Sen. Lindsey Graham ordered to testify in front of special grand jury in Trump election probe  —  ATLANTA — A Fulton County judge has ordered U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify in front of a special grand jury looking into possible election tampering by former President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election.

Oath Keepers lawyer says Stewart Rhodes wanted her Trump contacts before Jan. 6 Capitol attack  —  The Jan. 6 Committee will explore links between the Trump White House and right-wing militia groups on Tuesday.  They've spoken to Kellye SoRelle, who might be a key.

Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to the UK as a child  —  Sir Mo Farah was brought to the UK illegally as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant, he has revealed.  —  The Olympic star has told the BBC he was given the name Mohamed Farah by those who flew him over from Djibouti.

Maybe Americans Should Stop Giving the Democrats What They Want  —  One wrinkle to the “Should the Democrats dump Biden in 2024?” talk that doesn't get enough attention: In early 2020, out of Democratic primary field which consisted of a small army of candidates, more than half …

Biden's Approval Hits 33 Percent; Democrats Want 2024 Options, Poll Shows  —  With the country gripped by a pervasive sense of pessimism, the president is hemorrhaging support.  —  President Biden is facing an alarming level of doubt from inside his own party, with 64 percent …

Is BA.5 the ‘Reinfection Wave’?  —  Well, here we go again.  Once more, the ever-changing coronavirus behind COVID-19 is assaulting the United States in a new guise—BA.5, an offshoot of the Omicron variant that devastated the most recent winter.  The new variant is spreading quickly …

Hospitals Must Provide Abortions in Emergency Situations, Biden Administration Says  —  Guidance aims to help doctors and hospitals reconcile state laws restricting abortions with federal law that can require the procedure  —  Federal health officials said doctors and hospitals must provide …

Ron DeSantis Would Kill Democracy Slowly and Methodically … During the Donald Trump era, democracy itself has become the preeminent question of American politics.  Yet Trump himself has played a paradoxical role in this development.  While his overtly authoritarian personality brought …

Abortion bans force U.S. students to rethink college plans  —  With its excellent academic and music programs, Oberlin College in Ohio seemed like a perfect fit for Nina Huang, a California high school student who plays flute and piano and hopes to eventually study medicine or law.

Iran seeks to help Russia with war in Ukraine, White House says  —  The Iranian government is looking to provide the Russians with weapons in their war in Ukraine, national security adviser Jake Sullivan alleged.  —  Sullivan, taking questions from the White House podium on Monday afternoon …

Former Attorney General Bill Barr subpoenaed in Dominion 2020 election lawsuit  —  The subpoena has been issued in Dominion's defamation lawsuit against Fox News.  —  Attorney General Bill Barr holds a news conference at the Department of Justice December 21, 2020 in Washington, DC.

Democrats are overreacting about the Supreme Court  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  Curt Levey, president of the Committee for Justice, is a constitutional law attorney.  —  With the end of the Supreme Court's term, Democrats are denouncing the court as ideologically motivated, extreme, undemocratic, even destabilizing.

Russia suffers ‘wild shell hunger’ as Ukraine hits arms depots with long-range Western rockets  —  Vladimir Putin's forces face ‘out of the blue’ ammunition shortages as warehouses destroyed ‘one by one’ using Himar and MLRS weapons  —  Russia is running short of ammunition for its armies fighting …

US rejects ‘Serbian world’ advocated by Serbian minister  —  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A senior Serbian minister on Monday advocated the creation of a “Serbian world” that would unite all Serbs in the Balkans into a single state, rejecting a U.S. warning that such calls could fuel tensions …

An expert in political violence urgently warns: The worst is coming  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  The Jan. 6 House select committee hearings this week are among the most important of all, because they will foreground a topic that many Americans ordinarily don't associate with their democracy …

Musk, Trump, and the Rule of Law  —  All of the systems are being tested.  —  1. JVL Is Always Right  —  There's a reason we sell the shirt. … Here's your Bloomberg report from June 8: … Who am I kidding?  Ain't no way I'm letting go of this mic.

The Case That Could Blow Up American Election Law  —  Members of the Supreme Court's conservative supermajority just last week took the next step in a little-noticed, but extremely dangerous, project: attempting to jam into law a radical misinterpretation of the Constitution's elections and electors clauses …

I asked about abortion at a Texas gun show.  The answer I got was grim.  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  DALLAS — Standing next to a display of military-grade weapons, I wondered aloud to the dealers at the gun-show booth if more women should get guns in Texas to protect themselves …

George W. Bush told Mitt Romney that Rick Perry was dumber than he was: book  — George W. Bush told Mitt Romney that he thought Rick Perry was dumber than he was.  — “People thought I was dumb,” Bush said.  “Well, wait till you get a load of this guy.”

Is the January 6 Committee Really Saving Democracy?  —  Here's something I'm slightly ashamed to admit: I've barely watched any of the January 6 hearings.  Given the significance the committee's work holds for many segments of the mainstream media, I've assumed that I'll be made aware …