Politics A.M.: White House must go further on new pandemic response, say former Biden advisers, outside experts
| Armed intruder at Joint Base Andrews is arrested; Russian forces attack airfields in Ukraine as Zelensky pleads for fighter jets; Calls for U.S. to ban Russian oil gain momentum despite inflation concerns; How much of the covid death toll is a function of peer pressure?; Senate Republicans threaten to slow efforts to fund federal agencies, deliver aid to Ukraine; Zelensky's famous quote of 'need ammo, not a ride' not easily confirmed; Trump muses about a really bad — and evidently illegal — idea to bomb Russia using Chinese flags; U.S. 'looking actively' at helping supply Ukraine with fighter jets, Blinken says; Trump muses on war with Russia and praises Kim Jong Un ; Lindsey Graham calls for assassinating Putin — while offering comparisons that show how fraught that is |
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| | | |  |  | | The most important politics stories today. | | | | | |  (Wilfredo Lee/AP) The group's road map for 'living with covid' focuses on boosting indoor air quality, helping those with long covid and broadening the focus to other respiratory diseases. By Dan Diamond ● Read more » | | | | Two intruders, at least one of them armed, entered Joint Base Andrews on Sunday night after the return there of Vice President Harris, according to several accounts. By Martin Weil and Annie Linskey ● Read more » | | | | Alleged cease-fire violations by Russia block evacuation of Ukrainian civilians. By David L. Stern, Joby Warrick, Kareem Fahim, Dan Lamothe and Missy Ryan ● Read more » | | | An increasing number of Republicans and Democrats are calling for a U.S. import ban to punish President Vladimir Putin. By Steven Zeitchik, Yasmeen Abutaleb and Annie Linskey ● Read more » | | | | It's clear that politics has an effect. But why? Analysis ● By Philip Bump ● Read more » | | | The new demands, delivered in two letters to Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), could slow down lawmakers' work at a time when Russia's incursion into Ukraine is intensifying — all the while the U.S. government faces a looming March 11 deadline to pass a new spending measure or suffer a shutdown. By Tony Romm ● Read more » | | | | One unnamed U.S. official is cited as a source, but neither U.S. nor Ukrainian officials have confirmed it. Analysis ● By Glenn Kessler ● Read more » | | | | Experts say it likely violates international law. And that's if you can get past the idea that Russia would ever mistake F-22s for Chinese aircraft. (They wouldn't.) Analysis ● By Aaron Blake ● Read more » | | | The U.S. secretary of state's remarks will be welcomed in Kyiv, where Ukrainian leaders have appealed to the West for additional military aid as they face a punishing assault by Russian forces. By Missy Ryan ● Read more » | | | | The former president mused about Ukraine, China, Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin during an 84-minute speech to Republican donors in New Orleans. By Josh Dawsey ● Read more » | | | And you need only look to the historical examples he cites: Brutus and Claus von Stauffenberg. Analysis ● By Aaron Blake ● Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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