Biden Must Win.  But How?  —  Like many Democrats, I'm stuck on a doomsday merry-go-round: Joe Biden shouldn't be running for president.  Joe Biden is running for president.  Donald Trump shouldn't be running for president.  Donald Trump is running for president.  —  But this isn't 2020.

The Truth About Trump's RNC Shakeup—and Why the GOP Will Suffer  —  A shakeup at the RNC may mean less money for anyone not named Donald Trump.  And that's terrible news for state parties desperate for cash. … Donald Trump doesn't want his snowballing legal troubles to just be his problem …

Trump's first criminal trial will start March 25, judge says  —  The schedule means Trump will spend weeks in court instead of on the campaign trail.  —  Former President Donald Trump's first criminal trial will start on March 25 as scheduled, a judge said in New York on Thursday as he denied Trump's attempts to throw out the charges.

2/15/24 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … Just this week, Speaker Mike Johnson has: … This is the most chaotic, inefficient and ineffective majority we've seen in decades covering Congress.  It started this way under former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and has gotten worse under Johnson.

Conservative group tells judge it has no evidence to back its claims of Georgia ballot stuffing  —  A conservative group has told a Georgia judge that it doesn't have evidence to support its claims of illegal ballot stuffing during the the 2020 general election and a runoff two months later.

Trump hearings in N.Y., Georgia on Thursday as trial schedule comes into focus  —  The former president is expected at a pre-trial conference in Manhattan, while some of his lawyers will be at Atlanta hearing focused on D.A. Fani Willis  —  Donald Trump is expected at the defendant's table …

Tucson school district drops instructor after OnlyFans exposure  —  The woman who resigned as head of an NAACP chapter in 2015 after mispresenting herself as Black, Rachel Dolezal, was working for the Catalina Foothills Unified School District until its officials learned Tuesday of social media content under her current name.

Democrats look to Nebraska to shore up Biden's blue wall  —  Population shifts since 2020 have decreased the power of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania to guarantee Democratic victory  —  The Democratic Party's blue wall around the Great Lakes has sprung a leak since the 2020 Census.

Adam Schiff steps out on climate  —  He's the first of the leading candidates for California's open Senate seat to release a detailed platform.  —  Rep. Adam Schiff on Thursday proposed ending federal subsidies for oil and gas production, offering federal wildfire insurance …

US Cancels Multibillion-Dollar Classified Military Satellite Program  — Contractor discloses Space Force ‘termination for convenience’  — Cancellation driven by cost, payload performance, people say  —  The US Space Force canceled a multibillion-dollar Northrop Grumman Corp. program …

Kristen Stewart fires back at old Trump posts encouraging Robert Pattinson to ‘dump’ her  —  Kristen Stewart is blasting former President Trump as “such a little baby” for tweeting about her then-relationship years before he became commander in chief.  —  In 2012, Trump weighed …

The biggest online threat to 2024 elections isn't AI  —  Happy Valentine's Day.  Remember when asking AI to generate candy hearts resulted in delightfully incoherent messages like “U hack” and “Sweat poo?”  Those were simpler times.  Send news tips and ersatz love letters to: will.oremus@washpost.com.

Updated: Incident at National Archives Rotunda Closes Galleries to Public  —  Press Release  —  The National Archives Rotunda and galleries in Washington, DC, closed to the public today after two individuals dumped red powder on the encasement protecting the U.S. Constitution at approximately 2:30 pm.