G7 Live Updates: Biden and Putin Won't Hold a Joint News Conference  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  Biden will hold a solo news conference rather than pairing with Putin after their summit.  —  After President Biden meets his Russian counterpart on Wednesday, the two men will not face …

At least 13 people were injured in a shooting in downtown Austin, authorities say  —  (CNN)At least 13 people were injured early Saturday morning in a shooting in downtown Austin, Texas, officials said.  —  Two of the people injured are in critical condition, Austin Interim Chief …

Republican attacks on Biden agenda can't break through conservative media's culture wars  —  Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) started off talking about the cancellation of a domestic oil pipeline, the job losses and higher gas prices, key kitchen-table items that Republicans believe will be critical to winning back the majority next year.

Some Perspective on the Politicized Leak Investigation Targeting Adam Schiff  —  The NYT reported the other day that DOJ obtained phone records of Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, and a bunch of House Intelligence Committee staffers in the guise of what it reports is a leak investigation …

Private Inequity: How a Powerful Industry Conquered the Tax System  —  The I.R.S. almost never audits private equity firms, even as whistle-blowers have filed claims alleging illegal tax avoidance.  —  There were two weeks left in the Trump administration when the Treasury Department handed …

Here's an Idea for Liberals: Propaganda  —  What does the Democratic Party stand for?  What do voters think the Democratic Party stands for?  How can Democrats communicate to voters that they actually do stand for things?  These are vexing questions for Democratic politicians and the people who run their campaigns.

YouTube Suspends Sen. Ron Johnson for Spreading Coronavirus Misinformation  —  AT IT AGAIN  —  YouTube has suspended the account of Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) for seven days for promoting misinformation about coronavirus treatments.  Johnson promoted the use of two drugs for treating COVID-19 …

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she doesn't “believe in evolution”  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said this week she does not “believe in evolution,” adding, “I don't believe in that type of so-called science.”  —  What she's saying: Greene leaned on religion to explain the origins of the coronavirus.

Most blue states will make Biden's July 4 vaccine goal.  The red ones won't.  —  (CNN)The United States looks increasingly unlikely to reach President Joe Biden's July 4 vaccine goal.  We need at least 70% of all adults to have one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, and we're on pace to have somewhere between 67% and 68%.

NBC Halts Production on Ultimate Slip 'N Slide amid Report of ‘Explosive Diarrhea’ Outbreak on Set  —  At least one Ultimate Slip 'N Slide crew member tested positive for giardia — a microscopic parasite that, when swallowed, causes diarrheal disease  —  Talk about a summer bummer.

New book suggests Birx wanted Trump to lose presidential election  —  (CNN)A new book written by one of President Joe Biden's top coronavirus advisers suggests Dr. Deborah Birx hoped former President Donald Trump would lose the 2020 presidential election.  —  In “Preventable,” …

Why Does Elena Kagan Keep Roasting Brett Kavanaugh?  —  The Supreme Court is quiet.  Too quiet.  It is almost mid-June, and the court has yet to release any blockbuster decisions.  What's going on?  —  The simple answer is also the obvious one: These cases have sharply divided the justices …

The Pathetic New Chapter of the Baby Trumps  —  HAS-BEENS … Junior, Eric, Ivanka, Lara and the rest of them are out in the cold now that these cold-blooded kids don't have dad's stolen heat to warm their bellies.  —  T he family that held the entire Republican Party in their death grips …

CNN insults #MeToo movement, provides happy ending for Jeffrey Toobin  —  CNN's chief legal analyst returned to national television on Thursday, eight months after masturbating on a New Yorker Zoom conference call that included several female colleagues who had to witness it.

The Partisan Bureaucracy  —  Would the IRS violate your privacy to further Democratic policy objectives?  —  The lesson of this week's leak of billionaires' tax returns isn't that taxes are too low, the rich should pay more or any of the other claims the leak was designed to support.