Biden's new strategy: Go for Trump's jugular … Biden has told friends he thinks Trump is wobbly, both intellectually and emotionally, and will explode if Biden mercilessly gigs and goads him — “go haywire in public,” as one adviser put it.  — Other sources tell us that Biden is looking for a fight.

The Supreme Court's ballot ruling is absurd.  They don't care.  —  There are more important things than logic and legal principles. … Last week, the Supreme Court gave Donald Trump a big assist by agreeing to hear his presidential immunity claim, dragging their feet long enough to ensure …

Biden to form ‘strike force’ to go after price-gouging  —  President Biden will announce Tuesday the formation of a “strike force” to hold companies accountable for price-gouging practices.  —  The announcement comes days before the State of the Union, where Biden is expected …

Michelle Obama's office says the former first lady ‘will not be running for president’ in 2024  —  Democrats and Republicans have mused about a Michelle Obama candidacy, albeit for different reasons.  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama has said he's “all in” for President Joe Biden's re-election effort.

New Filing in Fani Willis Case: Witness Tampering?  —  Just when we all thought this case couldn't get any nuttier.  A late filing yesterday in the disqualification hearing might force Judge Scott McAfee to reopen the evidentiary portion of the hearing.  Or it might send him running for the hills, and who would blame him?

‘Trump offers no alternative means’: Carroll lawyer hits back at move to delay paying $83M to writer  —  In response to Donald Trump's continued promises to a judge in New York that he will pay the $83.3 million he owes to writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her — without posting security …

“They frankly laugh behind the backs of their own voters”: How Republicans bamboozle rural whites  —  In “White Rural Rage,” Paul Waldman and Thomas Schaller reject the narrative that treats Trump voters like children  —  It's become a tedious trope, the Beltway journalist who goes …

France protects abortion rights, preventing U.S.-like rollback  —  On protecting abortion rights, policymakers in France saw the United States, not as a model, but as a cautionary tale.  —  For reproductive rights advocates, this week's breakthrough in France was one of the most striking international victories in recent memory.

Administration officials watered down Kamala Harris' Gaza speech before delivery  —  Three current and former officials said the National Security Council toned down parts of Harris' widely covered speech.  The vice president's office is denying it was watered down.

The problem with Poolesville  —  Blue America needs to want to grow  —  Poolesville, Maryland is a small town of about 6,000 people that lies 33 miles northwest of Washington, DC, just east of the Potomac River.  Leesburg, Virginia is a larger town of 45,000 people located 39 miles northwest of Washington …

California man is first in the U.S. to be charged with smuggling greenhouse gases, prosecutors say  —  It's the first prosecution in the U.S. to include charges related to a 2020 law that prohibits the importation of hydrofluorocarbons.  —  SAN DIEGO — A Southern California man was arrested Monday …

Biden administration ADMITS flying 320,000 migrants secretly into the U.S. to reduce the number of crossings at the border has national security ‘vulnerabilities’  — A lawsuit reveals Biden's CBP is refusing to disclose airports where it is flying undocumented aliens from other countries

Dartmouth Basketball Players Vote to Unionize in New Challenge to NCAA's Amateurism Model  —  The men's basketball team voted 13-2 to join SEIU, setting up a fight that could play out for years over whether college athletes are employees of their universities

Russian Officers Hit With Arrest Warrants for Alleged War Crimes … They were charged for alleged crimes committed between October 2022 until and March 2023, when Ukraine's power plants and sub-stations faced a fierce campaign of air strikes.  The Hague-based court issued warrants …