Chicago shooting person of interest left online trail of violent imagery  —  Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III, the person of interest identified by police after Monday's shooting in a Chicago suburb left 6 dead and 38 hurt, left a long trail of tributes to mass shootings and public killings …

New Jan. 6 Trump documentary footage revealed  —  POLITICO has exclusively obtained a trailer for Alex Holder's “Unprecedented,” the British filmmaker's upcoming Discovery+ docuseries about the Trump family.  —  The two-minute-plus trailer was included among the hours of footage that Holder turned …

Doug Mastriano's Election-Takeover Plan  —  Stop the Steal is only a pretense for seizing control.  —  By now, political junkies are familiar with the rucksack of election-denying baggage that Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano schleps around: He organized …

Abortion fight strains Democratic alliance with Gen Z  —  A debate is raging inside the Democratic Party about whether it's giving its base — especially those under 30, the generation that most strongly supports abortion rights — enough motivation to keep voting for the party …

With pressures mounting, Biden thinks GOP will make his midterm case for him  —  Little is going President Joe Biden's way as the summer lull sets in before the crush of midterm elections.  —  Gas prices are up; his approval rating is down.  A conservative Supreme Court majority is hacking away …

Confidence in U.S. Institutions Down; Average at New Low  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are less confident in major U.S. institutions than they were a year ago, with significant declines for 11 of the 16 institutions tested and no improvements for any.  The largest declines in confidence …

'I'm terrified': Brittney Griner sends Biden handwritten letter amid trial in Russia  —  WNBA star Brittney Griner asked President Joe Biden to bring her home from detention in Russia, where she is being tried on drug smuggling charges, telling the president in a handwritten letter: “I'm terrified.”

Crypto collapse reverberates widely among black American investors  —  Higher exposure to digital assets leaves owners vulnerable to downturn  —  The widespread losses caused by the cryptocurrency crash are even broader among black investors.  —  A quarter of black American investors owned cryptocurrencies …

2 Officers Shot, Hundreds Flee During July 4th Fireworks in Philly  —  Lee esta historia en español aquí.  —  Two police officers were shot near Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway as thousands attended a Fourth of July concert and fireworks show Monday night, leading to crowds scattering from the scene.

Christian Nationalists Are Excited About What Comes Next  —  Ms. Stewart has reported on the religious right for more than a decade.  She is the author of “The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism.”  —  The shape of the Christian nationalist movement …

On Conservative Radio, Misleading Message Is Clear: ‘Democrats Cheat’  —  Election fraud claims from 2020 are widespread on talk radio, contributing to the belief that the midterm results cannot be trusted.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Stuart Thompson writes about online information flows.

Fox News Potentially Facing Major Financial Damage In Dogged Suit Over Election Lies  —  Discovery in the case could reveal bombshell messages among the Trump White House, Fox personalities, and even Rupert Murdoch.  —  A massive $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit by a voting machine company …

Interest in vasectomies surges after fall of Roe v. Wade  —  Doctors across the United States are reporting sharp rises in men seeking vasectomies following last week's Supreme Court decision that eliminated the constitutional right to abortion.  —  Urologists told the Washington Post …

While consumers and travelers suffer, Buttigieg focuses on ‘racist’ roads  —  A gallon of gas is almost $5, hundreds of airline flights are being canceled every day, and a possible strike by West Coast port unions is threatening to make an already unreliable supply chain even worse.

Why I will never live without a dog again  —  Everyone must take a summer break from the relentless negativity of the news, which unfortunately reflects the relentless negativity of reality.  So let me introduce you to Jack.  —  Jack is a puppy I picked up last week, eight months after the death of my much-loved Havanese, Latte.

Republican states are trying to use federal covid aid to cut taxes  —  In Florida and elsewhere, GOP leaders have sued to tap pandemic funds for tax cuts, defying the Biden administration  —  As gas prices climbed toward record highs this May, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) …

Health experts see rise in maternal mortality post-Roe … Each had “trigger” laws, or abortion bans that took effect in the immediate aftermath of the Supreme Court eliminating a federal right to the procedure.  — Maternal death rates in states with “trigger” laws are on average almost …