Putin's Boy from Tallahassee  —  In the zero-sum world of rightward Republicanism, politicians are using a yearning to confront China as a veil to abandon Ukraine. … The Fox News host, who had solicited answers from anyone considering tossing their hat in the ring, was clearly impressed.

Federal investigators examined Trump Media for possible money laundering, sources say  —  Exclusive: New York prosecutors expanded criminal inquiry of company last year and examined acceptance of $8m with suspected Russian ties  —  Federal prosecutors in New York involved in the criminal investigation …

Ron DeSantis hit with an ethics complaint from Trump super PAC  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Donald Trump's allies are stepping up their battle with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, formally accusing him of violating state ethics and election laws with his “shadow presidential campaign.”

Signature Bank Faced Criminal Probe Ahead of Firm's Collapse  —  US prosecutors were investigating Signature Bank's work with crypto clients before regulators suddenly seized the lender this past weekend, according to people familiar with the matter.  —  Justice Department investigators …

George Santos's Role in Sale of $19 Million Yacht Attracts F.B.I. Interest  —  Just before his House election, Mr. Santos helped two of his largest donors reach a private deal on a $19 million boat, mixing his political and personal interests.  —  A $19 million luxury yacht deal brokered …

Exiled Chinese Billionaire Charged in New York With Financial Conspiracy  —  Guo Wengui, a fugitive financier and associate of Steve Bannon, is accused by federal prosecutors of engaging in a complex scheme to bilk thousands of online followers.  —  Guo Wengui, a fugitive Chinese billionaire …

DOJ: Trump cannot save Navarro from contempt of Congress prosecution  —  Donald Trump never asserted executive privilege to block Peter Navarro from testifying to the Jan. 6 select committee — and even if he did, it wouldn't have excused the former Trump trade adviser's decision to blow off …

Exclusive: Effective Altruist Leaders Were Repeatedly Warned About Sam Bankman-Fried Years Before FTX Collapsed  —  Leaders of the Effective Altruism movement were repeatedly warned beginning in 2018 that Sam Bankman-Fried was unethical, duplicitous, and negligent in his role as CEO of Alameda Research …

The Schism Is Here … What would you get if you asked ChatGPT to craft a Ukraine policy optimized to pander to Tucker Carlson viewers rather than to maximize American interests?  —  This.  You'd get this. … Even if we didn't know already that Ron DeSantis was moving toward …

Princeton senior arrested in connection with Jan. 6 Capitol riot  —  On March 14, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Larry Giberson '23 was arrested in relation to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.  —  Giberson did not immediately respond to The Daily Princetonian's request for comment.

Steps from the Capitol, Trump allies buy up properties to build MAGA campus  —  At first glance, the flurry of real estate sales two blocks east of the U.S. Capitol appeared unremarkable in a city where such sales are common.  In the span of a year, a seemingly unrelated gaggle …

First look: Young and unaffiliated Latino voters surge across U.S.  —  First-time Latino voters are outpacing first-time non-Latino voters in Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, New York, and Texas, according to a report first obtained by Axios. … - The 2022 election showed …

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba: Russia must be removed from the United Nations Security Council  —  Russia's unprovoked, barbaric war on Ukraine has forced the world to confront many unsettling questions.  One of the most important is: Where is multilateral diplomacy when you need it?

How an Offer to Testify Before a New York Grand Jury Signals Trouble for Trump  —  The Manhattan District Attorney offered to let Donald Trump speak to a grand jury—but only if he waived the immunity that would come with his testimony.  That's bad news for Trump.

Russia's allies are a motley—and shrinking—crew  —  “The West's plans to isolate Russia by surrounding us with a sanitary cordon have been a fiasco,” Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, gloated recently.  “We are strengthening good neighbourly relations...with the international majority.”

Feds launch manhunt for former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's ex-chief of staff  —  Federal authorities initiated a manhunt Tuesday for former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's onetime chief of staff after he failed to appear in court in connection with a series of fraud and other charges.

What's known and not about US drone-Russian jet encounter  —  When a Russian fighter jet collided with a large U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea, it was a rare but serious incident that triggered a U.S. diplomatic protest and raised concerns about the possibility Russia could recover sensitive technology.