Justice Breyer Says Clarence Thomas is Fine, Jackson Confirmation Not My Business  —  JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER CLARENCE THOMAS IS FINE ... And I Got No Dog In Confirmation Fight  —  EXCLUSIVE  — 121 … Justice Stephen Breyer is reassuring folks, his colleague, Justice Clarence Thomas …

Donald Trump sues Hillary Clinton and allies over Russia claims  —  Former President Donald Trump is suing 2016 Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in a sprawling case that accuses her of conspiring with dozens of other actors — frequent targets of Trump's conspiracy theories and rage — to topple his presidency.

Biden holds news conference following meeting with European leaders, Zelenskyy's plea  —  “We would respond,” if Putin used chemical weapons, Biden said.  —  President Joe Biden took questions at a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, addressing warnings of a possible chemical weapons attack …

McCarthy calls endorsement of Cheney's primary foe a ‘special case’  —  See McCarthy's head-spinning flip on Liz Cheney  —  Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (CNN)House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he won't be wading into any other primaries to oust incumbents in his own party …

Can Anyone Unseat Marjorie Taylor Greene?  —  Whatever hope remains for the Georgia congresswoman's many detractors seems to depend on either a new lawsuit or a candidate who's been called “Marjorie with a brain.”  —  A year ago, I met John Cowan for lunch in Rome, a small city …

Supreme Court endorses pastor's laying on of hands at moment of inmate's execution  —  The justices ruled 8-1 in the case of a Texas death-row prisoner.  —  The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, in an 8-1 decision, has endorsed a pastor's audible prayer and laying of hands on an inmate …

Jan. 6 panel seeking contempt for Scavino, Navarro  —  The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol will seek contempt charges against two former Trump officials that have failed to comply with subpoenas from the panel.  —  Dan Scavino, President Trump's deputy chief …

Photographer ‘surprised and disappointed’ at Today's edited Lia Thomas photos  —  EXCLUSIVE — Photographer and University of Pennsylvania graduate Erica Denhoff was shocked to see her work significantly altered on the Today show last week, adding that at first, she thought “something was honestly wrong with the video.”

Why Trump Is Losing His Grip on the GOP  —  It strains memory now to recall that when Donald Trump first shoved his way into presidential politics seven years ago this spring, and soon after humiliated a long parade of establishment Republicans, his appeal to voters had a coherent dimension.

How Putin badly misjudged the West, as explained by a Russia expert  —  With President Biden traveling to Europe to shore up the Western alliance against the invasion of Ukraine, it's become overwhelmingly clear that Russian President Vladimir Putin badly underestimated the potential …

North Korea fires first suspected ICBM since 2017  —  Seoul, South Korea (CNN)North Korea has fired what is believed to be its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in more than four years as Western leaders gather in Brussels for a security summit.

Cities Lost Population in 2021, Leading to the Slowest Year of Growth in U.S. History  —  Although some of the fastest growing regions in the country continued to grow, the gains were nearly erased by stark losses in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.  —  Substantial population loss …

Biden Administration Drafting Order to Invoke Defense Production Act for Green Energy Storage Technology … The Biden administration is drafting an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to alleviate shortages of key minerals needed for the technology to store clean energy.

Exclusive: Russia Backs Europe's Far Right  —  Emails and documents show just how closely Italian, French, German and Austrian politicians coordinate with Moscow … So wrote Mikhail Yakushev, a Russian national, in a Microsoft Word document he emailed to himself on June 18, 2019.

WATCH: Senate candidate Mo Brooks sits down for a one-on-one interview  —  You can watch the whole interview in the video player above.

ACLU sues DHS, says Muslim Americans questioned about faith at border  —  Three U.S. citizens filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday in the United States District Court for the Central District of California alleging they have been subjected to “unconstitutional questioning” from border officials about their religion.

A ‘fixer’ was killed in Ukraine.  She was doing one of journalism's most thankless jobs. … Miguel Angel Vega became a “fixer” for journalists visiting his native Mexico in 2010 to raise money for a film project.  Like most starting out in this specialized branch of journalism …

The Midterms Are Coming.  Here's How to Cover Polling  —  In an age of hyper-partisanship, adding context to survey data is key to giving audiences the full picture  —  In the summer of 2017, Susan Potter of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote the kind of column that no editor wants to pen.