Trump Group Pays for Jan. 6 Lawyers, Raising Concerns of Witness Pressure  —  The former president's political organization and allies have paid for or promised to cover legal fees for witnesses, as the House inquiry suggests he is trying to influence testimony.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Congress has let the Supreme Court run amok  —  Biden accuses Supreme Court of ‘outrageous behavior’ following Roe v. Wade reversal  —  The Supreme Court ended its term Thursday having produced a string of decisions that with casual brutality threatened Americans' privacy, health and well-being.

Texas educator group proposes referring to slavery as “involuntary relocation” in second grade curriculum  —  The Texas State Board of Education is fielding proposals to update the state's public school social studies curriculum this summer.  —  Copy link  —  A group of Texas educators …

Abortion, women's rights grow as priorities: AP-NORC poll  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll finds a growing percentage of Americans calling out abortion or women's rights as priorities for the government in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, especially among Democrats and those who support abortion access.

Neo-Nazi publisher Andrew Anglin gives ‘forceful endorsement’ of Blake Masters' Senate bid  —  The move by The Daily Stormer publisher is a play to try to exert influence in a GOP moving to the right, experts in extremism contend  —  Andrew Anglin, the neo-Nazi publisher of The Daily Stormer …

The Real Target of the Supreme Court's EPA Decision  —  In yet another major blow to democratic constitutionalism, the Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia v. EPA that the Clean Air Act does not give EPA authority to regulate the power grid as a whole.  The decision will likely limit …

The Sleeper ‘Wire Fraud’ Scheme That Could Nail Trumpworld  —  The Jan. 6 committee has already laid out a convincing case of wire fraud against the Trump campaign.  —  the day television networks called the election for Joe Biden—then-President Donald Trump's campaign manager was trying …

In Russia's Biggest Cities, Ukraine War Fades to Background Noise  —  Bars are packed out, film and jazz festivals are sold out and Moscow's police officers are busier handing out fines for public drinking than putting down dissent  —  MOSCOW—Dima Karmanovsky had just finished his second DJ set …

School's out forever: Arizona moves “to kill public education” with new universal voucher law  —  Families who bail on public school will get $7,000 per kid in GOP's new scheme: “Every red state” urged to follow  —  Last Friday, while the country reeled from the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade …

Yep, the GOP is ready to bring back sodomy bans  —  Clarence Thomas laid out the invitation in his Roe concurrence.  The Texas GOP is taking him up on it, aiming to pulverize LGBTQ rights.  Others will follow. … Back in 2017, when I was editor-at-large at HuffPost, I wrote a piece headlined …

Ukraine Live Updates: Missile Strikes Hit Near Odesa; Brittney Griner's Trial in Russia Is Adjourned  —  Strikes on a residential tower and a recreational center southwest of Odesa killed at least 19 civilians and injured dozens.  Legal experts said that the W.N.B.A. star's trial on drug charges …

A Lucky Country, on Thin Ice  —  America prides itself on being a “young” country, which it certainly is in cultural terms and in demographics.  The median age in the U.S. is now just over 38—about a decade younger than Japan or Germany, many years below that of most European countries.

Who's In Charge?  —  “Which way am I going?” asked President Biden when he ended Thursday's press conference at the NATO summit in Madrid.  He began to exit stage right, before someone redirected him toward stage left.  This combination of ignorance and indecision was not new.

Arizona Senate president gets FBI subpoena for Trump-related records  —  Karen Fann initiated the Republican review of Maricopa County's election results.  Feds are investigating the Trump White House role's in pressuring states.  —  PHOENIX — The FBI has subpoenaed records …

Libertarian Conference Cancels Notorious White Nationalist  —  A leading libertarian conference invited a Nicholas Fuentes to show his film on cancel culture.  Then organizers figured out who he was and canceled his event.  —  “The Most Canceled Man in America” has, in fact, been canceled.

McConnell warns Dems of fallout for reviving Biden bill  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell threatened Thursday to derail a bill designed to boost semiconductor manufacturing in the United States if Democrats revive their stalled package of energy and economic initiatives.