6/15/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM. … SCHIFF HAS ALSO BEEN CONDUCTING MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS TO HEAR WHAT THEY THINK THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE PARTY'S LEADERSHIP SHOULD LOOK LIKE.  —  WE REPORTED IN APRIL THAT SCHIFF WAS EYEING A RUN FOR LEADERSHIP IN A POST-NANCY PELOSI WORLD.

Publix heiress paid Kimberly Guilfoyle's $60,000 speaking fee on Jan. 6  —  The funds were directed to Donald Trump Jr.'s fiancee through Turning Point Action, a nonprofit run by Charlie Kirk  —  Kimberly Guilfoyle, a fundraiser for former president Donald Trump and the fiancee of his eldest son …

Leave Joe Biden Alone  —  Biden's been a good president, but Republicans want to impeach him and some Democrats want to replace him.  —  Every administration has its ups and downs; today I examine why the Biden White House is taking more than its fair share of hits.

GOP commission refuses to certify New Mexico primary vote  —  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Votes in a New Mexico community are at risk of not counting after a Republican-led commission refused to approve primary election results over distrust of Dominion vote-tallying machines.

Scoop: Keisha Lance Bottoms to join White House  —  President Biden is tapping former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to replace Cedric Richmond as one of his most senior aides, bringing a Democratic rising star and former VP contender into the White House at a critical juncture, Axios has learned.

South Florida synagogue sues over Florida's new 15-week abortion ban  —  BY JIM SAUNDERS NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA  —  A South Florida Jewish congregation has challenged a new state law that blocks abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, contending the measure violates privacy and religious-freedom rights.

Herschel Walker Says He's a Model Dad.  He Has a Secret Son.  —  The GOP Senate hopeful, who has bemoaned “fatherless households,” was named in a paternity case. … For years, former football star turned Republican senatorial candidate Herschel Walker has expressed an enormous pride …

Republican Mayra Flores wins South Texas House seat long a Democratic stronghold  —  Rising Republican star Mayra Flores beat out Democratic challenger Dan Sanchez on Tuesday in a special election to finish Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela's current term in South Texas, a competitive congressional seat …

Lombardo routs field in GOP governor primary; election doubter prevails for SOS  —  A more moderate Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo won a decisive victory over the sprawling field of Republican gubernatorial candidates, even as further-right figures romped to victory over more centrist opponents in other statewide GOP primaries.

Wind and solar power are ‘bailing out’ Texas amid record heat and energy demand  —  (CNN)Texans are cranking on the air conditioning this week amid an unusually early heat wave, setting new records for electricity demand in the state, which surpassed 75 gigawatts on Sunday and smashed the 2019 record.

Is Twitter-Famous Princeton Historian Kevin Kruse a Plagiarist?  —  When former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke intimated in early 2017 that he would be joining Donald Trump's nascent administration, CNN obtained a copy of Clarke's master's thesis from the Naval Postgraduate School and revealed …

Major water cutbacks loom as shrinking Colorado River nears ‘moment of reckoning’  —  As the West endures another year of unrelenting drought worsened by climate change, the Colorado River's reservoirs have declined so low that major water cuts will be necessary next year to reduce risks …

Photos capture election-night tension at White House as Trump family, aides watch lead fade away  —  They reflect what advisers told the Jan. 6 committee despite Trump's claims.  —  A series of photos taken on election night 2020 inside the Trump White House captures the tension as Trump's family …

Trump's pick for Pa. governor says he sees ‘parallels’ to Hitler's power grab in Capitol riot  —  WASHINGTON — The Donald Trump-endorsed nominee for governor in Pennsylvania compared the Jan. 6 attack to historical events staged by the Nazis, saying that he saw “parallels” …

War in Ukraine reaches pivotal moment that could determine long-term outcome, intelligence officials say  —  Ukraine's military is burning through Soviet-era ammunition that fits older systems as the country pleads with the West to send more heavy weaponry and Russia amasses …

WHO Will Rename Monkeypox Virus to Minimize Stigma and Racism  —  The World Health Organization will officially rename monkeypox, in light of concerns about stigma and racism surrounding the virus that has infected over 1,600 people in more than two dozen countries.

James Patterson Apologizes for Saying White Writers Face a ‘Form of Racism’  —  The comments by Mr. Patterson, the prolific author of best-selling thrillers, had been widely criticized.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  James Patterson, the prolific author of best-selling thrillers …

Trump might have to be prosecuted to save American democracy, an expert on authoritarianism argues  — Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a history professor and expert on fascism at New York University.  — In 2020, she warned that authoritarian leaders, including Donald Trump, do not give up power easily.

Bass has pulled ahead of Caruso.  She can thank those last-minute mail-in voters  —  Rep. Karen Bass pulled ahead of rival Rick Caruso in the primary election for Los Angeles mayor on Tuesday after a surge of vote-by-mail ballots boosted the congresswoman and several other progressive candidates.

White House has security concerns about any deal for NSO hacking tools  —  The Biden administration is warning that a potential deal between a major American defense firm and NSO Group, a blacklisted Israeli spyware company, to buy the Israeli firm's hacking tools would raise “serious” …

Far-Right Influencers Hyped Coeur d'Alene Pride Before Patriot Front Showed Up  —  Right-wing influencers, including the pseudonymous, viral Twitter account “Libs of TikTok,” repeatedly drew negative attention to the Pride event in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in its runup, setting the stage for white supremacists to target it.

Biden Weighs Tariff Rollback to Ease Inflation, Even a Little Bit  —  While lifting some levies on China is unlikely to put a large dent in inflation, administration officials concede they have few other options to address surging prices.  — Give this article- - - Read in app