Trump told chief of staff Hitler ‘did a lot of good things’, book says  — Remark shocked John Kelly, author Michael Bender reports  — Book details former president's ‘stunning disregard for history’  —  On a visit to Europe to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the first world war …

Scoop: Trump to sue Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey  —  Former President Donald Trump, who has complained about censorship by social media giants, plans to announce class action lawsuits today against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, sources tell Axios.

Official: Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home  —  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his private residence, the country's interim prime minister said in a statement Wednesday, calling it a “hateful, inhumane and barbaric act.”

A Planned Biden Order Aims to Tilt the Job Market Toward Workers  —  Noncompete clauses, licensing requirements and corporate mergers have tended to strengthen the hand of business.  —  According to an increasingly influential school of thought in left-of-center economic circles …

Tucker Carlson Wants Body Cameras for Teachers to Stop Critical Race Theory  —  “How widespread is it?  Well, we can't really be sure until we finally get cameras in the classroom, as we put them on the chests of police officers.”  —  PB  —  Tucker Carlson thinks the renegade teaching …

What Nikole-Hannah Jones's job decision reveals  —  Nikole Hannah-Jones explains why she rejected UNC tenure  —  Peniel E. Joseph is the author of “Stokely: A Life” and “The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.” The views expressed here are his own.

Weeks after Holocaust Museum visit, Rep. Greene makes new Nazi-era comparison in opposing vaccination push  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Tuesday used a Nazi-era comparison in opposing the Biden administration's push to encourage all Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus …

Riot Leader Had ‘Fully Constructed U.S. Capitol Lego Set’ at Home, FBI Says  —  PLAYING SOLDIER  —  Federal investigators seized an unusual piece of evidence from a Pennsylvania man indicted last month for his role in the Capitol riot—a Lego replica of the building he allegedly stormed.

FBI infiltrates group whose members wanted to test homemade bombs, surveil Capitol, secede from US, court records show  —  Dramatic Capitol riot videos used in court tell a harrowing story  —  (CNN)The FBI has infiltrated a “Bible study” group in Virginia that after the January 6 riot …

All Marylanders who died of covid in June were unvaccinated, data shows  —  Unvaccinated people made up all of Maryland's reported coronavirus deaths last month, as well as the vast majority of new cases and hospitalizations, the state reported Tuesday — data that public health officials say demonstrates the effectiveness of vaccines.

Russia ‘Cozy Bear’ Breached GOP as Ransomware Attack Hit  — Hackers part of ‘Cozy Bear,’ people familiar with matter say  — RNC official says ‘no indication’ computer systems hacked  —  Russian government hackers breached the computer systems of the Republican National Committee last week …

Taliban Attack on Afghan City Allows 200 Prison Inmates to Escape  —  Police surrender as insurgents storm provincial capital Qala-e-Naw: “It's a frightening moment”  —  KABUL—The Taliban attacked the capital of Afghanistan's northwestern province of Badghis, enabling more than 200 inmates …

Eric Adams wins Democratic primary in NYC's mayoral race  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City after appealing to the political center and promising to strike the right balance between fighting crime and ending racial injustice in policing.

Max Solomon Lewis, 20, killed by stray bullet in Chicago  —  Max Solomon Lewis, a 20-year-old University of Chicago student, was commuting home from his summer internship last Thursday evening when a stray bullet pierced the window of his train car and hit him in the back of the neck.

Toyota vies to become Official Car of Insurrectionists.  Will Oath Keepers swear their brand loyalty?  —  Oh, what a feeling!  (And it isn't a good one.)  —  Approaching Tuesday's six-month anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, the liberal watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics …

Political Discrimination as Civil-Rights Struggle  —  Viewpoint neutrality should be legally mandated  —  When a sample of nearly 1,500 female Ivy League students was asked whether they would date a Trump supporter, only 6 percent said yes (after excluding the small minority of the sample who support him).

Ivanka Trump Is Probably Next on the Chopping Block: Former Federal Prosecutor  —  Experts say the Manhattan District Attorney's Office is likely looking into “consulting fees” paid to Ivanka despite her having been a full-time employee of the Trump Organization.

North America Has Its Hottest June on Record  —  An analysis by European scientists found that other parts of the world didn't fare much better, with Europe logging its second-hottest June.  —  Last month was the warmest June on record in North America, researchers said Wednesday …

Trump stunned aides by saying he wanted to use Covid as excuse to delay 2020 election, new book claims  —  'I'm thinking about calling it off,' president reportedly said  —  Trump still bragging about ‘woman, man, tv, dog’ cognitive test results  —  In his third exposé of Donald Trump …

Air Force Found Largely Responsible for Texas Church Shooting  —  Military branch failed to enter the gunman's criminal history into federal background check database used for gun purchases, judge finds  —  A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Air Force bears most of the responsibility …

Conservative Justices Warn Kavanaugh and Barrett Lack ‘Fortitude’  —  , PROFESSOR, SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON  —  For the first time in a generation, there are six conservative justices on the Supreme Court.  In time, this sextet will incrementally push the Court to the right.

Biden's fight for racial discrimination  —  With another defeat in the courts for President Joe Biden, a simple fact must be acknowledged: The Democratic Party's top priority is pushing racially discriminatory policies.  —  On Thursday, a judge issued a preliminary injunction preventing …