Florida Pair Pleads Guilty in Theft of Biden's Daughter's Diary  —  Aimee Harris and Robert Kurlander admitted to participating in a conspiracy that saw Ashley Biden's diary end up in the hands of the conservative group Project Veritas near the end of the 2020 campaign.

Some of Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Critics Went to College for Less Than $400 per Year  —  When the Biden Administration announced Wednesday that it would cancel $10,000 of federal student loans for Americans making under $125,000 per year, and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients at the same income level …

Inside Trump's public bravado and private resistance over Mar-a-Lago documents  —  Not long after the National Archives acknowledged in February that it had retrieved 15 boxes of presidential records from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, Trump began fielding calls …

Pennsylvania 2022: Fetterman Holds Four-Point Lead Over Oz for US Senate; Shapiro Leads Mastriano by Three  —  Home Polls Pennsylvania 2022: Fetterman Holds Four-Point Lead Over Oz for US Senate; Shapiro Leads Mastriano by Three  —  Majority of Voters Say Oz's NJ Residence Makes Them Less Likely to Vote for Him

‘I Was in Kenosha Two Years Ago, Kyle Rittenhouse Is Not a Hero’  —  Before the shooting started, at 11:36 p.m. on August 25, 2020, I ran into Kyle Rittenhouse in front of a gas station and interviewed him for several minutes.  He was a 17-year-old kid with a semi-automatic rifle …

Trump reportedly oversaw collection of classified Mar-a-Lago docs  —  The more Donald Trump took a direct, hands-on role in keeping highly classified materials, the more he's personally responsible for this scandal.  —  In the wake of the FBI's search at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's Republican allies …

J.D. Vance Appeared With Podcaster Who Once Said “Feminists Need Rape”  —  Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.  —  J.D. Vance, the Republican nominee for Senate in Ohio, is typically described as the bestselling author …

In Arizona, Blake Masters backtracks on abortion, scrubs campaign website  —  Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters softened his tone and scrubbed his website's policy page of tough abortion restrictions Thursday, as his party reels from the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

US Corporate Profits Soar, Taking Margins to Widest Since 1950  —  A measure of US profit margins has reached its widest since 1950, suggesting that the prices charged by businesses are outpacing their increased costs for production and labor.  —  After-tax profits as a share of gross value added …

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘swatted’ for second time in two days, police say  — Police responded to another false 911 call at the home of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, authorities confirmed.  — It was the second “swatting” call in two days targeting the Republican congresswoman, who is supported by former President Donald Trump.

Polling Shows Portlanders Are Scared of Downtown—and of Their Own Neighborhoods  —  On the bright side: 57% are still willing to visit the central business district.  —  Expand  —  It's no secret downtown Portland is a shadow of its former self.  —  Cellphone data tells the tale.

Tesla demands removal of video of cars hitting child-size mannequins  —  The move comes amid heightened sensitivity to criticism of the software that is under public and regulatory scrutiny  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla is demanding an advocacy group take down videos of its vehicles striking …

‘A Wrong Never Righted’: Court Upholds Mississippi's 1890 Jim Crow Voting Law  —  The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals voted to uphold a Jim Crow law that Mississippi's white-supremacist leaders adopted in 1890 in an attempt to disenfranchise Black residents for life.

How Trump has spent his days since the feds searched his home  —  As he finds himself, once more, in legal jeopardy—standing at the epicenter of a media storm of his own making, his political future changing course in real time—Donald Trump has done what Donald Trump likes to do.

Trump's social media app facing financial fallout  —  Truth Social's finances may be in significant disarray, sources say  —  Rove says Trump's demand for special review not ‘likely’ to happen  —  Former President Donald Trump's social media outfit, Truth Social, is locked in a bitter battle …

Austin Orders Overhaul to Better Protect Civilians During U.S. Combat Operations  —  A Pentagon plan envisions broad changes to military doctrine, planning and training aimed at mitigating the risk of harm to noncombatants.  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Thursday announced sweeping changes aimed …

Sean Hannity and Other Fox Stars Face Depositions in Defamation Suit  —  The depositions are one of the clearest indications yet of how aggressively Dominion Voting Systems is moving forward with its suit against the media company.  —  Some of the biggest names at Fox News have been questioned …

Eight Sources Say Feds Are Not Done With Matt Gaetz  —  It's been a quiet couple months in the probe into allegations that Rep. Matt Gaetz was involved in underage sex trafficking.  But few involved think it's over.  —  When Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) beat his primary challenger Tuesday …

An expert on the right urgently warns: Beware of another Oklahoma City  —  Consider the events of this month alone: Members of a militia in Michigan were convicted of a plot to kidnap the state's Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer.  We've seen numerous threats and attempts at violent attacks against the FBI.

Sen. Klobuchar plans to bring Pete Buttigieg to the State Fair butter carving booth Thursday  —  FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — A lot of people lined up outside the gates of the Minnesota State Fair Thursday morning, and among them was Sen. Amy Klobuchar.  —  “I think people now see the lighthouse on the horizon.

How a far-right, Christian cellphone company ‘took over’ four Texas school boards  —  Patriot Mobile markets itself as “America's only Christian conservative wireless provider.”  Now the Trump-aligned company is on a mission to win control of Texas school boards.

FBI agents behind controversial Hunter Biden briefing in 2020 ordered to talk  —  Two top Senate Republicans want to interview the FBI officials behind a controversial summer 2020 FBI briefing on Russia.  —  Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) sent a letter to the two FBI employees …