A radical plan for Trump's second term … The impact could go well beyond typical conservative targets such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Internal Revenue Service.  Trump allies are working on plans that would potentially strip layers at the Justice Department …

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon found guilty for refusing to testify to Jan. 6 panel  —  Former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon has been convicted for refusing to testify and provide documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

Weapon used in Lee Zeldin attack was $10 plastic cat keychain  —  MORE ON:  —  The weapon used in the attack on Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin appears to be a plastic keychain fob that looks like a cartoon cat's head and is marketed for “self-defense.”

Trump Indictment in Georgia Expected Before DOJ Charges: Legal Expert  —  Laurence Tribe, professor emeritus of constitutional law at Harvard University, predicted that former President Donald Trump will face an indictment in Georgia before he is potentially charged with a crime by the Justice Department.

A very European answer to air conditioning  —  Hear why officials are urging people to take heatwave seriously  —  Paul Hockenos is a Berlin-based writer focusing on renewable energy in Europe.  He is the author of four books on European issues, most recently “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy …

Liz Cheney's devastating final question puts the GOP to shame  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  In no small part, the GOP in the Donald Trump era has been marked by a craven failure to take offramps.  —  Trump's encouragement of white supremacy, his strong-arming of a foreign ally …

Josh Hawley ran 7.2 in the 40 at the January 6 combine  —  Calculating Hawley's 40 time using science.  —  Weird things happen when you've covered sports for a long time.  It frames your life differently, your world view, and sometimes it even means seeing a man running in a suit and wondering …

Exclusive: Hyundai subsidiary has used child labor at Alabama factory  —  A subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co has used child labor at a plant that supplies parts for the Korean carmaker's assembly line in nearby Montgomery, Alabama, according to area police, the family of three underage workers …

First on CNN: Secret Service identified potential missing text messages on phones of 10 individuals  —  (CNN)Secret Service investigators were scrutinizing the phones of 10 Secret Service personnel that contained metadata showing text messages were sent and received around January 6, 2021, but were not retained, two sources told CNN.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom goes after Abbott in Texas on guns and abortion  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom is running full-page ads in Texas newspapers Friday trolling Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to highlight a new California gun law modeled on the Lone Star State's restrictive abortion law.

Trump gave order to ‘make sure’ Jan. 6 rally was ‘safe event,’ Pentagon memo shows  —  House Democrats' marquee summer show of primetime investigative hearings ended Thursday night where it began: unable or unwilling to answer essential questions about the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.

Colorado Man Pleads Guilty to Casting Missing Wife's Ballot for Trump  —  Prosecutors in April dropped a first-degree murder charge against Barry Morphew, whose wife, Suzanne Morphew, disappeared in May 2020.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  The husband of a Colorado woman …

Georgia Governors Race Shifts From Toss Up To Lean Republican  —  At the outset of the 2022 cycle, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp looked like the most vulnerable Republican incumbent on the map.  He was staring down a bruising primary challenge, egged on by former President Donald Trump …

Pete Buttigieg faces crisis and opportunity as airline cancellations mount  —  WASHINGTON — Air travel stinks right now, creating just the kind of crisis that a politically adept and ambitious Transportation secretary might turn to his advantage.  —  Americans want someone — anyone …

The One Time Trump Couldn't Lie His Way Out of a Crisis  —  Donald Trump couldn't sleep.  —  It was afternoon in Washington when Larry Kudlow's cell phone buzzed; it was the middle of the night where the call was coming from.  But that didn't matter to Kudlow, a former CNBC presence …

Reforms to the Electoral Count Act Miss the Mark  —  Let's begin with the obvious.  The Electoral Count Act of 1887 (ECA) is outdated and needs reform.  It is an archaic law that sets the rules for how presidential electors are certified and counted by Congress.

Meet the covid super-dodgers  —  The no-covid club gets more exclusive every day.  And some members have no idea how they're still there.  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  Joe and Susannah Altman are serious poker players.  Sometimes, when they play in tournaments, they'll place what's called a …