Playbook: The return of ‘crazy town’  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  WACKO IN WACO — It was everything that supporters of DONALD TRUMP love about the former president — and everything his GOP critics absolutely abhor.

The Potential Trump Indictment Is Unwise  —  For the first time in American history, a hotly anticipated indictment of a former American president may actually be handed up.  Manhattan's district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, seems set to bring charges related to Donald Trump's allegedly paying off …

Netanyahu's political touch eludes him as Israel spirals into chaos  —  JERUSALEM — Few figures have stood astride the Israeli public arena like Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest-serving prime minister in the country's history.  —  Over a record six terms, the leader known as “Bibi” …

What's ‘digital blackface?’  And why is it wrong when White people use it?  —  Maybe you shared that viral video of Kimberly “Sweet Brown” Wilkins telling a reporter after narrowly escaping an apartment fire, “Ain't nobody got time for that!”  —  Perhaps you posted that meme …

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 25, 2023  —  Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report.  —  Click here to access ISW's archive of interactive time-lapse maps of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Trans woman left sobbing in JFK airport after TSA agent hit her testicles: report  —  A transgender woman was left in tears at JFK Airport after she claimed a TSA agent punched her in the testicles while going through security, The Daily Mail reported.  —  The unidentified flyer took …

Rule By Law in Florida  —  Would President DeSantis be worse for American democracy than President Trump?  —  After donald trump sabotaged the 2022 midterm elections for Republicans by endorsing unelectable extremists, a comforting narrative took root among GOP elites.

How did a police chase in Mississippi end with an innocent woman shot in her bedroom?  —  NBC News analyzed more than 25 hours of surveillance video appearing to show a Mississippi Capitol Police officer opening fire in an apartment complex in Jackson.  —  JACKSON, Miss. …

Indicted Chinese exile controls Gettr social media site, ex-employees say  —  Guo Wengui, arrested March 15 on fraud charges, was known to have invested, but the extent of his influence on the site has not been previously reported.  —  NEW YORK — An exiled Chinese tycoon indicted …

Pundit of venom and division: Newt Gingrich has not changed  —  Newt Gingrich is having another rebirth: reported whisperer to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), quoted hundreds of times as the supposed wise man to all things Congress and Washington, an off-Broadway version of Jim Baker or Leon Panetta.

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna announces he won't seek California Senate seat, endorses Rep. Barbara Lee  —  Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California announced Sunday that he won't enter the competitive Democratic primary to fill retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein's senate seat in the Golden State …

George Washington University Is Moving on From ‘Colonials’  —  The move comes amid a reckoning of the fraught history of team names across American sports.  Potential new names include: “Ambassadors,” “Blue Fog,” “Revolutionaries” and “Sentinels.”  —  George Washington University …