Exclusive: Madison Cawthorn photos reveal him wearing women's lingerie in public setting  —  Photographs obtained by POLITICO appear to show Madison Cawthorn, the embattled Republican congressman from North Carolina who recently accused his GOP colleagues of inviting him to orgies, wearing lingerie in what appears to be a party setting.

Meadows was warned of violence before Jan. 6, new court filings show  —  White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was warned before Jan. 6, 2021, about the threat of violence that day as supporters of President Donald Trump planned to mass at the U.S. Capitol, according to new testimony released late Friday …

Person of interest in shooting that injured 4 found dead, officials say  —  A man identified as a person of interest in a shooting Friday in which four people were injured by what appeared to be indiscriminate gunfire was found dead hours later in an apartment near the scene, two officials with knowledge of the investigation said.

Republicans Give Up on the Free Market and Put Their Faith in Vindictive Governance  —  “The market is rational and government is dumb,” Dick Armey, one of the leaders of the 1994 Republican Revolution, liked to say.  That used to be a cornerstone of conservatism.  Today, it's increasingly the reverse.

Gov. Greg Abbott truck inspections turned up zero drugs, migrants but cost Texas $4.2 billion  —  The costly policy, which experts estimate cost hundreds of millions of dollars over the course of a single week, did not result in any migrant detentions or illegal substance seizures.

Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted over old social media posts advocating violence against Democrats in court testimony  —  (CNN)Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia was confronted in court on Friday over past social media posts advocating violence against Democrats.

California Man Arrested and Charged with Making Threats Against LGBTQ Community  —  Defendant allegedly targeted Springfield-based Merriam-Webster, Inc. and other institutions and individuals with threats to commit anti-LGBTQ violence  —  BOSTON - A California man was arrested on Tuesday …

Sajid Javid inquiry into gender treatment for children … Vulnerable children are wrongly being given gender hormone treatment by the NHS, Sajid Javid believes, as he prepares to launch an urgent inquiry.  —  The health secretary thinks the system is “failing children” …

Twitter bans climate change propaganda ads as deniers target platforms  —  The social media company says ads can't contradict “scientific consensus” on the environmental crisis  —  Twitter is banning advertisements that promote climate change denial in an effort to curb the reach of groups seeking …

What Happened on Day 58 of the War in Ukraine  —  Here's the latest on the war in Ukraine.  —  Ukrainian officials acknowledged Friday that Russian forces had taken more than three dozen small towns in their initial drive this week to seize eastern Ukraine, offering the first glimpse …

Prosecutor drops all charges against Pamela Moses, jailed over voting error  —  Moses, convicted last year, was granted new trial in February after Guardian revealed files that had not been given to her defense  —  A Memphis prosecutor has dropped all criminal charges against Pamela Moses …

Ukraine war: The Russia I knew no longer exists  —  There are no shells exploding in Moscow.  There are no foreign forces encircling the city.  What Muscovites are experiencing now is nothing compared to the horrors in Ukraine.  —  At first glance life here even looks normal.

Person sets self on fire at Supreme Court plaza  —  Washington (CNN)Someone set themself on fire Friday at the plaza in front of the US Supreme Court building, a court spokesperson said.  —  Supreme Court Police, US Capitol Police and the DC Metropolitan Police Department responded to the incident …

The French Far Right Comes on Little Cat Feet  —  After years of seeing Marine Le Pen as a dangerous extreme, many voters now see her as a politician like any other.  —  In the early spring of 2017, before France's previous Presidential election, I took a taxi from my apartment in Paris to Saint-Cloud …

The War in Ukraine Has Unleashed a New Word  —  In a creative play on three different languages, Ukrainians identify an enemy: ‘ruscism.’  —  The City Council of Mariupol, Ukraine, was trying to make a point about mass death.  Their city had been hit hardest by the Russian invasion …

Taliban vows crackdown on ISIS as violence surges in Afghanistan  —  KABUL — A four-day blitz of terrorist bombings across Afghanistan has left the country reeling after months of relative calm, raising fears that the Taliban — which spent years fighting the Afghan state and its U.S. backers — will be unable to maintain the peace.

Randi Weingarten says parental rights bills are ‘the way in which wars start’  —  Teachers Union leader says Florida bills are type of legislation that start wars  —  Randi Weingarten suggests not getting rid of masks until zero transmission in schools  —  American Federation …

Gun deaths were the leading killer of US children in 2020  —  Guns overtook car crashes to become the leading cause of death for US children and teenagers in 2020, new research shows.  —  Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that over 4,300 young Americans died of firearm-related injuries in 2020.

Son of Far-Right Group Leader Charged with Child Sex Abuse  —  Richard Mack faces charges of alleged sexual abuse of a child—but his father, who heads up an anti-government sheriff's association, says the accusations are bogus.  —  The son of an anti-government group's leader is facing …