Celebrating the decline in Ukraine's capabilities without American help, prominent propagandists started to refer to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson as "our Johnson," in a similar vein to claiming Trump as their own, calling him "our Trump" or affectionately referring to him as Trumpushka. When Speaker Johnson finally advanced the long-stalled aid package and the House approved $61bn of desperately needed foreign aid for Ukraine -- including a measure to allow the sale of frozen Russian sovereign assets to help Ukraine's war effort -- the disappointment in Moscow was palpable. read more
A study of cities in China found that 45 percent of them, which are home to 270 million urban residents, are sinking. Among them are Beijing and Tiajin, which are sinking by 10 millimeters a year or more. The problem affects roads, pipelines and other infrastructure and is occurring in cities globally. "Land is sinking almost everywhere," said researcher Manoochehr Shirzaei. read more
Brendan Buck: The speaker, Mike Johnson, holds his role only because a few hard-line Republicans ousted the previous speaker for being too dismissive of their demands. But since the moment they threw their support behind Mr. Johnson, these hard-liners have encountered the reality that they're irrelevant to the governance of the House of Representatives. read more
Walt Nauta, one of former President Donald Trump's co-defendants in his classified documents case, was allegedly told he would receive a pardon even if he was charged with lying to the FBI, according to newly unsealed court documents. The detail was revealed Monday in a redacted interview conducted with a witness in the federal case centered on Trump's handling of classified files after he left the White House. ... In an interview with the FBI, the witness -- only identified as "Person 16" and someone who worked in the Trump White House " told investigators Nauta had been promised a pardon if the former president was reelected in November. read more
Less than a week after the arrests of more than 100 protesters at Columbia, administrators at some of the country's most influential universities were struggling, and largely failing, to calm campuses torn by the conflict in Gaza and Israel. ... "We're all a united front," said Malak Afaneh, a law student protesting at University of California, Berkeley. "This was inspired by the students at Columbia who, in my opinion, are the heart of the student movement whose bravery and solidarity with Palestine really inspired us all."
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) did something rarely, if ever, seen in the MAGA era when he won passage Saturday of a $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. He defied the loudest, most threatening GOP personalities, dug deep into government intelligence -- and shifted his position on the most vital foreign policy legislation in years. read more
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) called a faction of his Republican Party colleagues "some real scumbags" in a Sunday appearance on CNN's State of the Union, delivering a rant so "intense" it appeared to shock the show's host, Dana Bush. read more
A former Marine who carried a tiki torch ahead of a 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., pleaded guilty Friday in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. read more
The MAGA hopeful has trailed behind President Joe Biden in campaign fundraising since early last month, and has yet to catch up -- as he continues to swim in millions of dollars in legal fees. read more
The Axios news site said the US would target Israel's Netzah Yehuda battalion over alleged human rights violations in the occupied West Bank. read more
U.S. officials have said the surveillance tool is crucial in disrupting terror attacks, cyber intrusions, and foreign espionage. read more
The climate crisis will mean that average incomes will fall by almost a fifth within the next 26 years compared with what they would have been if there was no such crisis, according to a study that predicts the costs of damage will be six times higher than the price of limiting global heating to 2C. read more
Yuval Noah Harari: Israel is facing a historic defeat, the bitter fruit of years of disastrous policies. If the country now prioritizes vengeance over its own best interests, it will put itself and the entire region in grave danger. read more
During opening statements at Trump's hush-money trial, a Manhattan DA said: "This case is about a criminal conspiracy. Trump orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election," said Matthew Colangelo, a lawyer with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office. "Then he covered up that criminal scheme by lying in his New York business records over and over and over again." read more
Exclusive: Review finds government has yet to substantiate claims UN relief agency staff have ties to Hamas or Islamic Jihad read more
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