Leader of Online Group Where Secret Documents Leaked Is Air National Guardsman  —  Federal investigators are searching for the person who shared top secret documents that revealed government secrets about the Ukraine war.  —  The leader of a small online gaming chat group where a trove …

Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee — tech exec's alleged killer also worked in tech  —  Mission Local is informed that the San Francisco Police Department early this morning made an arrest in the April 4 killing of tech executive Bob Lee, Mission Local is told that San Francisco police …

DOJ to ask Supreme Court to put abortion pill limits on hold  —  A federal appeals court ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone can still be used for now but reduced the period of pregnancy when the drug can be taken and said it could not be dispensed by mail.

Trump Faces Questioning in N.Y. Attorney General's Lawsuit  —  Letitia James, the attorney general, has sued Donald J. Trump and three of his children, accusing them of a “staggering” fraud.  —  Donald J. Trump was being questioned under oath on Thursday in a civil fraud lawsuit brought …

Pelosi on calls for Feinstein to resign: 'I've never seen them go after a man who was sick in the Senate'  —  Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the former Speaker, questioned calls for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to step down over her health, arguing that she has never seen a man in that position face similar calls.

Hear Trump Officials Tell Fox Their Election Fraud Claims Were Bogus  —  Not only did Giuliani and others say they had no proof to back their Dominion claims, a Trump official told Fox News in early December 2020 to save the date for January 6.  —  The Kraken has been released.

‘What are you waiting for?’:  DeSantis' 2024 supporters worry he's launching too late  —  Ron DeSantis' critics have spent weeks knocking his national political rollout, attacking his operation's slow-motion pace and raising doubts about whether he's already fallen irrevocably behind Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential primary.

Trump steps into center of youth-led “Tennessee Three” backlash  —  Former President Trump will travel this week to Nashville, the epicenter of a growing youth-led backlash over the Tennessee House's expulsion of two Black Democratic state lawmakers for joining protests against gun violence.

Jim Jordan's new stunt reveals the folly of ‘governing by Fox News’  —  Who could have predicted that structuring congressional hearings around the overriding goal of generating content for Fox News would prove to be a recipe for buffoonish failure?  —  After winning the House last November …

The Court Is Likely to Reject the Independent State Legislature Theory  —  And that offers hope for American democracy  —  It is often difficult, if not impossible, to tell what the Supreme Court is thinking about a case from the questions the justices ask counsel.

Tim Scott Looks at Joe Biden and Thinks Civil War  —  SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR TIM SCOTT, one of those affable Republicans often touted as “the future” of an optimistic, inclusive GOP, carefully selected the timing and location for the announcement of his exploratory committee for his party's 2024 presidential nomination.

FACT SHEET: Fact Sheet: President Biden Announces Plan to Expand Health Coverage to DACA Recipients  —  In 2012, President Obama and then Vice President Biden announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to allow young people to live and work in the only country they know as home.

NEWS: The House GOP debt limit proposal  —  There are a few behind-the-scenes developments happening on the debt limit that we want to share with you. … The legislation would lift the debt limit until May 2024.  Leadership is considering either a cap on non-defense discretionary spending …

Scholastic, and a Faustian Bargain  —  Recently, I got an email with an offer from Scholastic's Educational Division to license Love in the Library for an AANHPI narratives collection, I was thrilled.  If you've been in kids' books for more than ten minutes then you are aware of the staggering reach of Scholastic.

'I'm all for climate change': Axel Springer CEO faces heat over leaked messages  —  Mathias Döpfner's reported comments on climate, Muslims and east Germany - and his apparent political manoeuvring - create shock waves  —  The German CEO of Europe's largest media publisher tried to use …

The RNC chose Fox for first debate but rankled conservatives by entertaining CNN  —  The committee got the easy debate decision out of the way.  The ones after that are a lot harder.  —  A line of TV network executives made a pilgrimage to the Republican National Committee's headquarters …

Dan Snyder Agrees to Sell Washington Commanders for $6 Billion  —  The N.F.L. team is on track to be sold to a group led by Josh Harris for a record figure, as investigations into sexual harassment claims and the team's finances mount.  —  Daniel Snyder, the owner of the scandal-plagued …

In a Growing Share of U.S. Marriages, Husbands and Wives Earn About the Same  —  Even when earnings are similar, husbands spend more time on paid work and leisure, while wives devote more time to caregiving and housework  —  Even when earnings are similar, husbands spend more time on paid work and leisure …

Appeals court declines to rule if Trump was acting in official capacity when he allegedly defamed E. Jean Carroll  —  Trump has argued that the DOJ should be substituted as the defendant.  —  The D.C. Court of Appeals has declined to answer whether then-President Donald Trump was acting within the

Meet the Florida Republicans who oppose the 6-week abortion ban  —  They are unlikely to face any blowback from their caucus.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida's days as a swing state seem over, but the state's GOP isn't monolithic: A handful of Republicans are defying Gov. Ron DeSantis and opposing a six-week abortion ban.

Franklin & Marshall College Poll Release: April 2023  —  I'm writing to share our summary report for the April 2023 Franklin & Marshall College Poll.  I've highlighted a few of the key findings below, but I encourage you to read the full report, which is also included.

If at first you don't succeed, defund the public library  —  Across the country, right-wing activists and politicians are pushing to ban hundreds of books from public school libraries.  While this is often described as an effort to remove “pornography” from school libraries …

Texas-Mexico border faces steep challenges as migrant numbers rise in Juárez-El Paso  —  North Texas nonprofits and immigrant advocates are watchful as the lifting of Title 42 nears and false social media pitches to desperate migrants grows.  —  CIUDAD JUÁREZ …