Man with gun is arrested near Brett Kavanaugh's home, officials say  —  Court documents indicate that the man told police he wanted to kill a Supreme Court justice  —  A man with a gun and a knife was detained by police early Wednesday near the Maryland home of Brett M. Kavanaugh …

January 6 committee to hear from Raffensperger, Sterling  —  BJay Pak also in talks to testify before House panel  —  Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his top deputy Gabe Sterling are slated to testify this month before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack …

Biden to media: Be better  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Setota Hailemariam  —  JOE BIDEN doesn't do many off-the-record chats with reporters.  So the traveling White House press corps …

The Washington Post's Twitter Fragility  —  A recent and bizarrely evolving Twitter scandal has placed D.C.'s leading media institution in the middle of the political, or at least office politics, conversation. … The paper, which Bezos had acquired in 2013, was then at an inflection point.

More families of trans teens sue to stop Texas child abuse investigations  —  The ACLU and Lambda Legal filed the lawsuit on behalf of three families currently under investigation, as well as more than 600 Texas-based members of PFLAG, an advocacy group for LGBTQ+ families.  —  Copy link

Bipartisan Senate group eyes deal ‘this week’ on bill to prevent future coups  —  WASHINGTON — As the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 plot prepares to kick off its first public hearing, a bipartisan group of senators huddled Wednesday in the Capitol to negotiate new laws to prevent future candidates from stealing elections.

She Helped Create the Big Lie.  Records Suggest She Turned It Into a Big Grift.  —  Over the last two presidential election cycles, True the Vote has raised millions in donations with claims that it discovered tide-turning voter fraud.  It's promised to release its evidence.  It never has.

In reversal, Twitter plans to comply with Musk's demands for data  —  The billionaire is in a protracted battle with the company over information about spam and fake accounts  —  After a weeks-long impasse, Twitter's board plans to comply with Elon Musk's demands for internal data …

An Uvalde pediatrician says he will ‘never forget what I saw’ after the shooting.  —  Dr. Roy Guerrero, a pediatrician in Uvalde, Texas, described to members of Congress on Wednesday the horrors he saw two weeks ago in the city's emergency room as he treated wounded and dying students …

Top general details plan to train Ukrainians on rocket artillery  —  The U.S. military has devised a plan to train a platoon of Ukrainian soldiers at a time on how to use sophisticated multiple-launch rocket artillery, the Pentagon's top general said Wednesday, raising the likelihood that more of the weapons could be sent to Ukraine.

The Pa. Senate race recount is complete and the results show how accurate the vote count was  —  Pennsylvania's recount is over, and the results are clear: The vote count was accurate the first time.Mehmet Oz beat David McCormick by fewer than 1,000 votes in the Republican Senate primary …

How San Francisco Became a Failed City  —  San Francisco was conquered by the United States in 1846, and two years later, the Americans discovered gold.  That's about when my ancestors came—my German great-great-great-grandfather worked at a butcher shop on Jackson Street.

Audio shows Trump-endorsed Arizona Senate candidate questioned whether January 6 attack was set up by FBI  —  (CNN)Blake Masters, the Republican Senate candidate from Arizona, met with conservative activists at a Phoenix IHOP this spring and was asked whether he would support investigating …

Nearly 3 Out Of 4 Support Raising Legal Age To Buy Any Gun, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Support For Assault Weapons Ban Hits A Low  — mail_outline  —  Americans support 74 - 24 percent raising the minimum legal age to buy any gun to 21 years old nationwide …

Colorado to Examine Lauren Boebert's Mileage Claims and Tax Liens  —  The state's attorney general has referred for review a fraud complaint from the group that targeted Representative Madison Cawthorn, in a sign of trouble for the first-term congresswoman.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Facebook's 2018 algorithm change boosted local GOP groups, research finds  —  A change to Facebook's recommendation system likely accounted for a disproportionate boost in visibility and engagement to conservative political groups on the social media platform starting in 2018, according to research published Wednesday.

How Gender Neutral Language Is Shaping the Fight for Abortion Rights  —  Progressive groups and medical organizations have adopted inclusive language, which has led to terms like “pregnant people” and “chestfeeding.”  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Opinion Fox News's blackout of Jan. 6 points to a hidden crisis for Democrats  —  The not-so-shocking revelation that Fox News will not carry House committee hearings about the insurrection is yet another sign that right-wing media will go to extraordinary lengths to shield the GOP base from brutal truths about Jan. 6, 2021.

Brookings places retired general on leave amid FBI probe  —  The prestigious Brookings Institution placed its president, retired four-star Marine Gen. John Allen, on administrative leave Wednesday amid a federal investigation into Allen's foreign lobbying.  —  Brookings' announcement came …

Boeing Can't Find Enough Workers to Build the New Air Force One  —  A new GAO report details the latest setback for the presidential planemaker.  —  Boeing is having trouble hiring qualified aircraft mechanics to build the new Air Force One as it competes in an ultra-competitive labor market, according to a new government report.