New details of Jan. 6 panel's mystery messages emerge  —  The Jan. 6 select committee publicly pointed to two communications this week as potential evidence of Trump World's efforts to influence witness testimony — without revealing their origin.  Both were detailed to the panel by Cassidy Hutchinson …

In Russia's Biggest Cities, Ukraine War Fades to Background Noise  —  Bars are packed out, film and jazz festivals are sold out and Moscow's police officers are busier handing out fines for public drinking than putting down dissent  —  MOSCOW—Dima Karmanovsky had just finished his second DJ set …

Abortion, women's rights grow as priorities: AP-NORC poll  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll finds a growing percentage of Americans calling out abortion or women's rights as priorities for the government in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, especially among Democrats and those who support abortion access.

Congress has let the Supreme Court run amok  —  Biden accuses Supreme Court of ‘outrageous behavior’ following Roe v. Wade reversal  —  The Supreme Court ended its term Thursday having produced a string of decisions that with casual brutality threatened Americans' privacy, health and well-being.

The Sleeper ‘Wire Fraud’ Scheme That Could Nail Trumpworld  —  The Jan. 6 committee has already laid out a convincing case of wire fraud against the Trump campaign.  —  the day television networks called the election for Joe Biden—then-President Donald Trump's campaign manager was trying …

Neo-Nazi publisher Andrew Anglin gives ‘forceful endorsement’ of Blake Masters' Senate bid  —  The move by The Daily Stormer publisher is a play to try to exert influence in a GOP moving to the right, experts in extremism contend  —  Andrew Anglin, the neo-Nazi publisher of The Daily Stormer …

When Private Jets Ferry Billionaires to Small-Town Idaho  —  Every July, as the elite Sun Valley conference kicks off, one man shepherds multimillion-dollar private planes and some of the world's most powerful people.  —  HAILEY, Idaho — Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots, flies in a Gulfstream G650.

It's time to retire Pride Month  —  Today, June 30, marks the conclusion of the annual spectacle known as Pride Month.  It should be the last one ever, at least as it is currently celebrated.  —  Pride Month was originally built around the commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall riots …

Texas educator group proposes referring to slavery as “involuntary relocation” in second grade curriculum  —  The Texas State Board of Education is fielding proposals to update the state's public school social studies curriculum this summer.  —  Copy link  —  A group of Texas educators …

School's out forever: Arizona moves “to kill public education” with new universal voucher law  —  Families who bail on public school will get $7,000 per kid in GOP's new scheme: “Every red state” urged to follow  —  Last Friday, while the country reeled from the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade …

Kentucky federal judge to step down, opening seat for Biden's anti-abortion GOP nominee  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A longtime Kentucky federal judge has announced she will step down, clearing a path for President Joe Biden's controversial nomination of an anti-abortion Republican to replace her.

The Real Target of the Supreme Court's EPA Decision  —  In yet another major blow to democratic constitutionalism, the Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia v. EPA that the Clean Air Act does not give EPA authority to regulate the power grid as a whole.  The decision will likely limit …

Dems unite Jan. 6 and Roe for new battleground target: ‘MAGA’ Republicans  —  Democrats are readying a new strategy to help save their House majority that unites two topics currently riveting Washington: the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

McConnell warns Dems of fallout for reviving Biden bill  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell threatened Thursday to derail a bill designed to boost semiconductor manufacturing in the United States if Democrats revive their stalled package of energy and economic initiatives.

Politico, Axios, and NBC News peddle a weird smear of Clarence Thomas  —  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accurately reported the medical facts behind a moral objection to COVID vaccines.  Multiple reporters and at least three outlets twisted his words so as to falsely “fact check” …

Waiting (and Waiting) for an Adams Doctrine … According to the authorities, as a northbound Q train climbed the Manhattan Bridge one Sunday morning this spring, a 25-year-old passenger named Andrew Abdullah began to pace and mutter.  He paused in front of Daniel Enriquez …