Former Pence chief of staff appeared before grand jury probing Jan. 6: Sources  —  Marc Short appeared under subpoena, sources tell ABC News.  —  The former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence appeared last week before a federal grand jury investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol …

Why the right-wing media is fracturing in its defense of Trump  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  The Jan. 6 House select committee's revelations have grown so overwhelmingly powerful that even some right-wing media figures have begun acknowledging their seriousness.

Lisa Murkowski Experiences a Rarity for Senators: A Mid-Campaign Approval Bump  —  Alaskan's net approval rating is up 22 points during Biden's presidency  — 46% of Alaska voters approve and 39% disapprove of Sen. Lisa Murkowski's job performance ahead of her Aug. 16 primary.

Kamala Harris Is Stuck  —  Just months after being sworn in as president in 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower gave an unusual task to his vice president, Richard Nixon.  —  Years earlier, when Eisenhower was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in World War II, he had been distressed …

Press Release SEC Charges Former Indiana Congressman with Insider Trading  —  Stephen Buyer allegedly used inside information to buy $1.5 million in stocks  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed insider trading charges against Stephen Buyer, a former U.S. Representative for Indiana's 4th Congressional District.

Judge blocks Fulton DA from questioning GOP senator in Trump probe  —  Another office will be appointed to handle inquiry into lieutenant gov. nominee Burt Jones  —  A Fulton County judge is disqualifying District Attorney Fani Willis and her office from questioning state Sen. Burt Jones …

JD Vance Suggests People in ‘Violent’ Marriages Shouldn't Get Divorced  —  The Ohio Republican Senate nominee claimed people “shift spouses like they change their underwear,” and that it had damaged a generation of children.  —  Cameron Joseph  —  WASHINGTON, US

Hunter Biden evidence wrongly labeled disinformation by FBI: Whistleblower  —  The FBI's investigation into Hunter Biden wrongly labeled verified evidence as “disinformation,” agency whistleblower s claimed.  —  Agents investigating President Joe Biden's son “opened an assessment which was used …

What's the Downside for Humoring Him . . . Until He Dies?  —  Republicans have their strategy all set.  —  We are all, by now, familiar with the most appalling, “boy did that age poorly” anonymous quote in the history of American politics, published by the Washington Post less than two months …

Josh Hawley's Humiliation by Jan. 6 Committee ‘Unconstitutional’—Mark Levin  —  Is it unconstitutional to embarrass a politician simply by presenting evidence of their own contradictory behavior?  That is what Fox News host Mark Levin is claiming, accusing the Jan. 6 committee of violating Article 1 …

Samantha Bee's ‘Full Frontal’ Canceled in Latest Late-Night Cutback … “As we continue to shape our new programming strategy, we've made some difficult, business-based decisions,” TBS said in a statement.  “We are proud to have been the home to “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” and thank Sam …

Lavrov says Russian goal to oust Ukraine's president  —  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia's top diplomat said Moscow's overarching goal in Ukraine is to topple President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government, expressing the Kremlin's war aims in some of the bluntest terms yet as its forces pummel …

‘Baked Alaska’ pleads guilty to US Capitol riot charge  —  (CNN)A far-right internet personality who goes by the name “Baked Alaska” has agreed to plead guilty to unlawfully protesting at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 — after abandoning a plea agreement in May during a hearing in which he proclaimed he was “innocent.”

News09:22 Ukraine Government issues blacklist of ‘Russian propagandists’  —  The list includes a number of prominent Western intellectuals  —  The Government of Ukraine has issued a blacklist of individuals who they judge to be “promoting Russian propaganda” — including a number of prominent Western intellectuals.

Biden administration weighs declaring monkeypox a health emergency  —  It also plans to name a national monkeypox coordinator  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  The Biden administration is weighing whether to declare the nation's monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency and also plans …

The quest to find $181 million in bitcoin buried in a dump  —  James Howells is known as the man who accidentally threw away 8,000 bitcoins.  Now he has an $11 million master plan to get them back. … James Howells' life changed when he threw out a hard drive about the size of an iPhone 6.

Boris Johnson tells friend: I don't want to resign and will stay on if Tory members back me  —  Premier would ‘wipe away everything that stops me being PM in a second’ as he says unequivocally that he wishes to carry on  —  Boris Johnson has told a former treasurer campaigning to keep him in office that he …

Dems fume at Disney's Hulu for blocking ads on abortion, guns, Jan. 6  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  The Disney-backed streaming service Hulu is refusing to run political ads on central themes of Democratic midterm campaigns, including abortion, guns and the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol …

Woman Shot After Opening Fire Inside Dallas Love Field Airport; Flight Operations Resume  —  What to Know  — Gunfire was reported inside Dallas Love Field Airport just after 11 a.m.  — A woman was transported from the scene by Dallas Fire-Rescue after police say she fired several rounds inside the airport.

Why Republicans Stopped Talking to the Press  —  “I just don't see the point,” said an adviser to a GOP presidential aspirant.  —  When Fox News host Tucker Carlson appeared last week at the Family Leadership Summit in Iowa — an annual cattle call for Republican would-be presidential contenders …

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 …

How Did Maryland Republicans Nominate Two Extremist Screwballs for Statewide Office?  —  Last Tuesday, Republican primary voters in Maryland picked two radical extremists as their nominees in November's race for governor and attorney general.  In electing Dan Cox as their gubernatorial candidate …

Jerome Powell's Fed Pursues a Painful and Ineffective Inflation Cure  —  More aggressive interest-rate hikes will cost millions of jobs and won't address the causes of high prices.  —  1x  —  Even as the pandemic continues to take its toll, the U.S. has experienced a surprisingly strong economic recovery.

John Fetterman's trolling could win him a seat in the U.S. Senate  —  How John Fetterman is out-memeing New Jersey's Dr. Oz  —  Months ago, Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman was forced off the campaign trail in his race for the U.S. Senate after he had a stroke and underwent surgery to install a pacemaker.

Tensions high between Israel, Russia over looming ban of Jewish Agency  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  JERUSALEM — The Israeli government is pushing back against moves by Moscow to outlaw the private agency that helps Russian Jews immigrate to Israel, ramping up tensions that have worsened between …

What the Critics Get Incredibly Wrong about the Collins-Manchin Election Bill  —  Last week's announcement by a bipartisan group of senators proposing reforms to the poorly written 1887 law that governs Congress' counting of the Electoral College votes is a good half-loaf measure against election subversion.