Accounts of Trump angrily demanding to go to Capitol on January 6 circulated in Secret Service over past year  —  Ex-aide was backstage with Trump at his Jan. 6 rally.  Here's what she heard him say  —  (CNN)Then-President Donald Trump angrily demanded to go to the US Capitol on January 6 …

The Biden-McConnell Deal to Make an Anti-Abortion Advocate a Federal Judge Is Still On  —  President Joe Biden struck a deal with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to nominate Chad Meredith, a Republican anti-abortion advocate, to a federal judgeship on the Eastern District of Kentucky, Slate has confirmed.

Biden Seeks to Block New Offshore Drilling in Atlantic, Pacific  —  Five-year drilling plan could allow limited leasing off Alaska and in Gulf of Mexico; oil industry sought greater expansion  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration plans to block new offshore oil drilling in the Atlantic …

New York Fights Back on Guns and Abortion After Supreme Court Rulings  —  Lawmakers passed measures that would prohibit concealed weapons in a number of public places.  It is also poised to move forward on a bill to protect abortion rights.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Ukraine Has Exposed Russia as a Not-So-Great Power  —  Kyiv's success against Moscow forces us to reexamine our assumptions about what it means to be powerful.  —  About the author: Phillips Payson O'Brien is a professor of strategic studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

President Biden Announces Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom  —  WASHINGTON - Today, President Biden named seventeen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.  —  The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals …

Solveig Gold Is Proud to Be the Wife of a ‘Canceled’ Princeton Professor  —  But she also wants to be known as more.  At dinner with the aspiring public intellectual and her “cabal.”  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Solveig Lucia Gold was setting the table in her backyard …

Edibles, beverages infused with cannabis ingredient THC become legal Friday in Minnesota  —  Industry advocates see law as an “oddity” allowing for recreational use while stopping just short of full marijuana legalization.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  MORE  —  Minnesotans who are 21 or older …

Texas education board rejects proposal to call slavery ‘involuntary relocation’  —  A group of educators in Texas proposed referring to slavery as “involuntary relocation” in second-grade classes — before being rebuffed by the State Board of Education.  —  The nine educators …

Protecting people's privacy on health topics  —  J  —  Protecting our users' privacy and securing their data is core to Google's work.  That's why we design products to help people keep their personal information private, safe, and secure — with easy-to-use tools and built-in protections.

New York City ends its coronavirus alert system as cases hit high levels.  —  Mayor Eric Adams quietly removed the color-coded system that warned New Yorkers when they were at greater risk of catching the virus.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  New York City suddenly removed …

Baltimore records 41 homicides in June, most in a month since 2015  —  A terrible 10-day stretch that saw an average of six people shot per day in Baltimore helped pushed the number of people killed in June to 41 victims, the first time the city has seen that many victims in a month since …

National Poll: Biden With Higher Approval Than US Congress & Supreme Court; Trump Leads GOP Nomination Contest  —  Home Blog National Poll: Biden With Higher Approval Than US Congress & Supreme Court; Trump Leads GOP Nomination Contest  —  The latest Emerson College Polling national survey …

Lanhee Chen comes clean on Trump, abortion  —  Note: The newsletter will pause until Tuesday due to the Fourth of July holiday.  —  Lanhee Chen has a few confessions to make.  —  The Republican candidate for California state controller, who will face off against Democrat Malia Cohen …

Now ANOTHER crisis hits EU!  Hundreds of tractors block the German/Netherlands border  —  FARMERS in the Netherlands have staged a huge protest with thousands of tractors lining up to block the German/Netherlands border in campaign against the government's controversial nitrogen policy.

America Is Headed For Disaster  —  Donald Trump is on course to reconquer the White House.  To save the republic, we need a radical change of direction. … Most of the time, politics is like a jumble of puzzle pieces.  On any given day, there are hundreds of news stories, some promising, others ominous.

Facebook Asks Judge to ‘Crack the Whip’ in Attempt to Silence a Black Whistleblower  —  A lawyer representing Facebook's parent company Meta called on a judge to “crack the whip” against a Black South African whistleblower on Monday, requesting a gagging order to prevent him from speaking to the media.