidates without alienating Trump-aligned voters  —  Just a few hours after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) …

The Programs You'd Have to Cut to Balance the Budget  —  Several conservative lawmakers say House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has promised a House vote on a balanced federal budget.  That's a harder task than it sounds, given the size of the federal deficit.  —  More recently, Mr. McCarthy …

In Hawara We Saw Our True Face  —  A week ago some 400 settlers entered the West Bank village of Hawara, set fire to homes with their occupants inside, shot at reporters and apparently shot to death a 37-year-old Palestinian.  David Ben-Gurion once said that when we have a Jewish thief …

Fact check: Trump delivers wildly dishonest speech at CPAC  —  As president, Donald Trump made some of his most thoroughly dishonest speeches at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.  —  As he embarks on another campaign for the presidency, Trump delivered another CPAC doozy Saturday night.

Statement from President Joe Biden on the Passing of Judith Heumann  —  Judy Heumann was a trailblazer - a rolling warrior - for disability rights in America.  After her school principal said she couldn't enter Kindergarten because she was using a wheelchair, Judy dedicated the rest of her life …

Estonia's PM, Kaja Kallas, secures election win with pro-Ukraine stance  —  Her Reform party secured 31% against far-right's 15% but Kallas must now form a coalition to govern  —  The Reform party of Estonia's prime minister, Kaja Kallas, secured first place in Sunday's parliamentary election …

How the Party of Family Values Can Truly Value Families  —  There has recently been a lot of chatter in Washington about family policy, and surprisingly to many people, a lot of it has happened among Republicans.  Senators like Mitt Romney and Marco Rubio have released proposals …

A Top UC Berkeley Professor Taught With Remains That May Include Dozens of Native Americans  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  For decades, famed professor Tim White used …

The debt-limit time machine: What the last 10 big fights tell us about this one  —  As Congress prepares for another debt-limit standoff, a look into the past — at the 10 such deadlines lawmakers have confronted over the last 13 years — offers three shared truths.

House GOP readies its first big agenda push: A massive energy bill  —  Nearly three months after they swept in, House Republicans are almost ready to take the first big piece of their agenda to the floor.  And it's not exactly a shoo-in.  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his team …

Marjorie Taylor Greene to propose designating Antifa as terror group after Atlanta ‘Cop City’ burned … Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said Sunday she will be introducing a resolution declaring Antifa a terrorist group in response to protests in Atlanta that left a police training facility on fire.