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.

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 …

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 discussing 2024 plans at secret donor dinners  —  Donald Trump has quietly convened some of his wealthiest and highest-profile supporters for intimate dinners in recent weeks, where the groups have talked about the former president's 2024 election plans — and debated when he should make his expected comeback bid official.

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 …

Secret Service agent sent back to U.S. from Israel after alleged “physical encounter”  —  Jerusalem — A member of the U.S. Secret Service was sent back to the United States from Israel on Monday after he was allegedly involved in a “physical encounter” in Jerusalem and briefly detained by Israeli police, the agency said.

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.

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 …

Trump-backed Kari Lake gets a hand from an unlikely source in Arizona: Democrats  —  TUCSON, Ariz. — Kari Lake watched her lead narrow in the polls and big players in Arizona's Republican establishment coalesce around her top rival weeks before the state's Aug. 2 primary for governor.

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 …

Election officials fear copycat attacks as ‘insider threats’ loom  —  BATON ROUGE, La. — Election officials are confronting a wave of threats and security challenges coming from a troubling source: inside the election system itself.  —  In interviews on the sidelines of the National Association …

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.

ProPublica wins July Sidney for Exposing Right Wing Witch Hunt Based On “Critical Race Theory” Lie  —  Nicole Carr of ProPublica wins the July Sidney Award for “White Parents Rallied to Chase a Black Educator Out of Town.  Then, They Followed Her to the Next One,” a deeply reported story about Cecelia Lewis …

Free Range  —  A Film Club Q&A goes off the rails, and we end up discussing........everything  —  A couple weeks ago, Alex Didion emailed me with a request.  Didion runs a Substack called Lack of Taste, which bills itself as “a newsletter about movies for people who don't like movies.”

Owner of Sweet & Vicious Bar Will Pay $500,000 for Worker Harassment  —  The state attorney general says employees at the Manhattan bar were subjected to repeated slurs and sexual harassment.  —  Sweet & Vicious, a downtown Manhattan bar and restaurant popular for its “jargaritas” …

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 …

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℠) …

‘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 …

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.

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.