Federal Judge Overturns California's 3-Decade-Old Assault Weapons Ban  —  The judge said the ban was a “failed experiment.”  California's governor called the ruling “a direct threat to public safety.”  —  A federal judge in California on Friday overturned the state's three-decade-old ban …

Justice Dept. Obtained Gag Order on Times Executives in Secret Fight Over Email Logs  —  A push by prosecutors to secretly seize data about four Times reporters' emails began in the Trump administration and continued under Biden.  —  WASHINGTON — In the last weeks of the Trump administration …

At Once Diminished and Dominating, Trump Prepares for His Next Act  —  The former president speaks on Saturday to the North Carolina Republican convention, as he resumes political speeches and rallies.  —  WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump, the former president of the United States …

‘So interesting’: Trump pitched on idea to run for House, become Speaker  —  Former President Trump on Friday called a proposal that he run for the House in 2022 to try to win the speaker's gavel “interesting,” though the chances of him actually doing so remain low.

Memorial Day mic cut: Hudson American Legion Post's charter suspended, leader resigns  —  The charter of Hudson's American Legion post was suspended as its leader resigned Friday after a veteran's mic got cut while he spoke about Black Americans' role in the history of Memorial Day.

G-7 countries reach agreement on 15 percent minimum global tax rate  —  The accord announced by finance ministers could reshape tax obligations of multinational corporations  —  Finance ministers for the G-7 advanced economies announced an accord that could reshape the tax obligations of multinational corporations around the world.

The state of Alabama took his gun away.  When authorities gave it back, he shot and killed his wife. … HOOVER, Alabama — Late one night in February 2019, a 31-year-old woman in a troubled marriage was rushed to an emergency room in a Birmingham, Alabama, suburb, with a gunshot wound in her upper right arm.

Senior Trump Organization Official Is Called to Testify Before Grand Jury  —  The Manhattan district attorney's office subpoenaed Jeffrey McConney, a long-serving financial executive at the company.  —  As prosecutors ramp up their investigation of Donald J. Trump and his family business …

The partisan divide in vaccinations is starker than you realize  —  The partisan divide in Covid-19 vaccinations is becoming starker as the nation inches toward President Joe Biden's goal of providing at least one shot to 70 percent of adults by July 4, complicating efforts to reach …

The health insurance public option might be fizzling.  The left is OK with that. … WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama abandoned a public insurance option to win moderate support for the Affordable Care Act in 2009, progressives were enraged.  —  A decade later, Joe Biden campaigned …

McGahn Breaks Little New Ground in Closed-Door Testimony  —  A transcript of the former White House counsel's appearance, which ended a two-year dispute between the Justice Department and Congress over a subpoena, will be made public next week.  —  WASHINGTON — Donald F. McGahn II …

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FBI demands USA Today hand over names of EVERYONE who read story about two FBI agents killed during Florida child porn raid but newspaper REFUSES First Amendment ‘violation’  — The article was about a child porn raid that killed two of its agents - the suspect committed suicide afterwards

‘Jeb is Heartbroken’: Bush Inner Circle Responds to George P. Bush's Trumpian Campaign Launch  —  The recent campaign launch by a Bush family scion has upended their longstanding unity, causing heartbreak behind the scenes and even a rare public rebuke from a longtime Bush loyalist.

Belgium's Van Ranst: Covid scientist targeted by a far-right sniper  —  For nearly three weeks Belgium's leading virologist has been living in a safehouse with his wife and 12-year-old son, guarded by security agents.  —  While scientists across the world have come under attack throughout the pandemic …

How Everything Became ‘Cancel Culture’  —  Congresswoman Liz Cheney was canceled.  —  So her sympathetic Republican colleagues — ranging from Rep. Ken Buck to Sen. Joni Ernst to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan — declared as she was abruptly stripped of her position in party leadership last month …

U.S. Capitol Attack Is Reshaping The Federal Counterterrorism Budget  —  The Biden administration has requested millions of dollars in new funds for the FBI and Justice Department in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection.  —  Five months after supporters of former President Donald Trump launched …

All eyes on DeSantis  —  Ron DeSantis is sitting in the ballroom of Pittsburgh's Wyndham Hotel facing the famous confluence of three rivers.  The waterways carry coal barges, kayaks, jet skis, and bass boats.  It is a scene that reflects the area's past and developing future.

If Biden believes in science, he must fire Fauci  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci has repeatedly demonstrated a history of moving goal-posts when it comes to public health  —  Mike Pompeo: Dr. Fauci ‘saw everything I saw’  —  It will be decades before we know the true cost of the coronavirus pandemic.

Why Trump's utterly bonkers ‘reinstatement’ ideas matter  —  One of the earliest signs came in early February.  Donald Trump and his team issued assorted written statements and legal filings which went to comedic lengths to avoid use of the phrase “former president” — suggesting …

The GOP is failing to make a villain out of Biden and has run out of ideas - so now they're getting desperate and turning on their own.  — Biden's popularity has left Republicans in a state of chaos.  — They've resorted to culture wars in an attempt to drum up relevancy …

Hackers Breached Colonial Pipeline Using Compromised Password  — Investigators suspect hackers got password from dark web leak  — Colonial CEO hopes U.S. goes after criminal hackers abroad  —  The hack that took down the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S. and led to shortages across …

If America Were a Foreign Country, We'd Know Its Democracy Is Dying  —  Biden knows that our biggest challenge at home and abroad is the struggle between pro-democratic and pro-authoritarian forces.  He's fighting to make sure that the right side wins.