Georgia Prosecutor Signals August Timetable for Charges in Trump Inquiry  —  The Fulton County district attorney said most of her staff would work remotely at times, and asked judges not to schedule trials, in the first half of August.  —  The Georgia prosecutor leading an investigation …

Story of homeless veterans displaced by migrants was false  —  A claim that veterans were ousted from Hudson Valley lodging as a result of NYC's migrant surge was a tall tale  —  Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate  —  NEWBURGH — Over the past week, a sensational story …

Disney Pulls Plug on $1 Billion Development in Florida  —  A new office complex, and relocation of a division from California, would have created more than 2,000 jobs but was scuttled as the company and Gov. Ron DeSantis continue to feud.  —  In March, Disney called Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida …

The short life of Baby Milo  —  Nobody expected Baby Milo to live for long.  —  He arrived in the world with no kidneys, underdeveloped lungs and a life expectancy of between 20 minutes and a couple of hours.  —  He lived for 99 minutes.  —  Milo Evan Dorbert drew his first and last breath on the evening of March 3.

The Casey DeSantis Problem: ‘His Greatest Asset and His Greatest Liability’  —  Ron DeSantis' wife is going to play a very prominent role in his presidential campaign.  Some of his supporters wonder if that's an entirely good thing.  —  Casey DeSantis plays an uncommonly pivotal role …

Trump Ally Could Face Perjury Charge if He Doesn't Cooperate With D.A.  —  After bringing charges against former President Donald J. Trump, the Manhattan district attorney's office is once again investigating Allen H. Weisselberg, 75.  —  One of Donald J. Trump's longtime lieutenants …

FBI Whistleblowers Admit Taking Money From Ex-Trump Official  —  GRILLED  —  Two former FBI employees acting as so-called whistleblowers about the federal government's unfair persecution of conservatives on Thursday admitted that they had received money from a former adviser to Donald Trump.

ABC News Hires The Economist's G. Elliott Morris To Lead Data Analytics Team, Oversee FiveThirtyEight After Nate Silver Exit  —  EXCLUSIVE: ABC News is hiring The Economist's G. Elliott Morris to be the editorial director of data analytics for the news division, a post that also oversees FiveThirtyEight.

Top DeSantis adviser has charted a lucrative path in GOP  —  Jeff Roe and his firm, Axiom Strategies, have guided thousands of campaigns and raked in hundreds of millions of dollars  —  Last year, the political consultant now leading a super PAC dedicated to helping Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis …

DC police lieutenant charged with obstruction in Proud Boys probe  —  Prosecutors say he leaked information to then-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio.  —  A D.C. police lieutenant was arrested and charged Friday with obstruction of justice and making false statements over allegations …

Why top Trump allies like Roger Stone are using apocalyptic religious rhetoric  —  “My sense is [Stone] has recognized how important this sector of Christianity is for the ongoing radicalized Trump base,” says Christian scholar.  —  Roger Stone has been in and out of Donald Trump's orbit for more than four decades.

White House reporters stuck with $25,000 charges after Biden trip canceled  —  Some correspondents think it could prompt media bosses to pull back from covering the president on future overseas tours  —  Every traveler dreads a sudden flight cancellation.  But few travelers have been stuck …

Two GOP senators smear a witness to defend Clarence Thomas  —  Mark L. Wolf has spent his career fighting against corruption and for the rule of law — as a public corruption prosecutor, as a federal judge, as a crusader against international kleptocracy.  For that, at a hearing on judicial ethics …

I-Team: Parents concerned about man with assault rifle at school bus stop  —  Hide Transcript Show Transcript  —  Parents are concerned about a man who is regularly spotted carrying an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle at a school bus stop in Severn.  —  Jamie Sparrow, a Severn Elementary School parent …

Feinstein's return leaves her party on edge  —  As relieved as Democrats are to have her back, they're loath to openly discuss her condition beyond generic well wishes as her party holds its collective breath.  —  Dianne Feinstein has taken on a noticeably lighter schedule since she came back from California.

Hurricane Trump Is Coming — And Washington Hasn't Bothered to Prepare  —  After 2020, reformers vowed to erect guardrails against a rogue chief executive.  They ran into a wall of complacency, partisanship and distraction.  —  Two months before the 2020 elections, Jack Goldsmith …

Greece Says It Doesn't Ditch Migrants at Sea.  It Was Caught in the Act.  —  Video evidence shows asylum seekers, among them young children, being rounded up, taken to sea and abandoned on a raft by the Greek Coast Guard.  —  The asylum seekers had already hopscotched countries for years to escape war in the Horn of Africa.

Marjorie Taylor Greene's impeachment stunt wrecks a big MAGA myth  —  In the run-up to the expiration of covid-19 restrictions on those seeking asylum, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene repeatedly predicted that our country would be overrun by migrant hordes from the south.

Fox News's ‘vitriolic lies’ present clear threat to US democracy, says woman suing rightwing network  —  Exclusive: disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz, who is suing over campaign of falsehoods, says 'if Fox isn't brought to account, it will not stop'  —  The woman suing Rupert Murdoch's Fox News …

U.S. officials walk back claim drone strike killed senior al-Qaeda leader  —  The acknowledgement comes as terrorism experts and the dead man's family have cast doubt on a Pentagon statement indicating the operation targeted a high-ranking militant in Syria  —  QORQANYA, Syria …

The Post-Liberal Authoritarians Want You To Forget That Private Companies Have Rights  —  On Wednesday night, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) took the stage at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and declared—to the astonishment of many who subsequently read the quote online—that …

Chris Sununu Leans Into the White House Race … Chris Sununu is accelerating plans to run for president, with close allies telling The Dispatch the New Hampshire governor wants to seek the Republican nomination and is exploring avenues for mounting a viable 2024 campaign.

Ted Cruz figures out a way to guzzle new Bud Light headlines  —  One of Sen. Ted Cruz's unusual skills as a politician is his ability to form-fit culture-war fights into the vernacular and processes of government.  Perhaps it's a function of the Texas Republican's college-era debate experience …

5/19/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  THE TOP … We have a bunch of news to catch you up on. … Republican negotiators will seek major policy concessions and/or spending cuts in return for a debt hike that runs through the presidential election.

The Four Freedoms, According to Republicans  —  On Tuesday, Republicans in North Carolina overrode Gov. Roy Cooper's veto to pass a strict limit on bodily autonomy in the form of a 12-week abortion ban.  —  In addition to this new limit on abortion, the law extends the waiting period …

World watches in disbelief and horror as U.S. nears possible default  —  Most nations don't have a fixed debt ceiling.  But Washington's fight over raising the cap carries global implications.  —  Gathered last weekend at the Toki Messe convention center and Hotel Okura in Niigata, Japan …

FEC complaint calls for federal probe of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema spending  —  PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — A complaint filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission asks regulators to open a formal investigation into campaign spending by Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.

Democrats, worried about a Biden-McCarthy deal, push a backup plan to avoid default  —  Some Democrats on Capitol Hill are growing increasingly worried that President Biden will give into too many demands from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in continuing talks over a deal to avoid a historic debt default.

Bill Barr says Trump's classified documents case is his biggest legal risk: “I don't think that argument's gonna fly”  —  Trump-era Attorney General Bill Barr says he believes former President Donald Trump will be “very exposed” legally if he was playing “any games” with the documents marked …