Trump lawyer: Manhattan DA won't charge former president  —  Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance has indicated he does not currently plan to charge the Trump Organization with crimes related to allegations of “hush money” payments and real estate value manipulations, according to a personal lawyer for Donald Trump.

It's so hot in the Pacific Northwest that roads are buckling  —  It's so hot in the Pacific Northwest that roads are buckling.  —  Asphalt and concrete roadways are expanding and cracking and even Interstate 5 has been impacted amid a heat wave that has sent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels.

Americans can be proud of the infrastructure deal  —  I have always believed that there is nothing our nation can't do when we decide to do it together.  Last week, we began to write a new chapter in that story.  —  After weeks of negotiations, a bipartisan group of United States senators forged …

Two days before condo collapse, a pool contractor photographed this damage in garage  —  There was nothing unusual about the lobby and pool area at Champlain Towers South condo, which looked clean and well maintained to a commercial pool contractor who visited the building last Tuesday …

L.A. County urges everyone to wear masks indoors as Delta variant spreads  —  With the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus continuing to spread statewide, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is recommending that all residents wear masks in public indoor spaces …

Republicans are terrified of Capitol attack truths and Democrats must find out why  —  Let Republicans complain that the Jan. 6 investigation is unfair.  The facts will speak for themselves.  The evidence and testimony will tell the story.  —  The last time a House speaker set …

U.S. Conservatives Are Uniquely Inclined Toward Right-Wing Authoritarianism Compared to Western Peers  —  Global Morning Consult data reveals a distinctive authoritarian bent in the American right  — A scale measuring propensity toward right-wing authoritarian tendencies found right …

Californians are fueling Austin's housing frenzy: 'We've never seen migration like this'  —  AUSTIN, Texas — The metro area of this capital city grows by around 180 people every day, a boom that's made it the country's fastest-growing major region for the past decade.

Boring news cycle deals blow to partisan media  —  In the months since former President Donald Trump left office, media companies' readership numbers are plunging — and publishers that rely on partisan, ideological warfare have taken an especially big hit.  —  Why it matters …

The Criterion Channel's July 2021 Lineup  —  Next month brings a bevy of femmes fatales, gumshoes, crooks, and con artists to the Channel with a twenty-seven-film spotlight on the neonoir thrillers that updated one of Hollywood's richest genres for the post-studio-system era.

‘Guardians of the First Amendment’ Memorial Dedicated in Annapolis  —  A crowd of hundreds gathered in Annapolis on Monday — declared as Freedom of the Press Day in Maryland — for the dedication of a memorial to five slain Capital Gazette employees.  —  Survivors and friends shared memories …

Book bombshells reveal depths of Trump's 2020 delusions  —  Washington (CNN)Excerpts from three upcoming books revealed previously unknown efforts by then-President Donald Trump to abuse the powers of his office to overturn the 2020 election, deploy the military against racial justice protests and prosecute his political opponents.

Inside Gun-Surrendering Criminal Mark McCloskey's Very Sad St. Louis Rally  — They were at least kind enough to wear their signature outfits, which is good because no one would recognize or care about them otherwise.  —  Noted local criminal Mark McCloskey played host to a barbecue/political rally …

Mexico supreme court strikes down laws that ban use of recreational marijuana  —  Adults will be able to apply for permits to grow and consume cannabis after decision that moves country toward legalisation  —  Mexico's supreme court has struck down laws prohibiting the use of recreational marijuana …

They Were Deported by Trump.  Now Biden Wants to Bring Them Back.  —  The Biden administration will review thousands of deportations, permitting some immigrants back into the U.S.  —  Jason Rochester talks to his wife, Cecilia González Carmona, who is in Mexico, over Facetime, from Roswell, Ga., in June 2021.

Moderate House Democrats are uneasy over Pelosi's infrastructure strategy  —  Mitt Romney on infrastructure: ‘I do trust the president’ - first full block  —  (CNN)Speaker Nancy Pelosi's vow to hold up a bipartisan infrastructure deal until the Senate approves a larger Democratic bill …

Democracies Don't Try to Make Everyone Agree  —  “I've read Karl Marx.  I've read Lenin.  That doesn't make me a Communist.”  — General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaking to the House Armed Services Committee last Thursday  —  “He's not just a pig—he's stupid.”

Laws Aimed at Banning Critical Race Theory in K-12 Schools Are a Poorly Written, Misguided Mess  —  Even if you agree with the intention, these laws are a mistake  —  This is the year of the anti-Critical Race Theory bill.  Back in February, I warned of the threat these bills pose …

Mike Gravel Told Americans What Was Being Done in Their Name but Without Their Consent  —  Fifty years ago this week, the senator read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record.  He never stopped battling war and secrecy.  Gravel died on Saturday.  —  Mike Gravel was a two-term …

Brown launches write-in campaign for mayor as others eye the race  —  Byron W. Brown on Monday launched an unprecedented write-in campaign to reclaim the mayor's office he apparently lost in the June 22 Democratic primary as an increasingly chaotic situation surrounds the victory of newcomer India B. Walton.