How the leak might have happened  —  Among the debates generated by the leak of Justice Samuel Alito's opinion in Dobbs is whether the leaker was conservative or liberal.  The leak will ultimately pale in importance to the court's decision once it is issued; the ruling will directly affect …

Putting Together the Pieces on The Campaign to Stop Roberts  —  As I wrote below, the rapid-fire follow-up reporting on John Roberts' position on the Mississippi case, just hours after the Politico exclusive, made me think at the time that the leaked draft opinion wasn't a one off thing.

Esper: Stephen Miller called for a “quarter-million troops” to respond to migrant caravan  —  Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says he personally killed a “ridiculous” plan from White House adviser Stephen Miller to deploy 250,000 troops to the southern border as a migrant caravan approached.

The AP Interview: Belarus admits Russia's war ‘drags on’  —  MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko defended Russia's invasion of Ukraine in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, but he said he didn't expect the 10-week-old conflict to “drag on this way.”