Jane Roberts, who is married to Chief Justice John Roberts, made $10.3 million in commissions from elite law firms, whistleblower documents show  — Jane Roberts was paid more than $10 million by a host of elite law firms, a whistleblower alleges.  — At least one of those firms argued …

Justice Samuel Alito: ‘This Made Us Targets of Assassination’  —  The author of the Dobbs abortion ruling answers attacks on the court's ‘legitimacy.’ He says he thinks he knows who leaked the draft and is certain about the motive.  —  Washington  —  Justice Samuel Alito was supposed …

Trump Could Definitely Beat Biden  —  Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 Republican primary is not certain.  But it now looks more than merely likely.  —  The former president boasts more than twice as much support as Ron DeSantis, leading the Florida governor by a 51-to-24 percent margin …

Revealed: Senate investigation into Brett Kavanaugh assault claims contained serious omissions  —  The 2018 investigation into the then supreme court nominee claimed there was ‘no evidence’ behind claims of sexual assault  —  A 2018 Senate investigation that found there was “no evidence” …

North Carolina Gerrymander Ruling Reflects Politicization of Judiciary Nationally  —  When it had a Democratic majority last year, the North Carolina Supreme Court voided the state's legislative and congressional maps as illegal gerrymanders.  Now the court has a Republican majority, and says the opposite.

Fox Gambled With Its Future.  Tucker Carlson Can Still Take Down the House.  —  For the quarter-century-plus that the Fox News Channel has been coming into America's living rooms, it has operated according to a cardinal tenet: No one at the cable network is bigger than Fox News itself.

Montana Lawmaker Suggests She'd Rather Her Daughter Die by Suicide Than Transition  —  “Someone once asked me, 'Wouldn't I just do anything to help save her?'  And I really had to think and the answer was, ‘No,’” Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe said.  —  Intern  —  A Montana state representative …

Trump's Nonsensical Letter to Congress Attacking the DOJ's Mar-a-Lago Case Shows He Has No Defense  —  On Wednesday, former President Donald Trump's lawyers sent a desperate, 10-page letter to Rep. Mike Turner, chair of the House Intelligence Committee.  The punch line comes in its conclusion …

Biden's age trap: Risks of running at 80  —  Polls show that most voters of most ages wonder the same thing: Can President Biden really win the White House again at nearly 82 — and run it competently into age 86? … But there are so many unknowns to rolling into your mid-80s with more power than anyone on Earth.

House Republicans walk the plank  —  Jen Kiggans had the haunted look of a woman about to walk the plank.  —  The first-term Republican from Virginia barely took her eyes off her text Wednesday as she read it aloud on the House floor.  She tripped over words and used her fingers to keep her place on the page.

Florida's book-ban frenzy targets Nora Roberts, and she's not happy  —  Tiffany Justice, co-founder of the right-wing book-purging organization Moms for Liberty, offered a righteous-sounding answer when asked this past weekend on “CBS Sunday Morning” what sort of book she wants to see remain in schools.

Newly released White House photos capture the day bin Laden was killed  —  A cache of newly released government photographs reveals key moments inside the White House during the 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, including images of top officials shaking hands after learning that bin Laden …

Homeless in the City Where He Was Once Mayor  —  Craig Coyner's descent onto the streets of Bend, Ore., came after decades spent fighting as a lawyer and politician for those on the edge of society.  —  BEND, Ore. — As he navigated one day last fall through a crowded grid of beds …

U.S. Begins Overland Evacuation of American Civilians From Sudan  —  A bus convoy carrying about 300 U.S. citizens followed a long route previously used by other nations and the U.N. It was the first organized American evacuation effort.  —  NAIROBI, Kenya — A convoy of buses carrying …

And in This Corner, Hailing From Dagestan, Presenting Hasbulla  —  A charismatic viral video star who stands just over three feet tall has become the most beloved man in the U.F.C. universe — even though he doesn't actually fight.  —  At an N.B.A. game between the Los Angeles Lakers …

All 9 Supreme Court justices push back on oversight: ‘Raises more questions,’ Senate chair says  —  In a rare joint statement, the judges said they wanted to “provide new clarity.”  —  There's no conservative-liberal divide on the U.S. Supreme Court when it comes to calls for a new, enforceable ethics code.

When a conservative podcaster came to campus, students did not want to listen  —  At sunset on a beautiful spring evening on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh last week, conservative podcaster Michael Knowles was burned in effigy.  Police lights flashed on several street corners, and a firetruck waited nearby.

Ag Commissioner Sid Miller Doubles Down on Transphobic Dress Code  —  Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Commissioner Sid Miller has received an avalanche of media attention about a new memorandum that requires agency employees to dress “in a manner consistent with their biological gender.”

A somber WHCD affair  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  Unlike most of the people headed Saturday to the Washington Hilton ballroom, DEBRA TICE would give everything in the world …

Frost calls out GOP silence on Greene's ‘not a mother’ attack  —  Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) is calling out Republicans for their silence on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) attack on American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten, in which she said the union leader is …

Montana latest to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors  —  Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill Friday to ban gender-affirming medical care for young transgender people — the battle over which ended with the removal of a transgender lawmaker from the House floor.

Rudy Giuliani's Company Hauled Into Court Over Unpaid Phone Bill  —  An Atlanta-based telecom provider says it was stiffed out of more than $30,000. … Rudy Giuliani's consulting firm hasn't paid its phone bill, and the carrier is dragging the disgraced former New York City mayor's company to court over the outstanding charges.

Doctors watching for more cases after mysterious cluster of brain infections strikes kids in southern Nevada  —  Disease detectives with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating a cluster of rare and serious brain abscesses in kids in and around Las Vegas, Nevada …

‘The Most Dangerous Person in the World Is Randi Weingarten’  —  School closures and culture wars turned classrooms into battlegrounds — and made the head of one of the country's largest teachers' unions a lightning rod for criticism.  —  When the former secretary of state and C.I.A. director Mike Pompeo …

Pence on the Stand  —  Plus: A new Bulwark/Lawfare collaboration.  —  Well, that was fast.  —  Mike Pence didn't give his old boss a chance to appeal, delay, or otherwise obstruct.  The day after the federal appeals court rejected Donald Trump's efforts to block his testimony, Pence went before the grand jury and testified.

Snap's Sales Fall for First Time as a Public Company  —  Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, reported on Thursday that its revenue had fallen for the first time since it went public as the app maker struggled to adjust to a difficult economic environment.  —  Revenue for the first quarter …

Court orders sperm donor with 550 kids to stop  —  A Dutch sperm donor with hundreds of children must immediately stop donating sperm, the court in The Hague ruled on Friday.  Jonathan M.  (41) says he has about 550 children.  —  The summary proceedings were filed by Stichting Donorkind …

U.S. Arms Warplanes With ‘Bunker Busting’ Bombs in Message to Iran  —  The Air Force's A-10 Warthogs are carrying 250-pound precision-guided weapons in the Mideast  —  The U.S. military is for the first time putting 250-pound “bunker busting” bombs on attack aircraft recently sent to the Middle East …

How Biden's New Communications Director Made His Millions  —  Former Obama spokesperson Ben LaBolt earned millions working for Facebook, Instacart, and Union Pacific before joining the Biden White House.  —  In February, President Joe Biden tapped well-connected political advisor Ben LaBolt to be his new communications director.