Biden's Budget Would Cut Deficits by $3 Trillion Over 10 Years, Raise Taxes on Businesses  —  Proposal will kick off talks on government spending with Republicans  —  WASHINGTON—President Biden will outline a plan to reduce federal budget deficits by nearly $3 trillion over the next decade …

Former Trump lawyer admits post-election misrepresentations  —  One of Donald Trump's high-profile lawyers pushed his post-election lies.  She's now acknowledged that many of her claims simply weren't true.  —  As recently as 2016, Jenna Ellis was not a Donald Trump admirer.

The scale of local news destruction in Gannett's markets is astonishing  —  Gannett, America's largest newspaper chain, should wake up each morning thankful for the existence of No. 2 Alden Global Capital.  —  After all, who could ask for a better point of comparison?

'It's a pressure cooker': Inside the chaos of Elon Musk's Twitter  —  EXCLUSIVE"There are no guidelines.  There's no respect.  There's absolutely zero transparency.  It's awful," staff at Twitter told i as the dramatic instability at the social media company grows each day

Former Ohio speaker, GOP chair found guilty of racketeering  —  Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder gives the thumbs up as he enters the courthouse where he is expected to testify Wednesday, March 1, 2023.  Photo from WEWS.  —  CINCINNATI — After more than nine hours of deliberation …

Inside the “Private and Confidential” Conservative Group That Promises to “Crush Liberal Dominance”  —  A few months ago, Leonard Leo laid out his next audacious project.  Ever since the longtime Federalist Society leader helped create a conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court …

Mitch McConnell suffers concussion in fall, will remain hospitalized  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is being treated for a concussion after falling Wednesday evening, and is expected to remain hospitalized “for a few days,” a spokesperson announced Thursday afternoon.

Catholic group spent millions on app data that tracked gay priests  —  A group of philanthropists poured money into a Denver nonprofit that obtained dating and hookup app data and shared it with bishops around the country, a Post investigation has found  —  A group of conservative Colorado Catholics …

Fox Considered Acquiring Rights to ‘The Apprentice’ After 2020 Election, Court Documents Show  —  Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch discussed acquisition of show that Donald Trump had hosted on NBC  —  Soon after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Fox Corp. explored acquiring rights to …

Jaded with education, more Americans are skipping college  —  When he looked to the future, Grayson Hart always saw a college degree.  He was a good student at a good high school.  He wanted to be an actor, or maybe a teacher.  Growing up, he believed college was the only route to a good job, stability and a happy life.

Vandal who painted ‘groomer’ on libraries had disturbing evidence of child sex abuse in apartment: police  —  A former Maryland school librarian who spray-painted “groomer” on public libraries during Pride Week has been arrested on child pornography charges.

‘Spill’ of classified info derails Proud Boys trial  —  Federal prosecutors inadvertently disclosed likely classified material to Proud Boys defense attorneys, Justice Department officials indicated Thursday, a snafu that has derailed — for at least a full day — the most important trial to emerge from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

How white and affluent drivers are polluting the air breathed by L.A.'s people of color  —  This story originally published in Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment.  Sign up here to get it in your inbox.  —  Like many Angelenos, I spend a lot of time behind the wheel of my car.

Colin Kaepernick accuses white adoptive parents of ‘problematic’ upbringing, perpetuating racism  —  Former NFL quarterback Colin Kapernick accused his adoptive parents of “perpetuating racism” in an interview that aired Thursday.  —  Kaepernick talked about coming to terms with his racial identity …

Why Poverty Persists in America  —  A Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist offers a new explanation for an intractable problem.  —  In the past 50 years, scientists have mapped the entire human genome and eradicated smallpox.  Here in the United States, infant-mortality rates and deaths …

A Startling Document Predicted Jan. 6.  Democrats Are Missing Its Other Warnings.  —  Weeks before the 2020 election, a secret 87-page document outlined in matter-of-fact language the threat posed by Donald Trump's still-to-come campaign of election denial.

The fear and fury of these Florida parents  —  The state has introduced new laws that affect nearly every stage of parenting.  Some families are choosing between fight and flight.  —  One afternoon a few weeks ago, Alicea Hotchkiss's 14-year-old son, Eli, came home from his high school …

Details in a lawsuit against Texas's abortion ban shock the conscience  —  Five pregnant women and two doctors filed suit in Texas this week claiming that the state's six-week abortion ban violates the state constitution's due process and equal protection guarantees.

Attorney General Morrisey Takes Fight for Fairness in Women's Sports to the U.S. Supreme Court  —  CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is taking the fight for fairness in women's sports all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.  —  The Attorney General …

Exclusive: Trump publishing private letters from Oprah, other celebrities  —  Former President Trump, in a new book, plans to reveal 150 private letters sent to him — including one from Oprah Winfrey in 2000 in which she says: “Too bad we're not running for office.  What a team!”

Cloistered at Walter Reed, Fetterman Runs His Senate Operation From Afar  —  A dozen miles from the Capitol, the first-term Democrat from Pennsylvania is keeping up with his work while being treated for severe clinical depression.  —  WASHINGTON — In a cheerfully decorated common room …

Norfolk Southern train derails in Alabama hours before CEO testifies before Congress  —  Thirty cars derailed Thursday around 6:45 a.m. in Calhoun County, Alabama.  There were no reports of a hazardous leak.  —  A Norfolk Southern train derailed Thursday in Calhoun County, Alabama …

Vallas dissed Biden and Obama in Chicago  —  A year before he became one of two Democrats left standing in the race for Chicago mayor, Paul Vallas went on a conservative radio show and mocked the last two Democratic presidents.  —  Appearing on Chicago's Morning Answer (AM 560) program …

Thank you, Kevin McCarthy and Tucker Carlson  —  Certain political leaders inspire grudging respect or even fear from their opponents, but let's face it: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is not among them.  His latest political gambit, a ham-handed attempt to rewrite the history …

Apology letter found after US citizens killed in Mexico  —  A letter claiming to be from the Mexican drug cartel blamed for abducting four Americans and killing two of them condemned the violence and said the gang turned over to authorities its own members who were responsible.