Far-Right Republicans Press Closer to Power Over Future Elections  —  Midway through primary season, the party has nominated several candidates who deny the 2020 outcome for posts that will have significant sway over the 2024 presidential election.  —  The potential for far-right Republicans …

Supreme Court Dismisses Bid by G.O.P.-Led States to Defend Trump Immigration Plan  —  The case concerned revisions to the “public charge” rule that made it harder for immigrants who had relied on public assistance to gain permanent legal status.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

For Herschel Walker, revelation of second son is the latest in string of controversies  —  Even in a campaign filled with head-spinning news, the latest revelation is a shocker: Herschel Walker, who has spoken out repeatedly against absentee dads, fathered a son who he financially supports but doesn't see.

Five Blunt Truths About the War in Ukraine  —  Five sentences sum up the war in Ukraine as it stands now.  —  The Russians are running out of precision-guided weapons.  The Ukrainians are running out of Soviet-era munitions.  The world is running out of patience for the war.

Notes on the State of the Primaries: June 15, 2022  —  Dear Readers: Tuesday night saw primaries in 4 states, as well as a closely-watched (but lightly-voted) U.S. House special election in Texas.  In the aftermath of these contests, we're making 4 rating changes, although 2 of them are in states that didn't have elections on Tuesday.

Democrats Fetterman, Shapiro show early leads in USA Today Network/Suffolk University poll  —  A USA Today Network/Suffolk University poll in Pennsylvania released this week suggests a clear U.S. Senate frontrunner — with a tighter race for governor.  —  According to the Suffolk University …

Second Time's the Charm?  —  With his revised child benefit, Mitt Romney learns from his critics.  —  Early last year, Senator Mitt Romney proposed a new approach to family policy that exposed some significant rifts among right-leaning policy wonks who care about fighting poverty and supporting family formation.

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.

Under the Banner of Hulu  —  Give this to Under the Banner of Heaven, the buzzy true-crime miniseries that recently concluded its run on FX and Hulu: It wastes little time in getting to the point.  Minutes into the first episode, Detective Jeb Pyre is interviewing Allen Lafferty in a Utah jail cell.

Conservatives Reveal What They Mean When They Say “Parents' Rights”  —  Post-liberal conservatism is real.  —  1. The Free State of Florida  —  Do you remember being lectured by Conservatism Inc. about how the Florida “Don't Say Gay” law wasn't really about preventing kids from telling classmates …

The Battle Over Gender Therapy  —  More teenagers than ever are seeking transitions, but the medical community that treats them is deeply divided about why — and what to do to help them.  —  To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.

A ‘Trojan Horse’ in the Los Angeles D.A.'s Office  —  On May 31, 2018, Desiree Andrade was scrolling through Facebook when she saw a local news report about the body of an unidentified man found at the base of a canyon in the forest north of Los Angeles.  Andrade's son, Julian, who was 20, had disappeared two days earlier.

Feds Reveal Chilling Note Buffalo Mass Shooter Left for His Parents  —  FBI agents found the note in Payton Gendron's bedroom along with “handwritten sketches” of Tops Friendly Market, prosecutors revealed as they filed hate crime charges on Wednesday.  —  Payton Gendron, the 18-year-old charged …

Seth Rich's killing was exploited on Fox News and online.  His parents are fed up  —  The fatal shooting of a young Democratic Party aide named Seth Rich early in the morning of July 10, 2016, brought incalculable loss to his parents.  —  Within days, Joel and Mary Rich then had to endure an unimaginable …

Self-Driving and Driver-Assist Technology Linked to Hundreds of Crashes, U.S. Data Shows  —  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released data on 10 months of crashes involving systems like Tesla's Autopilot.  A handful of accidents turned deadly.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Facebook and Anti-Abortion Clinics Are Collecting Highly Sensitive Info on Would-Be Patients  —  This story is a collaboration with The Markup.  —  Facebook is collecting ultra-sensitive personal data about abortion seekers and enabling anti-abortion organizations to use that data as a tool …

Marine combat veteran announces self-funded primary challenge to Matt Gaetz  —  Mark Lombardo is Marine combat veteran, former FedEx executive and pilot  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for June 14  —  EXCLUSIVE: A businessman and Marine combat veteran with extensive aviation experience …

Moorish Sovereign arrested, despite ‘police status’ in new republic  —  Police stopped to help stranded motorists and came face-to-face with a family of Moorish Sovereign Citizens, some of whom fought with officers, according to a probable cause affidavit.  —  Moorish Sovereigns …

Texts reveal Hunter Biden's meltdown over discarded gun incident  —  EXCLUSIVE — Hunter Biden berated his sister-in-law Hallie Biden and accused her of ruining his life after he learned she had thrown his gun in the trash near a Delaware high school in October 2018, newly revealed texts from a copy of his abandoned laptop show.

Biden blasts oil refiners for record high gasoline prices, profits  —  U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday demanded oil refining companies explain why they are not putting more gasoline on the market, sharply escalating his rhetoric against industry as he faces pressure over rising prices.

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 …

No Way to Build a Railroad  —  On January 26, Maryland's Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced some good news—and some bad news.  The good news was that the Purple Line, a 16-mile light rail project to connect working-class Black and Latino suburbs immediately northeast of Washington …

Group behind Trump SCOTUS picks brought in nearly $50 million in secret money … As the Supreme Court stands on the brink of loosening gun restrictions and rolling back decades of abortion protections, tax documents obtained by CREW show that the dark money group that poured millions of dollars …

Exclusive: US fighters ‘captured’ by Russian forces in Ukraine  —  Robert Drueke and Andy Huynh are both veterans of the US military who travelled to the front line to help in the war effort  —  Two former US servicemen have been captured during fighting with Russian forces in Ukraine, The Telegraph has been told.

Sweeping Legislation Aims to Ban the Sale of Location Data  —  The Health and Location Data Protection Act comes after Motherboard reported that brokers were selling location data on people visiting abortion clinics.  The bill would give the FTC and individual people power to curb some of the worst abuses of such data