The GOP can't leave MAGA — “Americans must electorally mercy-kill the Republican Party”  —  An ex-MAGA activist warns “no civic savior is coming” as Donald Trump's cognitive decline becomes undeniable  —  Power not used is power wasted.  Fascism is corrupt power.

Trump's freewheeling speeches offer a dark vision of a second term  —  A close examination of one appearance in Rock Hill, S.C., offers an anatomy of a signature rally by the former president  —  A Donald Trump rally is a freewheeling extravaganza.  A festival of grievance and retribution.

There should be newspapers that we work at where we do this  —  Katie Britt, the Republican junior United States senator from Alabama, became a national punchline Thursday night by delivering a deeply bizarre and disastrous State of the Union rebuttal.  Social media was already going nuts …

Netanyahu vows to defy Biden's ‘red line’ on Rafah  —  Paul Ronzheimer is the deputy editor-in-chief of BILD and a senior journalist reporting for Axel Springer, the parent company of POLITICO.  —  TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he intends to press ahead …

The Trump campaign paid an expert $750,000 to find fraud in the 2020 election, only for him to dismiss their complaints in minutes  — A new book sheds light on the lengths Trump's campaign went to find fraud in the 2020 election.  — Ken Block, a software engineer, revealed he was paid about $750,000 to help conduct the search.

Trump's $91.6 million question  —  New York juries have found, by a preponderance of the evidence, that former President Donald Trump sexually assaulted writer E. Jean Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-90s and then repeatedly defamed her, falsely accusing Carroll of lying about the incident.

Trump says TikTok is a national security threat, Facebook is ‘enemy of the people’  —  Trump recently reversed his support of a ban on TikTok.  —  Former President Donald Trump said he believes TikTok is a national security threat, but that he couldn't support Congress banning the popular app …

Trump supporters hoping to oust Wisconsin leader say they have enough signatures to force recall  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Backers of an effort to oust Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos from office over his opposition to former President Donald Trump announced Sunday …

Kimmel knocks Britt for SOTU rebuttal at Oscars: She's an ‘adult woman with the brain of a child’  —  Jimmy Kimmel is taking a knock at Sen. Katie Britt at the Academy Awards for the Alabama Republican's much-mocked State of the Union rebuttal.  —  The late-night TV host took to the stage …

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell could wind up deciding the presidential election  —  How the Fed chair plays the next six months could swing the election to Biden — or Trump  —  IT INDICATES AN EXPANDABLE SECTION OR MENU, OR SOMETIMES PREVIOUS / NEXT NAVIGATION OPTIONS.  HOMEPAGE

The Body Shop is closing down all US operations after filing for bankruptcy  —  The Body Shop announced this month that it has closed all its stores in the United States as it filed for bankruptcy.  —  The Body Shop Canada Limited, the Canadian subsidiary of the UK-based cosmetics company …

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.

Biden budget proposal would raise taxes on large corporations, lower deficit over 10 years  —  President Biden on Monday will unveil his budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, calling for tax increases for large corporations and for billionaires to pay a minimum 25 percent tax rate.

Five dead after private jet crashes at Ingalls Field Airport in Hot Springs  —  One of the passengers was a child, VSP says  —  Lauren Helkowski, Digital Content Producer  —  BATH COUNTY, Va. - Five people are dead after a small, private jet crashed at Ingalls Field Airport, according to Virginia State Police.