Taking Aim at DeSantis, Spooked Trump Considers Launching 2024 Bid in Florida  —  Sources tell Rolling Stone that the former president has been asking if anyone has venues near the governor's mansion in Tallahassee  —  Donald Trump in recent months has been telling confidants that he may launch …

The Jolt: Herschel Walker claimed to be in law enforcement when he wasn't.  —  U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker regularly praises police officers.  But was Walker in law enforcement himself?  In at least three speeches delivered before he entered politics, Walker claimed he was, the AJC's Shannon McCaffrey reports.

The January 6 Committee and Me  —  Why I'm testifying before Congress today.  —  In America, we once thought of political courage as being willing to do something at one's own expense.  —  At the pointy end of that consideration are instances when people risk their lives or freedom to do the right thing.

Arron Banks loses libel action against reporter Carole Cadwalladr  —  Guardian journalist was being sued for defamation over Brexit backer's ‘covert relationship’ with Russia  —  The multimillionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks has lost his libel action against the Observer …

The battle of Donbas could prove decisive in Ukraine war  —  Day after day, Russia is pounding the Donbas region of Ukraine with relentless artillery and air raids, making slow but steady progress to seize the industrial heartland of its neighbor.  —  With the conflict now in its fourth month …

How Bolsonaro Is Using the Military to Challenge Brazil's Election  —  Despite little evidence of past fraud, President Jair Bolsonaro has long raised doubts about Brazil's electoral process.  Now the military is expressing similar concerns.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Steve Bannon Digs Into Roger Clemens' Playbook to Try to Beat Congress  —  Steve Bannon is subpoenaing members of the Jan. 6 committee.  But he might not just be trolling.  —  Steve Bannon is trying to lose the battle but win the war.  —  Faced with a criminal prosecution for the rare charge …

Inside Biden's frustration with soaring prices  —  Biden vented to aides after an ethanol announcement designed to ease gas prices, questioning the policy's effectiveness  —  President Biden seemed upbeat when he visited an Iowa biofuels plant in April to talk about bringing down gas prices …

Michael Avenatti offers to plead guilty in remaining criminal case  —  Michael Avenatti, the twice-convicted lawyer who represented porn actress Stormy Daniels in her legal battles against former U.S. President Donald Trump, on Sunday offered to plead guilty to “multiple” criminal charges he still faces in California.

House Democrats probe PR industry's role in advertising for Big Oil  —  Good morning and welcome to The Climate 202!  Today we're worried about a shortage of Sriracha because of extreme droughts in Mexico, where the hot-sauce company sources its chile peppers.  One could say it's a climate-change-fueled condiment conundrum.

In Texas, Moms Demand Action got more than 20,000 new supporters after Uvalde  —  The mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has revived interest in preventing such senseless violence — and in Texas, that impulse is translating into a rush of new supporters and volunteers for the state's Moms Demand Action chapter.

'They're Wiping Us From Earth': Evading Russian Artillery With a Ukrainian Military Unit  —  A trip to the front lines reveal Putin's ‘scorched earth’ strategy and the Ukrainian troops trying to hold on  —  NEAR LYMAN, Ukraine — Crossing the final checkpoint into a battle zone feels like a consecration.