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 …

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.”

Silicon Valley Bank and Joe Biden's $19 Trillion Monday  —  His latest bailout is a solution for him now and a problem for us later.  —  WSJ Opinion: The President Drops a Totally Political Budget  —  Your bank deposits are safe from bank failures.  They aren't safe from inflation.

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 …

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.”

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 …

BuzzFeed Encourages Reporters to Write More Stories in Attempt to Turn Profit  —  ‘What we can control is how many stories we publish each day,’ BuzzFeed News editor in chief tells newsroom  —  BuzzFeed Inc. BZFD -.65%decrease; red down pointing triangle is encouraging its newsroom to produce …

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 …

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 …

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.

A viral moment reinforces the hollowness of ‘woke’ as an attack  —  One of conservative writer Bethany Mandel's least disputable comments during her appearance on The Hill's streaming show “Rising” was a prediction she made as she fumbled a reply to host Briahna Joy Gray: “This is going to be one of those moments that goes viral.”

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.

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 …

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.