Majority of Americans want Biden to consider ‘all possible nominees’ for Supreme Court vacancy: POLL  —  An ABC News/Ipsos poll says a plurality of the U.S. views the court as partisan.  —  A new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds that a plurality of Americans view the Supreme Court as motivated by partisanship …

Trump dangles prospect of pardons for Jan. 6 defendants  —  CONROE, Texas (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is dangling the prospect of pardons for supporters who participated in the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol if he returns to the White House.

Nils Lofgren Pulls Music From Spotify in Solidarity With Neil Young  —  “We encourage all musicians, artists and music lovers everywhere, to stand with us all, and cut ties with Spotify,” guitarist writes  —  Nils Lofgren has joined Neil Young in removing his music from Spotify to protest …

He Spent 25 Years Infiltrating Nazis, the Klan, and Biker Gangs  —  Scott was a top undercover agent for the FBI, putting himself in harm's way dozens of times.  Now, he's telling his story for the first time to sound the alarm about the threat of far-right extremists in America

The moral calculations of a billionaire … BOCA RATON, Fla. — The stock market had been open for only 17 minutes when Leon Cooperman picked up the phone to check how much money he'd made.  He dialed a private line to his trading desk in New Jersey, just as he did a dozen times each day.

Georgia county purges Democrats from election board and cancels Sunday voting  —  The takeover in Spalding county is part of Republican efforts to dominate elections mechanisms nationwide  —  The judges met, in private, over a two-day period in May, for what might seem like a minor task …

Living by the Code: In China, Covid-Era Controls May Outlast the Virus  —  The country has instituted a wide range of high-tech controls on society as part of a mostly successful effort to stop the virus.  The consequences may endure.  —  The police had warned Xie Yang, a human rights lawyer …

Trump Shouts Out Jason Ravnsborg, the State AG Who Ran Over and Killed a Man  —  “They like you in Texas,” the ex-president said after pointing out the embattled attorney general's appearance at his Saturday evening rally.  —  South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg …

Trump declared a war on the media.  Now proxy battles are being waged in American courts.  —  But none of these landmark cases are as potentially consequential as Sarah Palin's suit against the New York Times.  —  From the start of his presidential bid, Donald Trump took full advantage …

MOScout Weekender: New US Senate Poll... Greitens Keeps Lead, Hartzler Gains, Two Tiers of Candidates.  —  New US Senate Poll  —  See a new US Senate poll below.  A few thoughts...  Eric Greitens retains the lead.  Polls are snapshots, so you don't want to try to forecast without imagining the twists ahead.

For Ketanji Brown Jackson, View of Criminal Justice Was Shaped by Family  —  The story of an uncle's cocaine conviction formed only part of Judge Jackson's understanding of the system's complexities.  She is now seen as a contender to be President Biden's Supreme Court pick.

Long Island pediatric nurse charged in $900K fake vaccine card scheme, NYPD husband being investigated  —  A pediatric nurse practitioner has been arrested for selling phony COVID-19 vaccine cards on Long Island — and her NYPD officer husband faces a departmental probe over his possible involvement …

North Korea tests longest-range missile since 2017  —  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Sunday fired what appeared to be the most powerful missile it has tested since President Joe Biden took office, as it revives its old playbook in brinkmanship to wrest concessions from Washington …

Scoop: Inside Biden aides' China fight  —  U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai is working to repair her relationship with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan after a Situation Room confrontation in which she accused him — in front of colleagues — of undermining her in the press, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.

The Man Trying to Take Down Boris Johnson  —  It's “an unpleasant but necessary job,” says Dominic Cummings.  “It's like sort of fixing the drains.”  —  There is a joke in British political circles that Dominic Cummings exists to destroy prime ministers.  After his organization Vote Leave won …