First on CNN: Former Trump National Security Council official expected to testify at Thursday's January 6 hearing  —  (CNN)Matthew Pottinger, who served on former President Donald Trump's National Security Council before resigning in the immediate aftermath of January 6, 2021 …

Former GOP Donors Charged in Investment Fraud Scheme Involving Illegal Contributions  —  Two are accused of using foreign nationals' money to make political donations to gain access to then-President Trump and others  —  The Justice Department charged on Monday two former top Republican donors …

Good News for Democrats: Even Republicans Are Tiring of Trump  —  Democrats are worried that President Joe Biden is old, but the Jan. 6 hearings are showing that former president Donald Trump is stale.  —  And in a sea of negativity for Democrats, that's a potential bright spot ahead of November's midterm elections.

Exclusive: Fake Accounts Fueled the ‘Snyder Cut’ Online Army  —  A WarnerMedia report reveals that bots and other inauthentic users bolstered the fan-led campaign for director Zack Snyder's Justice League do-over  —  Zack Snyder was becoming increasingly agitated.

Gov. Greg Abbott did not attend funerals for any of the Uvalde shooting victims  —  Gov. Greg Abbott did not attend a single funeral for any of the 19 children or two teachers killed mass shooting at Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas on May 24, according to his schedule …

How media coverage drove Biden's political plunge  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  The mainstream media has played a huge, underappreciated role in President Biden's declining support over the past year.  Its flawed coverage model of politics and government is bad for more than just Biden …

A clever plan to foil a 2024 coup attempt quietly advances  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  It may seem improbable, given adamant Republican opposition to legislation protecting voting rights, but a bipartisan group of senators is close to agreement on a separate, crucial way to protect our democracy …

Nikki Haley: Biden's push for new Iran Deal will ‘come back to bite’ the US, Israel if not faced with strength  —  Former Ambassador Nikki Haley said that Biden must show strength to combat Iran's aggression toward the US  —  Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley is warning …

FiveThirtyEight's anti-trans smear  —  A piece published last week relying on extraordinarily flimsy polling evidence serves a single, obvious purpose: to push Democrats to be more anti-trans.  —  Last week, Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight website published a piece from Natalie Jackson …

Carolyn Maloney Uses Personal Fortune in Primary Against Jerrold Nadler  —  The New York congresswoman lent her campaign $900,000, according to new filings released late Friday.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Representative Carolyn Maloney of New York holds …

CNN Poll: Most Americans are discontented with Biden, the economy and the state of the country  —  (CNN)The summer of 2022 is a season of deepening and widespread discontent, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.  The survey finds the public's outlook on the state of the country …

Fox News Posts Stunning Three Minute Montage of Trump Voters Ready to Ditch Him for DeSantis: He's ‘Too Polarizing’  —  Ahead of the rally former President Donald Trump was scheduled to have in Arizona (later postponed due to the death of Ivana Trump), the Fox News website posted …

Yes, Things Are Really As Bad As You've Heard  —  A Leftist Schoolteacher Struggles To Say Aloud the Things He Regularly Witnesses That Are So Outlandish They Sound Made Up By Right-Wing Provocateurs … The summer program where I'm currently teaching enrolls about seventy students between the ages of six and twelve.

Do States with Easier Access to Guns have More Suicide Deaths by Firearm?  —  Nearly half a million lives (480,622) were lost to suicide from 2010 to 2020.  During the same period, the suicide death rate increased by 12%, and as of 2009, the number of suicides outnumbered those caused by motor vehicle accidents.

The USCP's Unlawful Entry Arrest on June 16, 2022  —  The United States Capitol Police (USCP) has been working with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia on the June 16, 2022, Unlawful Entry case that involved a group of nine people associated with The Late Show.

C.I.A. Director Issues Warning After Possible Noose Is Found Near Facility  —  An object was discovered near a secret location in Virginia, in a building that houses businesses and other organizations.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  The C.I.A. director, William J. Burns …

Rand Paul lights into McConnell over ‘secret’ judicial deal  —  All is not well in Kentucky's Senate delegation.  —  Sen. Rand Paul unloaded on fellow Republican Mitch McConnell for the Senate GOP leader's handling of an anti-abortion judicial nomination, criticizing McConnell for refusing …

Secret Service likely broke the law by deleting texts  —  The United States Secret Service appears to have violated federal criminal law by destroying text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021 after receiving a request for records related to the attack on the Capitol from the Department …

Roman Polanski's Lawyer Will Renew Effort to Resolve 45-Year-Old Rape Case … But the path to resolving the case is not at all straightforward.  Harland Braun, Polanski's lawyer, said in an interview that he first wants to get a new judge to handle it.  Braun stated that the current judge …

Pulitzer board rejects Trump's challenge to Post, Times Russia stories  —  After a complaint from the former president, the board took the unusual step of reviewing the stories — and deciding they were indeed worthy of their prizes  —  Listen  —  Gift Article

Psychics and Tarot Readers Are Under Siege By Instagram Scammers and Online Fatigue  —  An already beleaguered workforce confronts a legion of impersonators and a platform they say isn't doing enough to stop them.  —  Anna Merlan  —  On a recent evening, the author, podcast host …

Sen. Joe Manchin and His Wife Directed Millions to the Wildlife Area Surrounding Vacation Condo … On Thursday, after months of negotiations, Sen. Joe Manchin said he would not support even a stripped-down version of the reconciliation package to invest billions of dollars in federal funds …

Audio: Gov. Youngkin's New Appointee to the VA Board of Historic Resources Says Robert E. Lee Was a “Morally Fine Human Being”; “Secession Was NOT Treason”; the North's “Invasion” of the South Was “just like we see Russia invading Ukraine”; etc.  —  The other day, I wrote about Gov. Glenn Youngkin's new …

Bannon trial set to open Tuesday as jury selection winds down  —  Opening arguments are scheduled to begin Tuesday in the criminal trial of former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon, after a federal judge selected 22 potential jurors to sit in the contempt-of-Congress case.

House set to vote on proposal that would codify same-sex marriage into federal law  —  The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on a bill that would enshrine into federal law the right to same-sex marriage, in what lawmakers say comes as a response to suggestions …

Exclusive: Russia's Gazprom tells Europe gas halt beyond its control  —  Russia's Gazprom has told customers in Europe it cannot guarantee gas supplies because of ‘extraordinary’ circumstances, according to a letter seen by Reuters, upping the ante in an economic tit-for-tat with the West over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

The Haves and the Have-Yachts  —  Luxury ships attract outrage and political scrutiny.  The ultra-rich are buying them in record numbers.  —  The yachting life style awes even the wealthy.  “Boats are the last place that I think you can get away with it,” an owner said.

Man drew gun after women didn't thank him for holding door in Hamden, police say  —  HAMDEN — Police arrested a New Haven man after they say he was reported to have drawn a gun Saturday over two women not thanking him for holding a door open for them.  —  Hamden police said 25-year-old Joshua Murray …

If Newsom sees himself as president, he should move into position to run.  That's what he's doing  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom is moving into position to possibly run for president, regardless of what he says or tells himself.  —  He may not be plotting a White House bid.  Or he may be.  He insists he's not.

Report: Conservative Newsmax peddles Jan. 6 misinformation  —  Washington (AP) — A conservative TV channel is presenting viewers with an “alternate universe” of how the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol unfolded on Jan. 6, 2021, a new research report finds.  —  Newsmax has broadcast …

Media Confidence Ratings at Record Lows  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' confidence in two facets of the news media — newspapers and television news — has fallen to all-time low points.  Just 16% of U.S. adults now say they have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in newspapers and 11% in television news.