Fine, Call It a Comeback  —  If the Joe Biden who showed up to deliver the State of the Union address last week is the Joe Biden who shows up for the rest of the campaign, you're not going to have any more of those weak-kneed pundits suggesting he's not up to running for re-election.  Here's hoping he does.

Fox News Confronts Katie Britt on Falsely Connecting Biden to Sex-Trafficking Story  —  Sen. Britt dodged the question and tried to defend her false linkage of President Biden to a horrible, decades-old sex-trafficking story.  —  Even when confronted by Fox News on Sunday morning …

Nancy Mace explodes at ABC host for rape ‘shaming’ her for supporting rapist Donald Trump  —  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) exploded at ABC host George Stephanopoulos on Sunday after he asked why she supported Donald Trump after he was found liable for sexual assault.

Ukraine minister, responding to Pope Francis, says Kyiv will never raise white flag  —  Ukraine's foreign minister, responding to Pope Francis's call to show “the courage of the white flag” and negotiate an end to the war with Russia, said on Sunday that Kyiv would never capitulate and told …

Forget ‘polarization.’ It's the GOP's radicalization.  —  The notion that the United States is “polarized” into two conflicting, equally stubborn and extreme camps infects much of the mainstream news coverage and everyday chatter about politics.  Washington is “broken.”  “Gridlock” is a problem.

Lara Trump promises legal ballot harvesting to be part of new RNC strategy  —  Newly-elected Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump said it is time for the RNC to up its game and compete with more strategy against the Democrats.  —  “We've been playing checkers …

Netanyahu vows to defy Biden's ‘red line’ and invade Rafah  —  Israel PM insists his priority is to prevent another terror attack like the Oct. 7 Hamas raid.  —  Paul Ronzheimer is the deputy editor-in-chief of BILD and a senior journalist reporting for Axel Springer, the parent company of POLITICO.

Elon Musk Has a Giant Charity.  Its Money Stays Close to Home.  —  After making billions in tax-deductible donations to his philanthropy, the owner of Tesla and SpaceX gave away far less than required in some years — and what he did give often supported his own interests.

Major US corporations threaten to return labor to ‘law of the jungle’  —  Trader Joe's and SpaceX are among businesses challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board  —  Upset by the surge in union drives, several of the best-known corporations in the US are seeking …

Macron backs ‘end of life’ bill, aims for parliament debate in May  —  President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday for the first time that he backed new end-of-life legislation that would allow what he called “help to die” and wanted his government to put forward a draft bill to parliament in May.