Why There Are No Women in the Constitution  —  There is little mention of abortion in a four-thousand-word document crafted by fifty-five men in 1787.  This seems to be a surprise to Samuel Alito.  —  Within a matter of months, women in about half of the United States may be breaking the law if they decide to end a pregnancy.

Farewell to the dumbest Senate primary ever  —  Nearly every politician commits an occasional gaffe, and nearly every election features at least one news cycle about something stupid that a candidate did or said.  —  Even so, the recently concluded Ohio Republican Senate primary was uniquely stupid, by almost any standard.

Blinken tests positive for coronavirus, State Department says  —  Secretary of State Antony Blinken has tested positive for the coronavirus, the State Department announced Wednesday, becoming the latest member of President Biden's Cabinet to contract the virus.

AP evidence points to 600 dead in Mariupol theater airstrike  —  LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — She stood in just her bathrobe in the freezing basement of the Mariupol theater, coated in white plaster dust shaken loose by the explosion.  Her husband tugged at her to leave and begged her to cover her eyes.

Opinion An upset win over the ‘enjoy rape’ MAGA candidate speaks volumes  —  “Hate Won't Win.”  —  That hashtag went viral last month after Mallory McMorrow, an obscure Democratic state senator from Michigan, delivered a blistering takedown of a GOP colleague who'd falsely labeled her a “groomer.”

QAnon supporter who brags about being at Capitol riot wins GOP primary for Ohio House seat  —  J.R. Majewski will face incumbent Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur in the general election for Ohio's 9th Congressional District.  —  A QAnon supporter who was present at the insurrection by supporters …

Latest Developments  —  The Federal Reserve approved a rare half-percentage-point interest rate increase and announced plans to shrink its $9 trillion asset portfolio starting next month in a double-barreled effort to reduce inflation that is running at a four-decade high.

Meme coin leader's admission could land Madison Cawthorn in more hot water  —  The leader of the “Let's Go Brandon” cryptocurrency revealed that Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) traded the meme coin three weeks before NASCAR driver Brandon Brown announced he had struck a sponsorship deal with the coin …

CNN Poll: Most Americans have a dismal view of the US economy  —  The US public's view of the nation's economy is the worst it's been in a decade, a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS finds, with many Americans also saying they feel financial strain in their own lives.

The Right to Move Is Under Attack  —  For much of American history, freedom from an oppressive legal system could be found by picking up and leaving.  During the Great Migration, millions of Black Americans abandoned the Jim Crow South for the North, Midwest, and West; at a smaller scale …

Mass Student Debt Cancellation Legally Risky, Says Top Obama Education Lawyer  —  Former Education Department general counsel warned it is ‘doubtful’ courts would accept Biden canceling debt for all student borrowers  —  President Biden would be on shaky legal ground if he were to pursue …

Is escalation in Ukraine part of the US strategy?  —  The aim of the billions committed through the Lend-Lease plan could tip the geopolitical balance.  History may be about to repeat itself  —  n the spring of Russia's war on Ukraine, Washington DC seems haunted by the ghosts of history.

Donald Trump Jr. interviews with Jan. 6 select panel  —  Donald Trump Jr., the son of the former president, interviewed with the Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday, according to two people familiar with the matter.  —  He's the latest member of the Trump family to provide testimony …

Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths  —  The United States on Wednesday surpassed 1 million Covid-19 deaths, according to data compiled by NBC News — a once unthinkable scale of loss even for the country with the world's highest recorded toll from the virus.