'We're Getting Killed on Abortion': Inside Trump's Secret Meetings With the Religious Right  —  The ex-president expects anti-abortion activists to line up behind his presidential campaign, but his bid for their support is off to a rocky start  —  SINCE LATE LAST year …

Billionaire Harlan Crow Bought Property From Clarence Thomas.  The Justice Didn't Disclose the Deal.  —  In 2014, one of Texas billionaire Harlan Crow's companies purchased a string of properties on a quiet residential street in Savannah, Georgia.  It wasn't a marquee acquisition …

Drugmaker asks Supreme Court to block abortion pill ruling  —  The company wants to freeze a court decision that curbs access to the abortion pill mifepristone.  —  WASHINGTON — A maker of abortion drug mifepristone on Friday asked the Supreme Court to block part of a court decision …

He's from a patriotic family — and allegedly leaked U.S. secrets  —  Online, the suspect in the breach of dozens of classified documents took on a persona seemingly at odds with his military career.  —  As a newly minted member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard returned home from training …

U.S. Capitol Police Stop Assault Rifle from Getting to Capitol Hill  —  This morning the United States Police (USCP) stopped an assault rifle, with an extended magazine, before it reached Capitol Hill.  —  Just after 5:00 a.m, a USCP screening team spotted the gun, which was partially wrapped …

The Jan. 6 Grand Jury Is Starting to Hear From Trump's Inner Circle  —  Donald Trump's court losses have freed prosecutors to put before a grand jury members of his inner White House circle who were in the room for critical showdowns in the former president's frantic push to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 election victory.

No shield for Trump in rape accuser's case as court declines to rule  —  A Washington, D.C., appeals court on Thursday declined to shield Donald Trump from the first of two civil defamation lawsuits by E. Jean Carroll, a writer who said the former U.S. president raped her nearly three decades ago.

Racist text messaging investigation rocks Northern California police department  —  The messages, which detail Antioch officers allegedly using racial epithets and homophobic slurs, could have far-reaching implications for criminal cases linked to the officers.

Russia's commando units gutted by Ukraine war, U.S. leak shows  —  Russia's clandestine spetsnaz forces have been put to use alongside the infantry, suffering massive numbers of dead and wounded  —  The war in Ukraine has gutted Russia's clandestine spetsnaz forces and it will take Moscow years …

Missouri to limit gender-affirming care for minors and adults  —  At least 13 other states have enacted laws restricting or banning transition-related care for transgender minors.  —  COLUMBIA.  Mo. — Missouri's attorney general announced new restrictions Thursday on gender-affirming care …

Ripping Off the Invisible Straitjacket  —  We need better economic models, but we also need Congress to free itself from the self-imposed constraints of modeling on the policymaking process. … In the final year of my doctorate program, I was fortunate enough to win a fellowship that would bring …

This plan for a third-party presidential bid in 2024 is dangerous  —  Jonathan Cowan is president of Third Way, Rahna Epting is executive director of MoveOn and Patrick Gaspard is CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund.  —  As leaders of three groups that represent various segments …

Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton accepts plea deal in Las Vegas luggage theft  —  The former Biden administration official accused in two separate stolen-luggage cases in different states was ordered to pay one of their victims back — but given no jail time — Tuesday after they pleaded no contest to the bizarre theft.

Marjorie Taylor Greene defends National Guardsman suspected of leaking classified docs  —  The Georgia lawmaker's comments were at odds with those of fellow Republicans and drew backlash from Democrats.  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Thursday defended the man arrested in connection …

Massachusetts Air National Guard's Intelligence Mission in the Spotlight  —  A junior enlisted airman assigned to an intelligence unit on Cape Cod is accused of leaking a trove of top-secret information.  —  Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old Airman First Class in the Massachusetts Air National Guard …

How Tennessee Illustrates the Three Rules of MAGA  —  On Monday afternoon, a previously unknown 27-year-old Tennessee lawmaker named Justin Jones walked triumphantly up the steps of the Tennessee Capitol building and — surrounded by a crush of press and hundreds of supporters …

D.C. faces big challenges as remote work demand persists, poll finds  —  D.C.-area leaders have tried desperately to lure teleworking employees back into their offices, hoping to restore the vibrancy and generous tax revenue previously offered by buzzy commercial and downtown corridors that largely emptied during the pandemic.

Uncle Joe has a car you can't refuse  —  It's hard to tell what is most preposterous about President Joe Biden's new mandate that two-thirds of all new cars sold in 2032 must be electric vehicles.  The competition is tough.  —  Is it the huge shortage of critical minerals needed to meet such a goal?