Pence says Trump ‘endangered my family’ on Jan. 6  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday harshly criticized former President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, widening the rift between the two men as they prepare to battle over the Republican nomination in next year's election.

U.S. officials weigh protecting all deposits at Silicon Valley Bank  —  Extraordinary step eyed if plan to sell SVB to another institution fails  —  Federal authorities are seriously considering safeguarding all uninsured deposits at Silicon Valley Bank, weighing an extraordinary intervention …

Ron DeSantis blames Silicon Valley Bank's collapse on DEI … A.G. Gancarski  —  A.G. Gancarski has written for FloridaPolitics.com since 2014.  He is based in Northeast Florida.  He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski

China Plans New Middle East Summit as Diplomatic Role Takes Shape  —  Beijing's involvement in the details of dispute between Saudi Arabia and Iran led to a re-establishment of ties  —  When Arab leaders met Xi Jinping at a regional summit in Riyadh last December, the Chinese head …

A Trump veteran at Fox struggled to balance election lies with the network's interests  —  Documents show Fox VP Raj Shah privately derided the White House's narrative of a stolen election.  But he also pushed back on efforts to dispute the claims.  —  As Rudy Giuliani railed about voter fraud …

Transcript: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on “Face the Nation,” March 12, 2023  —  The following is a transcript of an interview with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen that aired on “Face the Nation” on Sunday, March 12, 2023.  —  MARGARET BRENNAN: Mark Strassmann, thank you.

Democratic leaders want the party to stop its Kamala Harris pile-on ahead of 2024  —  Elizabeth Warren has called twice to apologize.  Over a month later, Kamala Harris hasn't called back.  —  In a local Boston radio interview in late January, Warren was enthusiastic about President Joe Biden running …

A Tampa teen was racially harassed by her teacher.  He's bullied students for years.  —  Hillsborough records show allegations ranged from performing a Nazi salute to calling a transgender student a slur. … TAMPA — Until her teacher brought up her race, it had been an otherwise unremarkable …

Judge in abortion-pill lawsuit schedules hearing but delays announcing it  —  Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk wanted to minimize protests and threats in connection with the closely-watched case, people familiar with the plan said  —  The Texas judge who could undo government approval of a key abortion drug …

Ex-Trump White House Press Secretary Makes Revealing Claim On Work With Fox News  —  Stephanie Grisham said she “would get a talking to” for not speaking with Fox News stars ahead of Trump.  —  Grisham, during an interview with CNN's Jim Acosta, weighed in on the news outlet following startling revelations …

As Trump embarks on 2024 journey, some longtime allies go their own way  —  As Donald Trump's onetime campaign manager and a New Hampshire resident, Corey Lewandowski has been by the former president's side for many of his trips to the Granite State.  But when Trump traveled to the state in late January …

Saudi Arabia's golf case threatens to spill kingdom secrets  —  Officials who oversee Saudi Arabia's tens of billions of dollars in U.S. investments haven't been shy about flaunting their ties with top American business and political figures, down to wearing MAGA caps as they swing golf clubs alongside former President Donald Trump.

Russian advance stalls in Ukraine's Bakhmut, think tank says  —  Russia's advance seems to have stalled in Moscow's campaign to capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, a leading think tank said in an assessment of the longest ground battle of the war.

Recent revelations emanating from the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit against Fox Corporation are very troubling and present a moral hazzard for advertisers.  —  1) FOX “news” repeatedly dissemenated false information mischaracterizing the results of the 2020 Presidential election.

Gun reform coming in Michigan after 2nd school mass shooting  —  Armed with two handguns and dozens of rounds of ammunition, 43-year-old Anthony McRae open fired on the Michigan State University campus on the night of Feb. 13, killing three students and wounding five more.