Supreme Court allows abortion pill to stay on the market for now  —  The Justice Department and Danco Laboratories, which makes the brand version of mifepristone, Mifeprex, had asked the court to step in immediately.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will allow the most commonly used abortion pill …

Airman Shared Sensitive Intelligence More Widely and for Longer Than Previously Known  —  A Discord user matching the profile of Jack Teixeira distributed intelligence to a larger chat group, days after the beginning of the Ukraine war.  —  The Air National Guardsman accused …

Donald Trump Tops Ron DeSantis in Test of GOP Presidential Field, WSJ Poll Finds  —  No candidate beyond the two leaders draws substantial support in the still-developing primary race  —  WASHINGTON—Donald Trump has gained command of the GOP presidential-nomination race over Ron DeSantis …

Exclusive: Text messages reveal Trump operatives considered using breached voting data to decertify Georgia's Senate runoff in 2021  —  In mid-January 2021, two men hired by former President Donald Trump's legal team discussed over text message what to do with data obtained from a breached voting machine …

Dril and other Twitter power users begin campaign to ‘Block the Blue’ paid checkmarks  —  After Elon Musk removed legacy verified users' checkmarks, Twitter's biggest users are blocking everyone who pays.  —  On Thursday, April 20, Elon Musk made a rare move: He delivered on a promise.

Republicans end the week short on votes for their debt ceiling plan  —  Kevin McCarthy has his work cut out for him next week.  —  As of Friday afternoon, the House speaker still hadn't wrapped up enough votes to pass Republicans' party-line debt-ceiling bill, according to sources keeping tabs on the whip count.

Details about multimillion-dollar stock holding concealed in abortion pill judge's financial disclosures  —  The federal judge who issued a nationwide ruling blocking the approval of a common abortion medication redacted key information on his legally mandated financial disclosures …

SpaceX didn't want to blow up its launchpad.  It may have done just that.  —  Videos show a war-like barrage of shrapnel blasting away from the launch site into nearby beaches, wetlands and at least one car  —  Big rockets emit tremendous amounts of energy — and none more than SpaceX's Starship …

Jim Jordan Just Got Busted With Evidence Of His Hunter Biden Lies  —  Jim Jordan and House Judiciary Republicans got caught editing witness interviews to smear the Sec. of State and push their Hunter Biden laptop scandal.  —  Here is what Rep. Jordan's House Judiciary Republicans tweeted.

Dominion's C.E.O.: We Settled the Lawsuit Against Fox News, but We're Not Done Yet  —  Vindication.  Shame.  Triumph.  Tragedy.  Surrender.  These are a few of the characterizations I've heard following our recent settlement with Fox News in our historic defamation case against the network …

Chicago police investigating officers' response to mob attack in Loop after witness says police declined to help  —  Large groups of youths gather in downtown Chicago, April 15, 2023.  Two teens were shot in the area during the evening.  (Network Video Productions)

Two Men Sentenced for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Plot to Attack Power Grids in the United States  —  Domestic Terrorism Plot was in Furtherance of White Supremacy  —  Two men were sentenced in federal court today to crimes related to a scheme to attack power grids in the United States in furtherance white supremacy.

Ex-Manhattan prosecutor set to testify before GOP-led House Judiciary Committee in May  —  The Manhattan District Attorney's Office and the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee have settled a court dispute where the prosecutor's office tried to block congressional testimony …

Department of Defense riddled with ‘Three Percenters and Boogaloo guys’: report  —  The arrest of a young Air Force National Guardsman accused of sharing government secrets on a social media platform is setting off alarms that the military and Department of Defense is rife with young men …

Abbott Aims to Pardon Racist Murderer Who Sent Explicit Texts to Apparent Minor  —  After an Austin jury unanimously convicted Sergeant Daniel Perry of murder, it took Governor Greg Abbott less than one full day to call for his pardon.  —  Legal experts and lawmakers have described …

Rightwing extremists defeated by Democrats in US school board elections  —  Republican-backed culture warrior candidates fare poorly in Illinois and Wisconsin, offering hope to the left  —  Scores of rightwing extremists were defeated in school board elections in April …

Montana transgender lawmaker silenced: What to know  —  The latest high-profile example of state legislative leadership deciding who can be heard during statehouse debates is playing out in Montana where a transgender lawmaker was silenced by Republican leaders for a second day Friday.

Retired Navy Officer Takes on Florida's Book-Ban ‘Fascism’  —  “I didn't sacrifice 21 years of my life to stand idly by while religious fanatics and other fanatics try to impose fascism on my country.”  —  A retired Navy officer who was aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt …

Chief Justice John Roberts' Mockery of Stalking Victims Points to a Deeper Problem  —  The justices take their own safety very, very seriously.  Everybody else's?  Not so much.  —  Stalking is so closely correlated with lethal violence that experts refer to it as “slow motion homicide” …

Nikki Haley's White Dress at Daughter's Wedding Sparks Fierce Debate  —  Presidential candidate Nikki Haley has inadvertently sparked a fierce debate on social media about wedding no-noes on her daughter's big day.  —  Most guests at weddings get excited about the traditional moments …

18-Year-Old Transgender Athlete Exposes Himself to Freshman Girls in Locker Room  —  The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) wants answers from Sun Prairie Area School District (SPASD) after an 18-year-old transgender athlete exposed himself to four 14-year-old girls in the shower area …

Texas Man Indicted on Federal Charges for Alleged Death Threats to U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California  —  LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury today indicted a Houston man on federal charges for allegedly making …

America's Tragedy Is Its Culture of Fear—Armed With Millions of Guns  —  “Patriotic” culture warriors are terrified of drag queens, “illegals,” and extremely rare vaccine injuries.  But tens of thousands of annual gun deaths—meh. … I've long avoided writing about anything related to guns …

California jury finds Tesla Autopilot did not fail in crash case  —  A California state court jury on Friday handed Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) a sweeping win, finding that the car maker's Autopilot feature did not fail to perform safely in what appears to be the first trial related to a crash involving the partially automated driving software.

Republicans follow their new leader, Marjorie Taylor Greene  —  This is the price America pays for Kevin McCarthy's ambition.  —  To understand the consequences of the many concessions the House speaker made to get his job, look at what has happened to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

JPMorgan's Ties to Jeffrey Epstein Were Deeper Than the Bank Has Acknowledged  —  The bank has said it shut the convicted sex offender's accounts in 2013, but its bankers were still meeting with him years later, people familiar with the matter said.  —  JPMorgan Chase & Co. had ties …