Wagner chief offered to give Russian troop locations to Ukraine, leak says  —  Yevgeniy Prigozhin said he would tell Ukraine's military where to attack Russian troops if they pulled their own forces back from the beleaguered city of Bakhmut, where Wagner mercenaries were taking heavy losses

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Hill Staffer Is A Prominent Follower Of Neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes  —  Evidence shows Congressman Paul Gosar's digital director is behind an online persona that Fuentes called one of his “strongest soldiers.”  —  Nick Fuentes was under attack.

Playbook: A surprisingly positive debt-limit vibe check  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  DEMOCRACY ABROAD — Latest in Turkey, via AP: “Turkish President RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, who has ruled his country with an increasingly firm grip for 20 years …

Florida teacher investigated by state agency for showing Disney movie in class  —  A Florida teacher is under investigation by the state Department of Education after what she believes is a targeted attack by a school board member who took issue with a Disney movie shown in her classroom.

Turkey heads to runoff elections between Erdogan, Kilicdaroglu  —  Incumbent President Erdogan and his top rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu prepare will face each other in the runoff on May 28 after a knife-edge race on Sunday.  —  ANKARA — Turkey's incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will face …

Scoop: How Trump's team egged him on during CNN town hall  —  President Trump got more aggressive — and more dismissive of moderator Kaitlan Collins — as last week's CNN town hall continued.  Now we know one reason why:  — Backstage during the first commercial break, Axios has learned …

In Blow to Junta, Thai Voters Overwhelmingly Back Opposition Parties  —  Thais on Sunday cast votes against their military leaders, backing instead a populist political mainstay and a progressive upstart bent on shaking up the status quo.  —  Reporting from Bangkok

How Kyrsten Sinema Uses Campaign Cash for Her Marathon Habit  —  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema loves to run marathons—and to use campaign cash to pay for her stays at swanky hotels during those marathons. … When Kyrsten Sinema ran the Boston Marathon last year, it was a proud moment the Arizona senator …

Zelensky arrives in UK for surprise meeting with Sunak  —  Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting the UK to meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.  —  In a tweet, he said he would meet his “friend” Mr Sunak to hold “substantive negotiations”.  —  The UK announced on Thursday …

Trump puts DeSantis in a bind on 2020: Can he bring himself to say Trump lost?  —  The Florida governor is making the case that he's more electable than Trump.  Just don't ask him if Trump lost.  —  Donald Trump falsely insisting that the 2020 election was “rigged” last week was nothing …

The Philadelphia Inquirer's operations continue to be disrupted by a cyber incident  —  The Philadelphia Inquirer and outside cybersecurity experts continued Sunday to scramble to restore systems after an apparent cyberattack disrupted operations over the weekend.The Inquirer had been unable …

Biden team aims to compete in North Carolina, test ground in Florida  —  The strategy could provide alternate paths to victory if the president falters in other battleground states  —  Top advisers to President Biden are planning a 2024 battleground strategy that fully invests in North Carolina …

Inside the Tennessee legislature, where a GOP supermajority reigns  —  In the Republican-dominated state House, ‘culture war’ battles rage while demands for new gun restrictions are ignored following a deadly school shooting  —  NASHVILLE — Two dozen people sat silently …

Dems' great hope to hold the Senate: GOP primary implosions  —  Despite Republicans' new strategy, Democrats are looking for “extreme candidates” to come out of Senate GOP primaries and give them a leg up in an otherwise bleak electoral map.  —  Most Democrats stay quiet about GOP primaries …

Russia Hosts Belarus Official With Lukashenko Out of Public View  —  The foreign minister of Belarus begins a three-day visit to Moscow on Monday amid speculation about the whereabouts of the country's long-serving President Alexander Lukashenko.  —  The Belarusian leader hasn't been seen …

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 14, 2023  —  May 14, 2023, 3pm ET  —  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 …

The big problem with trying to cut spending in a debt ceiling bill  —  President Biden and congressional leaders have a major hurdle to overcome as negotiators meet privately to consider a way forward and prevent a self-inflicted economic calamity.  —  WASHINGTON — House Republicans …

Rick Perry teases possible presidential bid, declines to support Trump campaign  —  Former Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Sunday teased a possible 2024 presidential run while declining to support Donald Trump's campaign, becoming the latest onetime Trump appointee to distance himself from the former president's third White House bid.

Supreme Court to review South Carolina congressional map for discrimination against Black voters  —  The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether South Carolina's congressional districts need to be redrawn because they discriminate against Black voters.  The justices said Monday they would review …