Arrest made in rape of Ohio girl that led to Indiana abortion drawing international attention  —  Bethany Bruner Monroe Trombly Tony CookThe Columbus Dispatch  —  A Columbus man has been charged with impregnating a 10-year-old Ohio girl, whose travel to Indiana to seek an abortion led …

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.

President Biden Statement on CPI Inflation in June  —  While today's headline inflation reading is unacceptably high, it is also out-of-date.  Energy alone comprised nearly half of the monthly increase in inflation.  Today's data does not reflect the full impact of nearly 30 days of decreases in gas prices …

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’

Exclusive: U.S. government warns that Iran may try to kill American officials as revenge for killing top general  —  The U.S. government believes that Iran may try to assassinate current or former senior American officials to avenge the death more than two years ago of its top military …

Biden Adopts ‘No Handshake’ Covid Policy, but Not For Long  —  JERUSALEM — That didn't last very long.  —  President Biden avoided shaking hands upon landing in Israel on Wednesday, just as aides hinted he would, citing the rapidly spreading new coronavirus subvariant, and fist-bumped local leaders instead.

Josh Gottheimer Is on a Mission to Destroy Joe Biden's Presidency  —  Joe Manchin has absorbed most of the heat from liberals angry that the Senate has often blocked President Biden's proposals.  But Manchin represents an overwhelmingly Republican state, and he has been willing to negotiate a meaningful …

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 …

Starbucks Went Woke and Now It's Paying the Price for Allowing Its Stores to Become Drug Dens  —  Just how bad are America's cities doing under the watch of their Democrat leaders?  Even ultra-woke Starbucks is pulling up stakes in Democrat-run cities where drug use, homelessness, and crime have made staying in business untenable.

Judge tells Lindsey Graham he must testify in grand jury probe  —  Lindsey Graham said he had no intention of honoring a subpoena from a special grand jury in Georgia.  A judge has now told him he doesn't have a choice.  —  Last week, a special grand jury hearing evidence in an investigation …

Public still ‘unfamiliar’ with most Tory leadership candidates - poll  —  An Ipsos survey found some candidates were barely more well known than a fake MP created by the pollster  —  R  —  ishi Sunak remains the most popular potential Tory leader among the public, but most other candidates lack “name recognition”, a poll has found.

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℠) …

Dramatic moments from deprogrammed right-wingers indict the whole GOP  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  Amid the parade of awful revelations unearthed by the House select committee examining the Jan. 6 insurrection, one area of immense culpability still needs further fleshing out.

Turning Point USA donations surged during the pandemic  —  Turning Point USA, the conservative organization that parlayed culture war activism on college campuses into major influence in U.S. politics, enjoyed a financial windfall during the pandemic, according to newly filed tax records.

U.S. Urges Pharmacists to Fill Prescriptions for Drugs That Can Be Used in Abortions  —  New federal health guidelines cite possible antidiscrimination violation if patient is refused drugs used for medication abortion and other medical conditions  —  The Biden administration is warning pharmacists …

‘As somebody who has helped plan coups ...’  —  Today's hearing of the Jan. 6 committee was another revelatory affair, added damning details to the already comprehensive picture of how high-level strategists, motivated paramilitaries, and ordinary partisans worked together to try …

Mitt Romney Is Inventing Policies for a Fantasy G.O.P.  —  Last year, as an alternative to the temporary expansion of the child tax credit under President Biden's American Rescue Plan, Senator Mitt Romney of Utah introduced a plan to give every family a monthly benefit of up to $350 per child …

7th Fleet Destroyer conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation in South China Sea  —  13JUL22 1645 JST UPDATE:  —  The PRC's statement about this mission is false.  USS Benfold conducted this FONOP in accordance with international law and then continued on to conduct normal operations in international waters.

Republican Josh Hawley accused of transphobia at Senate hearing  —  Berkeley professor Khiara Bridges says Missouri senator's line of questioning ‘opens trans people up to violence’  —  Josh Hawley, a Republican senator from Missouri, was accused of being transphobic by a law professor on Tuesday …

Guns and Political Violence Play Central Role in MAGA Republican Campaign Ads  —  At least 104 MAGA Republican ads this cycle display and feature firearms or weapons, blowtorches, and even “Tommy” gun auctions, with many including threats against opponents on both the left and right.