Alvin Bragg Wins Democratic Nod for Manhattan District Attorney  —  Runner-up Tali Farhadian Weinstein concedes the race  —  Alvin Bragg is on the cusp of becoming the first Black Manhattan district attorney after his top rival, Tali Farhadian Weinstein, conceded the race Friday …

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.

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

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 …

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

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.

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 …

'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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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

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 …

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.

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.

Trump ally in Pennsylvania raises 2020 election audit plan  —  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Following in the footsteps of Arizona's Senate Republicans, Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Senate is considering an investigation into how last year's presidential election was conducted …

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 …

Did Biden Really Win California?  —  The November 3, 2020, Presidential election data from California sets off alarm bells.  —  Election data generated by the natural voting process will closely match Benford's Law predictions.  (Benford's Law, or the rule of leading digits, is used as an indicator of fraud in numerical data.)