'They're not going to f**king succeed': Top generals feared Trump would attempt a coup after election, according to new book  —  Washington (CNN)The top US military officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley, was so shaken that then-President Donald Trump and his allies might attempt …

Kremlin papers appear to show Putin's plot to put Trump in White House  —  Exclusive: Documents suggest Russia launched secret multi-agency effort to interfere in US democracy  —  Vladimir Putin personally authorised a secret spy agency operation to support a “mentally unstable” …

Exclusive: Stephen Breyer says he hasn't decided his retirement plans and is happy as the Supreme Court's top liberal  —  Plainfield, New Hampshire (CNN)Justice Stephen Breyer has not decided when he will retire and is especially gratified with his new role as the senior liberal on the bench …

DeSantis' tryst with Democrats is done  —  TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' brief moment of unity with Democrats is over.  —  The Republican governor set aside his attacks on Democrats amid the crisis in Surfside, where more than 90 people were killed after a condominium collapse.

The Deeply Racist Dimensions To Ashli Babbitt's Martyrdom  —  “Who killed Ashli Babbitt?”  —  It's a question that, in recent weeks, has become a mainstream rallying cry among the MAGA crew after growing in volume for months on the far-right fringes.  Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) has asked it repeatedly …

Joe Biden's big lie  —  Did you know that black people are not going to be allowed to vote in America anymore?  At least in states controlled by Republicans.  Sounds a bit unlikely, but that's a conclusion you might have come to if you took seriously what President Joe Biden was saying in Philadelphia Tuesday.

The U.S. Surgeon General Is Calling COVID-19 Misinformation An ‘Urgent Threat’  —  With about a third of adults in the U.S. still completely unvaccinated, and cases of COVID-19 on the rise, the U.S. Surgeon General is calling for a war against “health misinformation.”

IRS begins sending monthly checks to millions of American parents in crucial test for Biden  —  The Biden administration has launched the biggest U.S. anti-poverty program since Lyndon Johnson's ‘war on poverty’ in the 1960s.  —  The Biden administration on Thursday is launching …

Pigs fly: McConnell weighs giving Biden a bipartisan win  —  Something strange is happening in Washington: Mitch McConnell might go along with a central piece of Joe Biden's agenda.  —  The self-appointed “Grim Reaper” of the Senate, a minority leader who said just two months ago that …

Governor Ron DeSantis Urges the Biden Administration to Step Up and Restore Internet Access for the People of Cuba  —  The text of the letter can be read below.  A full copy is available here.  —  July 14, 2021  —  The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr.  —  President of the United States

Britney Spears granted right to hire own lawyer; accuses father of ‘conservatorship abuse’ … LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears was granted a request to hire her own attorney on Wednesday, a development that could mark a major shift in how her 13-year conservatorship case has been handled.

Q&A with Adam Serwer  —  “The news is what people have forgotten, not just what people don't know yet.”  —  12 hr ago … I often get asked who I read and why.  It's a good question, especially with so much material out there competing for attention.  My answer is this …

Man who dangled from Senate balcony pleads guilty in Capitol riots, will cooperate against others  —  An Idaho man photographed hanging from the Senate balcony and sitting in the presiding officer's chair in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony obstruction of Congress …

Georgia Republicans center campaigns on false claims of election fraud  —  ROME — The organizers at the door handed out soft-pink “Trump Won” signs to each attendee.  An out-of-state radio host spouted far-right conspiracies.  Speaker after speaker insisted that Joe Biden couldn't have won …

Robin DiAngelo Wants White Progressives to Look Inward  —  The author of “White Fragility” discusses her new book, “Nice Racism.”  —  In 2018, Robin DiAngelo, an academic and anti-racism consultant, published the surprise best-seller “White Fragility.”  The book, which argues that white people tend …

Media hail runaway Texas Democrats for blocking action on voting  —  If ever there was a story that dramatized how the political press takes sides, it is the spectacle of Texas Democratic lawmakers  —  Texas state Democrats digging in with escape to DC  —  They are being portrayed as heroes for furtively leaving their states.

The Inhumanity of Joe Biden's Travel Ban  —  Continuing to deny entry to EU and U.K. residents defies science and forsakes compassion.  —  In January 2021, my husband and I happily welcomed our first child.  While no one could foresee just how many challenges and sacrifices would be required …

Ron Kind Rented Property to Masseuse Suspected of Prostitution, Human Trafficking  —  Police records show business owner kicked out of South Dakota for illegal activity  —  Before opening an alleged prostitution parlor on property owned by Rep. Ron Kind (D., Wis.), a Chinese masseuse lost …

Have You Herd?  The Goats Are Back at Riverside Park.  —  After taking a break last year, goats have returned to help fend off invasive plant species.  New Yorkers can use ranked-choice voting to pick their favorites.  —  It was about 15 minutes into the second-ever “Running of the Goats” …

Some ballots initially double-counted in Fulton before recount  —  Almost 200 duplicate found when ballot images made public  —  A duplicate write-in vote for singer Kanye West was a big clue that some absentee ballots had been counted twice in Fulton County.

Jared Kushner ‘slow walked’ carrying out Trump's craziest orders until he forgot he ever gave them: Michael Wolff  —  Since leaving the White House, Jared Kushner and Donald Trump haven't been as close as they were during the previous four years.  —  Journalist Michael Wolff's new book …

US is running more than 30,000 radio ads a month to deter migration from Central America  —  Harris on migration: We have to give hope to those who stay home  —  (CNN)The United States is running more than 30,000 radio ads a month in Central America to deter migration amid a renewed focus …

A US-German ‘Window of Opportunity’ Is Closing, Experts Warn  —  If Biden is to persuade Germany — and NATO's European allies — to take a more aggressive stance toward China, he may have to do it before Angela Merkel steps down.  — EUROPE - WHITE HOUSE - CHINA - ARMY

The Billionaire Behind Bannon's Fake Chinese Embassy  —  GLASS HOUSES  —  Mogul's bullet-proof Manhattan mansion shields network of right-wing news and nonprofits.  —  Sheathed in bulletproof glass imported from Germany and Spain, a six-story, six-bedroom postmodern fortress on East 64th Street …

GOP Criticism of Defender Judicial Picks Rebutted by Law Groups  —  President Joe Biden's judicial nominees with public defender backgrounds are being “singled out for extra criticism” during the confirmation process, a coalition of more than 50 legal groups, including multiple state criminal …

‘It will be remembered’: Trump allies cross him in special election  —  Two of Donald Trump's staunchest allies are lining up against his favored candidate in an upcoming Ohio special election, angering some of the former president's advisers and testing his ability to exert dominance over high-profile Republican primaries.

How to Get Labor Law Reforms Past the Filibuster  —  With creative cherry-picking and a tweak here and there, the PRO Act can be folded into a Senate reconciliation bill.  —  In April, Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, signed onto the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) …

Two-thirds of Southern Republicans want to secede  —  And that number is rising  —  A new YouGov survey conducted on behalf of a democracy watchdog group finds that 66 percent of Republicans living in the South say they'd support seceding from the United States to join a union with other Southern states.

Communism Solved Racism in Cuba, 1619 Project Founder Claimed  —  Brave freedom fighters in Cuba have taken to the streets, demanding the end of the country's communist dictatorship.  Just two years ago, however, Nikole Hannah-Jones, founder of The New York Times's “1619 Project,” …