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Try four weeks FREE, then $4 every four weeks for one year  Sign up for this newsletter Read online The most important politics stories today.     (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Inside Ted Cruz's last-ditch battle to keep Trump in power As Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) went to extraordinary lengths to court Trump's base and lay the groundwork for his own potential 2024 presidential bid, he also alienated close allies and longtime friends who accused him of abandoning his principles. By Michael Kranish ●  Read more »   President Biden to unveil new minimum tax on billionaires in budget The plan would establish a 20 percent minimum tax rate on income above $100 million. By Jeff Stein ●  Read more »   Democrats urge Clarence Thomas to recuse himself after wife's texts Two Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee called on the Supreme Court justice to recuse himself from election-related cases after text messages from his wife, Ginni Thomas, emerged showing she had pushed the Trump White House to try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. By Amy B Wang and Brady Dennis ●  Read more »   Inside the plan to create an abortion refuge for a post-Roe era Abortion providers in blue-state Illinois are laying the groundwork for an influx of patients from states poised to ban abortion if the Supreme Court overturns its landmark precedent. By Caroline Kitchener ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Zelensky steps up criticism of West, demanding weapons and sanctions The Ukrainian president asserted that some countries had drawn a red line at sending more offensive weapons to Ukraine "because they are afraid of Russia." By Shane Harris, Adela Suliman and David L. Stern ●  Read more »   Biden's Putin remark pushes U.S.-Russia relations closer to collapse Biden's comments in Poland about regime change were the culmination of increasingly pointed language about Putin – "killer," "butcher" and "war criminal." The US-Russia relationship may be on the verge of complete collapse with serious implications for how to end the war in Ukraine and avoid a wider conflict. By Missy Ryan ●  Read more »   U.S., Israel and Arab states to expand cooperation in unprecedented meeting While unprecedented, the meeting came amid a growing list of tensions between the Washington and its Middle East allies, including the the Iran nuclear deal, tensions between Israelis and Palestinians and a lackluster response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine from Arab and Israeli partners. By John Hudson ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Analysis | Where senators stand on confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court A visual page to track where Republican and Democratic senators stand on the Supreme Court confirmation vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson. Read more »   Transcript of President Biden's remarks in Warsaw on March 26 Remarks by President Biden in Warsaw on the United Efforts of the Free World to Support the People of Ukraine on March 26, 2022. By Washington Post Staff ●  Read more »   One month into the Ukraine war, a defiant nation is forever changed but adapting "A month ago, I was busy wearing a suit and tie," says a Ukrainian lawyer turned soldier. "Now I command 140 people." By Isabelle Khurshudyan, Max Bearak, Siobhán O'Grady, Sudarsan Raghavan and Robyn Dixon ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Plant Powered by Voraciously for our 12-week guide to cooking more plant-forward meals. Recipes, techniques and tips on Tuesdays. Sign up »

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