DeSantis, Backing Away From Ukraine, Angers G.O.P. Hawks  —  The Florida governor, who joined Donald Trump in declaring that defending Ukraine from Russia was not a vital interest, drew swift condemnations from establishment Republicans.  —  Declaring this week that defending Ukraine …

L.A. riders bail on Metro trains amid ‘horror’ of deadly drug overdoses, crime  —  Matthew Morales boarded the Metro Red Line at MacArthur Park as classical music blared over the station loudspeakers.  —  It was rush hour on a Tuesday afternoon, and Morales made his way to a back corner seat …

FBI says it has no records related to Trump's claim he ‘sent’ agents to stop voter fraud in Florida during 2018 election  —  The FBI's search for records in response to NBC News' Freedom of Information request came up empty, the agency said.  Local officials had indicated Trump's assertions were false.

Hating Everyone Everywhere All At Once At Stanford  —  Don't Expect Free Speech Disputes To Have Heroes  —  When it comes to rights, deserve's got nothing to do with it.  —  When accused murderers and rapists get jury trials, we don't — at least, outside of Facebook …

DeSantis administration revokes Hyatt Regency Miami alcohol license after it hosted ‘A Drag Queen Christmas’  — Florida regulators revoked a hotel liquor license for hosting a drag show performance where minors were present.  — The DeSantis administration had previously said it was looking into “A Drag Queen Christmas.”

Democrats, led by Warren and Porter, unveil bill to repeal Trump-era bank law  —  WASHINGTON — A group of Democrats led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Katie Porter of California will unveil legislation Tuesday to restore bank regulations that were undone under …

Russian fighter jet forces down US drone over Black Sea after intercept  —  A Russian fighter jet forced down a US Air Force drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday after damaging the propeller of the American MQ-9 Reaper drone, according to a US official familiar with the incident.

He Helps Trump Navigate Legal Peril While Under Scrutiny Himself  —  Boris Epshteyn is the latest aide to take on the role of slashing defender of the former president, even as the Justice Department seeks information about him in the Jan. 6 and documents inquiries.

North Carolina's high court seems inclined to toss past redistricting rulings  —  Republican justices look ready to use their new majority on the North Carolina's state Supreme Court to tear up the state's congressional maps, and the new ones would likely favor the GOP up and down the ballot.

The 72-hour scramble to save the United States from a banking crisis  —  It seemed like a simple question: Did the treasury secretary have any concerns about the economic risks posed by Silicon Valley Bank?  —  It was Friday morning, and a wave of public panic had started to spread …

GPT-4  —  We've created GPT-4, the latest milestone in OpenAI's effort in scaling up deep learning.  GPT-4 is a large multimodal model (accepting image and text inputs, emitting text outputs) that, while less capable than humans in many real-world scenarios, exhibits human-level performance …

Ron DeSantis Wants to Make It a Felony to Have an Undocumented Person in Your Home or Car  —  Around 772,000 Florida workers, students, and community members are undocumented.  And Governor Ron DeSantis wants to make it a felony for anyone to have them in their home or even give them a ride.

Silicon Valley, once the underdog, is now too big to fail  —  The government stepped in to save the start-up industry from itself.  Not everyone is relieved.  —  An industry built on risk-taking, which made mountains of money when those risks paid off, has just been reminded of what happens when they don't.

Exclusive: Russia's secret document for destabilizing Moldova  —  Yahoo News obtains Putin's strategic plan for promoting Russian interests in Ukraine's next-door neighbor.  —  Read full article  —  President of Russia  —  CHISINAU, Moldova — On Friday, John Kirby …

Judge denies Jan. 6 defendant's motion for release, says no rights violated at DC Jail  —  A federal judge denied Christopher Quaglin's motion for release from custody, saying many of the issues his attorney raised were of Quaglin's making.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge denied …

Gov. Ron DeSantis' takeover of New College of Florida puts $29 million in donations at risk  —  A former trustee at New College of Florida says 13 major donors told her they are canceling more than $29 million in planned contributions since Gov. Ron DeSantis began transforming the school, a huge financial blow to the small college.

Police Killed His Son.  Prosecutors Charged The Teen's Friends with His Murder.  —  It's been four years since a Phoenix police officer killed Jacob Harris.  Records obtained by The Appeal show officials have made inconsistent or false statements about the night police killed him.

George Santos Signals Intention to Seek Re-election in 2024  —  The move by Mr. Santos allows him to continue fund-raising as a prospective candidate and to spend campaign funds.  —  Representative George Santos, the embattled Republican from New York facing criminal inquiries and ethics investigations …

Michigan Senate approves repeal of right-to-work law  —  Lansing — The Michigan Senate was approving landmark victories for organized labor Tuesday evening by repealing the 2012 right-to-work law that made union membership optional at unionized workplaces and re-establishing a prevailing wage standard for state projects.

PETA pleas for fakes at White House Easter egg roll  —  Tugging on the heartstrings of the pet-loving first family, PETA today urged first lady Jill Biden to pitch plans to use hen-laid eggs for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.  —  Instead, PETA President Ingrid Newkirk suggested …

Biden takes executive action on background checks for guns  —  President Biden is signing a gun control executive order on Tuesday that the administration says will get the country “as close to universal background checks as possible without additional legislation.”

Nebraska lawmaker 3 weeks into filibuster over trans bill  —  It was a mundane, unanimously supported bill on liquor taxation that saw state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh take to the mic on the Nebraska Legislature floor last week.  She offered her support, then spent the next three days discussing everything …

Chris Murphy: Republicans 'don't give a crap' about children or gun violence  —  The senator, a leading force in the Democratic push for gun control, warns the US is ‘headed towards a very dangerous place’  —  A Democratic US senator at the forefront of a push to enact new gun control measures …

Israel's Tech Resistance Took Their Money, and Put It Where?  —  One highly effective doomsday weapon deployed by the opposition to the Israeli government's proposed judicial reforms is the threat of removing large sums of money from Israel.  This self-inflicted form of BDS has been orchestrated …

Doctors Warned Her Pregnancy Could Kill Her.  Then Tennessee Outlawed Abortion.  —  Post-Roe America  —  This story graphically describes serious complications in pregnancies and births, and it mentions suicide.  —  One day late last summer, Dr. Barry Grimm called a fellow obstetrician …

Israelis Are Now Openly Talking About the ‘Total Destruction’ of the Jewish State  —  Benjamin Netanyahu's push towards autocracy has triggered massive protests — and a sense that the end of the 75-year-old Israeli experiment may be near … A grunt, or a long, drifting whistle.  Very often, a deep sigh.

Three European Nations Push for Lower Price on Russian Oil Cap  —  A group of three European Union countries are calling to lower the price cap on Russian oil this month in a bid to further undermine the financing of President Vladimir Putin's war machine.  —  Estonia, Lithuania and Poland proposed …