The Morning Dispatch

Every weekday morning, Mary Trimble and Grayson Logue provide an essential news briefing, along with original reporting and analysis on the day’s biggest stories.

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Tucker Carlson Out at Fox News

Plus: Mortgage fee changes burn better borrowers.

U.S. Airlifts Embassy Staff Out of Sudan As Fighting Intensifies

Plus: Whistleblower alleges malfeasance in Hunter Biden probe.

Biden’s Pick for Labor Secretary Faces Skeptical Senate

Plus: The latest on debt ceiling negotiations.

DeSantis Scuffling

Plus: The Ukraine war is draining U.S. weapons stockpiles.

Fox News Reaches Eye-Popping Settlement With Dominion Voting Systems

Plus: U.S. Shuts Down CCP Harassment of Chinese Dissidents.

Sudan on the Precipice of Civil War

‘The talk is happening right now with the guns.’

Leak Plugged

A 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts National Air Guard is arrested for allegedly retaining and transmitting classified material.

Biden’s Afghanistan Blame Game

‘For all this talk of chaos, I just didn’t see it, not from my perch.’

Can Utah Limit Children’s Social Media Use?

Other states take inspiration from Utah’s new laws restricting minors’ access to social media.

U.S. Intelligence Leaks Threaten to Damage Alliances

Plus: A ProPublica report renews push for Supreme Court ethics reform.

Dueling Rulings on Abortion Drug

Plus: The Republican Party struggles to come to a post-Roe consensus.

Transgender Athletes and Title IX

The Biden administration releases a new rule that seems to satisfy no one.

An Update on Ukraine

Fighting continues in Bakhmut as Ukrainian forces prepare for a possible spring counteroffensive.

Chicago Has a New Mayor

Plus: Wisconsin has a new Supreme Court justice.

Former President Arraigned

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg faces an uphill climb for a Trump conviction.

The Logistics of a TikTok Ban

Plus: Why Russia detained a Wall Street Journal reporter.