11 in ‘heavily armed’ fringe group arrested after standoff in Massachusetts  —  Eleven “heavily armed” members of a fringe group called Rise of the Moors were arrested on a Massachusetts highway Saturday following a bizarre nine-hour standoff with law enforcement that included hostage negotiators.

A Fourth of July Symbol of Unity That May No Longer Unite  —  In a Long Island town, neighbors now make assumptions, true and sometimes false, about people who conspicuously display American flags.  —  SOUTHOLD, N.Y. — The American flag flies in paint on the side of Peter Treiber Jr.'s potato truck …

FBI launches flurry of arrests over attacks on journalists during Capitol riot  —  Nearly six months after the U.S. Capitol riot, the Justice Department has begun arresting a new category of alleged criminals — those who attacked reporters or damaged their equipment as journalists documented …

Post-ABC poll: Biden earns high marks for handling the pandemic, but many Republicans resist vaccination  —  President Biden has earned high marks for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, but the government's effort to vaccinate as many Americans as possible continues to face hurdles …

If you hate the culture wars, blame liberals  —  On Thursday I posted a series of charts that all documented a similar theme: Since roughly the year 2000, according to survey data, Democrats have moved significantly to the left on most hot button social issues while Republicans have moved only slightly right.

‘Wasting my breath’: Southern faith leaders wary of promoting vaccines  —  Biden administration and state officials hoped that pastors would play an outsized role in promoting Covid-19 vaccines, but many are wary of alienating their congregants and are declining requests to be more outspoken.

Joe Biden cherry-picks audience to promote bipartisan infrastructure deal  — President visits National Cherry Festival in Michigan  —  Associated Press in Traverse City, Michigan  —  Joe Biden used a visit to a cherry farm in Michigan on Saturday to talk up his bipartisan infrastructure package …

Climate change has gotten deadly.  It will get worse.  —  Researchers say they are ‘virtually certain’ that warming from human greenhouse gas emissions played a pivotal role in recent fatalities  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — The emergency department at Oregon Health Sciences University had rarely been this busy …

Craving freedom from virus, U.S. heads into July 4 with sharply divided risk  —  President Biden has pointed to July 4 as the day when Americans can mark independence from the coronavirus.  But the United States has not fully snuffed out the threat from the virus — particularly in places …

‘Idiotic’: Fury in Ukraine after female soldiers made to march in heels  —  Female troops were photographed practising for a parade wearing high heels, sparking outrage among lawmakers  —  Ukrainian authorities have found themselves buried in controversy after official pictures showed female soldiers practising for a parade in heels.

Trump appears to acknowledge tax schemes while questioning whether alleged violations are crimes  —  Former president Donald Trump lashed out at Manhattan prosecutors Saturday night for indicting his organization and its chief financial officer for tax fraud, calling it “prosecutorial misconduct” …

Hypocrite's Elegy: J.D. Vance Is an Avatar of GOP Corruption  —  The Senate candidate didn't just flip-flop on supporting Trump.  Vance embraced the politics of anger and grievance and victimhood that made him loathe Trump in the first place. … When I interviewed J.D. Vance …

15 million people in the U.S. have missed their second dose of the coronavirus vaccine, CDC says  —  Nearly 15 million people — or more than one in 10 of those eligible in the United States — have missed their second dose of the coronavirus vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In Case Against Trump's Company, Echoes of His Father's Tactics on Taxes  —  The first criminal prosecution involving the former president's business hearkens back to Fred Trump's $16,135 purchase of boilers in the 1990s.  —  Long before Donald J. Trump's company was accused of plotting detours around …

DeSantis to forgo Trump rally in Sarasota  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) will not be attending former President Trump's rally in Sarasota, Fla., on Saturday amid ongoing recovery efforts following the deadly condo building collapse in Surfside, Fla.  —  “We can confirm that the Governor will not attend the rally in Sarasota.