Scoop: Tucker Carlson sought Putin interview at time of spying claim  —  Tucker Carlson was talking to U.S.-based Kremlin intermediaries about setting up an interview with Vladimir Putin shortly before the Fox News host accused the National Security Agency of spying on him, sources familiar with the conversations tell Axios.

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.

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 …

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 early Wednesday, according to a statement from the country's interim prime minister, who called the killing a …

QAnon' new ‘plan’?  Run for school board  —  Drake Wuertz came to the school board meeting in Seminole County, Florida, in late June with a message familiar to those who had heard him speak at previous meetings: America's children are at risk of systemic abuse.  —  And the way to stop it is to run for local office.

The Chilling Message of Trump's Embrace of Ashli Babbitt Martyrdom January 6 is now a heroic uprising for the movement.  —  Last Thursday, Donald Trump announced a new theme, with all his customary blunt-force subtlety.  “Who shot Ashli Babbitt?,” he wrote on his official pseudo-presidential stationery.

Kevin McCarthy's struggles over the Jan. 6 committee reveal a dark GOP truth  —  Here's a puzzling development to ponder.  Why is it that the Republicans most eager to join the Jan. 6 select committee are also among those most prone to sowing doubt about the legitimacy of the 2020 election …

Exclusive: Documents Reveal Erik Prince's $10 Billion Plan to Make Weapons and Create a Private Army in Ukraine  —  On the second night of his visit to Kyiv, Erik Prince had a dinner date on his agenda.  A few of his Ukrainian associates had arranged to meet the American billionaire at the Vodka Grill that evening, Feb. 23, 2020.

Julian Assange Won't Be Held in Supermax Jail If Extradited, U.S. Assures U.K.  —  American government says the WikiLeaks founder, if convicted on espionage charges, can serve any custodial sentence in his native Australia  —  LONDON—The U.S. government has given assurances to the U.K …

Where is Trump's White House staff now?  We created a searchable database of more than 327 top staffers to show where they all landed  — Insider set out to find 327 of the most prominent Trump administration alumni.  — Nearly 100 have gotten “establishment” jobs.

Eric Adams Won as a Centrist, but Bold Progressives Took the Other 2 Citywide Contests  —  Important victories for progressives Jumaane Williams and Brad Lander, along with key council candidates, are a reminder that New York voters can produce multiple mandates.  —  New York is a big city.

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 …

Pa. GOP lawmaker — and Trump ally — Mastriano initiates ‘forensic investigation’ into state elections  —  (*This story was updated at 11:26 a.m., 11:50 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1 p.m., 2:11 p.m., 2:37 p.m., 3:48 p.m., and 4:25 p.m. on Wednesday, 7/7/21 to include the text of the letter …

Federal judge blocks effort to invalidate parts of new Georgia voting law ahead of July runoffs  —  (CNN)A federal court judge on Wednesday denied a motion to stop the implementation of parts of Georgia's new voting law, ahead of state legislature runoff elections next week.

Americans' Life Ratings Reach Record High  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of Americans who evaluate their lives well enough to be considered “thriving” on Gallup's Live Evaluation Index reached 59.2% in June, the highest in over 13 years of ongoing measurement and exceeding the previous high of 57.3% from September 2017.

Democrats race to push bipartisan infrastructure bill through Senate  —  The White House's long sought-after bipartisan infrastructure deal could hit the Senate floor as early as the week of July 19, according to multiple House and Senate Democratic sources with knowledge of the conversations.

Stop calling food ‘exotic’  —  “One of the nicest things about Afghan restaurants is that they appeal to even the most timid of diners,” Mark and Gail Barnett wrote in the May 16, 1993, edition of The Post.  “Your visiting aunt from Spokane, Wash., can enjoy the adventure of an exotic cuisine …

The myth of asymmetric polarization  —  Yes, progressives are aggressors in the culture war, too  —  When progressives talk about the culture war, they tend to place themselves in a passive role.  —  It's conservatives who are the aggressors, they claim, with Republicans driving …

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.

Jacob Zuma, Former South African President, Is Arrested  —  The Constitutional Court had found him guilty of contempt for failing to appear before a commission investigating corruption accusations that tainted a president once best known for fighting apartheid.

Rep on bipartisanship: Republicans want ‘18 more months of chaos’ … On the surface, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.) might seem like the kind of House Republican who might be willing to work with his Democratic colleagues.  It's not because he's moderate — he's actually a very conservative Texas Republican …

Leaked ‘III% Security Force’ Chats Show Fractured Militia Thirsty for Violence  —  Douglasville, GA - Leaked chats from inside the III% Security Force (III%SF), one of the main factions of the loose-knit Three Percenter movement, provide a look inside one of the more violent far-right militias active in the USA.

Breakfast with J.D. Vance, Anti-Trump Author Turned Pro-Trump Candidate  —  “I'm not just a flip-flopper, I'm a flip-flop-flipper on Trump,” J.D. Vance says with a laugh, slicing into a half-stack of breakfast pancakes.  The Hillbilly Elegy author and newly minted Republican Senate candidate …

We must remember to thank the Republicans who saved us from Trump zealots  —  Opinion: We have examples right here in Arizona, individuals who believe in traditional GOP values and acted on them.  —  We forget sometimes that actual Republicans still exist.  —  Even worse, we forget to thank them for saving the democracy.

Ted Cruz, perennial favorite at CPAC, cites family commitment for skipping Dallas gathering  —  Trump headlines 3-day conservative conference.  Cruz spoke at CPAC in Orlando four months ago, as he almost always does.  —  WASHINGTON - Sen. Ted Cruz, a reliable presence and recurring star …

Home health care belongs in the infrastructure package.  We all pay for it anyway.  —  When Tanja Lee's mother was diagnosed with cancer in 2005, the North Carolina woman shut down her child-care business to take care of her.  Now, Lee is a full-time home health-care worker …