Elon's Out  —  Programming note: Ugh, here we are again, huh?  —  Oh Elon  —  I think it is helpful to start with the big picture.  Elon Musk is the richest person in the world, and, like many other rich people, he has some unusual and expensive hobbies.

POLITICO Playbook: Leibo book off embargo, Morton's gets grilled  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  OFF EMBARGO — Our copy of MARK LEIBOVICH's “Thank You for Your Servitude” arrived from Penguin Press on Friday, and we've been devouring it ever since.

Hubris and Mismanagement Led Sri Lanka Into Economic Collapse  —  The request came as protesters entered his residence and office, and thousands more descended on the capital to register their fury over his government's inability to address a crippling economic crisis.

Pregnant woman says her fetus should count as a passenger in HOV lanes.  She got a ticket  —  The overturning of the Roe v. Wade ruling has one driver questioning HOV lane laws requiring two passengers in a car.  —  In economics, they call it the law of unintended consequences.

Covid learning loss has been a global disaster  —  Millions of children are still out of school.  The costs are stacking up  —  MANILA, MUMBAI AND TUXTLA  —  King norvic tarroyo lives with his parents and five siblings in a slum near the sea wall in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.

Over 300 Virginia state employees resign in wake of Gov. Youngkin's telework policy  —  RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — More than 300 employees from five state agencies have resigned since Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Virginia's new telework policy in early May, according to records obtained by 8News.

The nation that laughed itself stupid  —  Boris Johnson has exposed the costs of Britain's addiction to humour  —  To the silk looms and chamber pots of Dennis Severs' House in Spitalfields.  Severs was a Californian whose gripes with the 20th century drove him to turn a London address into a portal to the 18th and 19th.

A one-source story about a 10-year-old and an abortion goes viral  —  Listen  —  Gift Article … — President Biden, remarks during signing of executive order on abortion access, July 8  —  This is the account of a one-source story that quickly went viral around the world — and into the talking points of the president.

Oath Keeper members brought explosives to DC area around January 6 and had a ‘death list,’ prosecutors say  —  (CNN)The Justice Department released new details Friday evening of the alleged extensive planning by the Oath Keepers to prepare for violence in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021 …

Shinzo Abe killing: Security was flawed, Japan police say  —  Japanese police have admitted there were flaws in the security for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead in the southern city of Nara on Friday.  —  “It is undeniable that there were problems in the security,” said Nara police chief Tomoaki Onizuka.

Ukraine Foreign Ministry blasts Rep. Victoria Spartz's ‘cynical’ allegations  —  Ukraine's Foreign Ministry released a blistering statement Saturday accusing the first and only Ukraine-born U.S. lawmaker of playing politics over Russia's war.  —  The extraordinary statement comes after Rep. Victoria Spartz …

The staggering scope of U.S. gun deaths goes far beyond mass shootings  —  The spate of shooting attacks in communities such as Highland Park, Ill.; Uvalde, Tex.; and Buffalo has riveted attention on America's staggering number of public mass killings.  But the rising number of gun deaths …

Inside the Ukrainian resistance  —  “The situation in the city is very, very bad.  The Russian occupiers are increasing their presence all the time.  They ride around the city with impunity and break down the doors of houses and apartments.  Soldiers usually come at around midnight …

The Mayor Who Never Sleeps  —  On a breezy June night in the Bronx, I was on the balcony at the restaurant Zona De Cuba, sipping a mojito, vibing to a salsa band and peeking at a special menu for the plant-based mayor of New York, Eric Adams, who was soon to arrive.

Retired three-star general suspended from Army contract after tweet that appeared to mock Jill Biden … WASHINGTON - A retired three-star general has been suspended from a $92-an-hour contract consulting the Army and is under investigation after posting a tweet that appeared to mock …

Georgia's Abrams raises $22M in 2 months, far outpacing Kemp  —  Gift Article  —  ATLANTA — Stacey Abrams' fundraising continues to accelerate, swamping Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and pushing close to $50 million raised in the seven months since the Georgia Democrat announced her campaign in December.