Texas Republicans finalize bill that would enact stiff new voting restrictions and make it easier to overturn election results  —  The Texas legislature on Saturday moved closer to enacting dozens of new restrictions on the voting process, as Republican lawmakers reached a deal that imposes …

MPD attorney: Department used tear gas on Lafayette Park protesters in June 2020  —  Attorney Richard Sobiecki explained for the first time why MPD used tear gas against protesters fleeing federal police, though he did not say what exactly was used.  —  WASHINGTON — An attorney for DC Police …

117 staffers sue over Houston hospital's vaccine mandate, say they don't want to be ‘guinea pigs’  —  The lawsuit could test whether employers can require vaccinations as the country navigates out of a pandemic that has killed nearly 600,000 people in the U.S.

‘Very much in love’: How Boris Johnson's relationship with Tory aide Carrie Symonds survived ‘everything thrown at them’ but they have ‘come out the other side still smiling’  —  Only their closest friends, one imagines, were privy to the birth of the Boris-Carrie love affair.

Bennett to announce he's joining opposition to form new Israeli government, oust Netanyahu  —  The leader of right-wing Yamina party Naftali Bennett could announce as early as Sunday that he is joining opposition leader Yair Lapid to form a power-sharing government in Israel, sources familiar with the issue tell Axios.

Faye Schulman Dies; Fought Nazis With a Rifle and a Camera  —  She joined the Resistance brigade after her family was executed and used her photographs as proof of German barbarity and Jews' determination to fight back.  —  On Aug. 14, 1942, a year after German troops invaded Soviet-occupied Poland …

Andy Ngo reportedly tackled, punched by Portland rioters during latest night of unrest  —  As of 5 a.m. ET Saturday, Ngo himself had not posted on Twitter about the alleged incident  —  Conservative journalist Andy Ngo, who writes frequently about Antifa, was reportedly chased and attacked …

The brazen arrest of a Belarusian activist has terrified dissidents all over the world  —  Viačorka: ‘No one can feel safe in Europe’  —  (CNN)The chilling story of a Belarusian dissident being plucked from the sky while traveling on a passenger jet over the country's airspace sent …

Flagship Tulsa Race Massacre commemoration is scrapped after survivors demanded $1 million each to appear and $50 million for reparations fund  — The commission sponsoring Monday's event initially agreed to $100,000 to each of the three survivors, along with $2 million in seed money for a reparations fund

U.S. monitoring Iranian warships that may be headed to Venezuela  —  The U.S. national security community is monitoring two Iranian naval vessels whose ultimate destination may be Venezuela, according to three people familiar with the situation, in what would be a provocative move at a tense moment in U.S.-Iran relations.

Bill Maher defends Israel, rips ‘liberal media’ and ‘Bella Hadids of the world’  —  Maher also clashes with Nicholas Kristof after NY Times writer accuses Israel of ‘war crimes’  —  Karl Rove: Anti-Israel views by far-left ‘problematic’ for Democratic Party

Critical race theory ban leads Oklahoma college to cancel class that taught ‘white privilege’  —  Melissa Smith says she has never used the words “critical race theory” in her community college course on race and ethnicity.  Her syllabus does ask students to learn about racial inequality …

Arizona making plans to execute prisoners with the same gas Nazis used at Auschwitz: report  —  On Saturday, Business Insider reported that Arizona has purchased the materials needed to manufacture hydrogen cyanide gas — the same chemical the Nazis used to murder Jewish prisoners at Auschwitz …

Eager Teens Give Needed Boost to U.S. Vaccination Campaign  —  Covid-19 vaccinations among the country's newly eligible tweens and teens have given a much needed boost to the nation's campaign, at a time when vaccination rates have fallen among the oldest age groups and mostly stalled among young adults …

FBI Joins NYPD to Address Rise in Anti-Semitic Crimes in New York City  —  Federal agents are investigating as more than two dozen hate crimes against Jews were reported in May  —  Federal agents and the New York Police Department are fighting a rise in anti-Semitic hate crimes by launching …