The Supreme Court Is Putting Democracy at Risk  —  Mr. Hasen is the author of several books about elections and democracy.  Last year he proposed an amendment to the Constitution to defend and expand voting rights.  —  In two disturbing rulings closing out the Supreme Court's term …

Attorney General Merrick Garland orders pause of federal executions  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland ordered a temporary stop Thursday to scheduling further federal executions.  —  In a memo to senior officials, he said serious concerns have arisen about the arbitrariness of capital punishment …

Trumpworld App Is Bankrolled by Fugitive Chinese Billionaire  —  Trump adviser Jason Miller launched a new social media company that's being bankrolled by a buddy of pardoned Trump strategist Steve Bannon.  —  A new social media network led by Donald Trump adviser Jason Miller is backed …

Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Protects Against Delta Variant, Company Reports  —  The vaccine also produced long-lasting immune responses, researchers said.  Booster shots seem unnecessary, at least for now.  —  The Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine is effective against the highly contagious Delta variant …

Biden aide charges “sabotage” of Harris  —  Top White House officials are mobilizing to defend Vice President Kamala Harris amid a gusher of leaks about dysfunction and infighting in her office.  —  Driving the news: White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain told Axios in a statement …

Trump seeks to use indictments as a political rallying cry as he tries to survive latest legal threat  —  Former president Donald Trump turned to a familiar playbook Thursday, attacking New York prosecutors who charged his company and chief financial officer with a raft of financial crimes …

Concern over crime is growing — but Americans don't just want more police, Post-ABC poll shows  —  Concern over crime has reached the highest point in four years amid a spike in killings in big cities and an uptick in violent crime, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Friday …

Pelosi cancels the Fourth of July  —  During an average year, the U.S. Capitol welcomes 2.5 million visitors, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has refused to reopen the Capitol to visitors — school groups, families, or anyone hoping to see the legislative branch in action.

J.D. Vance, ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Author, Is Running for Senate in Ohio  —  The author and venture capitalist will vie for the Republican nomination in one of the most wide-open 2022 Senate races.  —  J.D. Vance, an author and venture capitalist whose best-selling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” …

Lieutenant Governor Kounalakis Declares Special Election  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Sacramento, CA - Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis issued a proclamation today declaring a special gubernatorial recall election on September 14, 2021 to determine whether Gavin Newsom …

A former police officer arrested after the Jan. 6 riot was told to stay away from guns.  He bought 34, feds say.  —  In January, a federal judge agreed to release Thomas Robertson, a former Rocky Mount, Va., police officer facing multiple charges over his alleged participation in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Pennsylvania's election audit moves follow the partisan playbook  —  In the wake of the 2020 presidential election, across the country, we saw radical efforts to spread lies about voter fraud, attack voting rights and overturn the results of the presidential election.

It's Trump's Ohio Now  —  In the 2022 Senate primary, the fight is over who can be the Trumpiest.  —  In another lifetime, Representative Anthony Gonzalez was the Ohio Republican Party's dream candidate.  Many of his future suburban-Cleveland constituents cheered for him at Byers Field …

Admit it: Grilling is bad  — Just because you can cook outside doesn't mean you should.  — Your grill is dirty, has poor temperature control, and lets fat drip into the flame.  — Indoor cooking is better — which is why that's the main way you cook.  — This is an opinion column.

An Immigrant's Case for Patriotism  —  On this Fourth of July, let's renew our commitment to the American creed.  —  1 hr ago … I grew up in Islamist Iran, but I have always been an American at heart.  Even in my youth, before I ever stepped foot on American soil, I felt American …

U.S. military vacates main air base in Afghanistan, underscoring withdrawal expected within days  —  The U.S. military has vacated its most significant airfield in Afghanistan, three defense officials said, underscoring that the Pentagon expects to complete its withdrawal from the country after 20 years of war within days.

The NFL's investigation was just like Daniel Snyder's workplace culture: Rotten  —  The so-called investigative report on the nasty skirt-clutching culture inside the Washington Football Team has vanished like invisible ink.  And somehow the NFL thinks it can make it all right by handing Tanya Snyder the mop and broom.

Conservatives' sensitivity to pandemic threat suppressed by distrust of science, media  —  Researchers studying the intersection of politics and psychology have long documented a link between threat sensitivity and social conservatism: People who are more socially conservative tend to react more strongly to threats.

Trevor Bauer Must Not Start Sunday  —  It's true the Dodgers cannot unilaterally discipline him, but they can certainly give the ball to someone else.  —  Editor's Note: This story includes graphic descriptions of sexual assault allegations.  —  In May, Trevor Bauer allegedly used his hands to break a woman's skull during sex.

How to Live in a Climate ‘Permanent Emergency’  —  The phrase Jay Inslee used was “permanent emergency.”  This was before Lytton — the town that had, days earlier, set Canada's all-time heat record, drawing waves of “heat tourists” as witnesses to “desert heat” north of 120 degrees in a place …

What ‘The Nation’ Got Right (and Wrong) about Me, Brett Kavanaugh, and God  —  “Sing this with me.  This is ‘40.’”  —  Those are the words Bono, the singer for the band U2, said live in 1983 to introduce the song “40.”  It's a song that I have recently revisited while writing a book about 2018.

NSA And FBI Blame Russia For Massive ‘Brute Force’ Attacks On Microsoft 365  —  American intelligence and law enforcement agencies have pointed the finger at a Kremlin-backed hacking crew for a two-year campaign to break into Microsoft Office 365 accounts.  —  The NSA, FBI and DHS …

Trump is here to stay, and Republicans should be worried  —  Memo to serious Republicans, conservatives: He ain't going away.  —  Donald Trump dominates the party's politics, policies and tone.  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), once a John McCain Republican, now says the party “can't grow without him.”

Republicans should hit the reset button on Biden infrastructure deal  —  As Ronald Reagan might say, “Well, there they go again.”  Congressional Republicans once more got snookered by President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on the supposed “bipartisan” …