Russia Slides Into Civil War  —  Is Putin facing His Czar Nicholas II moment?  —  The hall of mirrors that Vladimir Putin has built around himself and within his country is so complex, and so multilayered, that on the eve of a genuine insurrection in Russia, I doubt very much if the Russian president himself believed it could be real.

They knew the boat could sink.  Boarding it didn't feel like a choice.  —  The story of how as many as 750 migrants came to board a rickety blue fishing trawler and end up in one of the Mediterranean's deadliest shipwrecks is bigger than any one of the victims.

The Real Lesson From the Hunter Biden Saga  —  One of our most urgent national problems is addiction to drugs and alcohol.  It now kills about a quarter-million Americans a year, leaves many others homeless and causes unimaginable heartache in families across the country — including the family living in the White House.

The Supreme Court dramatically changed public opinion on abortion  —  Support for abortion rights ticked up after the court's Dobbs decision one year ago — and has stayed there.  —  One year ago, the Supreme Court did more than just end the federal right to an abortion.

New U.S. intelligence report sheds little light on covid origins  —  The disclosure is unlikely to settle a heated debate about the pandemic's origins, which has exacerbated tensions between Washington and Beijing  —  Freshly declassified U.S. government intelligence about the origins …

Giuliani sanctioned for failing to produce records in defamation case  —  Rudy Giuliani was sanctioned by a U.S. judge on Friday for failing to search for and turn over records in a defamation lawsuit brought by former Georgia election workers against him for accusing them of ballot fraud.

Former Trump Campaign Official in Talks to Cooperate in Jan. 6 Inquiry  —  The office of the special counsel is negotiating with Michael Roman, who was closely involved in the efforts to create slates of pro-Trump electors in states won in 2020 by Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Abortion demonstrations expected across US to mark a year since Roe was overturned - live  —  Campaigners set to hold events across the country on first anniversary of supreme court overturning constitutional right to abortion  —  Live feed  —  While the American public is largely in favour …

Florida's anti-drag law is likely unconstitutional, federal judge rules.  A growing pattern.  —  Florida is barred from enforcing its new anti-drag law (SB 1438), a federal judge ruled Friday, issuing a preliminary injunction in a case brought by Hamburger Mary's, the restaurant chain …