Judicial activist directed fees to Clarence Thomas's wife, urged ‘no mention of Ginni’  —  Leonard Leo told GOP pollster Kellyanne Conway to bill nonprofit, then use money to pay spouse of Supreme Court justice  —  Conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo arranged for the wife …

Trump Says Stars Get Away With Sexual Assault—'Unfortunately or Fortunately'  —  He keeps denying that he raped E. Jean Carroll.  But Donald Trump says stars like him do indeed get away with sexual assault.  —  The Manhattan jury that will decide whether Donald Trump raped journalist E …

Justice Dept. Intensifying Efforts to Determine if Trump Hid Documents  —  Prosecutors investigating the former president's handling of classified material have issued a wave of new subpoenas and obtained the confidential cooperation of a witness who worked at Mar-a-Lago.

Enrique Tarrio was not just a random seditionist  —  Enrique Tarrio was there, behind Donald Trump, as the president spoke to a Miami audience in February 2019.  The chairman of the right-wing extremist group clapped as Trump, just starting to turn his attention to his 2020 reelection bid …

Biden to Name Air Force Chief to Top Military Post, Officials Say  —  The appointment of Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. would mean that the top two Pentagon leadership positions would be inhabited by Black men for the first time in American history.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden is expected …

Mozilla's setting up shop on Mastodon and trying to reinvent content moderation … If you want to be a member of Mozilla.Social, Mozilla's new Mastodon instance, you're not allowed to harass other users.  You're also not allowed to use derogatory language about gender, sex, sexual orientation …

Sugar Justice: The Clarence Thomas Story  —  THE BACKCHANNEL  —  Did you see the latest Clarence Thomas bombshell?  To head off any misunderstanding, let me state that I know with a perfect certainty that Thomas will never be removed from the Court.  And while it is theoretically possible …

Fox's Gutfeld Somehow Blames George Floyd for Deadly NYC Subway Chokehold  —  “If anybody says this is like George Floyd, no. It's because of George Floyd,” he said.  —  Fox News host Greg Gutfeld placed responsibility for the death of homeless man Jordan Neely not on the ex-Marine …

Florida lawmakers pass pair of extreme anti-trans bills  —  Over the past two days, Florida lawmakers passed two of the most extreme anti-transgender bills in the nation — bills that would criminalize providing gender-affirming medical care to minors as a felony and criminalize trans people …

Wagner Chief Again Threatens Bakhmut Pullout Over Supplies  —  In an expletive-laden video filmed in front of a field of corpses, Wagner mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin accused Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the head of the army Valery Gerasimov of failing to supply his troops in Ukraine with enough ammunition.

GOP frontrunner for NC governor mocked school shooting survivors and once justified shooting protesters  —  North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the current Republican favorite to be the party's nominee for governor in 2024, has a long history of remarks viciously mocking and attacking teenage survivors …

Producer Tells All: How Tucker Carlson Became the GOP's MAGA Puppeteer  —  “He was changing the Republican Party, and he loved having that kind of power” … Carlson terrified top Republicans with threats to “destroy” them if they failed to do his bidding and used his platform to push …

Brett Favre and partner sought Trump's help funding drug company named in TANF scandal  —  Long before Prevacus became embroiled in Mississippi's massive welfare fraud scandal, the drug company's founder Jake VanLandingham and retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre sought the Trump White House's help …

Official: Gunman kills 3, then self in rural Georgia town  —  A Georgia man shot two of his relatives and a fast food worker dead before killing himself on Thursday in rural south Georgia, the local coroner said.  —  The shooter killed his mother and grandmother at two neighboring homes …

Jill Biden Will Attend King Charles III's Coronation, Touting ‘Special Relationship’ With UK  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden has celebrated the athleticism of wounded service members with Prince Harry, discussed the value of early childhood education with Princess Kate and sipped tea poured by Queen Elizabeth II.

North Carolina advances likely veto-proof abortion ban to governor's desk  —  North Carolina's Republican-controlled state Senate on Thursday passed legislation that would ban most abortions after 12 weeks.  —  Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vowed to veto the bill, but the GOP supermajority in the legislature can override him.

Hunter Biden laptop letter recruitment email wanted to give Joe Biden a debate ‘talking point’  —  The revelation comes after Morell, the former Obama CIA acting director, admitted that now-Secretary of State Antony Blinken “triggered” him to write the October 2020 laptop letter.

UCI recognises transgender policy ‘concerns’ and reopens consultation  — Governing body intends to reach a decision in August  — Trans athlete Austin Killips won Tour of the Gila on Sunday  —  World cycling's governing body, the UCI, has signalled a shift in its transgender policy …