Alec Baldwin Expected to Be Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter in ‘Rust’ Shooting  —  Film's armorer also expected to be charged while assistant director has agreed to plead guilty to negligent use of deadly weapon  —  Watch: Alec Baldwin Rehearses With Gun Before Fatal ‘Rust’ Shooting

Supreme Court Says It Hasn't Identified Person Who Leaked Draft Abortion Opinion  —  The leak of the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, published by Politico in May, was an extraordinary breach of the court's usual secrecy.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Thursday …

In new memoir, Mike Pompeo says Trump told him to ‘shut the hell up’ about China  —  Donald Trump told former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to “shut the hell up for a while” about China at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in order to avoid angering the country's leader, according to a memoir that Pompeo will publish next week.

Judge denies Navarro effort to dismiss contempt case for defying Jan. 6 committee  —  A federal judge on Thursday rejected a last-ditch effort by Peter Navarro, a former adviser to former President Donald Trump, to dismiss the contempt of Congress charges he faces for defying a subpoena …

Video shows drag-denier George Santos dressed in drag, boasting about drag shows  —  Video has emerged showing lying Long Island Rep. George Santos boasting about performing as a drag queen in Rio de Janeiro — despite his claims Thursday morning that he had never done any such thing.

McCarthy's risky weapon in the 118th Congress  —  House Republicans hope a strict, new voting schedule will help juice their slim majority — as only a handful of missed votes could change the game. … The significance of empty seats in the chamber was on full display during the speakership vote.

David Crosby, Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash Co-Founder, Dies at 81 … Singer-songwriter-guitarist David Crosby, a founding member of two popular and enormously influential '60s rock units, the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash (later Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), has died.  He was 81 years old.

Matt Yglesias and the secret of blogging  —  How to be a successful content entrepreneur  —  What is the secret to a successful career as a blogger/newsletter author/content creator?  No one ever asks me this, because my career is not successful, but if they did I would tell them to read …

‘Virulent Hatred’: Global Far-Right Celebrates Jacinda Ardern's Resignation  —  The New Zealand prime minister was a prominent hate figure for international far-right and conspiracy theorist networks, whose vilification of her may have played a role in her resignation, experts tell VICE World News.

California is in decline.  And it's likely to get even worse.  —  California's status as the most important state in the nation will remain secure for quite some time.  But its falling population coupled with its $22.5 billion budget deficit suggest it could experience a swift and wrenching decline.

The Pressed Secretary  —  Frustration among White House reporters with press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is reaching a boiling point.  —  That is according to conversations I had on Wednesday with more than a half-dozen White House reporters who painted a picture of a White House press corps …

Trump Is Plotting How to Kick DeSantis ‘In the Nuts.’ Here's His Playbook, So Far  —  Team Trump is preparing to paint the Florida governor as an establishment hawk who'll put Social Security on the chopping block  —  FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD Trump and his allies have already started charting …

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's rationale for targeting Ilhan Omar isn't believable  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy recently confirmed his campaign pledge to remove Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar, Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell from their respective House committees.

Emmy-winning journalist Cecilia Vega joins 60 Minutes  —  Emmy Award-winning journalist Cecilia Vega is joining CBS News as a correspondent for 60 Minutes, executive producer Bill Owens announced today.  Vega will begin reporting for the broadcast in the spring and will be based in Washington, D.C.

George Santos constituent calls getting forwarded to LaLota's office  —  Constituents trying to reach Rep. George Santos got a surprise Thursday morning when telephone calls to his embattled office were forwarded to the office of fellow GOP Rep. Nick LaLota in Huntington — which was also a surprise to LaLota's team.

25 “Randoms” on the 25th Anniversary of the Bill Clinton Calamity  —  My name became public 25 years ago this week.  What have I observed and learned in the quarter century since?  Oh, plenty.  —  On January 21, 1998, the political maelstrom that eventually led to President Bill Clinton's impeachment began …

Harvard Reverses Course on Human Rights Advocate Who Criticized Israel  —  News that the university had blocked a fellowship for the former head of Human Rights Watch stirred debate over academic freedom and donor influence.  —  The Harvard Kennedy School reversed course on Thursday …

The empty threat of a white-collar recession  —  Layoffs in media and tech don't mean you're getting laid off, too.  —  It's hard not to notice the recent stream of headlines about high-profile layoffs.  —  In tech, they've hit big names such as Amazon, Salesforce, and Facebook parent Meta …

Trump sold his DC hotel.  GOP spending disappeared. … In June the Waldorf Astoria opened for business in downtown D.C.'s Old Post Office Building, replacing the Trump International Hotel, which for five years served as an assembly point for Republican officials, lobbyists and anyone who wanted to buy Donald Trump's attention.

3 Active-Duty Marines Charged in Jan. 6 Capitol Riot  —  STILL GOING  —  Three active-duty Marines have been hit with federal misdemeanor charges for their alleged roles in the Capitol siege by a mob of Trump supporters.  After one of them posted photographs from Jan. 6 to his Instagram page …

'You're hurting my country': Manchin faces Europe's wrath  —  DAVOS, Switzerland — When French President Emmanuel Macron visited Washington late last year, he hunted down the key architect of the new American trade and energy policies he loathed.  —  On the eve of a state dinner at the White House …

Poll: Affordable housing a top Long Island real estate issue  —  A large majority of Long Islanders want more housing options, including affordable and environmentally sustainable choices, while at the same time many say they don't favor “dense” housing, according to a new poll.

Union membership dropped to record low in 2022  —  Union membership hit an all-time low in 2022 despite a surge in organizing efforts that emerged during the pandemic.  —  The percentage of U.S. workers who belong to a union dropped from 10.3 percent to 10.1 percent, the Bureau …

Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech  —  The cases could significantly affect the power and responsibilities of social media platforms.  —  For years, giant social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have operated under two crucial tenets.

Copy of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' sent to Byron Donalds' office: ‘Hate in their heart’  —  Term ‘Uncle Tom’ has been used to describe Black conservatives as sellouts to Republican Party  —  Donalds: You don't help Black kids succeed by holding everyone else down

Ben Savage is considering a run for Adam Schiff's California House seat, rep says  —  The actor filed campaign paperwork with the FEC this week.  —  By Hannah DemissieVideo by Will Linendoll  —  Actor Ben Savage is considering another run for political office.

Trump's Interior chief goes 4-0 in political show trials  —  For a fourth time, former Trump-era Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has been cleared by the department's inspector general of ethics charges made by his political foes.  —  Bernhardt, the Interior chief from 2019-2021 …

DC think tank addresses undisclosed conflicts of interest  —  Washington-based think tanks have been notoriously slow to implement the same conflict of interest policies and disclosures commonly implemented by journalists, academics, and scientists.  But a rush of retroactive disclosures …

This Right-Wing Media Feud Just Took an Ugly Turn  —  Right-wing blowhard Steven Crowder is accusing Ben Shapiro's media empire of being in bed with Big Tech—fighting words that have ignited a heated public dispute.  —  An increasingly ugly and personal feud has publicly broken …