GOP election deniers increasingly admit they're just going off vibes  —  There has never really been evidence the 2020 election was stolen, but even election deniers are acknowledging it  —  Sidney Powell has tacitly conceded that she didn't have the proof of a stolen election that she claimed.

Signature and Silicon Valley Bank Collapses Followed Softened Regulation  —  Officials with Signature and Silicon Valley banks, which regulators seized in recent days, called for looser financial requirements for midsize banks.  —  In the spring of 2018, President Donald J. Trump signed …

Russian fighter jet forces down US drone over Black Sea after intercept  —  A Russian fighter jet forced down a US Air Force drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday after damaging the propeller of the American MQ-9 Reaper drone, according to a US official familiar with the incident.

Conservatism Inc. Surrenders (Again)  —  The Always Republican caucus gets ready to swallow hard.  —  1. Must Protect the Precious  —  Last week on the Secret Podcast with Sarah I got kind of exasperated at the members of the Always Republican crowd who see themselves as serious people.

Meta to Lay Off Another 10,000 Workers  —  It would be the tech company's second round of cuts since November.  Mark Zuckerberg, its chief executive, has declared 2023 the “year of efficiency.”  —  Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, said on Tuesday that it planned to lay off about 10,000 employees …

Here's What Happened When Judge Kacsmaryk Told Lawyers About Secret Hearing In Mifepristone Case  —  Start your day with TPM.  —  On March 10, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in the northern district of Texas gathered the lawyers in a banner case on mifepristone, the abortion drug …

L.A. riders bail on Metro trains amid ‘horror’ of deadly drug overdoses, crime  —  Matthew Morales boarded the Metro Red Line at MacArthur Park as classical music blared over the station loudspeakers.  —  It was rush hour on a Tuesday afternoon, and Morales made his way to a back corner seat …

Senator Marco Rubio On Aid To Ukraine And 2024  —  Senator Marco Rubio joined me this morning:  —  Audio:  —  03-14hhs-rubio  —  Transcript:  —  HH: Beginning this hour with United States Senator Marco Rubio.  He is vice chair of the Senate Intel committee.  He's also a senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

DeSantis administration revokes Hyatt Regency Miami alcohol license after it hosted “A Drag Queen Christmas”  — Florida regulators revoked a hotel liquor license for hosting a drag show performance where minors were present.  — The DeSantis administration had previously said it was looking into “A Drag Queen Christmas.”

Abrams joining electrification nonprofit as senior counsel  —  Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D) is set to join electrification nonprofit organization Rewiring America as a senior counsel.  —  In a news release, Rewiring America said that Abrams …

Ex-intelligence officials challenge the Hunter Biden witch hunt  —  Right-wing House Republicans have left little doubt that they want to spend the bulk of their time and energy investigating phony conspiracies and made-up scandals.  Their main obsession appears to be Hunter Biden …

Police Killed His Son.  Prosecutors Charged The Teen's Friends with His Murder.  —  It's been four years since a Phoenix police officer killed Jacob Harris.  Records obtained by The Appeal show officials have made inconsistent or false statements about the night police killed him.

Doug Mastriano and his super fans aren't yet willing to let go  —  GREENCASTLE, Pa. — On a cloudy, cold day this past weekend, Jamie Crowe, a conservative activist from northeastern Pennsylvania, put on a Doug Mastriano gemstone pin and got in her car for a 100-mile drive to see the state's most MAGA Republican.

Cheering Silicon Valley Bank Bailout, Gavin Newsom Doesn't Mention He's a Client … On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom praised the Biden administration's decision to intervene on behalf of Silicon Valley Bank's clients after the bank was taken over by the FDIC on Friday amid a bank run.

Embattled Rep. George Santos indicates intention to run for re-election  —  Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., who has come under scrutiny for fabricating parts of his resume and spreading acknowledged falsehoods, filed paperwork on Tuesday signaling his intention to run for re-election.

GPT-4  —  We've created GPT-4, the latest milestone in OpenAI's effort in scaling up deep learning.  GPT-4 is a large multimodal model (accepting image and text inputs, emitting text outputs) that, while less capable than humans in many real-world scenarios, exhibits human-level performance …

Student Activists Target Stanford Law School Dean in Revolt Over Her Apology  —  Hundreds of Stanford student activists on Monday lined the hallways to protest the law school's dean, Jenny Martinez, for apologizing to Fifth Circuit appellate judge Kyle Duncan, whom the activists shouted down last week.

Comer says Treasury will allow Oversight Committee to review certain bank activity reports related to Biden family and business partners  —  House Oversight Chairman James Comer said in a statement Tuesday the US Treasury Department will allow him to review certain bank activity reports related …

Vermont Christian School that Refused to Play Trans Player Banned from Future Tournaments  —  A Vermont religious school that withdrew its girls' basketball team from a playoff game because a transgender student was playing on the opposing team won't be able to participate in future tournaments …

How Murkowski helped move Biden on Willow  —  For nearly two years, Sen. Lisa Murkowski has played the long game on expanding drilling in Alaska: She has voted for many of President Joe Biden's key nominees and legislative priorities while relentlessly bending the ears of top White House officials at every opportunity.

Doctors Warned Her Pregnancy Could Kill Her.  Then Tennessee Outlawed Abortion.  —  Post-Roe America  —  This story graphically describes serious complications in pregnancies and births, and it mentions suicide.  —  One day late last summer, Dr. Barry Grimm called a fellow obstetrician …

Woman says MPD officer told her Black Lives Matter is a terrorist organization  —  More than two years after Jacqueline Bilek filed a complaint about it, Sgt. Scot Kaiser still works for MPD  —  Four months after Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into George Floyd's neck …

House Republicans could expand their majority if they win these court cases  —  Republicans are readying to plow ahead with ambitious gerrymandering despite previous reprimands from state courts — now that they've elected judges who are less likely to thwart their plans.

Biden Unveils Plans for New Australian-US-UK Submarine  —  The plan also calls for Australia to buy three American-made Virginia-class submarines, with options for two more.  —  Australia will buy at least three American-made nuclear-powered submarines and co-develop a new class of submarine …

U.S. should temporarily guarantee all bank deposits, senior House Republican says  —  The government should temporarily insure every bank deposit in the country to shore up confidence in the U.S. financial system, a senior GOP lawmaker said Tuesday.  —  Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer of Missouri …

Biden IS forcing U.S. taxpayers to pay for a bailout... but the bad actors must bear the brunt of THEIR bad decisions - VP makes first dramatic intervention into bank crisis for DailyMail.com  — In his first response to the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, Vice President Pence warns against ‘moral hazard’ of bailouts

At Wellesley College, a Fight Over Whether to Admit Trans Men  —  Students will vote Tuesday on a nonbinding referendum that considers opening admission to all nonbinary and transgender applicants.  Opponents say the school's mission is to educate women.  —  Wellesley College proudly proclaims itself …

Matt Gaetz's New Staffer Identifies as a ‘Raging Misogynist’  —  Matt Gaetz's new legal counsel has quite the history online. … “Consent is probably modern society's most pernicious fetish.”  —  It would seem bad enough if that internet comment from the newly hired congressional counsel for Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was about women.