Gunman in Texas mall shooting may have had neo-Nazi beliefs  —  ALLEN, Tex. — The gunman who opened fire on an outlet mall in a Dallas suburb Saturday, killing at least eight people, was a man in his early 30s who may have had white supremacist or neo-Nazi beliefs, people familiar with the investigation said Sunday.

BPD: 8 dead, 10 injured when SUV strikes crowd near migrant shelter  —  BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) - Bishop Daniel E Flores of the Catholic Diocese of Brownsville held a Mass Sunday night at the Ozanam Center, just steps away from when eight migrants lost their lives Sunday morning in a crash.

Why McConnell and McCarthy locked arms on the debt crisis  —  After multiple splits that stressed their party, the Senate GOP leader and the speaker are moving as one as the nation nears a fiscal breaking point.  —  When Joe Biden called Mitch McConnell to talk about the debt limit …

Republicans want Manchin to bow out, fearful that he may have one more trick up his sleeve  —  Democrats are on the verge of extinction in West Virginia, but the West Virginia senator hasn't lost a race since the 1990s.  —  WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Republicans' best option for unseating …

REVEALED: These ten books are considered pornography in Ron DeSantis' Florida  —  On March 8, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) conducted a press conference in which he purported to debunk the “book ban hoax.”  During the event, DeSantis claimed that Florida schools, under his leadership, were not banning educational materials.

Closing arguments set for Monday morning in E. Jean Carroll civil rape trial against Donald Trump  —  Attorneys for E. Jean Carroll and Donald Trump are set to give closing arguments Monday morning in the battery and defamation trial against the former president in Manhattan federal court.

Top Republican investigating Biden administration withdrawal from Afghanistan threatens to hold Blinken in contempt of Congress  —  House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul is threatening to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress over his panel's investigation …

‘Really weak option’: Wall Street sours on DeSantis as Trump challenger  —  Ron DeSantis' gubernatorial reelection campaign is still loaded with cash, giving him big advantages over possible competitors.  But many now say he no longer seems so formidable — at least on Wall Street.

The Week Ahead  —  For the second time in as many weeks, I'm skipping over what I'd planned to write about today to take on something that feels too urgent and pressing to avoid.  I'll flag some developments I had earmarked for our usual week-ahead piece over the next couple of days.

The Unfortunate, Unintended Consequence of the Inflation Reduction Act  —  The Inflation Reduction Act will reshape the physical and economic landscape of the United States over the next decade, including in ways that might surprise a lot of people.  —  Anyone keen to understand how should look …

Massacre witness refutes right-wing talking point: 'It wasn't mental health that killed these people'  —  Steven Spainhauer told MSNBC he witnessed victims massacred by a gunman in Texas over the weekend, and he disagreed with conservatives blaming “mental health” for the shooting.