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 …

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.”

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 …

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 …

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.

Playbook: The GOP faces its ‘candidate quality’ issues  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Senate Majority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER this morning is asking National Transportation Safety Board Chair JENNIFER HOMENDY to expand the agency's probe …

EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes of the Trump grand jury  —  A bomb-sniffing dog, SWAT team escort and months of careful silence  —  The bomb-sniffing dog was new.  The special grand jurors investigating interference in Georgia's 2020 elections hadn't before seen that level of security …

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 …

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 …

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.”

Judges Want ‘Disruptive’ Law Students Flagged to Employers  —  Share To:  —  Two federal appeals court judges say law schools should consider informing potential employers if students participate in protests that disrupt speakers on campus.  —  Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho …

Garcetti's ambassadorial bid, clouded by scandal, faces final test  —  Nearly two years after President Joe Biden tapped him to become U.S. ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti faces his final confirmation hurdle on Wednesday.  And it's uncertain whether he'll clear it.

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 …

As Biden mulls family detentions, warnings from inside grow louder  —  When news leaked last week that the Biden administration is considering detaining migrant families who cross the border illegally, the reaction was swift and harsh.  Democrats and immigration advocates denounced the idea as …

Now that Hate has Become the GOP's Main Political Weapon, What Can Americans Do?  —  Now is the time for Republicans to show the courage of Mandy Connell and loudly and publicly leave their party.  As Germans learned by the late 1930s, if they don't act now it may soon be too late...

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 …

Apple, Amazon, Google will likely get a reprieve from GOP-controlled House on antitrust legislation  — The new Republican leadership in the U.S. House doesn't appear to have the appetite to impose tougher antitrust rules on the tech giants.  — An antitrust bill Buck introduced …