U.S. Details Costs of a Russian Invasion of Ukraine  —  The Biden administration and its allies are developing new possible sanctions ahead of a series of meetings to defuse the crisis with Moscow.  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration and its allies are assembling a punishing set of financial …

How the Trump Social-Media Ban Paid Off for Trump, Platforms  —  One year after being kicked off Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, the former president is raking in campaign cash and planning his own social-media company  —  For an entire year, Donald Trump has been banned from mainstream social-media outlets.

Republican leadership bars journalists from Iowa Senate floor, worrying press advocates  —  When Iowa's 2022 legislative session commences Monday, there will be a notable absence on the floor of the state Senate: reporters.  —  Republican leaders in the state Senate told journalists last week …

U.S. experts offer a sensible strategy for living with covid.  Biden should listen.  —  Quite understandably, the coronavirus pandemic at first was a dire emergency.  But it can't be one forever.  The crisis will have to shift to a manageable health threat without massive disruption and overwhelming anxiety.

Trump's Cable Cabinet: New texts reveal the influence of Fox hosts on previous White House  —  Stephanie Grisham, former press secretary to President Donald Trump, remembers the challenges that came from so many Fox News hosts having the direct number to reach Trump in the White House residence.

Graham: 'These are the most dangerous times since the late ‘30s’  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) predicted on Sunday that in 2022 Americans will vote “not based on what happened on January 6th, but based on this failed Democratic radical agenda,” claiming that because of that agenda the nation …

Obama, Biden pay tribute to Harry Reid: ‘Brilliant, sometimes irascible, deeply good’  —  LAS VEGAS — President Biden and former president Barack Obama, speaking at former Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid's memorial service Saturday, lavished praised on Reid's pragmatic, dealmaking style …

‘We are going right to the belly of the beast:’ Biden takes on Georgia  —  Fresh off a high-profile speech in which he warned that a dagger had been placed at the throat of American democracy, President Joe Biden will travel to the state that White House officials view as “ground zero” for Republican-led election suppression efforts.

Myanmar military's massacres mount as activists call for arms embargo  —  35 charred bodies found in Kayah State last month were killed in the ‘most inhumane manner I have seen in my life’, said a doctor who conducted the autopsies Aid agencies lament world powers' 'out of sight …

A Rise in Deadly Border Patrol Chases Renews Concerns About Accountability  —  The increasing number of deaths adds urgency to questions about when and how agents should engage in high-speed chases as they pursue smugglers and migrants.  —  WASHINGTON — Angie Simms had been searching …

Next Target for Epstein Prosecutors Could Be His Assistant Sarah Kellen  —  ‘SHE KNEW’  —  Sarah Kellen's name came up in court time and again as victims of Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein testified about the rich duo's sex-trafficking ring.  —  At Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal trial …

Why are Caucasians Vanishing in TV Commercials?  —  Commercials take up 27% of commercial television screen time and are the main source of income for TV and radio stations.  In most cases, advertisements on all channels appear simultaneously, so don't try to change the channel, there will be commercials elsewhere, too.

NYPD commissioner blasts Manhattan DA's lenient agenda in letter to NYPD officers  —  NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell sent an e-mail to cops on Friday saying she's “concerned” for their safety in light of the progressive policies announced this week by the new Manhattan district attorney that some see as soft on crime.