Bragg Set to Be Manhattan's Next D.A., and a Potential Trump Scourge  —  With his main rival, Tali Farhadian Weinstein, conceding, Alvin Bragg is poised to lead the investigation into Donald J. Trump's family business.  —  Alvin Bragg, a career prosecutor with experience taking on white-collar crime …

Capitol rioter accompanied members of Congress on trip to US-Mexico border  —  (CNN)A conservative YouTuber who participated in the January 6 riot accompanied Republican members of Congress on a trip to the border Tuesday night, serving as a translator at times.

Biden aide charges “sabotage” of Harris  —  Top White House officials are mobilizing to defend Vice President Kamala Harris amid a gusher of leaks about dysfunction and infighting in her office.  —  Driving the news: White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain told Axios in a statement …

Sha'Carri Richardson's drug test suspension is the end result of racist policies … Sha'Carri Richardson should have been spending the next month preparing to win the Olympic gold medal in the 100-meter dash.  She had a shot after blazing through the event's qualifying race last month in under 11 seconds.

Barrett finds own voice at center of conservative U.S. Supreme Court  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Justice Amy Coney Barrett blazed her own path during her rookie term on the U.S. Supreme Court, helping a conservative majority prevail in major cases while at times defying expectations after critics …

U.S. Leaves Its Last Afghan Base, Effectively Ending Operations  —  With little fanfare, Bagram Air Base — once the military's nerve center — was handed over to the Afghans, after nearly 20 years of waging war from the hub.  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — American troops and their Western allies …

U.S. economy added 850,000 jobs in June as labor market showed renewed strength  —  Hiring surged heading into the second half of the year.  —  The U.S. economy added 850,000 jobs in June as the pace of the recovery surged — quieting simmering fears, at least temporarily, of more lasting harm from labor and supply shortages.

Progressives distance from Bernie Sanders  —  The progressive movement is in a new phase and activists say they've changed the conversation on key issues.

710,117 lightning strikes hit western Canada in 15 hours  —  Van Ness is a mess and it's hurting businesses  —  This small town is California's ‘adult Disneyland’  —  Disneyland should permanently remove this massive perk  —  Salt Fire near Redding explodes, destroys homes

Tucker Carlson and Glenn Greenwald's Shameless Marriage of Convenience  —  Last week, in an appearance on a Mediaite podcast, the journalist Glenn Greenwald came to the defense once again of Fox News's chief hatemonger, Tucker Carlson.  While he rightly accused Carlson of “deliberately inflaming …

Lindsey Graham Is an Idiot  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham is an idiot.  Don't take it from me.  Take it from Graham himself.  —  Last week, after announcing a bipartisan deal with Republicans, President Biden said he would only sign it if it were passed in “tandem” with a multi-trillion dollar Democrats …

Nancy Pelosi has backed Kevin McCarthy into a corner  —  As the Jan. 6 select committee gears up, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy faces a thorny dilemma.  Treating the effort to violently overthrow the U.S. constitutional order as an extremely weighty matter worthy of serious investigation …

'Boston's Jewish Community Is Angry, Living In Fear': ADL Calls For Hate Crime Investigation After Rabbi Stabbed  —  BOSTON (CBS) — The Anti-Defamation League of New England is calling for a hate crime investigation into the stabbing of Rabbi Shlomo Noginski, saying there are indicators …

Winston Marshall Was ‘Bloody Terrified’ to Quit Mumford & Sons.  He Tells Me Why.  —  The musician talks about self-censorship, his faith, moral courage, Jordan Peterson, Kanye West, Winston Churchill, and more.  —  2 hr ago  —  Late last week, I was sitting in my kitchen when I read an essay that made me stand up and cheer.

DeSantis fires back after California bans state travel to Florida  —  Florida is one of 17 states on California's state-funded travel ban, due to the Sunshine State's laws involving LGBTQ people.  —  By News Service of Florida  —  TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis' office fired back this week …

A former police officer arrested after the Jan. 6 riot was told to stay away from guns.  He bought 34, feds say.  —  In January, a federal judge agreed to release Thomas Robertson, a former Rocky Mount, Va., police officer facing multiple charges over his alleged participation in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Texas history museum pulls out of event on book re-examining Alamo ‘myth’  —  AUSTIN — The Texas history museum on Thursday abruptly pulled out of an event scheduled for that night on a new book that re-examines the story of The Alamo, prompting claims of state censorship from its authors.

White House senior adviser Anita Dunn to step down shortly from her temporary role  —  White House senior adviser Anita Dunn will leave her temporary position “very shortly,” she told POLITICO's Ryan Lizza in a Friday interview.  —  Dunn was involved in President Joe Biden's campaign …

New Hampshire Supreme Court strikes down 2017 voter registration law Senate Bill 3 as unconstitutional  —  In unanimous, 4-0, decision, state's highest court upholds lower court ruling, says law ‘imposes unreasonable burdens on the right to vote’  —  Hide Transcript Show Transcript

Washington lawmaker apologizes for wearing Star of David to protest Covid mandates … WASHINGTON — A Washington state lawmaker apologized Thursday for wearing a yellow Star of David on his shirt during an event last weekend where he spoke to conservative activists.

Lyon commissioners vote to begin process to rename Old Dayton Valley Road ‘Pres. Trump Way’  —  The Lyon County Board of County Commissioners voted on Thursday to start the process of renaming Old Dayton Valley Road “Pres. Trump Way.”  —  Buildings on Old Dayton Valley Road include the high school …

Study Finds Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. Diplomats Eyeing the Exit Door  —  Systemic management and morale issues plague the State Department, even after Trump era.  —  New research has found that nearly a third of the U.S. State Department's diplomats and professional support staff are considering leaving …