Inside William Barr's Breakup With Trump  —  Donald Trump is a man consumed with grievance against people he believes have betrayed him, but few betrayals have enraged him more than what his attorney general did to him.  To Trump, the unkindest cut of all was when William Barr stepped forward …

At WI convention, Ron Johnson calls for GOP to ‘take back our culture’  —  U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson preached unity and positivity to the party faithful at the state Republican convention on Saturday, painting Democrats as an angry party bent on fundamentally changing the United States.

She predicted the blue wave — now she's trying to prevent a big red one  —  Now she's trying to stop them from losing it all in 2022  —  Political scientist Rachel Bitecofer made a name for herself as an election analyst who saw the 2018 blue wave coming long before anyone else.

Gwen Berry turns away from flag at U.S. track and field trials: ‘I feel like it was a setup’  —  Gwen Berry turned away from the American flag and raised a T-shirt over her face as the national anthem played Saturday, minutes after she qualified for the Olympic team at the U.S. track …

How Trump Ally Michael Flynn Nurtured — And Profited From — the QAnon Conspiracy Theory  —  Of the many mysteries surrounding the final days of Donald Trump's presidency, few have been more confounding than the connections between former national security adviser Michael Flynn …

Wallace has contentious interview with GOP lawmaker: Aren't you the ones defunding the police?  —  “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace sparred with Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) over Banks' vote against an emergency relief bill that would have allocated funds to police and first responders.

Audit leader Doug Logan appears in conspiracy theorist election film  —  The CEO of a Florida-based firm chosen to conduct the review of Maricopa County's election results appeared in a conspiracy theorist film riddled with falsehoods about the 2020 election and directed by a man whose previous work claimed aliens were behind 9/11.

When a Free Society Becomes a Police State  —  For 26 years, the pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily was a thorn in Beijing's side.  This week, the paper closed for good.  What its death means for Hong Kong — and for us all.  —  3 hr ago  —  By my lights, the most important news event …

Mike Gravel, former US senator for Alaska, dies at 91  —  SEASIDE, Calif. (AP) — Mike Gravel, a former U.S. senator from Alaska who read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record and confronted Barack Obama about nuclear weapons during a later presidential run, has died.  He was 91.

J.D. Vance to announce Senate run this week  —  J.D. Vance — whose raw bestseller, “Hillbilly Elegy,” helped elites process the Trump upset — plans to announce at a factory in Ohio this week that he's seeking the Republican nomination for Senate, sources tell me.

Portland and Seattle shatter records amid historic heat wave  —  Portland hit 108, an all-time mark, and Seattle 102, a record for June.  Loads of new records are anticipated Sunday in the Pacific Northwest as it turns even hotter.  —  The most severe heat wave that the Pacific Northwest has ever endured is underway.

Romney Hits Trump for Continuing the Election Big Lie: ‘Where Did He Hear It From?  The MyPillow Guy?  Rudy Giuliani?’  —  Senator Mitt Romney (R- UT) slammed former President Donald Trump on CNN Sunday for his continued false claims about the 2020 election.

New Cuba policy on hold while Biden deals with bigger problems  —  Five months into his administration, President Biden's campaign promise to “go back” to the Obama policy of engagement with Cuba remains unfulfilled, lodged in a low-priority file somewhere between “too hard” and “not worth it.”

Republicans back on board after Biden's infrastructure clean-up  —  President Joe Biden's domestic agenda appears back on track in Congress, with Republicans praising his newly clarified approach to their bipartisan infrastructure plan and a key Democrat endorsing work on a separate, larger spending package.

GOP Candidate Bankrolled Jan. 6 Riot Trip With Campaign Cash  —  Derrick Van Orden barely lost his race to be a Congressman.  But then he used campaign funds to get to D.C. for the Jan. 6 riot.  Now he's running again.  —  Two months after Republican congressional candidate Derrick Van Orden lost …

The important immigration question Republicans must answer  —  Vice President Kamala Harris visited the border at El Paso, Texas, this week — finally!  She was roundly criticized during her trip to Guatemala and Mexico earlier this month for not saying sooner whether or when she would visit the border.

GOP senator: Trump ‘definitely the leader of the party’  —  GOP Sen. Rob Portman (Ohio) on Sunday said former President Trump is “definitely the leader” of the Republican Party, one day after Trump held his first post-presidential rally in Ohio.  —  Portman, asked by ABC's “This Week” …

Where Jobless Benefits Were Cut, Jobs Are Still Hard to Fill  —  Missouri scrapped federal pay to the unemployed, saying it kept people out of the labor market.  But so far, workers still seem to be choosy.  —  MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. — By lunchtime, the representatives …

Martin Sheil  —  Rudy Giuliani — How An Expanded SDNY FARA Investigation Could Be a Nightmare  —  Remember the multiple Manafort superseding indictments?  President Trump's former campaign consigliere was reportedly initially being investigated for FARA violations with regard to his dealings …

The undogmatic justice  —  By the end of the summer, the Supreme Court had a vacancy.  The president nominated the jurist he “judged most qualified” to serve on the court, but thanks to the vacancy's timing and the president's urgency to fill the seat in time to hear cases in the court's fall term …

Classified Ministry of Defence documents found at bus stop  —  Classified Ministry of Defence documents containing details about HMS Defender and the British military have been found at a bus stop in Kent.  —  One set of documents discusses the likely Russian reaction to the ship's passage …

The real crisis for American democracy is our cowardly inability to tax the rich  —  In 2018 — after his then-planetary-record net worth had hit $131 billion, yet right before the pandemic that would make his Amazon the alpha and omega of online shopping for so many American families …

Engineer warned of ‘major structural damage’ years before Florida condo building collapsed  —  An engineer warned in October 2018 that he had discovered “major structural damage” to a concrete slab below the pool deck in the section of the Champlain Towers South condominium building that collapsed Thursday …