Biden sticks it to Republicans with his budget proposal  —  President Joe Biden's third budget and likely campaign blueprint — if and when he announces a reelection run — proposes tax hikes on the wealthiest Americans and corporations, the most funding ever for the military and $3 trillion in deficit-slashing policies over a 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.

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 …

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 …

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.

'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

‘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.

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 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?

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 …

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 …

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 …

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!”

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.

Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo is front and center in Dominion's defamation suit  —  How do you solve a problem like Maria Bartiromo?  —  Fox News executives may be asking themselves that question as she emerges as a central figure in Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6-billion defamation suit against the conservative news network.

Internal text reveals Tucker Carlson reads the work of a Holocaust denier at a white nationalist hub  —  Fox News host Tucker Carlson shared the work of David Cole, a Holocaust denier who writes for a white nationalist hub that carries headlines like “The Trouble with Blacks” and “Our De Facto Antiwhite Apartheid.”

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 …

Republicans launch an investigation into the Jan. 6 committee that examined the riot  —  WASHINGTON — A Republican-controlled House committee launched an inquiry Wednesday into the Democratic-controlled Jan. 6 committee, which a staff member said will review whether pertinent information …

Oscars Reject Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's Bid to Appear on Telecast (EXCLUSIVE) … For the past year, Volodymyr Zelensky has been greeted with open arms by awards shows, film festivals and even the New York Stock Exchange.  But when it comes to landing airtime on the most coveted telecast …

Dafna Linzer abruptly steps down as Politico's executive editor  —  The award-winning journalist had clashed with another top executive amid a new corporate owner's plans for global expansion.  —  Dafna Linzer is leaving her role as executive editor of Politico a year after she took the job.

White 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.

Jailed American appeals to Biden in unprecedented interview from Iran's most notorious prison  —  Iran's longest-held American prisoner has made an emotional plea to US President Joe Biden to put the “liberty of innocent Americans above politics” and ramp up efforts to secure his release …

Gisele Barreto Fetterman, Wife of Sen. John Fetterman, Spotted Fighting Apartment Fire in East Pittsburgh  —  The former second lady of Pennsylvania joined the volunteer Rivers Edge 113 firefighting crew in December  —  Gisele Barreto Fetterman, whose husband is freshman Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman …

Cuccinelli announces PAC to back DeSantis for president  —  Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who served as a top immigration official in the Trump administration, announced Thursday that he has formed a PAC to urge Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president in 2024.