Playbook: Jim Jordan's day of reckoning  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  STILL TAKING APPLICATIONS — “How House Speaker Became Washington's Most Miserable Job,” by Ian Ward: “'You basically have a tied House with no operational majority,' said [political scientist MATTHEW] GREEN.

Ukraine uses secretly shipped U.S. missiles to launch surprise strike  —  The delivery and use on the battlefield marks a major ramp up of the administration's defense of Ukraine.  —  The Ukrainian military on Tuesday used U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles to strike nine Russian helicopters …

Judge imposes gag order on Donald Trump in D.C. trial  —  Judge Tanya Chutkan said Trump's “presidential candidacy does not give him carte blanche to vilify ... public servants who are simply doing their job.”  —  A federal judge has barred Donald Trump from attacking witnesses …

'There's just no excitement': Retail politics takes a nosedive in a Trump-dominated campaign  —  Operatives and activists can't recall a recent cycle with so little grassroots campaigning.  The numbers back them up.  —  If the Republican presidential primary this year is putting you half to sleep, you're not alone.

Israel bombs Gaza region where civilians were told to seek refuge, as mediators try to unlock aid  —  Israel bombed areas of southern Gaza where it had told Palestinians to flee to ahead of an expected ground invasion, killing dozens of people on Tuesday in attacks it says are targeted …

America's zombie “crime wave”  —  Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria, and Rebecca Crosby  —  The outset of the pandemic in 2020 coincided with a surge in violent crime in the United States, with murder rates rising particularly dramatically.  According to a lot of people with large megaphones, this crime wave continues today.

Pentagon Orders 2,000 More U.S. Troops to Be Ready to Deploy to the Middle East  —  If deployed, they would likely not serve in combat roles but would provide advice and medical support to Israeli forces, the official added.  —  Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has ordered about 2,000 …

President Joe Biden will visit Israel in high-stakes trip  —  US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced in the early hours of Tuesday from Tel Aviv.  —  Biden had been deliberating whether to make a wartime visit to Israel …

21 species removed from endangered list due to extinction, U.S. wildlife officials say  —  Nearly two dozen species are being taken off the endangered species list because they are extinct, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday.  —  Most of the species were listed under …

Why a Conflicts Hearing For Trump Co-Defendant Waltine Nauta Imploded  —  The government sprung a new Garcia argument on Judge Cannon.  She wasn't pleased.  —  Meet The Authors … Last Thursday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of Florida had scheduled …

'We can't wait for the House'  —  Chuck Schumer is instructing three top Democratic committee leaders to hammer out a deal with Republicans on an aid package for Israel that could pass in the coming weeks.  The leading Democratic negotiators: Appropriations Chair Patty Murray …

Greta Thunberg detained at Fossil Free London protest  —  Greta Thunberg has been detained during a Fossil Free London protest.  —  The Swedish climate campaigner had joined other activists outside the InterContinental Hotel on Park Lane where oil executives were meeting.