Gunman killed neighbors, child with AR-15-style rifle, sheriff says  —  A man using an AR-15-style weapon shot and killed five people Friday, including an 8-year-old — an angry response to the neighbors' request that he stop shooting in his yard while their baby was trying to sleep, Texas authorities said Saturday.

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 …

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").

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” …

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 …

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.

Top Fox Hosts Are Telling Friends They Could Be the Next to Go  —  Leak hunts, “snitches,” and anxiety reigned in the week after Fox fired Tucker Carlson … Management is on the prowl for leakers.  And the leakers themselves are dodging “snitches” by putting fake names in their phone to hide incoming calls from reporters.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

Alito thinks he knows who Dobbs leaker is — and says it's not a conservative  —  Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said in an interview earlier this month that he has a “pretty good idea” who leaked his draft Supreme Court opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade and its constitutional right to abortion last year …

U.S. Wires Ukraine With Radiation Sensors to Detect Nuclear Blasts  —  The federal National Nuclear Security Administration is setting up an advanced network that can verify an attacker's identity.  —  The United States is wiring Ukraine with sensors that can detect bursts of radiation …

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 …