Volkswagen workers in Tennessee pass historic vote to unionize  —  Victory marks the first win in the United Auto Workers campaign to organize the Southern factories of a dozen automakers  —  Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., passed a historic vote to join the United Auto Workers on Friday …

Trump forced to listen silently to people insulting him as he trades a cocoon of adulation for court  —  He seems “selfish and self-serving,” said one woman.  The way he carries himself in public “leaves something to be desired,” said another.  —  His “negative rhetoric and bias,” said another man, is what is “most harmful.”

House to vote on Ukraine, Israel aid bills  —  The House plans to vote Saturday on a $95 billion package of foreign aid bills that would provide funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, among other priorities.  The bills have moved forward despite a far-right threat to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) if he advances Ukraine aid.

Musk Says Maher Hit Bullseye Comparing Nickelodeon to Neverland Ranch  —  ANTI-WOKE  —  “Wow, Bill Maher hits the bullseye,” Musk wrote on social media.  —  Bill Maher has labeled kids' TV network Nickelodeon as “Neverland Ranch with craft services”—and teed off on progressives' views …

‘We Just Finally Saw the Dam Break’: How House Republicans Embraced the Chaos  —  Veteran Rep. Tom Cole is fed up with his party's insurgents.  —  Speaker Mike Johnson is on the verge of his biggest legislative victory yet — and it might mean his undoing.

Russia's War Against Evangelicals  —  After they beat Azat Azatyan so bad blood came out of his ears; after they sent electric shocks up his genitals; after they wacked him with pipes and truncheons, the Russians began to interrogate him about his faith.  “When did you become a Baptist?

How R.F.K. Jr. Got on the Michigan Ballot, With Only Two Votes  —  The independent candidate persuaded a tiny party to give him its line on the ballot in a key 2024 battleground state, sparing him a costly, arduous organizing effort.  —  In January, when Doug Dern, the state chairman …

Four ‘Three Percenter’ militia members sentenced to prison over Jan. 6 charges  —  Four “Three Percenter” militia members were sentenced to prison Friday over charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.

Buck takes swing at ‘Moscow Marjorie’: She is just ‘mouthing the Russian propaganda’  —  Former Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) went after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for her anti-Ukraine position in an interview on CNN Friday.  —  “Moscow Marjorie has reached a new low,” …

The Greatest Book a Politician Ever Wrote  —  The late Bob Graham's book is everything politics should be.  —  The bellhop at the Orlando hotel delivered a large red bag to the Cypress Penthouse, where he was met at the door by a woman in a green-and-white dress with a green-and-white “Shevin for Governor” sash around her neck.

NY AG asks Trump civil fraud judge to declare $175M bond ‘without effect’  —  The New York attorney general's office has asked a judge to void the $175 million bond former President Trump secured to put off paying the larger monetary damage award in his civil fraud case.