Ocasio-Cortez, in House Speech, Accuses Israel of ‘Genocide’, Pleads for Biden to End Israel Aid (www.nytimes.com)
Christian TV evangelicals fire up Trump support with messianic message (www.reuters.com)
The Nebraska pastor, who was speaking on cable news show “FlashPoint” last summer, is among several voices in Christian media pressing a message of Biblical proportions: The 2024 presidential race is a fight for America’s soul, and a persecuted Trump has God’s protection....
Denying Your Medical Care is Big Business in America (www.nytimes.com)
India pharma quality lapses force U.S. to look to China for vital drugs (asia.nikkei.com)
In the final weeks of 2022, a small team of inspectors from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration were far from home, investigating a pharmaceutical factory in western India....
MLB opens formal probe into Shohei Ohtani betting scandal (www.washingtonpost.com)
The A.C.L.U. Said a Worker Used Racist Tropes and Fired Her. But Did She? (www.nytimes.com)
Dismay as Louisiana lookback law for child sexual abuse victims struck down (www.theguardian.com)
A Marijuana Boom Led Her to Oklahoma. Then Anti-Drug Agents Seized Her Money and Raided Her Home. (www.propublica.org)
At the [Koch-funded] Heritage Foundation, the anti-DEI crusade is part of a bigger war (www.motherjones.com)
Candace Owens and the far-right influencer who helped make antisemitism mainstream (www.motherjones.com)
Exclusive: Texas AG Ken Paxton could see criminal charges dropped in deal with prosecutors (www.statesman.com)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is nearing a resolution to the 9-year-old securities fraud charges that have dogged his tenure as the state’s top attorney through a special agreement with prosecutors, the American-Statesman has learned....
DOJ escalates price-fixing probe on housing market (www.politico.com)
F.B.I. Tells Passengers on Alaska Flight They May Have Been Crime Victims (www.nytimes.com)
Passengers aboard an Alaska Airlines plane that made an emergency landing after a fuselage panel blew off this year have started to receive letters from the F.B.I. identifying them as possible victims of a crime....
Russia says 60 dead, 145 injured in concert hall raid; Islamic State group claims responsibility (apnews.com)
Assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on Friday and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing over 60 people, injuring more than 100 and setting fire to the venue in a brazen attack just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on power in a highly orchestrated electoral landslide....
Alex Jones declares Israel's actions "mass genocide" (www.newsweek.com)
Alex Jones has caused controversy online with his remarks about Israel, accusing the country of committing “mass genocide” in its war with Hamas....
Mexico, a key U.S. ally on migration, pushes back hard on Texas law (www.washingtonpost.com)
MEXICO CITY — After years of bowing to U.S. pressure to help slow migration, Mexico is drawing the line at a Texas law that would give the state a dramatically bigger role in border enforcement, including the right to deport undocumented migrants....
Russia adds 'LGBT movement' to list of extremist and terrorist organisations (www.dw.com)
Russia and China vote against ceasefire in Gaza in latest UN Security Council resolution (www.abc.net.au)
Princess of Wales says she is undergoing cancer treatment (www.bbc.com)
Catherine, Princess of Wales, Has Cancer (www.nytimes.com)
Catherine, Princess of Wales, has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun chemotherapy, she announced in a video message on Friday, in which she described the past two months as “incredibly tough for our entire family.”...
Trump Media Merger Approved, Allowing Truth Social to Go Public (www.nytimes.com)
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files motion to oust Mike Johnson as House speaker (www.nbcnews.com)
WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, three sources with knowledge of the move told NBC News, doing so just as the House voted to avoid a government shutdown....
Did grocery chains take advantage of COVID shortages to raise prices? FTC says yes in new report (www.usatoday.com)
DWAC stock tumbles more than 12% after Trump social media merger approved by shareholders (www.cnbc.com)
State Farm discontinuing 72,000 home policies in California in latest blow to state insurance market (apnews.com)
State Farm will discontinue coverage for 72,000 houses and apartments in California starting this summer, the insurance giant said this week, nine months after announcing it would not issue new home policies in the state...
