After abortion leak, Justice Thomas warns Supreme Court can't be ‘bullied’  —  Following protests sparked by the leak of a draft U.S. Supreme Court decision indicating the justices are poised to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, Justice Clarence Thomas said on Friday that the court cannot be “bullied.”

How Dare They!  —  The left's attitude problem when it comes to democracy.  —  To say that a leaked draft of a Supreme Court ruling prompted an elite meltdown would be a gross understatement.  This was a culture war 9/11.  “I have typed and deleted a great many comments,” Roxane Gay tweeted.

Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit seeking to lift Twitter ban  — A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by former President Donald Trump seeking to lift his ban from Twitter.  — The social media giant had banned Trump in January 2021, citing the risk of the incitement of further violence …

Starbucks Broke Law By Firing And Threatening Pro-Union Workers, Labor Board Alleges  —  An official with the National Labor Relations Board filed a wide-ranging complaint accusing the coffee chain of violating workers' rights.  —  Updated a few seconds ago

Man who stormed Capitol in caveman costume gets prison  —  A New York City judge's son who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing a furry “caveman” costume was sentenced on Friday to eight months in prison.  —  U.S. District Judge James Boasberg told Aaron Mostofsky that he was “literally on the front lines” …

Judge: Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified for reelection  —  ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Georgia on Friday found that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified to run for reelection, finding that a group of voters who had challenged her eligibility failed to prove she engaged in insurrection after taking office.

Esper: Trump Wanted To Activate Retired Four-Stars To Court-Martial Them For Disloyalty  —  Secretary of Defense Mark Esper's new book recounts the episode.  —  President Donald Trump demanded that the military recall two retired four-star officers who criticized him so they could be court-martialed, a new book says.

U.K. Live Updates: Sinn Fein Is on Track to Win in Northern Ireland  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  In a seismic shift, the pro-unity Sinn Fein bloc is emerging as the largest in the North.  —  LONDON — The Irish nationalist party, Sinn Fein, was on track Friday night to emerge …

The War Is Getting More Dangerous for America, and Biden Knows It  —  If you just followed news reports on Ukraine, you might think that the war has settled into a long, grinding and somewhat boring slog.  You would be wrong.  —  Things are actually getting more dangerous by the day.

Inside Elon Musk's Big Plans for Twitter  —  Here's what Mr. Musk is projecting for Twitter's finances over the next few years, according to a pitch deck he presented to investors.  —  Elon Musk has never been accused of dreaming small.  He has reinvented at least two industries with Tesla …

Gov. Lee signs law criminalizing mail-order abortion pills  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Gov. Bill Lee signed legislation Thursday that would criminalize a person for obtaining abortion pills via a mail delivery service.  —  The law would mean a Class E felony charge with the potential for a fine.

'It's stupid, it's unnecessary'  —  With help from Lee Hudson, Lara Seligman and Daniel Lippman  —  Yesterday, the talk of the town was breaking news of the U.S. providing intelligence to Ukraine to kill Russian generals.  Now there's another firestorm over reports on American-provided …

Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape  —  Justice Alito's leaked opinion cites Sir Matthew Hale, a 17th-century jurist who conceived the notion that husbands can't be prosecuted for raping their wives, who sentenced women to death as …

‘I Simply Refuse’: Wiretaps Catch Putin's Troops Breaking Own Tanks in Sabotage Scheme  —  Russian troops have begun sharing tips with one another on how to deliberately damage Russian tanks and disobey orders, according to Ukrainian intelligence.  —  Russian fighters have been sharing tips …

The quid pro quos of Gordon D. Sondland  —  Long after his turn as a key witness at Donald Trump's first impeachment, the former E.U. ambassador wants another kind of public hearing  —  Gordon Sondland is a walking asterisk, a footnote that was once a headline, a man who made some history without really changing the course of it.

Fauci privately miffed about the message sent by the WHCA dinner  —  Anthony Fauci this week privately criticized the decision to hold the White House Correspondents' Dinner, singling it out as a troubling sign that many Americans no longer view Covid as a serious threat, four people who heard his remarks told POLITICO.

Despite Everything, Anna Wintour Will Survive  —  Have you ever seen the devil cry in church?  I have.  —  It was last Friday morning at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, at a memorial for André Leon Talley.  His family and church friends gathered alongside Marc Jacobs …

Dozens of mail ballots are going to a GOP ward leader's South Philly P.O. box, raising ‘ballot harvesting’ concerns  —  A mail ballot mystery is unfolding at an otherwise unremarkable post office box in South Philadelphia.City elections officials last week received applications …

‘Wipe Jews Off the Face of the Earth’: Racism and Antisemitic Slurs of Viral YouTuber Exposed  —  A recording exclusively obtained by Byline Times exposes YouTuber and Infowars alumnus Paul Joseph Watson using racist, homophobic and antisemitic slurs  —  GET THE CURRENT EDITION OF BYLINE TIMES NOW

In Pennsylvania, a Doug Mastriano win would cost the GOP the House and Senate in that state  —  Democrat Josh Shapiro wants Doug Mastriano to win the Pennsylvania Republican primary for governor on May 17.  That is not mere speculation — the well-funded Democratic gubernatorial candidate …

Adopted the freezing decree of the boat Scheherazade  —  Pursuant to Article 11 of Legislative Decree n. 109/2007, the investigations conducted by the Nucleo Speciale di Polizia Valutaria (Guardia di Finanza) highlighted the presence of significant economic and business links of the beneficial owner …