Gaetz sought pardon related to Justice Department sex trafficking probe  —  Testimony by a former White House aide is the first indication the congressman sought protection from the inquiry  —  Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) told a former White House aide that he was seeking a preemptive pardon …

Tucker Carlson: Martha's Vineyard GoFundMe for illegal migrants won't actually go to them  —  It's all fun and games for a sanctuary city, or island until illegal migrants actually show up.  The hypocrisy of limousine liberals was brutally exposed by FNC's Tucker Carlson during his opening monologue on Friday night.

The story of the praying Bremerton coach keeps getting more surreal  —  When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that Bremerton assistant football coach Joseph Kennedy had the right to pray on the field, it wasn't widely understood then that the court had also ordered the school district to give him his job back.

Separating Sports by Sex Doesn't Make Sense  —  Though school sports are typically sex-segregated, a new generation of kids isn't content to compete within traditional structures.  —  Shira Mandelzis fell in love with flag football while playing on her middle-school team.

‘A Crisis Coming’: The Twin Threats to American Democracy  —  The United States has experienced deep political turmoil several times before over the past century.  The Great Depression caused Americans to doubt the country's economic system.  World War II and the Cold War presented threats from global totalitarian movements.

In Ohio, Vance scrambles to ramp up campaign after mounting GOP criticism  —  Although party strategists voice confidence Vance will still prevail, they say they fear he wasted precious time, requiring a financial bailout that limited resources for GOP candidates in other states

Manhattan immigrant has been voting illegally for 13 years: BOE  —  A non-citizen green card-holder in Manhattan may have been illegally voting in city elections for the past 13 years — possibly one of “thousands” of similarly bogus voters, a city Board of Elections whistleblower told The Post.

Fifth Circuit upholds Texas social media censorship law  —  Since the federal government under Joe Biden's leadership is obviously never going to do anything about social media platforms censoring primarily conservative opinions and banning users, Texas took matters into its own hands.

Women Turned Off by Billionaire's Conservative Dating App  —  The Peter Thiel-backed dating app “The Right Stuff” is already off to the wrong start. … A new pro-Trump dating app backed by right-wing tech billionaire Peter Thiel has not even launched yet, but it's already facing lots of rejection.

Mahsa Amini: Women take headscarves off in protest at funeral  —  Protests have broken out at the funeral of a woman who died after being arrested by Iran's morality police.  —  Mahsa Amini, 22, died on Friday, days after eyewitnesses said she was beaten in a police van in Tehran - allegations denied by police.

Activists Fear Green Groups May Help Dems Pass Manchin Permitting Bill  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at the G7 meeting in Berlin today.  —  Sources in the environmental justice movement say they're concerned that some big environmental groups have yet to take a hardline stance …

Trump used ‘almost mob-style extortion’ to try to convince AT&T to sell CNN to Rupert Murdoch, new book claims  — Trump and his aides tried to push AT&T's CEO to sell CNN to Rupert Murdoch, a new book claims.  — AT&T's CEO was “beyond pissed,” and executives described “almost mob-style extortion,” per the book.

Trump's Former Accounting Firm Begins Turning Over Documents to Congress  —  Mazars USA delivered an initial set of documents related to the former president's finances to the House Oversight Committee as part of a settlement.  —  WASHINGTON — Mazars USA, the longtime accounting firm …

No 10 chief of staff in FBI inquiry over ‘election bribe’ in Puerto Rico … Liz Truss's most senior adviser has been interviewed by FBI agents about an alleged criminal plot to bribe an American politician and influence a US election.  Mark Fullbrook is the Downing Street chief of staff …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine  —  Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) is once again receiving electricity directly from the national grid after engineers repaired one of the four main external power lines that have all been damaged during the conflict …

'Y'all are scared': The huge, looming fight over abortion referendums  —  As their party confronts the vexing political fallout of the Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade, some Republicans — especially those in tough 2022 races — are taking things a step further in trying to rid themselves of the issue …