Myanmar junta executes four democracy activists  —  Myanmar's military authorities have executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out “terror acts”, state media said on Monday, the Southeast Asian nation's first executions in decades.  —  Sentenced to death in January …

Harris plots her next, more aggressive, volley in the abortion fights  —  Vice President Kamala Harris and her team plan to hit the campaign and fundraising circuit in an aggressive bid to elevate Democratic state legislators and governors on the abortion rights frontlines.

“I am not a traitor”: Reality Winner explains why she leaked a classified document  —  A story about someone named Reality Winner has got to start with the name.  Her father, playing on the family name, explained he wanted “a real winner.”  And so, Reality.

Iran will keep IAEA cameras turned off until nuclear deal is restored -Tasnim  —  Iran will keep the UN nuclear watchdog's cameras turned off until a 2015 nuclear deal is restored, the head of the country's Atomic Energy Organisation said on Monday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.

Tom Nelson drops out of Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Senate primary, throws support to Mandela Barnes  —  Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson's long run for the U.S. Senate is over.  —  Nelson announced Monday that he was ending his Democratic primary campaign and throwing his support to Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes.

‘The stakes could not be higher’: Kansas abortion vote set for Aug. 2  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — At a recent gathering of abortion rights canvassers in a strip-mall office in this Kansas City suburb, a hand-lettered sign on the wall summed up the confusion …

Coachella's parent company is donating major cash to an anti-abortion political organization  —  This story is being published in partnership with Rolling Stone.  Subscribe to get its biggest stories on music, culture, politics, and entertainment.  —  June 24, the day the Supreme Court …

These former Trump advisers are trying to do the impossible: Make Trumpism about the future  —  At the beginning of 2020, a small group of President Donald Trump's top advisers huddled at the White House to craft a second-term policy agenda for the next administration.

GOP plots Fauci probe after midterms  —  Congressional Republicans are eagerly floating investigations into Anthony Fauci and the Biden administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic if they win back control of the House or Senate in the midterm elections.

University of Michigan Medical Students Walk Out on Pro-Life Speaker at Initiation Ceremony  —  Incoming University of Michigan Medical School students staged a walkout of the school's White Coat Ceremony Sunday to protest the choice of a pro-life doctor as the ceremony's keynote speaker.

How The Fight To Ban Abortion Is Rooted In The ‘Great Replacement’ Theory  —  It may not be immediately obvious how the fight over abortion rights is tied to the “great replacement” theory — the debunked conspiracy theory promoted by some Republican politicians who claim that Democrats support …

We Can't Afford Not to Prosecute Trump  —  We all learn from failure.  —  Our mistakes become the bridge to our successes, teaching us what works and what doesn't, so that the next time we muster the will to try, we'll succeed.  —  But nefarious actors can also learn from failure.

Don't Blame Dostoyevsky  —  Culture, too, is a casualty of war.  After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, some Ukrainian writers called for a boycott of Russian music, films, and books.  Others have all but accused Russian literature of complicity in the atrocities committed by Russian soldiers.

The Claremont Institute triumphed in the Trump years.  Then came Jan. 6.  —  After Trump helped revolutionize Claremont from a minor academic outfit to a key Washington player, the think tank is facing blowback for standing by lawyer John Eastman after he counseled Trump on overturning the 2020 election.

How two Texas megadonors have turbocharged the state's far-right shift  —  Tune into CNN's Special Report “Deep in the Pockets of Texas” Sunday July 24 at 8 p.m. ET  —  (CNN)Gun owners allowed to carry handguns without permits or training.  Parents of transgender children facing investigation by state officials.

Under attack by AIPAC, Jewish congressman turns to progressive allies  —  AIPAC's Super PAC, United Democracy Project, has spent $3.3 million against Rep. Andy Levin in recent weeks  —  Andy Levin, a two-term Jewish congressman from Detroit, is getting help from his progressive allies …

Sharp Contrasts With Other Jan. 6 Inquiries Increase Pressure on Garland  —  The continued revelations from the House select committee and the rapid pace of the Georgia investigation have left the Justice Department on the defensive.  — Give this article- - - Read in app