The Texas primaries on Tuesday offer opening battles in a wider ideological war for the direction of the Republican Party, specifically the role former President Trump should play in its future. Why it matters: It’s still eight months until November, but we’ll soon have the first glimpse of several important

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The Biden administration plans to accelerate the return of the federal workforce this week, as the White House seeks to show the country that in-person work can be safe, people familiar with the plans tell Axios. Why it matters: President Biden wants to lead by example in arguing that most

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is doing in days what decades of American prodding and pressure couldn’t: Getting Germany and other European nations to unite, expand defense spending and strategic thinking, and do more to protect themselves and others. Why it matters: Putin calculated a divided America and Europe would make

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Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr. says it’s time to put abolitionist and Black writer Frederick Douglass on a U.S. currency bill — after Harriet Tubman is added to the $20 bill. The big picture: Black intellectuals and activists have been pressing for more images of Black Americans in U.S.

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President Biden has nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, the White House announced Friday. Why it matters: Jackson would be the first Black female justice in the court’s history, and the first justice in decades with any significant experience representing criminal defendants. Catch up quick: In

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World leaders swiftly condemned Russia’s attacks on Ukraine and vowed to hold Vladimir Putin accountable. Driving the news: Putin’s troops on late Wednesday began moving into Ukraine, with large explosions being reported shortly after Putin announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Dozens have reportedly been killed. What they’re saying:

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Western countries are announcing sanctions in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognize the independence of two separatist “republics” in eastern Ukraine and send in Russian troops on a “peacekeeping” mission. The latest: The Biden administration announced additional sanctions Tuesday targeting two Russian banks and the country’s sovereign

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Western countries are announcing sanctions in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognize the independence of two separatist “republics” in eastern Ukraine and send in Russian troops on a “peacekeeping” mission. The latest: The U.K. is imposing sanctions on five Russian banks — Rossiya, IS Bank, General Bank,

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A jury on Tuesday found the three white men sentenced to life for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery guilty of federal hate crimes and attempted kidnapping. Driving the news: Father and son, Gregory and Travis McMichael, and their former neighbor William Bryan, chased Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, and killed

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a free-speech case of a Colorado-based web designer who says she should not be forced to create websites for same-sex weddings under state law. State of play: Attorneys for Lorie Smith are asking the court to review a decision from the U.S.

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