Russia's top officer visited the front line to change the offensive's course, U.S. and Ukraine officials say.  —  ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — The chief of the general staff of the Russian military, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the country's highest ranking uniformed officer, made a visit …

Evidence mounts of GOP involvement in Trump election schemes  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rioters who smashed their way into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, succeeded — at least temporarily — in delaying the certification of Joe Biden's election to the White House.

Lavrov Compares Ukraine's Zelenskyy to Hitler, Who Also ‘Had Jewish Blood’  —  Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview on Italian television on Sunday that the fact Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Jewish does not negate the Nazi elements in his country.

White House correspondents' dinner: Biden jokes about return to near-normal  —  After a two-year pandemic delay, the dinner returned with a comedy routine from Trevor Noah and celebrity cameos by Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson.  —  Washington's media and political elite partied like it was 2019 …

Biden Received Early Warnings That Immigration and Inflation Could Erode His Support  —  Confidential polling data obtained by The New York Times underscores the biggest challenges for President Biden and his party as they face the prospect of losing power to Republicans on Capitol Hill.

William Loeb's stepdaughter says the toxic publisher was also a child molester  —  The stepdaughter of William Loeb has accused the infamously toxic right-wing Manchester Union Leader publisher of sexually molesting her when she was just 7 years old.  Nackey Gallowhur Scagliotti, 76 …

Parodying conspiracy theories with the Birds Aren't Real movement  —  There have always been conspiracy theories: the moon landings were fake, Elvis is alive, Paul is dead.  But as disinformation has sprouted across the internet, more malicious conspiracy theories have entered our homes, workplaces and even the halls of Congress.

Remarks by Jonathan Greenblatt to the ADL Virtual National Leadership Summit  —  Thank you for that kind introduction.  I am so glad to welcome you - leaders from coast to coast committed to the fight against antisemitism and hate.  —  I don't need to tell you how important and pressing this work is.

A Role Model for the Midterms  —  Democrats need to fight back against the Republicans' phony culture war.  Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow showed how.  —  “Unhappy is the land that needs a hero.”  The famous line is from Brecht's “Life of Galileo,” and it's often trotted …

Disney's Clash With Florida Has CEOs on Alert  —  State's pushback against the company shows the risks executives may confront  —  In private meetings and coaching sessions over the past few weeks, top business leaders have been asking a version of the same question: How can we avoid becoming the next Walt Disney Co.?

Europe to Make Fresh Push to Revive Iran Nuclear Deal  —  Talks have hit a deadlock over Iran's demand that Washington lift terror designation on Iran's Revolutionary Guards  —  European officials are preparing to make a fresh push to salvage a nuclear deal with Iran, offering to send …

Hacking Russia was off-limits.  The Ukraine war made it a free-for-all.  —  Experts anticipated a Moscow-led cyber-assault; instead, unprecedented attacks by hacktivists and criminals have wreaked havoc in Russia  —  For more than a decade, U.S. cybersecurity experts have warned …

In 2020, Biden was a political juggernaut in Massachusetts.  A new poll shows voters have soured on him.  A lot.  —  In March 2020, President Biden swept through Massachusetts' Democratic primary with a come-from-behind Super Tuesday victory.  He later topped Donald Trump …

A Wild Turkey Is Attacking People in D.C. Multiple Agencies Are in Pursuit.  —  More than half a dozen agencies have assembled to cage the wily bird; ‘Turkey Interview Talking Points’  —  WASHINGTON—On a recent sunny spring day, cardinals, meadowlarks and bobolinks flit through …

Three steps for Elon Musk if he's serious about free speech at Twitter  —  But first, a primer for a somewhat confused billionaire on what the First Amendment actually entails  —  As the would-be new owner of Twitter, Elon Musk has been touting his passion for free speech over the past week.

Ron DeSantis and Other Republicans Desecrate What Their Party Long Championed  —  In 2010, the Supreme Court held that “political speech does not lose First Amendment protection ‘simply because its source is a corporation.’” The case was Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission …