Republican NeverTrumpers Should Thank Donald Trump for SCOTUS Overturning Roe v. Wade  —  Correcting the unconstitutional legalization of the killing of unborn human beings.  —  Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center.

Scoop: Spanberger rival Yesli Vega doubts pregnancy after rape  —  Yesli Vega, the Republican nominee running against Democrat Abigail Spanberger for Congress, downplayed the possibility of becoming pregnant as a result of rape when asked about her stance on abortion at a campaign stop last month, according to audio obtained by Axios.

Rudy Giuliani Has Grocery Store Worker Arrested For Slap On The Back  —  “All of the sudden I feel a shot on my back, like somebody shot me,” the former New York City mayor said.  —  A worker at a grocery store in New York was arrested after slapping Rudy Giuliani on the back and calling him a …

Russia Defaults on Foreign Debt for First Time Since 1918  —  Russia defaulted on its foreign-currency sovereign debt for the first time in a century, the culmination of ever-tougher Western sanctions that shut down payment routes to overseas creditors.  —  For months, the country found paths around …

Ukraine Live Updates: West Scrambles for New Way to Try to Punish Russia  —  A Group of 7 proposal on oil price caps comes as the West is struggling to limit global economic havoc from the war in Ukraine.  President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke virtually at the Group of 7 summit in Germany.

McCarthy's coming headaches  —  Far-right candidates are surging in House races across the map: Republican leaders increasingly fear that a red wave will wash in a raft of conspiracy theorists and extremists. … House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy — on the doorstep of the speaker's office …