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.

Sex trafficking victim says Sen. Katie Britt telling her story during SOTU rebuttal is ‘not fair’  —  The woman whose story Alabama Sen. Katie Britt appeared to have shared in the Republican response to the State of the Union as an example of President Joe Biden's failed immigration policies told CNN …

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 …

Conservatives are furious, but they're not threatening Speaker Johnson's job  —  For a small but passionate band of Republicans, reality appears to be setting in that they won't be able to bend a divided Congress to their will through the election of a speaker.

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.

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.

Peter Navarro ordered to prison on March 19  —  Peter Navarro, once an economic adviser to former President Trump, has been ordered to report to a Miami prison on March 19 to begin serving a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

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 …

A Third of Americans Satisfied With U.S. Global Position  —  Just over four in 10 think the U.S. has a favorable global image, and 37% say Biden is respected by world leaders  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' satisfaction with the nation's position in the world is at its lowest since 2017, with 33% satisfied.

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.

The one man who could save Joe Biden  —  Jay Powell would very much like to stay out of politics, especially in an election year.  The Federal Reserve chair doesn't want to be perceived as having a horse in the race come November, especially when one of said horses — Donald Trump …

Conservatives seize counselor shortage to press school chaplains … - Since Texas introduced it own blueprint last year, allowing schools to use safety funds to hire chaplains who do not have the same licensing as counselors, similar bills have ricocheted across more than a dozen states including Florida …

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.

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 …

Palestinians in Gaza begin Ramadan with hunger worsening and no end in sight to the Israel-Hamas war  —  A ship belonging to Spanish aid group Open Arms was expected to make a pilot voyage to Gaza from nearby Cyprus “as soon as possible.”  Efforts to deliver aid to Gaza by sea have moved ahead …

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 …