'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.

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Suspects in Haitian President's Killing Met to Plan a Future Without Him  —  Haitian officials accuse the suspects of meeting to plot President Jovenel Moïse's assassination, but participants say the sessions were intended to plan a government once the president stepped down.

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 …

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.

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.

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

Maricopa County will spend millions to replace voting machines turned over to the Arizona Senate for audit  —  Lacey Latch Mary Jo PitzlArizona Republic  —  Maricopa County will spend nearly $3 million to replace voting equipment that officials say was permanently tainted by the Arizona Senate's election review.

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 …

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” …

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 …

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.

Ron Kind Rented Property to Masseuse Suspected of Prostitution, Human Trafficking  —  Before opening an alleged prostitution parlor on property owned by Rep. Ron Kind (D., Wis.), a Chinese masseuse lost her occupational license in another state after local police linked her to human trafficking and prostitution.

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 …

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 …

‘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) …

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,” …

Macron to the French: Vaccinate or Else  —  Reversing himself, the president gambles that the birthplace of individual liberties will accept coercion from the top down.  —  PARIS — Emmanuel Macron the risk-taker is back.  Never having won an election of any kind, he embarked …

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

Inside Facebook's Data Wars  —  Executives at the social network have clashed over CrowdTangle, a Facebook-owned data tool that revealed users' high engagement levels with right-wing media sources.  —  One day in April, the people behind CrowdTangle, a data analytics tool owned by Facebook, learned that transparency had limits.