Engineer Warned of ‘Major Structural Damage’ at Florida Condo Complex  —  A consultant in 2018 urged the managers to repair cracked columns and crumbling concrete.  The work was finally about to get underway when the building collapsed.  —  Three years before the deadly collapse …

The Cruel Logic of the Republican Party, Before and After Trump  —  Mr. Serwer is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of the forthcoming “The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America.”  —  Donald Trump has claimed credit for any number of things …

WHO urges fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks as delta Covid variant spreads  — The WHO urged fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks and practice other Covid-19 pandemic safety measures as the highly contagious delta variant spreads rapidly across the globe.

In Arizona, G.O.P. Lawmakers Strip Power From a Democrat  —  The State Legislature shifted legal authority from the secretary of state to a Republican attorney general, and enacted election measures it said would stop fraud.  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled State Legislature …

A legendary Chicago newspaper columnist bids farewell — and wonders who will be left to tell her city's tale  —  In 29 years as a columnist for the Chicago Tribune, Mary Schmich was often adored and occasionally reviled by readers, as are all good newspaper columnists.

Officer Injured in Capitol Riot Asks McCarthy to Disavow Lies About It  —  Officer Michael Fanone, who was seriously injured by the pro-Trump mob, said he came away disappointed from his meeting with the top House Republican.  —  WASHINGTON — For weeks, Michael Fanone …

Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment  —  A major witness in the United States' Department of Justice case against Julian Assange has admitted to fabricating key accusations in the indictment against the Wikileaks founder.  —  bjartmar@stundin.is  —  ritstjorn@stundin.is

Trump kicks off revenge tour with eyes on one Ohio Republican  —  Cleveland (CNN)Donald Trump on Saturday will kick off his revenge tour against Republicans who defied him in the aftermath of the 2020 election and January 6 insurrection, hoping to convince his supporters to fire Ohio Rep. Anthony Gonzalez.

White House scrambles to manage fallout of Biden's ‘tandem’ remarks  —  Joe Biden said the quiet part out loud and paid a price for it.  —  Reveling in his bipartisan win on infrastructure Thursday, the president declared that he would not sign the deal he'd just endorsed unless …

How Deceptive Campaign Fund-Raising Ensnares Older People  —  Older Americans, a critical source of political donations, often fall victim to aggressive and misleading digital practices.  A broad Times analysis points to the scope of the problem.  —  William W. Vaughan Jr …

Election Integrity: The Firewall That Keeps America Free  —  During the last year and a half it's become obvious to anyone whose head is not in the sand that America has been under assault on multiple levels from within.  There is no denying that the COVID-19 viral invasion was a catalyst …

House Dems head off retirement crisis — for now  —  Rep. Stephanie Murphy was hiring staff for an all-but-declared Senate bid in Florida.  Rep. Madeleine Dean consulted with Democratic leaders about a potential statewide run in her home state of Pennsylvania.

Harvard Poll: 80% see border disaster, want Trump closure restored, reject teaching Critical Race Theory  —  The Biden administration is failing big time with its inability to control illegal immigration, adding it to one of several issues that could doom Democrats if left unchecked.

The Will to Kneel  —  Our intellectual elite would break us by demanding our assent to the absurd.  —  Opponents of “Wokeness” devote much more energy to cataloguing its specific lunacies than to understanding its underlying psychology.  What links (for instance) a belief that the major threat faced …

Canadian Forces have right to know if they got COVID at the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan  —  Two members told the Post they fell sick with symptoms  —  This week, lawmakers in the United States called for an investigation into whether the October 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan …

New Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Biden's approval rating falls, as both Republicans and Democrats grow more concerned about crime  —  Rising worries about crime among both Democrats and Republicans are starting to create a drag on President Biden's approval rating, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll …

The remarkably unremarkable White House Pride ceremony  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights  —  Standing at a podium adorned with the presidential seal in the East Room of the White House, a transgender activist announced his pronouns before introducing the president.

U.S. unable to explain more than 140 unidentified flying objects, but new report finds no evidence of alien life  —  The U.S. government was unable to determine whether more than 140 unidentified flying objects, many of them reported by Navy aviators, were atmospheric events playing tricks …