The Second-Biggest Bank Failure  —  Bank failures in each year by total assets  —  Bank failures in each year by total assets  —  IndyMac Bank $307 billion  —  Washington Mutual Bank  —  Silicon Valley Bank  —  Source: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Note …

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 …

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.)

Trump Gets Caught Trying to Play Judges to Manufacture Trial Delays  —  Donald Trump is in so much trouble that his trials are starting to run into one another, and now his lawyers might get in trouble for fooling judges into delaying them all. … Faced with an onslaught of expensive lawsuits ranging …

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.

BBC in Turmoil as Revolt Over Gary Lineker's ‘Match of the Day’ Suspension Spreads  —  Mr. Lineker, one of England's best-known sports personalities, was taken off the air after criticizing the British government's immigration policy on social media.  His ouster set off a staff boycott.

Can Trump's ‘Straight Man’ Lighten Up?  —  The last time Mike Pence headlined the Gridiron Club dinner, he was a stand-in.  His boss, whose media baiting was already reaching highway-speed just two months into his first term, had no interest in playing nice with his critics, so he palmed off the job to his vice president.

A Va. bakery gave BLM activists free coffee.  Then came the backlash.  —  Brian Noyes and Josephine Gilbert agreed to sit down on March 1 and talk it out.  Noyes, founder of the celebrated Red Truck Bakery, and Gilbert, the leader of a loose coalition that demonstrates under the banner of All Lives Matter …

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.

Republicans Court the ‘Red Scare’ Left With Roger Stone Martini Hour  —  The “dirty trickster” served lukewarm cocktails at an event meant to showcase Republican inroads with the downtown art scene.  —  When they take the microphones behind a DJ booth at the New York Young Republican Club party …

Biden Administration 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 its most consequential climate decisions …

March 10, 2023  —  At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last weekend, Daily Wire host Michael Knowles said that “for the good of society...transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely—the whole preposterous ideology, at every level.”

Insurers slashed Hurricane Ian payouts far below damage estimates, documents and insiders reveal  —  A Washington Post investigation has found that some policyholders had their claims cut by more than 80 percent  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — When insurance adjuster Jordan Lee entered …

Ron DeSantis feels the love in Iowa.  That might not be enough.  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — To hear Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tell it, he's exactly the kind of winner that Republicans here in Iowa — and across the country — are looking for in a presidential nominee.

5 archaic D.C. laws still technically on the books after crime bill is nixed  —  When D.C. embarked on a years-long process to overhaul its criminal code, one of the things city council members set out to do was remove from the books antiquated laws that are no longer relevant to modern society.

Man accused of painting ‘groomer’ on Md. libraries charged in child porn case  —  Charles Sutherland had previously been charged over the vandalism authorities alleged was fueled by hate  —  A 31-year-old Takoma Park man alleged to have spray-painted the word “groomer” …

Ex-US congressman convicted of insider trading before T-Mobile merger  —  Former U.S. Congressman Stephen Buyer was convicted by a New York jury on Friday of trading on inside information he learned in 2018 as a consultant to T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) ahead of its $23 billion merger with Sprint.

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.

House GOP's budget could hurt the party in key Senate races  —  House Republicans' push for major spending cuts could undermine the party's effort to win the Senate.  —  The big picture: Several House Republicans are likely to run for competitive Senate seats in 2024.