Scoop: Jan. 6 committee's secret adviser  —  The House's Jan. 6 committee has turned to a renowned former network news executive to hone a mountain of explosive material into a captivating multimedia presentation for a prime-time hearing Thursday.  — James Goldston — former president of ABC News …

Past Mass Shootings Prompted Sens. John Cornyn, Chris Murphy to Lead Gun Talks  —  Texas Republican and Connecticut Democrat aim to strike Senate deal to limit gun deaths  —  HARTFORD, Conn.—After 20 first-graders and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown …

Why I Quit Georgetown  —  The university didn't fire me, but it abandoned free speech and created a hostile environment.  —  1x  —  After a four-month investigation into a tweet, the Georgetown University Law Center reinstated me last Thursday.  But after full consideration of the report …

Biden wants to get out more, seething that his standing is now worse than Trump's  —  President Joe Biden and his aides have grown increasingly frustrated by their inability to turn the tide against a cascade of challenges threatening to overwhelm the administration.  —  Soaring global inflation.

The Limits of San Francisco Liberalism  —  If Chesa Boudin is recalled, it will be because his city has never been its left-wing caricature.  —  In San Francisco, the signs are everywhere.  Near the famed Lombard Street, one is affixed to a lamppost.  Several of them, picturing menacing men …

Legal claims shed light on founder of faith group tied to Amy Coney Barrett  —  Examination of People of Praise comes as supreme court seems poised to reverse Roe v Wade  —  The founder of the People of Praise, a secretive charismatic Christian group that counts supreme court justice Amy Coney Barrett …

The Institutionalist  —  Dianne Feinstein fought for gun control, civil rights, and abortion access for half a century.  Where did it all go wrong?  —  On election night in San Francisco in 1969, a 36-year-old woman who had run a campaign for the Board of Supervisors that featured …

The Long History of Glenn Greenwald's Kissing Up to the Kremlin  —  In his world, it seems America can do nothing right and Vladimir Putin can do nothing wrong.  —  In the months since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, maverick journalist Glenn Greenwald has emerged as one of the loudest anti-Ukraine voices …

British Prime Minister Johnson to face no-confidence vote  —  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a no-confidence vote Monday that could oust him from power, as discontent with his rule finally threatens to topple a politician who has often seemed invincible despite many scandals.

Democrats Can Win This Fall if They Make One Key Promise  —  Democrats hope to make November's midterm elections a referendum on Roe v. Wade, the linchpin decision upholding abortion rights, which the Supreme Court is almost certain to strike down this summer.  That strategy makes sense.

Russia Seeks Buyers for Plundered Ukraine Grain, U.S. Warns  —  American diplomats have alerted 14 countries, most in Africa, that Russian ships filled with stolen Ukrainian grain could be headed their way, posing a dilemma to countries facing dire food shortages.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Exclusive: Biden to waive tariffs for 24 months on solar panels hit by probe  —  President Joe Biden will declare a 24-month tariff exemption on Monday for solar panels from four Southeast Asian nations after an investigation froze imports and stalled projects in the United States, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Kyle Rittenhouse says he's going to Texas A&M. No he isn't, university says  —  “I'm going to be going there, and it's going to be awesome,” Rittenhouse said.  A spokesperson for the university says he hasn't been admitted.  —  During a radio appearance last week, Kyle Rittenhouse …

Free-speech group will spend millions to promote First Amendment cases  —  An advocacy group that has spent more than two decades fighting for free expression on college campuses is broadening its efforts to fight so-called cancel culture and other perceived threats to free speech across American society.

WaPo Editor Admonishes Staff to ‘Treat Each Other With Respect and Kindness’ as Numerous Messy Feuds Play Out on Twitter.  It Doesn't Work.  —  After several days of various Washington Post staffers dragging internal feuds into the public square of Twitter, Executive Editor Sally Buzbee sent …

Crypto lobbying hits fever pitch as Bitcoin's favorite senator finishes bill  —  The most highly anticipated legislation in the history of cryptocurrency is about to make its debut, after months of hype drummed up by Sens. Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand.

Resurrected budget package no slam dunk as negotiations heat up  —  The bill formerly known as “Build Back Better” has a new lease on life, but Democrats have little time and big decisions to make  —  Democrats face big obstacles and a deadline measured in weeks as they attempt to salvage a scaled-down tax …