Exclusive: Trump's Lawyers Think Mark Meadows Is Going Down  —  The Jan. 6 Committee is probing the former chief of staff's finances, Rolling Stone has learned, adding to a long list of legal headaches  —  As she opened the House Jan. 6 committee hearing Tuesday, Republican …

1 big thing: Seismic shift … - Democrats are becoming the party of upscale voters concerned more about issues like gun control and abortion rights.  — Republicans are quietly building a multiracial coalition of working-class voters, with inflation as an accelerant.

U.S. Inflation Reached Highest Rate in Nearly 41 Years in June  —  Rising housing costs are putting pressure on prices, but lower gasoline costs and a glut of retail goods could be turning point in inflation surge  —  U.S. inflation reached 9.1% in June, its highest rate in nearly 41 years, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

‘Unhinged’: The White House meeting that preceded Trump's ‘will be wild’ tweet  —  Gift Article  —  Late on a Friday night about six weeks after Donald Trump lost his reelection, a fistfight nearly broke out in the White House between the president's fired national security adviser and a top White House aide.

Exclusive: Watch Uvalde school shooting video obtained by Statesman showing response  —  Editor's note: The video footage, audio, and events described in this story are disturbing.  Discretion is advised.  This exclusive story and video are being made available free of charge as a public service.

House centrists mull Manchin counteroffer: No new taxes  —  Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) is gauging support among House centrists for a counteroffer to the emerging Senate reconciliation package, with one big clause: No new taxes. … That could deprive President Biden — and vulnerable lawmakers …

Charges: Man lit his camper on fire, defaced own garage to appear targeted due to Trump flag  —  MINNEAPOLIS - A Brooklyn Center man faces federal charges after he lit his own camper on fire to make it look like a politically-motivated crime, and then allegedly filed several fraudulent insurance claims.

Introducing the 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)  —  Now that all 50 states have finalized new lines for the 2022 elections, the Cook Political Report is pleased to introduce the 25th Anniversary edition of the Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠) …

Biden Handshake With Netanyahu Muddles Bid to Limit MBS Contact  —  President Joe Biden wasn't supposed to shake hands with foreign leaders during his trip to the Middle East this week, a precaution against catching Covid-19 that would also help avoid a politically awkward greeting with Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed Bin Salman.

Trump lashes out at Elon Musk, says he could have made the billionaire ‘beg’  —  Musk previously said the former president should ‘sail into the sunset’  —  Coming up on Wednesday, July 13 edition of ‘Special Report’  —  Former President Donald Trump continued his war of words …

Senate Democrats Must Shoot Down Biden's Anti-Abortion Court Nominee  —  It's bad policy and worse politics.  —  S. Chad Meredith, Kentucky solicitor general, speaks to members of the media at the state Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, June 10, 2021.  —  President Biden is reportedly bound …

Fact Check-U.S. Supreme Court has not voted to overturn 2020 presidential election result  —  The U.S. Supreme Court has not voted to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election, despite claims made online.  Legal professors told Reuters that no such decision was made …

EXCLUSIVE: Cassidy Hutchinson Begged Senior Trump Officials For ‘Financial Assistance’ After Being Subpoenaed By J6 Committee  —  The Jan. 6 Committee's key witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, asked former Senior Trump officials for financial assistance and legal help in February after she was subpoenaed …

Beware Wishful Thinking About Inflation and Recession  —  So long as underlying inflation is high, the Federal Reserve is not your friend  —  Inflation has peaked.  The Fed's tightening has accomplished its mission.  Strong labor market and consumer fundamentals will keep any recession mild.

Allegations of Manosphere Pastor's Gay Past Roil Macho Men  —  Jesse Lee Peterson has emerged as one of the right's most vocal anti-gay figures, but his one-time friends now allege that the pastor has had many same-sex relationships.  —  In the hyper-masculine right-wing internet community known as the …

Whitmer's leads over GOP rivals raising doubts about red wave, poll finds  —  Lansing — Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has leads over all five of her potential GOP challengers less than four months before Election Day, raising doubts about whether a Republican wave will make landfall in Michigan.

What It Means to Raise an American Girl Now  —  One of the images that has stuck with me from the pandemic's early days is the doll hospital my daughters made from cardboard boxes.  Not long after their world was locked down, my children's American Girl dolls were afflicted with an unnamed illness and put to bed for weeks.

The man who has Putin's ear — and may want his job  —  Russian security chief Nikolai Patrushev is one of the Russian president's few close advisers  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  When Russian President Vladimir Putin held the final meeting of his Security Council before launching …

Exclusive: Read the private email Obama sent his former doc after he questioned Biden's cognitive health  —  Obama told Jackson, who was the doctor for three presidents, that criticizing Biden's mental state was ‘unprofessional’  —  Hegseth on media, Democrats turning on President Biden: He is ‘persona non grata’

Trump hosts controversial Saudi-funded golf tournament as he mulls 2024 bid  —  Money.  Revenge.  Disruption.  International intrigue.  —  These hallmarks of Donald Trump's business brand are all colliding in his latest political controversy involving the world of professional golf.

A Former Mueller Prosecutor Takes Merrick Garland to Task  —  Few people know complex federal criminal investigations as well as Andrew Weissmann does.  —  Over the course of his career, Weissmann has worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, as a deputy and eventually director …