Politics A.M.: Bipartisan lawmakers ramp up calls on Biden to give Ukraine weapons, fighter jets

Former president Barack Obama tests positive for coronavirus; Democratic campaign chair Sean Patrick Maloney faces toughest job in politics; Biden to attend first in-person fundraiser as he ramps up political activity; Russia asks China for military equipment, U.S. officials say; Putin now among most hated world figures in recent U.S. history; Merrick Garland's goal is to restore the integrity of the Justice Department. His legacy will still be defined by Trump.; Police investigated 'unlawful entry' onto property of White House national security aide; Russians advance in Ukrainian cities as war deepens and diplomatic efforts fail; U.S. plan for $14 billion in Ukraine aid comes as Russian invasion leads to humanitarian crisis ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

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.     Bipartisan lawmakers ramp up calls on Biden to give Ukraine weapons, fighter jets The pressure underscores the growing hawkishness among members of Congress, who have been calling on the administration to do more to help Ukraine defend itself against Russian attacks. By Amy B Wang ●  Read more »   Former president Barack Obama tests positive for coronavirus "It's a reminder to get vaccinated if you haven't already, even as cases go down," Obama said Sunday. By Amy B Wang ●  Read more »   Democratic campaign chair Sean Patrick Maloney faces toughest job in politics The representative from New York has a blunt message for his party this year. Analysis ●  By Paul Kane ●  Read more »   Biden to attend first in-person fundraiser as he ramps up political activity The event comes as the president ramps up fundraising efforts ahead of the midterms and amid frustration among Democratic donors with Biden's limited number of fundraising events. By Tyler Pager and Michael Scherer ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Russia asks China for military equipment, U.S. officials say At least 35 people were killed and 134 injured early Sunday when a barrage of Russian missiles slammed into a military facility in western Ukraine about 15 miles from the border with Poland, a NATO member. By David L. Stern, Ellen Francis, Gerry Shih, Isabelle Khurshudyan, Paulina Firozi, Hannah Knowles, Ellen Nakashima and Karen DeYoung ●  Read more »   Putin now among most hated world figures in recent U.S. history Putin's unpopularity in the United States is now comparable to Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Fidel Castro and Ayatollah Khomeini. Analysis ●  By Aaron Blake ●  Read more »   Merrick Garland's goal is to restore the integrity of the Justice Department. His legacy will still be defined by Trump. In his first year, Attorney General Merrick Garland has gotten the department back in the business of police reform and made bold decisions on charging officers in civil rights cases, while building a massive Jan. 6 investigation. By Matt Zapotosky, David Nakamura and Devlin Barrett ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Police investigated 'unlawful entry' onto property of White House national security aide A man was seen on the property owned by President Biden's deputy national security adviser, Daleep Singh, about 1 p.m. on Feb. 26. By Carol D. Leonnig and Tyler Pager ●  Read more »   Russians advance in Ukrainian cities as war deepens and diplomatic efforts fail Convoys of food and medicine have been unable to reach hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped behind Russian lines, while video and satellite images have shown some of the devastation across Ukraine. By David L. Stern, Siobhán O'Grady, Gerrit De Vynck and Ellen Nakashima ●  Read more »   U.S. plan for $14 billion in Ukraine aid comes as Russian invasion leads to humanitarian crisis "Basically all of our economic activity has stopped," said a member of the Ukraine parliament. "The only way our economy survives currently is the help from the West." By Jeff Stein ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out The Climate 202 for a daily guide to climate news and policy. Sign up »

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