Silicon Valley Bank is shut down by regulators in biggest bank failure since global financial crisis  — The FDIC said in the announcement that insured depositors will have access to their deposits no later than Monday morning.  — SVB's branch offices will also reopen at that time, under the control of the regulator.

As Fox News panicked in 2020, leaders warned of featuring Buttigieg, Coons  —  The top Biden campaign surrogates were singled out in the post-election period, with CEO Suzanne Scott saying 'audiences don't want to see too much' of guests like them  —  It's a rather small cadre of politicians …

Michael Cohen to Testify at Grand Jury as Likely Trump Indictment Looms  —  Mr. Cohen, Donald J. Trump's former fixer, is the key witness in a case built around a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.  —  Michael D. Cohen, the former fixer who for years did Donald J. Trump's dirty work …

Yale Law Is No Longer #1—For Free-Speech Debacles  —  Congratulations, Stanford Law, you're the new poster child for intolerance.  —  Congratulations, Stanford Law School.  You're the nation's new top law school—when it comes to free-speech debacles.1 (And I'm interrupting my vacation to cover you—so thanks for that too, SLS.)

New paint design for ‘Next Air Force One’  — Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs  —  President of the United States Joe Biden has selected the livery design for the “Next Air Force One,” VC-25B, a design that will closely resemble the livery of the current Air Force One, VC-25A, while also modernizing for the 21st century.

Biden Expected to Move Ahead on a Major Oil Project in Alaska  —  The decision would allow an enormous $8 billion drilling project in the largest expanse of pristine wilderness in the United States.  —  WASHINGTON — In one of the most consequential climate decisions of his administration …

Three Texas women are sued for wrongful death after assisting with abortion  —  In the first lawsuit of its kind since Roe v. Wade was overturned, a husband seeks damages from women who helped his ex-wife obtain the medications to terminate her pregnancy.  —  A Texas man whose ex-wife terminated …

China brokers Iran-Saudi Arabia detente, raising eyebrows in Washington  —  After decades of U.S. failures in the region, China takes a turn as Middle East power broker  —  China's successful brokering of a detente between Iran and Saudi Arabia on Friday forced the United States …

Trump in growing legal and political peril ahead of 2024  —  Multiple investigations into him and his actions are entering advanced stages while many Republicans drift away  —  The Manhattan district attorney has invited former president Donald Trump to testify next week before a grand jury …

Eric Swalwell Perfectly Shames Jim Jordan Over Hypocritical ‘Subpoena Compliance’ Demand  —  Eric Swalwell calls out Jim Jordan's hypocrisy for issuing subpoenas after defying them when Democrats were in control.  —  California Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell called out the hypocrisy …

SVB CEO Sold $3.6 Million in Stock Days Before Bank's Failure  —  Silicon Valley Bank Chief Executive Officer Greg Becker sold $3.6 million of company stock under a trading plan less than two weeks before the firm disclosed extensive losses that led to its failure.

The true cost of Dominion's devastating Fox News bombshells  —  I spent almost 25 years as a trial lawyer before I became the host of the Katie Phang Show.  Whether it was a criminal or civil case, the facts and the evidence are what mattered the most.  And my currency as a trial lawyer?  The truth.

Twitter's $42,000-per-Month API Prices Out Nearly Everyone  —  Tiers will start at $500,000 a year for access to 0.3 percent of the company's tweets.  Researchers say that's too much for too little data.  —  Since Twitter launched in 2006, the company has acted as a kind of heartbeat for social media conversation.

Family: Activist's hands raised when shot by troopers near training center site  —  Family files lawsuit against city of Atlanta for release of information  —  An independent autopsy showed Manuel Teran's hands were raised when the activist was fatally shot by state troopers in January near …

Tensions in West Bank threaten Israel-US intelligence cooperation  —  Top US Gen. Milley delivered “unprecedented message” to Israeli officials, warning that internal chaos and growing tensions in the West Bank could endanger the country's strategic relations with the United States.

Kevin McCarthy joins the insurrection  —  Not since the Know-Nothing Party disappeared in the 1850s has a public figure boasted about his ignorance with as much gusto as Kevin McCarthy does.  —  It doesn't seem to matter what you ask the speaker of the House.  He hasn't read it, seen it or heard about it.

How Rod Dreher's Blog Got a Little “Too Weird” for The American Conservative  —  The right-wing commentator's columns, which were unedited and bankrolled by a single donor, will be shuttered Friday after a 12-year run.  Sources say it was ultimately a diatribe on circumcision that was a bridge too far.

Zooming With Tennessee Thirst Trap Franklyn McClure … “I love being naked,” says Franklyn McClure, 20, Zooming from the porch of his home in Charlotte, North Carolina, and wearing nothing but a pink pair of briefs and a whole lot of jewelry and lip gloss.  “So that's why I didn't want to wear a shirt for this interview.

Inside Ron DeSantis's Politicized Removal of an Elected Prosecutor  —  The Florida governor accused the Democratic prosecutor of undermining public safety.  But a close examination of the episode reveals just how fueled it was by Mr. DeSantis's political aims.

A Glimpse of DeSantis in Iowa: Awkward, but Still Winning the Crowd  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida visited Iowa on Friday, providing a window into his still-untested skills as a retail politician.  —  DAVENPORT, Iowa — Suzy Barker, a native Iowan dressed in an orange-and-blue University …

Tom Girardi gave $1 million in payments, gifts to top State Bar investigator, corruption probe finds  —  Disbarred Los Angeles lawyer Tom Girardi funneled more than $1 million in gifts and payments to an investigator at the State Bar of California and the investigator's wife, a USC accounting professor …

Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy comes into focus at Proud Boys trial as classified ‘spill’ roils proceedings  —  The Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial started this week with prosecutors rolling out meticulous frame-by-frame video footage from Jan. 6 that, for the first time in more than a month …