The Death of Roe Is Going to Tear America Apart  —  In his draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, Justice Samuel Alito blamed that 1973 abortion decision for sparking “a national controversy that has embittered our political culture for a half century.”  He quoted Justice Antonin Scalia …

Peter Thiel plans to wind down his involvement in 2022 after Vance's victory in Ohio  —  (CNN)Billionaire tech mogul Peter Thiel won big when his longtime friend J.D. Vance succeeded in Tuesday's Ohio Senate GOP primary, surging to victory in the final days of the race after a last-minute endorsement …

Lebanon man accused of killing wife among winners in Indiana primary race  —  A Lebanon man accused of killing his wife in March and dumping her body in a creek is among the candidates to advance in a local election after Indiana's primaries Tuesday.  —  Andrew Wilhoite, who's suspected …

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.

Biden makes head-scratching remark about American students learning Spanish  —  Biden appeared to misspeak during Cinco de Mayo comments about Spanish education  —  President Biden made an odd remark during his speech at the White House's Cinco de Mayo event on Thursday, as he talked about students in the U.S. learning Spanish.

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.

America's Abortion Quandary  —  A majority of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, but many are open to restrictions; many opponents of legal abortion say it should be legal in some circumstances  —  A majority of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases …

Pompeo Bastes Oz Over Turkey Ties  —  Former CIA director says Pennsylvania Senate candidate's ties to Erdogan's government raise national security concerns  —  Former CIA director and secretary of state Mike Pompeo wants celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz to talk Turkey.

‘Caveman’ Costumed Son of Brooklyn Judge Receives Eight-Month Sentence After Felony Conviction Over Jan. 6 Siege  —  The son of a Brooklyn judge who dressed up as a self-described “caveman” during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol received an eight-month sentence on Friday, following his guilty plea to a felony and two misdemeanors.

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.

Amazon Abruptly Fires Senior Managers Tied to Unionized Warehouse  —  Company officials said the terminations in Staten Island were the result of an internal review while the fired managers saw it as a response to the recent union victory.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

My Story: How I Was “Groomed” by My Elementary School Teachers … Anyone following the news knows the U.S. right is now obsessively accusing public school teachers, especially ones who are LGBTQ+, of being “groomers” — i.e., pedophiles.  It's both astonishingly vile and horrifyingly cynical.

Amid an uproar over Capitol staff mistreatment, meet the House's ‘worst boss’  —  Rep. Victoria Spartz topped a nonpartisan group's “Worst Bosses” list last year, winning the dubious title of most staff turnover in the House.  Her retention record is only getting worse.

‘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 …

A Landlord ‘Underestimated’ His Tenants.  Now They Could Own the Building.  —  When a new landlord bought their building in the Bronx and threatened to raise rents and kick them out, tenants banded together.  They never expected how far they might get: the chance to buy their apartments for $2,500 each.

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 …

Payroll growth accelerated by 428,000 in April, more than expected as jobs picture stays strong  — Nonfarm payrolls grew by 428,000 for April, a bit above the Dow Jones estimate of 400,000 and identical to March.  — The unemployment rate held at 3.6% after being expected to nudge lower to 3.5%.

Billionaire Ken Griffin adds $25 million to his investment in Richard Irvin's GOP bid for governor  —  Billionaire Ken Griffin has upped his investment in Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin's Republican bid for governor, kicking in an additional $25 million to the campaign after seeding Irvin's candidacy …

Is Biden's Disinfo Czar Qualified?  —  Nina Jankowicz unknowingly advanced Russian propaganda about the Czech Republic.  Why has she been picked to lead DHS's new anti-disinformation board?  —  The rollout of the Biden administration's Disinformation Governance Board at the Department of Homeland Security …

How millions of Russians are tearing holes in the Digital Iron Curtain  —  A tremendous surge in VPN downloads represents a challenge to Putin and his version of the Ukraine war  —  RIGA, Latvia — When Russian authorities blocked hundreds of Internet sites in March, Konstantin decided to act.

Democratic Sen. Tom Carper violated a federal conflicts-of-interest law by failing to properly disclose his wife's gold mining investment  — Sen. Tom Carper was months late disclosing one of his wife's stock trades.  — The late disclosure violates the federal Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act.

The Jolt: Leaked robocall: ‘This is Pres. Donald J. Trump, hopefully your all time favorite president of all time’  —  Donald Trump is continuing to inject himself into races up and down the ticket ahead of Georgia GOP primaries.It's an ongoing byproduct of Trump's unparalleled involvement …