White House blocked intelligence aide's written testimony saying human-caused climate change could be ‘possibly catastrophic’  —  Officials sought to excise State Department's comments on climate science, saying it clashed with the administration's stance  —  White House officials barred …

A court just ordered the release of crucial documents in mysterious Mueller case  —  The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals just ordered the government to un-seal a treasure trove of documents that are part of the secretive grand jury subpoena battle which all the way up to the Supreme Court earlier this year.

Trump admin tells U.S. embassies they can't fly pride flag on flagpoles  —  The administration is rejecting requests from U.S. embassies to fly the rainbow flag on flagpoles during June, LGBTQ Pride Month, say 3 U.S. diplomats.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is rejecting requests …

Joe Biden asked for a pen.  Then he reversed a position he'd held for four decades.  —  Joe Biden was in the car on the way to a Democratic gala in Atlanta on Thursday night when he turned to an aide and asked for a pen.  The former vice president began scrawling his evolving thoughts on the Hyde Amendment …

Banned from guns, Texas gave him a license anyway.  Citizens paid the price.  —  If you wanted to invent an avatar to represent the type of person who should not have easy access to firearms, you might come up with someone like Heon “Hank” Yoo.  —  In 2013, after threatening to shoot …

Univ. Of Alabama Returns $21.5 Million Gift; Donor Urged Boycott Over Abortion Law  —  Updated at 2 p.m. ET  —  The University of Alabama's Board of Trustees has voted to return a $21.5 million gift from Hugh Culverhouse Jr. — the school's biggest donor — and take his name off its law school.

U.S.-Mexico Deal Leads Trump to Cancel Tariffs  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump called off his plan to impose tariffs on all Mexican goods on Friday night and announced on Twitter that the United States had reached an agreement with Mexico to reduce the flow of migrants to the southwestern border.

Dodgeball is a tool of ‘oppression’ used to ‘dehumanize’ others, researchers argue  —  One of gym classes' most common games is being used as a tool of “oppression,” according to a team of Canadian researchers.  —  Dodgeball in phys-ed classes teaches students to dehumanize and harm their peers …

Fact check: What is the moon?  —  “For all of the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be talking about going to the Moon — We did that 50 years ago.  They should be focused on the much bigger things we are doing, including Mars (of which the Moon is a part), Defense and Science!”

New Election Security Bills Face a One-Man Roadblock: Mitch McConnell  —  WASHINGTON — A raft of legislation intended to better secure United States election systems after what the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, called a “sweeping and systematic” Russian attack in 2016 is running …

Then he decided to kill them.  —  Scott Paul Beierle's attack on a Florida yoga studio was fueled by male supremacy, a movement with ties to other hate groups.  —  TALLAHASSEE — The first thing Kate Pierson did after unlocking the yoga studio that November afternoon was set the mood …

Male Feminist Tech Journalist Charged With Soliciting Child Sex  —  The FBI has arrested Ars Technica writer and male feminist ally Peter Bright.  He is charged with soliciting sex with children online.  —  Bright allegedly sought to molest a 7- and 9-year old and disclosed his intentions …

Nearly 800 signatures gathered in effort to block homeless shelters in Park Slope  —  PARK SLOPE -  —  Community members in Park Slope are pushing back against a plan to build two homeless shelters a block away from each other.  —  The proposed shelters, which will consist mainly …

White House tried to block Kris Kobach from testifying about census  —  The White House tried to block former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach from testifying to the House Oversight and Reform Committee about his conversations with President Donald Trump about adding a citizenship question …

Barr Is Lying About Mueller's Evidence  —  The final report on the Russia investigation, submitted on March 22 by special counsel Robert Mueller, documents multiple attempts by President Donald Trump to obstruct justice.  So why hasn't Trump been indicted?  Because one man stands in the way: Attorney General William Barr.

‘Sowing sedition’  —  In April, Saudi Arabia announced it had executed 37 men who, according to rights group Reprieve, were mostly from the kingdom's Shia minority.  The country has one of the highest rates of execution in the world, and has frequently been criticized by rights groups …

An open letter to YouTube's CEO  —  This Pride Month, your LGBTQ creators deserve more than just a rainbow logo.  —  Dear Susan Wojcicki,  —  YouTube's social media profiles have been updated with a rainbow-themed version of your logo to celebrate Pride Month.

Just Break Open the Establishment Already  —  A few years ago, someone introduced me at a party to a man — a swaggering, posh-leftist, real type of a man — who worked on “long form” for the website of A Very Prestigious Publication.  I was described as “Noreen, who works at New York.”

Trump's $3.6 Million Ireland Detour Brings Taxpayer-Funded Golf Tab To $105.8 million  —  His for-profit golf course there posted promotional videos of him teeing off and his helicopter's arrival — but deleted them after HuffPost began making inquiries.  —  President Donald Trump wrapped …

George Nader's Phones Had Child Porn—and Communications With a Crown Prince, Feds Say  —  Federal agents found communications with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed, the ruler of the United Arab Emirates, on one of the businessman's three phones after his arrest.

Analysis: Trump an impolitic guest on trips abroad  —  SHANNON, Ireland (AP) — Halfway through a summer set of four international trips, President Donald Trump has proven himself to be an impolitic guest, soaking up pomp and pageantry while leaving behind hosts he scorched despite …

Iowa Democrats warn that Kamala Harris' ‘star is fading’  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Tim Bottaro was ready to endorse Kamala Harris.  He planned an event for the California senator in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, buying balloons to match her campaign's colors.  —  But the morning before Harris …

‘The Cruelty Is the Point’  —  I frequently disagree with The Atlantic's Adam Serwer, but late last year he wrote a piece that should resonate with any person who's been in the crosshairs of the MAGA right.  A fundamental aspect of truly Trumpist political engagement is the intentional infliction of harm on political opponents.

Some Maine Republicans Fret New State Ballad Is Too Hard On The Confederacy  —  Maine legislators recently approved a new state ballad, a task one would expect to be simple and drama-free.  —  Alas, in the year 2019, it's not so easy.  Some Republican state lawmakers in the northeastern state …

Can we risk nominating a man for president?  —  The 2020 election is lurching toward us like a malfunctioning robot, and I think we must ask ourselves: Can we risk nominating a man for president?  —  Men selected as major-party nominees for president have failed to win the popular vote 50 percent of the time.

Ron DeSantis signs crack down on constitutional amendments, solidifying Republican control in Florida  —  The legislation makes it dramatically harder to collect enough signatures to make it onto voters' ballots.  —  TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday approved legislation that would crack …

Mitt Romney says he may skip 2020 presidential endorsement  —  Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said Friday that he's not sure if he will endorse President Donald Trump for a second term and that he may not throw his weight behind anyone during the 2020 campaign.  —  “I don't think endorsements are worth …

Why HBO's “Chernobyl” Gets Nuclear So Wrong  —  Since the start of HBO's mini-series about the 1986 nuclear disaster, “Chernobyl,” journalists have praised the series for getting the facts of the event right, even if its creators took some creative liberties.

Trump's latest eruption at Pelosi reveals a terrible truth about this moment  —  Amazingly, after all we've seen, there's still a tendency in some quarters to treat the falsehoods regularly told by President Trump, and echoed by his media allies, as a somewhat exaggerated but basically conventional form of political dishonesty.

Trump enjoys playing the role of the American president — but he will never stop being Trump  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights  —  The American and French flags, their twinned red, white and blue rustling in the light breeze.  The crystalline sky and the fresh shorn grass.

Trump expected to tap Tomas Philipson as chief economist  —  President Donald Trump is expected to name Tomas Philipson, a former University of Chicago economist and specialist in health care policy, as his next chief economist in the coming days, according to a person familiar with the matter.