5 dead in Texas shooting, suspect armed with AR-15 is on the loose  —  The shooting took place in Cleveland, Texas — about 55 miles north of Houston.  —  Five people are dead after being shot in a home by a suspect armed with AR-15 style rifle, police say.

He blew the whistle on Trump's Truth Social.  Now he works at Starbucks.  —  The former high-ranking executive of Trump's media company says he's shared 150,000 internal documents with federal investigators.  Many of his new strip-mall coworkers have no idea who he is.

As Biden Runs Again, Black Voters' Frustration Bubbles  —  In interviews, Black voters, organizers and elected officials pointed to what some saw as unkept promises — raising questions about the enthusiasm of Democrats' most loyal voters.  —  President Biden began his re-election campaign …

Republicans Effectively Voted to Raise Taxes.  They're Fine With That.  —  House GOP backed repealing clean-energy tax credits without offsetting tax cuts  —  WASHINGTON—Republicans finally found a tax increase they can support.  —  The party, united for decades around the view …

The Kyrsten Sinema Theory of American Politics  —  Kyrsten Sinema knows what everybody says about her.  She pretends not to read the press coverage—"I don't really care"—but she knows.  She knows what her colleagues call her behind her back ("egomaniac," “traitor").

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 …

Federal judge blocks Illinois assault weapons ban  —  A federal judge has temporarily blocked an assault weapons ban in Illinois, ruling that multiple plaintiffs who sued alleging that the law violates their Second Amendment rights have a “reasonable likelihood” to succeed in their argument.

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 …

Montana Governor Signs Law Banning Transgender Care for Minors  —  Gov. Greg Gianforte had been urged by his son, who is nonbinary, to reject the bill.  A transgender lawmaker was barred from the House floor after the debate.  —  HELENA, Mont. — The Republican governor of Montana …

The weight bias against women in the workforce is real — and it's only getting worse  —  “Pat, you think I eat too much?”  Ginni Rometty asked her boss Pat O'Brien at IBM, more than 30 years ago.  —  O'Brien was talking to Rometty about her weight, exhorting her to get in “good physical shape” …

Yale Law School Accepted a Donation for Clarence Thomas's Portrait.  Five Years Later, the Painting Is Nowhere To Be Seen.  —  In the spring of 2018, Yale Law School dean Heather Gerken happily acknowledged the receipt of a donation from the Texas billionaire Harlan Crow to fund the commission …

Defaulting on the national debt is much closer than anyone realizes  —  House Republicans and Senate Democrats cannot even agree whether they need to negotiate on the debt limit  —  Congressional bureau chief  —  Washington is lurching dangerously close to a self-induced financial calamity.

April 28, 2023  —  According to the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute, legislatures in at least ten states have set out to weaken federal child labor laws.  In the first three months of 2023, legislators in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and South Dakota introduced bills …

The North Carolina Supreme Court Signs Off on a Political Gerrymander  —  We've talked about the North Carolina gerrymandering case, also called the independent state legislature theory case, that the Supreme Court is considering this term and how the Court's continued jurisdiction was compromised …

George Santos, Instead of Shrinking From the Spotlight, Steps Into It  —  Mr. Santos seems to be testing whether his notoriety will translate into a form of celebrity, if not eventual acceptance.  —  WASHINGTON — As he strode into a bar packed with margarita-sipping young Republicans here the other night …

Prosecutors in Jan. 6 Case Step up Inquiry Into Trump Fund-Raising  —  The Justice Department has been gathering evidence about whether the former president and his allies solicited donations with claims of election fraud they knew to be false.  —  As they investigate former President Donald …

Senator Patty Murray says it's impossible to keep the economy growing without affordable, well-paid childcare  — Senator Patty Murray is once again pushing legislation to make childcare affordable and accessible.  — Under her proposal, costs would be capped, new centers could open, and workers would earn more.

Fox News Gambled, but Tucker 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.

Colorado governor signs four gun bills into law in a historic change to the state's firearm regulations  —  Gov. Jared Polis signed four gun measures into law Friday in what's likely the most consequential tightening of gun regulations in Colorado history.  —  The bills expand …

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 …

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 …

Over half of registered voters say political attacks on trans kids, families are a ‘major problem’: poll  —  More than half of registered voters believe political attacks on transgender children and families are a “major problem,” according to a Fox News poll.

What to know about tick, Lyme season following a mild winter  —  After a mild winter in the U.S., scientists are watching to see if there will be an uptick in ticks this year  —  PORTLAND, Maine — After a mild winter in the U.S., will there be an uptick in ticks this year?

DeSantis allies go to war with an unlikely foe: Nikki Haley  —  When the super PAC supporting Ron DeSantis turned its fire on Nikki Haley, it said volumes about the shifting dynamics of the 2024 campaign.  —  For months, the presidential primary looked like the Ron DeSantis-Donald Trump show.