Signature and Silicon Valley Bank Collapses Followed Softened Regulation  —  Officials with Signature and Silicon Valley banks, which regulators seized in recent days, called for looser financial requirements for midsize banks.  —  In the spring of 2018, President Donald J. Trump signed …

Ron DeSantis Says Protecting Ukraine Is Not a Key U.S. Interest  —  The Florida governor, on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show, broke with Republicans to attack President Biden's foreign policy and align more closely with Donald Trump as he weighs a presidential bid.

GOP election deniers increasingly admit they're just going off vibes  —  There has never really been evidence the 2020 election was stolen, but even election deniers are acknowledging it  —  Sidney Powell has tacitly conceded that she didn't have the proof of a stolen election that she claimed.

Trump claims violence he inspired on Jan. 6 was Pence's fault  —  The former president suggested the riot could have been avoided if his vice president had cooperated in overturning the results.  —  Donald Trump on Monday sharply rebuked Mike Pence's assertion that history would hold …

Inflation eased again in February, though path ahead is muddled  —  The collapse of two major banks is forcing the Federal Reserve to rethink its aggressive stance on inflation  —  Inflation eased slightly in February, but concerns over an increasingly fragile financial system …

Meta to Lay Off Another 10,000 Workers  —  It would be the tech company's second round of cuts since November.  Mark Zuckerberg, its chief executive, has declared 2023 the “year of efficiency.”  —  Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, said on Tuesday that it planned to lay off about 10,000 employees …

Patricia Schroeder, Feminist Trailblazer in Congress, Dies at 82  —  Ms. Schroeder, who had a long career in the House, helped steer passage of legislation on family leave, pregnancy discrimination and other progressive causes.  —  Patricia Schroeder, a trailblazing feminist legislator …

Biden to sign new executive order aimed at gun violence  —  President Biden on Tuesday, during a visit to Monterey Park, Calif., where 11 were shot dead earlier this year, is planning to sign an executive order that aims to increase the number of background checks before firearms sales.

Comer says Treasury will allow Oversight Committee to review certain bank activity reports related to Biden family and business partners  —  House Oversight Chairman James Comer said in a statement Tuesday the US Treasury Department will allow him to review certain bank activity reports related …

Biden says Carter asked him to deliver his eulogy  —  Former President Jimmy Carter has asked Joe Biden to deliver his eulogy following his death, the president said Monday.  —  “He asked me to do his eulogy - excuse me, I shouldn't say that,” Biden told supporters during remarks at a fundraiser …

Student Activists Target Stanford Law School Dean in Revolt Over Her Apology  —  Hundreds of Stanford student activists on Monday lined the hallways to protest the law school's dean, Jenny Martinez, for apologizing to Fifth Circuit appellate judge Kyle Duncan, whom the activists shouted down last week.

Biden Administration to Restrict Cancer-Causing ‘Forever Chemicals’  —  The government will strictly limit in drinking water two chemicals that are ubiquitous in modern society but are linked to a range of health effects.  —  WASHINGTON — For the first time, the federal government …

Deregulating child labor  —  In February, a federal investigation found that Packers Sanitation Services illegally employed at least 102 children “in hazardous occupations” across 13 meat processing facilities in eight states.  The children were found “working overnight shifts” and using …

Here's What Happened When Judge Kacsmaryk Told Lawyers About Secret Hearing In Mifepristone Case  —  Start your day with TPM.  —  On March 10, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in the northern district of Texas gathered the lawyers in a banner case on mifepristone, the abortion drug …

Ukraine short of skilled troops and munitions as losses, pessimism grow  —  DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, Ukraine — The quality of Ukraine's military force, once considered a substantial advantage over Russia, has been degraded by a year of casualties that have taken many of the most experienced fighters off …

The Remaking of A.O.C.  —  Five years into her legislative career, a more subdued and party-line-toeing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is inciting all kinds of curiosity.  She's either playing three dimensional chess en route to the Senate and beyond, or she's diligently earning her stripes on the Hill.

No regrets from the Iraqi who threw his shoes at Bush  —  Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi gained fame for hurling his shoes at President George W. Bush in a news conference to show his anger at the corruption and chaos that followed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.  He is still furious.

Matt Gaetz's New Staffer Identifies as a ‘Raging Misogynist’  —  Matt Gaetz's new legal counsel has quite the history online. … “Consent is probably modern society's most pernicious fetish.”  —  It would seem bad enough if that internet comment from the newly hired congressional counsel for Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was about women.

Novo Nordisk to Slash Insulin Prices by Up to 75%  —  The insulin maker is the latest to plan sharp price cuts for the diabetes treatments to make them more affordable  —  High Insulin Prices Drive Diabetics to Take Extreme Measures … Novo Nordisk A/S is set to cut the U.S. list prices …

Conservative group pushes back on bipartisan rail safety bill  —  A conservative advocacy group is pushing lawmakers to oppose a bipartisan rail safety bill that was introduced in the wake of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, claiming it would create “gross inefficiencies” …