NY attorney general has been looking into the taxes of Trump Organization CFO for months, sources say  —  (CNN)The New York attorney general's office has opened a criminal tax investigation into top Trump Organization officer Allen Weisselberg, increasing the legal pressure on the long-time aide …

35 Republicans vote in favor of Jan. 6 commission  —  The House of Representatives voted 252-175 on Wednesday to pass a bill to set up a bipartisan 9/11-style commission to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riots.  —  Why it matters: Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and GOP leadership oppose …

A Cease-Fire Is Not Enough When It Comes to Hamas  —  Since war broke out in Israel last week, President Joe Biden has walked a fine line.  His administration has touted its high-level diplomacy in hopes of reaching a cease-fire, while also defending Israel's right to defend itself.

UNC won't offer tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones after wave of conservative criticism  —  Despite approval from faculty and the tenure committee, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist will be the first Knight Chair professor at the university to be denied tenure by the board of trustees.

Inspired by Arizona recount, Trump loyalists push to revisit election results in communities around the country  —  At a public meeting last week in Cheboygan County, Mich., a lawyer from Detroit told county commissioners that the voting machines they used in 2020 could “flip” votes and throw an election.

Ice cream parlor raises minimum wage to $15/hr, flooded with job applications  —  As small businesses struggle with hiring shortages, calls for minimum wage increases grow louder.  Jacob Hanchar, the co-owner of Klavon's Ice Cream Parlor in Pittsburgh, joined Stephanie Ruhle to discuss …

Trump allies seek to import Arizona's election audit to Georgia  —  ‘Exasperated’: GOP Arizona election official reacts to Trump's election lie  —  (CNN)In a bid to bolster former President Donald Trump's lies about widespread fraud in the 2020 election, Trump's Republican allies …

The House: Democrats Would Have a Tough Slog Even Without Redistricting  —  Our hypothetical ratings of House 2022 if no district lines changed  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — The reapportionment of House seats and pending redistricting has prevented us from releasing U.S. House ratings so far this cycle.

J.D. Vance Is Making Everyone Mad on Twitter.  Can It Win Him a Senate Seat?  —  J.D. Vance, the writer and venture capitalist who might run for U.S. Senate in Ohio, became a media darling by building a bridge between two worlds.  Now, he's using Twitter to set that bridge on fire.

What Happens When Americans Can Finally Exhale  —  This time last year, the United States seemed stuck on a COVID-19 plateau.  Although 1,300 Americans were dying from the disease every day, states had begun to reopen in a patchwork fashion, and an anxious nation was looking ahead to an uncertain summer.

Inside Trump's push to oust his own FBI chief  —  Then-President Donald Trump sought to oust FBI Director Christopher Wray last spring and replace him with counterintelligence head William Evanina, according to three former Trump officials familiar with the episode.

Sen. Bernie Sanders to introduce resolution of disapproval on $735 million U.S. arms sale to Israel  —  The action comes as Biden calls for a ‘significant de-escalation of hostilities’ between Israel and Hamas  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is preparing to introduce a resolution …

Florida GOP eases path for Trump to pursue casino license  —  Deal negotiated by Gov. Ron DeSantis bars Seminole Tribe from opposing a casino at former president's ailing Doral resort  —  Florida legislators approved a legislative package Wednesday that will dramatically expand gambling …

Structural Antisemitism  —  When AOC says it's simplistic to say that Israel has a right to defend itself, she's right.  It is simple: Israel has a right to defend itself.  —  14 hr ago  —  Hi all,  —  Structural racism means different things to different people.

House GOP reelection arm posts record-breaking April fundraising haul  —  Republicans need a net gain of five seats to regain House majority in 2022 midterm elections  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for May 19  —  EXCLUSIVE: The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) …

Stephanie Murphy undeterred by Val Demings' Senate bid … Peter Schorsch  —  Peter Schorsch is the President of Extensive Enterprises and is the publisher of some of Florida's most influential new media websites, including Florida Politics and Sunburn, the morning read of what's hot in Florida politics.

Business opposition hasn't moved the needle in voting rights fight; sports might  —  The voting restrictionists are winning, as corporate America — which vowed to oppose voter suppression — is proving to be a paper tiger thus far.  The battle, however, is far from over …

Trump, even in exile, is the Republican Party's cash cow  —  In the days immediately following the Jan. 6 riots, the Republican National Committee went dark.  —  Its fundraising email account did not send a single message as the prospect sank in that the president it had long trumpeted …

Are cranky Democrats an electoral risk?  —  No one has ever mistaken me for a Bill Maher fan.  His standup never really appealed, and I was one of those snowflakes who was deeply offended by his use of the N-word in 2017 and sided with Ben Affleck that Maher's comments about Islam were more Islamophobic than “classical liberal.”

More Republican States Cut $300 Benefits, as Jobless Claims Fall  —  Number of people receiving unemployment benefits is expected to drop this summer, as states end aid  —  More than three-quarters of Republican-led states plan to end an extra $300-a-week in federal jobless benefits early …

Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Recall Century-Old Horrors During Congressional Hearing  —  “I still see Black men being shot, Black bodies lying in the street,” said 107-year-old Viola Fletcher, who testified along with two other survivors of the 1921 attack.