Koch network stops spending on Nikki Haley's presidential campaign  —  Americans for Prosperity Action said it had to “take stock” after Haley's loss in South Carolina.  —  Americans For Prosperity Action, the powerful conservative group supporting Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential primary …

Lawmakers fail to reach deal with partial shutdown looming  —  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday blasted Republicans over for threat of what he called “a harmful and unnecessary government shutdown” as Congress struggles to strike a bipartisan deal days out from a key funding deadline.

Democratic operative admits to commissioning fake Biden robocall that used AI  —  Steve Kramer acknowledged Sunday that he created the fake Joe Biden robocall at the center of a multistate investigation after NBC News reported about his involvement.  —  Steve Kramer, a veteran political consultant working …

What Is Christian Nationalism, Exactly?  —  If you're alarmed by the rise of Christian nationalism, the single worst thing you can do is define it too broadly.  If you define it too broadly, then you're telling millions of ordinary churchgoing citizens that the importation of their religious values …

Justice Thomas Hires Law Clerk Accused of Sending Racist Text Messages  —  Crystal Clanton, who is close with the Thomas family, has said she does not remember sending the messages, which emerged in 2017.  —  Justice Clarence Thomas recently hired a law clerk who was previously accused …

Newsom launches abortion ads in Republican states to fight ‘war on women’  —  Series of new advertisements target Republican efforts to criminalize abortions and a ‘war on travel’ for reproductive care  —  California's governor, Gavin Newsom, is launching a series of new advertisements …

Fiona Hill: Trump comparison to Navalny ‘brazen’ and ‘shameful’  —  Former National Security Council adviser Fiona Hill went after former President Trump on Sunday after he compared himself to the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny as a political dissident.

Stupid Power  —  Deluding ourselves about America's delusions.  —  In all my years as someone spouting opinions about public affairs, I have never been more wrong than when I predicted that something could not happen because it was just too stupid.  My first distinct memory of this phenomenon came …

Hobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’  —  Louis Gray says he was racially profiled after trying to buy spray paint to make over his son's bicycle helmet  —  A black man shopping for paint with his four-year-old son says he was racially profiled …

Climate change is throwing the water cycle into chaos across the U.S.  —  As the planet continues to warm, this cycle is expected to be increasingly stretched, warped and broken.  —  The water cycle that shuttles Earth's most vital resource around in an unending, life-giving loop is in trouble.

What would happen without a Leap Day?  More than you might think  —  Leap year.  It's a delight for the calendar and math nerds among us.  So how did it all begin and why?  —  Have a look at some of the numbers, history and lore behind the (not quite) every four year phenom that adds a 29th day to February.

31,000 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed in Two Years of War, Zelensky Says  —  The tally that President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed on Sunday differs sharply from that given by U.S. officials, who have said the number is closer to 70,000.  —  Some 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since …