'We can't track down the informant': James Comer says he lost top witness in Biden investigation  —  Rep. James Comer (R-KY) revealed on Sunday that Republicans had lost track of a top witness in the investigation of President Joe Biden and his family.  —  During an interview on Fox News …

How to Raise $89 Million in Small Donations — And Make It Disappear  —  A group of conservative operatives using sophisticated robocalls raised millions of dollars from donors using pro-police and pro-veteran messages.  But instead of using the money to promote issues and candidates …

President Biden: I'm doing everything I can to reduce gun violence, but Congress must do more  —  One year ago today, an individual who had posted a white supremacist manifesto, armed with an AR-15 style firearm, killed 10 Black Americans and injured three others at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.

Burning Down The House  —  Because Twitter is so big and open-ended, and because it is a product of the grandiose and impatient and deliriously shallow world of Silicon Valley, the ways in which it has been talked about by the people who talk about it most have mostly been ridiculous.

DeSantis Impresses in Iowa, Showing Up an Absent Trump  —  The former president canceled a rally in Des Moines, citing a storm warning.  The Florida governor made the most of his rival's absence, as DeSantis allies taunted Mr. Trump.  —  For the first time in months, Gov. Ron DeSantis …

The Greatest Wealth Transfer in History Is Here, With Familiar (Rich) Winners  —  In an era of surging home and stock values, U.S. family wealth has soared.  The trillions of dollars going to heirs will largely reinforce inequality.  —  An intergenerational transfer of wealth is in motion in America …

Live Updates: Polls Close in Turkey as Erdogan Faces Tough Re-election Fight  —  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a towering figure in Turkey who has vexed Western allies, is facing the fiercest political challenge of his 20 years in power.  —  Polls have closed in Turkey's most pivotal elections in years.

Video shows brawl between supporters of two Minneapolis City Council candidates  —  An apparent brawl broke out between supporters of two Minneapolis City Council candidates Saturday over nominations.  —  The brawl, which left two people injured, happened at the Democratic-Farmer-Labor …

Ireland likely to join Nato project to protect undersea cables  —  Ireland has little if any means of protecting undersea cables which carry internet traffic between US and Europe and pass through Irish waters off south and west coasts  —  Ireland is likely to join a new Nato initiative …

The Religious Landscape is Undergoing Massive Change.  It Could Decide the 2024 Election.  —  The new decennial Religion Census offers cause for hope — and alarm — for both parties.  —  One of the most significant shifts in American politics and religion just took place over the past decade …

This Neo-Nazi Gets Paid to Groom Children.  Who's Supporting This?  —  A man calling himself “AMERICAS #1 ANTI SEMITE!” is targeting child-users of a video platform called Omegle for indoctrination and verbal abuse — and live-streaming the encounters to his hateful fans for money

The Case for Violating the Debt Limit Is Dangerous Nonsense  —  Mr. McConnell is a professor and the director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.  He was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit from 2002 to 2009.

7 doomsday scenarios if the U.S. crashes through the debt ceiling  —  Economists warn of worst-case outcomes should Congress fail to raise the federal borrowing limit by the “X-date” deadline  —  Federal workers furloughed.  Social Security checks for seniors on hold.  Soaring mortgage rates.

Border agents arrest man on FBI terror watchlist amid migrant influx: CBP sources  —  Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., blames Biden's ‘open invitation’ border policies for terrorists coming to United States  —  Border Patrol agents arrested an Afghan national on the FBI's terror watchlist …

Eric Adams Says He's a Progressive.  Democrats Beg to Differ.  —  Left-leaning New Yorkers say the mayor is moving the city in a more conservative direction on issues like policing, rent and providing shelter to those in need.  —  When a homeless man was choked to death on the New York City subway earlier …

Remarks by President Biden at the Howard University Class of 2023 Commencement Address  —  Washington, D.C.  —  11:34 A.M. EDT  —  THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you, Mr. President, for that introduction.  Dr. Morse, thank you for the incredible honorary degree.

US senator denounced as ‘profoundly ignorant man’ over remarks on Mexico  —  John Kennedy's comments about Mexicans ‘eating cat food’ came as he urged the US military to enter country to ‘stop the cartels’  —  Mexicans “would be eating cat food out of a can and living in a tent behind an Outback” …

Biden world goes to the mat to get Julie Su confirmed  —  A full-court press is on for the labor nominee as confirmation remains in doubt.  —  The Biden White House is ramping up its pressure on Senate Democrats to confirm Labor nominee Julie Su and deploying some big guns to get her nomination over the line.

From Rahmbo to Rahm-bassador: How an unlikely diplomat has wooed Japan  —  TOKYO — Tokyo's Pride Parade is about to begin and Rahm Emanuel, the American ambassador to Japan who's supposed to be kicking off the march, is buried somewhere inside the crowd.  —  LGBTQ rights activists are greeting him like a celebrity.

Free speech or federal crime?  Protesters are still marching outside conservative Supreme Court justices' homes  —  Some senators want a federal law used to charge those who continue to picket — even though it could be on shaky constitutional grounds.  —  CHEVY CHASE, Md. …

AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat to mislead voters  —  Computer engineers and tech-inclined political scientists have warned for years that cheap, powerful artificial intelligence tools would soon allow anyone to create fake images, video and audio that was realistic enough to fool voters and perhaps sway an election.