Army suspends general after tweet appearing to mock Jill Biden  —  The Army has suspended a three-star general's contract and placed him under investigation after he posted a tweet that appeared to mock first lady Jill Biden, USA Today reports. … - “For nearly 50 years …

Jan. 6 Panel Questions Cipollone on Pardons and Trump's Election Claims  —  Pat A. Cipollone, the former White House counsel for President Donald J. Trump, appeared before the House committee investigating the Capitol attack for roughly eight hours on Friday.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Sri Lanka president to step down, parliamentary speaker says, amid storm of protests  —  Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa plans to step down, the country's parliamentary speaker said on Saturday, bowing to intense pressure after a violent day of protests in which demonstrators stormed …

Elon's Out  —  Programming note: Ugh, here we are again, huh?  —  Oh Elon  —  I think it is helpful to start with the big picture.  Elon Musk is the richest person in the world, and, like many other rich people, he has some unusual and expensive hobbies.

Two long weeks: Inside Biden's struggle to respond to abortion ruling  —  Many Democrats were dismayed by the slow White House response but cheered his more forceful tone and actions  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  Three days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade …

Security alert issued for Jewish community in San Antonio  —  Temple Beth-El cancels services Saturday due to safety concerns for Jewish synagogues  —  SAN ANTONIO - A security alert has been issued for the Jewish community in San Antonio.  —  The Jewish Federation of San Antonio posted …

At 79, Biden Is Testing the Boundaries of Age and the Presidency  —  President Biden has said he plans to run for a second term, but his age has become an uncomfortable issue for him and his party.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  WASHINGTON — When President Biden leaves Tuesday night …

Fabricated tweet circulates after Shinzo Abe assassination  —  CLAIM: A screenshot shows that Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan who was assassinated on Friday, tweeted: “I have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton.”  —  AP'S ASSESSMENT: False.

Trump Lawyer Says He Will Be Reinstated as President if GOP Win Midterms  —  Christina Bobb, an attorney who has supported Donald Trump's legal challenge to overturn the 2020 election, has suggested a scenario in which the former president could be reinstated after the midterm elections in November.

POLITICO Playbook: Leibo book off embargo, Morton's gets grilled  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  OFF EMBARGO — Our copy of MARK LEIBOVICH's “Thank You for Your Servitude” arrived from Penguin Press on Friday, and we've been devouring it ever since.

Every president invites Henry Kissinger to the White House — except Biden  —  Henry Kissinger sits in his home office in Kent, Conn., surrounded by acres of books.  Though just one year shy of his 100th birthday, the Nobel Prize winner and former secretary of state said he feels the same awe …

Covid learning loss has been a global disaster  —  Millions of children are still out of school.  The costs are stacking up  —  MANILA, MUMBAI AND TUXTLA  —  King norvic tarroyo lives with his parents and five siblings in a slum near the sea wall in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.

Boris Johnson pushed for woman to get City Hall job during ‘abuse of power’ relationship … Boris Johnson lobbied for a job for a young woman who claims he abused his power to have a sexual relationship with her.  —  The then London mayor and MP for Henley advocated for her to get a job …

The Self-Fulfilling Prophecies of Clarence Thomas  —  For decades, Thomas has had a deeply pessimistic view of the country, rooted in his reading of the Fourteenth Amendment.  After the Supreme Court's recent opinions, his dystopia is becoming our reality.  —  On Friday, June 24th …

Pete Buttigieg now calls Michigan home, plans to vote in midterms  —  U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who bought a house in the Traverse City area two years ago, is planning to vote in the midterm elections in the state this year, a spokesperson confirmed for the Free Press on Friday

Political Violence Is The New American Normal  —  Hours after Roe's demise, a truck driver rammed a group of women protesting in Iowa and highlighted an urgent national crisis: Violence is now a feature of American civic life.  —  On June 24, mere hours after the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade …

Gretchen Whitmer's abortion fight — from the porch with her daughters  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  Sherry was asleep.  She was home from college for the summer.  It was barely 10 a.m. Her door swung open and light filled up the bedroom.  Then she saw her mother bounding in.  She groaned.

Ukraine Foreign Ministry blasts Rep. Victoria Spartz's ‘cynical’ allegations  —  Ukraine's Foreign Ministry released a blistering statement Saturday accusing the first and only Ukraine-born U.S. lawmaker of playing politics over Russia's war, in a rare public tussle between prominent officials from the two countries.