The Conundrum of the DeSantis Base: Pro-Trump and Anti-Trump Voters  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has had to appeal to two conflicting elements of his base: Republicans who are repelled by Donald Trump, and those who remain enthralled by him.  —  Bob Sikorski, a 57-year-old business owner …

Leak suspect charged with retention of defense information, willful control of classified documents  —  BOSTON — Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member suspected of leaking a trove of classified military intelligence, was charged by the federal government Friday with retention …

Fox News viewer who crushed officer with a shield on Jan. 6 sentenced to over 7 years in prison  —  Federal prosecutors sought what would have been the longest sentence to date — 15 years — for a Jan. 6 rioter who, defense lawyers say, “knew next to nothing” about the 2020 election.

LinkedIn Founder Is Secretly Funding E. Jean Carroll's Lawsuit Against Trump  —  Trump's legal team has questioned for years who's funding E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit.  Now they finally know.  —  Reid Hoffman, the billionaire behind LinkedIn who's now a megadonor to Democrats …

All eyes on SCOTUS for abortion pill ruling  —  The Supreme Court could rule as soon as today in the legal battle over abortion pills — and could effectively override the Food and Drug Administration's decision-making if it doesn't turn back a ruling limiting the use of the drug mifepristone.

Fox News isn't talking about Clarence Thomas much  —  Two complementary reports from ProPublica published in recent days have resulted in intense new scrutiny of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.  Last week, the independent news site reported that Thomas had received hundreds of thousands …

An Acute Attack of Trumpism in Tennessee  —  Shame is a toxic emotion, and it often causes people to direct hostility outward.  —  What's happened in Tennessee in recent weeks should be no surprise, coming from a party whose sensibilities and racial attitudes are embodied by Donald Trump.

The Pence-Trump divide deepens, this time over guns  —  The former vice president's team is drawing contrasts on the brink of his speech to the NRA.  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Mike Pence is aiming to get to the right of Donald Trump on guns, bringing debates the two once had behind closed doors in the White House into the public eye.

Rape, Incest Victims Must Show Proof to Get Exception to Florida's New Abortion Ban  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Heartbeat Protection Act into law, which bans abortions after six weeks and increases restrictions to the standing exceptions  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has doubled …

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 …

McCarthy prepares his opening debt-limit bid — and it's full of potential pitfalls  —  The stakes couldn't be higher for the California Republican, who must avoid a misstep in the talks that would weaken his speakership.  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy is accelerating the long-stalled push …

Conservatives plot text warnings on “woke” products  —  A conservative group is offering a new service that texts “Woke Alerts” straight to the phones of grocery shoppers who want to know which brands are accused of taking political positions that are offensive to the right.

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 …

Liz Cheney says Greene should lose security clearance for defending suspect in Pentagon docs leak  —  Former representative Cheney criticized Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for her defense of the alleged leaker of hundreds of pages of classified U.S. intelligence.

Special counsel prosecutors press witnesses for details about how Trump has paid for their lawyers  —  Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents are pressing multiple witnesses for details about their attorneys, including whether …

Why Texas Public Radio is stepping away from Twitter: A message from TPR's president & CEO  —  Texas Public Radio has suspended posting on its Twitter accounts (@TPRNews, TPRCommunity, @TPRNoticias, @TPRClassical).  —  Without notice or explanation, Twitter added a “state-affiliated media” tag to NPR's main account last week.

See what Fox News tried to redact in the Dominion defamation case  —  Internal communications that the company wanted to keep from the public included hosts disparaging guests and acknowledging that election conspiracy theories were off base.  —  The Dominion Voting Systems trial against Fox News …

Alien motherships: Pentagon official floats a theory for unexplained sightings  —  One astronomy professor called the notions “highly questionable” and “odd.”  —  The official in charge of a secretive Pentagon effort to investigate unexplained aerial incursions has co-authored an academic paper …

Four Sons of El Chapo Face Sweeping New Charges in Fentanyl Indictments  —  The charges, in five related cases, offered a panoramic view of how the deadly drug was created, transported and ultimately sold by the Sinaloa cartel on American streets.  —  Federal officials announced a flurry …

Parler shuts down as new owner says conservative platform needs big revamp  —  Parler sold to firm that says conservative Twitter clone isn't a “viable business.”  —  Parler, the self-described “uncancelable free speech platform,” has been sold and shut down while its new owner conducts a “strategic assessment.”