Trump told chief of staff Hitler ‘did a lot of good things’, book says  — Remark shocked John Kelly, author Michael Bender reports  — Book details former president's ‘stunning disregard for history’  —  On a visit to Europe to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the first world war …

Scoop: Trump to sue Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey  —  Former President Donald Trump, who has complained about censorship by social media giants, plans to announce class action lawsuits today against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, sources tell Axios.

Official: Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home  —  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his private residence early Wednesday, according to a statement from the country's interim prime minister, who called the killing a …

QAnon' new ‘plan’?  Run for school board  —  Drake Wuertz came to the school board meeting in Seminole County, Florida, in late June with a message familiar to those who had heard him speak at previous meetings: America's children are at risk of systemic abuse.  —  And the way to stop it is to run for local office.

Kevin McCarthy's struggles over the Jan. 6 committee reveal a dark GOP truth  —  Here's a puzzling development to ponder.  Why is it that the Republicans most eager to join the Jan. 6 select committee are also among those most prone to sowing doubt about the legitimacy of the 2020 election …

Here's The Extremely Broad FOIA Request Tucker Carlson's Producer Filed With The NSA  —  A Fox News producer sent an extremely broad Freedom of Information Act request to the National Security Agency last week seeking evidence that officials were spying on host Tucker Carlson …

‘A Place That Was Built For Us’: How Howard U. Landed Nikole Hannah-Jones  —  In mid-May, the fraught fight over Nikole Hannah-Jones's tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill spilled into public view.  Shortly after that, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist …

Julian Assange Won't Be Held in Supermax Jail If Extradited, U.S. Assures U.K.  —  American government says the WikiLeaks founder, if convicted on espionage charges, can serve any custodial sentence in his native Australia  —  LONDON—The U.S. government has given assurances to the U.K …

A Planned Biden Order Aims to Tilt the Job Market Toward Workers  —  Noncompete clauses, licensing requirements and corporate mergers have tended to strengthen the hand of business.  —  According to an increasingly influential school of thought in left-of-center economic circles …

Intel Officials Warned of Hate Groups Using Ashli Babbitt to Incite Terrorism Days After Capitol Siege  —  Hardly a week had passed since a violent mob of Americans had laid siege to their own capital on Jan. 6 in a brutish but futile attempt to reverse the course of a national election.

Where is Trump's White House staff now?  We created a searchable database of more than 327 top staffers to show where they all landed  — Insider set out to find 327 of the most prominent Trump administration alumni.  — Nearly 100 have gotten “establishment” jobs.

Riot Leader Had ‘Fully Constructed U.S. Capitol Lego Set’ at Home, FBI Says  —  PLAYING SOLDIER  —  Federal investigators seized an unusual piece of evidence from a Pennsylvania man indicted last month for his role in the Capitol riot—a Lego replica of the building he allegedly stormed.

Max Solomon Lewis, 20, killed by stray bullet in Chicago  —  Max Solomon Lewis, a 20-year-old University of Chicago student, was commuting home from his summer internship last Thursday evening when a stray bullet pierced the window of his train car and hit him in the back of the neck.

Judge rules Air Force responsible for 2017 mass shooting at Texas church  —  A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the U.S. Air Force is mostly responsible for the 2017 mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, due to its failure to enter the gunman's criminal history into a federal background check database …

Americans' Life Ratings Reach Record High  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of Americans who evaluate their lives well enough to be considered “thriving” on Gallup's Live Evaluation Index reached 59.2% in June, the highest in over 13 years of ongoing measurement and exceeding the previous high of 57.3% from September 2017.

Pa. GOP lawmaker — and Trump ally — Mastriano initiates ‘forensic investigation’ into state elections  —  (*This story was updated at 11:26 a.m., 11:50 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1 p.m., 2:11 p.m. and 2:37 p.m. on Wednesday, 7/7/21 to include the text of the letter that Sen. Doug Mastriano sent to county officials …

Samuel Alito's Boundless Contempt for Democracy  —  I spent my Fourth of July holiday this year like most others did: spending time with friends and family, eating hot dogs and hamburgers, and setting off fireworks.  It's one of my favorite holidays—partly because of my affection for this country …

Exclusive: Documents Reveal Erik Prince's $10 Billion Plan to Make Weapons and Create a Private Army in Ukraine  —  On the second night of his visit to Kyiv, Erik Prince had a dinner date on his agenda.  A few of his Ukrainian associates had arranged to meet the American billionaire at the Vodka Grill that evening, Feb. 23, 2020.

Rep on bipartisanship: Republicans want ‘18 more months of chaos’ … On the surface, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.) might seem like the kind of House Republican who might be willing to work with his Democratic colleagues.  It's not because he's moderate — he's actually a very conservative Texas Republican …

The myth of asymmetric polarization  —  Yes, progressives are aggressors in the culture war, too  —  When progressives talk about the culture war, they tend to place themselves in a passive role.  —  It's conservatives who are the aggressors, they claim, with Republicans driving …

FBI infiltrates group whose members wanted to test homemade bombs, surveil Capitol, secede from US, court records show  —  Dramatic Capitol riot videos used in court tell a harrowing story  —  (CNN)The FBI has infiltrated a “Bible study” group in Virginia that after the January 6 riot …

The Democratic left was defeated in New York City.  That doesn't mean it's a paper tiger.  —  A year after President Biden defeated several candidates to his left in the Democratic presidential primary, something similar happened in the mayor's race in New York.

Trump golf club to pay penalty after customer's fatal car crash  —  One of former president Donald Trump's golf clubs on Wednesday agreed to pay a $400,000 penalty to the state of New Jersey for overserving alcohol to a customer who later caused a fatal car crash, according to settlement documents released by the state.

China's military prepares for war, while America's military goes ‘woke’  —  President Xi Jinping's Chinese Communist Party (CCP) centenary speech conveyed his regime's resolve in many ways.  —  Those who attempt to drive a wedge between the party and the Chinese nation, he stated …

Getting to Yes on Voting Rights  —  Don't let the perfect get in the way of the possible.  —  Anyone familiar with the art of negotiation knows that success is unlikely unless there's at least some compromise.  Given the current tensions around voting and race within our democracy …

Eric Adams Won as a Centrist, but Bold Progressives Took the Next 2 Biggest Citywide Contests  —  Important victories for progressives Jumaane Williams and Brad Lander, along with key council candidates, are a reminder that New York voters can produce multiple mandates.  —  New York is a big city.

Judge rejects attempt to stop parts of Georgia voting law  —  New election rules withstand first court challenge  —  A federal judge denied an effort to invalidate parts of Georgia's voting law Wednesday, the first court ruling upholding new rules passed after last year's elections.