Politics

Big tech grapples with Russian state media, propaganda

By David Klepper, Amanda Seitz, Associated Press

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is forcing big tech companies to decide how to handle Russian state media that spread propaganda and misinformation.

Russia holds drills with nuclear submarines, land-based missiles amid Ukraine invasion

By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press

Russian nuclear submarines have sailed off for drills in the Barents Sea and mobile missile launchers are roaming snow forests in Siberia after President Vladimir Putin ordered his nation's nuclear forces put on high alert.

Iowa Gov. Reynolds should return $450,000 in improperly spent COVID funds, says state auditor

By David Pitt, Associated Press

Iowa's state auditor again called for Gov. Kim Reynolds to return nearly $450,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds that were used to pay for 21 governor's office staff members for three months in 2020.

Jackson prepares to meet with senators in swift start toward Supreme Court confirmation

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

If confirmed, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the first Black female justice in the court’s more than 200-year history.

Twitter suspends U.S. Senate candidate for hateful conduct

By Associated Press

U.S. Senate candidate for Missouri says she has no plans to delete a transphobic tweet that violated Twitter’s rules against hateful conduct.

WATCH: ‘No one fought harder’ for Biden agenda than progressives, Tlaib says

By Associated Press

President Joe Biden's domestic agenda has been supported by progressives but undermined by Republicans and "corporate-backed Democratic obstructionists," Rep. Rashida Tlaib said in the Working Families Party response to the State of the Union on March 1.

Biden extends FEMA coronavirus aid for states through July 1

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients informed governors Tuesday that Biden is approving the extension of Federal Emergency Management Agency support to help continue FEMA-backed efforts like vaccination clinics, mass testing sites and surging hospital resources to deal with local…

Texas primary offers first midterm measure of U.S. political mood

By Will Weissert, Paul J. Weber, Associated Press

Republicans are betting that Tuesday will be the first step toward them easily retaking Congress in November. But the fight over the party's future is much fiercer than it was 20 years ago.

Oil prices surge above $100 a barrel as war on Ukraine rages

By Damian J. Troise, Alex Veiga, Associated Press

The price of oil surged back above $100 a barrel after Russia, a major energy producer, faced further isolation and economic damage because of its invasion of Ukraine.