Embattled Rep. George Santos hit with additional charges, including identity theft  —  Prosecutors said Santos claimed he made non-existent loans to his campaign while making unauthorized charges on donors' credit cards.  —  Federal prosecutors hit Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y. …

Trump's Overrated Peace Plan Helped Enable the Horrors in Israel and Gaza  —  The Abraham Accords didn't bring “the dawn of a new Middle East,” they completely ignored the Palestinians and let the Netanyahu government do almost anything it wanted. … No American president caused Hamas …

A tantalizing detail in a new Trump legal filing  —  The government signals it plans to prove Donald Trump's much-debated intent for taking and keeping classified documents  —  Donald Trump's many legal problems have led to a veritable fire hose of often-mundane, procedural court filings.

The Anti-Israel Left Needs to Take a Hard Look at Itself  —  On Saturday morning in southern Israel, Hamas murdered hundreds of people at a music festival and kidnapped others at gunpoint to serve as human shields in Gaza.  On Sunday afternoon in Midtown Manhattan, a speaker at a rally …

Former OSU wrestlers say Jim Jordan betrayed them and shouldn't be House speaker  —  “Do you really want a guy in that job who chose not to stand up for his guys?” said one former wrestler who attended OSU when Jordan was assistant coach.  —  Four of the former Ohio State University wrestlers …

Trump Is Expected to Endorse Kari Lake's Senate Run in Arizona  —  Ms. Lake, a Trump ally, embraced the former president's lies about winning the 2020 election in her failed run for Arizona governor last year.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump is expected to endorse Kari Lake for Senate …

Moms for Liberty meets its match: Parents in this swing suburban district are fighting back  —  Republicans hope to use education wars to turn purple suburbia red.  In one Pennsylvania district, that backfired  —  “Monster Liberty”: That's how the otherwise excellent closed-captioning service …

Judge gives Peter Navarro 24 hours to show proof of why he deserves new contempt trial  —  When former Trump White House advisor Peter Navarro asked a federal judge for a new trial, he claimed it was necessary because protesters holding signs such as, 'Bro, Should've Pled the 5th' and 'Peter …

In Search of Kamala Harris  —  After nearly three years, the vice president is still struggling to make the case for herself — and feels she shouldn't have to.  —  All the conditions seemed right for a chance to reset the narrative.  —  At the Munich Security Conference in February …

When Hamas Tells You Who They Are, Believe Them  —  A close read of Hamas's founding documents shows their genocidal intentions … — William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich  —  How many Israelis, or Jews, or anyone else for that matter, have read the 1988 Hamas Covenant …

Tuberville reports former CIA director Hayden to Capitol Police over tweet  —  Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Al.) reported the former CIA Director Michael Hayden to the Capitol Police on Tuesday over the former general's tweet suggesting the lawmaker should be removed from the human race.

North Carolina Republicans override governor's veto on key election law  —  Gov. Roy Cooper (D) has cast the bill as a threat to democracy in the state.  Republicans say it takes politics out of the process of administering the vote.  —  North Carolina Republican lawmakers on Tuesday overrode …

Tim Scott, please drop out, urge others to follow and unite behind Haley  —  Disclosure: The columnist's wife, Mari Will, an adviser to Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.), disagrees with this column.  —  There is national incredulity, exhaustion, embarrassment …

Clarence Thomas Wants to Go After Freedom of the Press  —  Amid coverage of his relationships with high-profile conservatives, the Supreme Court justice wants to reconsider a landmark First Amendment cases … Justice Clarence Thomas has some thoughts.  —  The 1964 ruling established limits …

War in the Middle East  —  A Statement from President Claudine Gay  —  As the events of recent days continue to reverberate, let there be no doubt that I condemn the terrorist atrocities perpetrated by Hamas.  Such inhumanity is abhorrent, whatever one's individual views of the origins of longstanding conflicts in the region.

Kevin Phillips, 82, Dies; Political Analyst Predicted G.O.P. Resurgence  —  A conservative mastermind of the race-based “Southern strategy,” he later, as a writer, had second thoughts after assessing income inequality under three Republican presidents.  —  Kevin Phillips, a self-taught …

McCarthy loyalists vow to draw out painful speakership battle  —  House Republicans' state of emotional limbo is particularly problematic, since they'd otherwise welcome the chance to move quickly on aiding Israel.

Jim Jordan's new shutdown threat highlights an unnerving right-wing trend  —  Republicans spend more time talking about the practical problems posed by the U.S.-Mexico border than any other issue — even as much of what they propose to address them is utter fantasy.

Warner, Kaine urge DOJ to probe Gov. Youngkin's ‘purge’ of voter rolls  —  RICHMOND — Democratic Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine of Virginia are urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate whether the Youngkin administration violated the Voting Rights Act when it wiped …

A dissenting Fifth Circuit judge published a fake majority opinion in a death penalty case  —  After losing a vote to allow an execution to proceed, Judge Jerry E. Smith published “the Fifth Circuit panel opinion that should have been issued” as an attachment to his dissent.

Special Counsel Interviewed Biden About Classified Documents  —  Robert Hur, the special counsel appointed to investigate how sensitive material ended up at the home and office of President Biden, met with the president over the past two days.  —  President Biden met over the past two days …