DeSantis suspends Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren  —  “Our government is a government of laws, not a government of men,” DeSantis said.  —  TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren for not prosecuting certain crimes.

Hey, that's my house: US aid worker realises Zawahiri villa is his old home  —  The Kabul property hit by a US drone was familiar.  It turned out Dan Smock had something in common with al-Qaida's leader  —  Emma Graham-Harrison in Kabul  —  he balcony in Kabul where the head of al-Qaida was killed was a spot Dan Smock knew well.

DOJ charges current, former police officers in connection with raid that killed Breonna Taylor  —  The department is investigating the Louisville Police Department.  —  U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday that the Department of Justice has filed charges against four former …

Mr. Jones and Me  —  Is the Alex Jones joke over?  Or is it still on the rest of us?  —  In my former incarnation as a serial profile writer, I developed a high tolerance - and sometimes even an affinity - for rogues, creeps, and colorful liars.  Which is why it makes sense that I'd get along with Alex Jones, if only for an evening.

As monkeypox strikes gay men, officials debate warnings to limit partners  —  Sex is a major driver of the global outbreak.  But health officials and longtime HIV activists say calls for abstinence don't work.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Thousands of gay men clad in leather, latex …

WNBA's Griner convicted at drug trial, sentenced to 9 years  —  KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and sentenced to nine years in prison following a politically charged trial that came amid soaring tensions between Moscow …

The Distinct Shame of Senate Republicans  —  Think about what Republican senators must have known when they voted not to convict Trump during the second impeachment.  —  Watching the House Select Committee on January 6th hearings I was struck by one overriding question.

G.O.P. Governors Cause Havoc by Busing Migrants to East Coast  —  Thousands of migrants have been arriving on buses sent by the governors of Texas and Arizona.  Many have ended up in homeless shelters and on the streets.  —  WASHINGTON — Lever Alejos arrived in the nation's capital last week …

How Tavistock Came Tumbling Down  —  I was a nurse working on a team that recklessly prescribed puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to kids.  I blew the whistle in 2005.  Now the government is finally listening.  —  I joined the Tavistock Clinic in North London as a clinical nurse therapist in 2003.

Why Is Everyone Talking About the Claremont Institute?  —  , NEWSWEEK OPINION EDITOR AND HOST, “THE JOSH HAMMER SHOW”  —  On Wednesday, Elisabeth Zerofsky of The New York Times Magazine published a lengthy essay titled, “How the Claremont Institute Became a Nerve Center of the American Right.”

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Will Have The Last Laugh on Samuel Alito  —  Justice Samuel Alito, in drafting Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, said he and the other justices who joined him in ending a constitutional right to abortion had no ability to foresee what the political implications would be.

CFPB Is Investigating Goldman Sachs's Credit-Card Practices  —  The bank said regulators are looking at areas including how it handles customer refunds  —  Goldman Sachs GS -0.39%▼ Group Inc. said Thursday that regulators are investigating business practices at its credit card unit.

Kansas Provides a Roadmap for Democrats on Abortion  —  And exposes Republicans' own ‘coalition brain’ problem  —  The proposed state constitutional amendment that would have permitted state lawmakers in Kansas to prohibit abortion was soundly defeated yesterday, losing by a margin of nearly 20 points …

‘Never seen it this bad’: America faces catastrophic teacher shortage  —  Rural school districts in Texas are switching to four-day weeks this fall due to lack of staff.  Florida is asking veterans with no teaching background to enter classrooms.  Arizona is allowing college students to step in and instruct children.

‘He was difficult’: Uvalde school police chief Pete Arredondo was demoted years before the massacre  —  Eight years before Uvalde school police Chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo led a disastrous law enforcement response to a mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, he was demoted …

Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen  —  BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — MJ was a tiny, black-haired girl, just 5 years old, when her father admitted to his bishop that he was sexually abusing her.  —  The father, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints …

Primaries bring big losses for incumbent GOP state lawmakers  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — As Wisconsin's longest-serving Assembly speaker, Republican Robin Vos has presided over efforts to restrict abortions, weaken unions, expand gun rights and push back against COVID-19 mandates.

U.S. Delays Minuteman III Missile Test Amid Tensions Over Taiwan  —  Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the delay to avoid further inflaming relations with China, a defense official said  —  What's Next for Taiwan as U.S.-China Tensions Rise … The Biden administration postponed …

Trump likely to be criminally charged in DOJ election probe along with other former White House officials, Obama AG Holder says  — Former President Donald Trump “probably” will be indicted on criminal charges along with former White House officials as part of a Justice Department investigation …

The Big Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Another Jan. 6 Has One Potentially Fatal Flaw  —  On Wednesday, the Senate Rules Committee took a crucial step in acting to fix an almost 150-year-old statute that governs presidential elections to try to prevent a replay of the sort of attack on democracy we saw on Jan. 6, 2021.

Schumer's office says he plans to hold vote on tech antitrust bill  —  Under fire from progressive advocates and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to pass legislation reining in Google, Apple, Meta and Amazon, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he plans to hold a vote on Sens. Amy Klobuchar's …

Why Can't AIPAC Defend Israel?  —  When it comes to the lobby's massive spending in Democratic primaries, Zionism has become the cause that dare not speak its name.  —  The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is the most influential, if not the most notorious, pro-Israel lobbying organization.