Homeless men recruited for veteran hotel scam  —  POUGHKEEPSIE - Seven homeless men have come forward to say they were part of a group of men recruited at a Poughkeepsie homeless shelter to act as veterans that had been displaced from a Newburgh hotel in order for a non-profit organization to perpetrate a fraud on the public.

Biden's 14th Amendment message to progressives: It ain't gonna happen  —  The president's advisers fear such a move would trigger a legal battle, undermine global faith in U.S. creditworthiness and damage the economy.  —  Progressive lawmakers renewed their call for President Joe Biden …

FBI misused surveillance tool on Jan. 6 suspects, BLM arrestees and others  —  Crime victims, political donors, and potential sources were targeted in digital searches that the FBI says have now been scaled back  —  The FBI has misused a powerful digital surveillance tool more than 278,000 times …

Orcas have sunk 3 boats in Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same.  But why?  —  Scientists think a traumatized orca initiated the assault on boats after a “critical moment of agony” and that the behavior is spreading among the population through social learning.

Megan Hunt doesn't want to be your Democratic hero.  She just wants to protect her trans son.  —  The Subject  —  “I don't like you.”  Nebraska state Sen. Megan Hunt said that to Republicans in March, as she filibustered legislation that would ban gender-affirming treatment for minors like her son, Ash Homan.

D.C. police lieutenant indicted with tipping off Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio about arrest  —  After Jan. 6, Lt. Shane Lamond said he supported the group and didn't “want to see your group's name or reputation dragged through the mud,” an indictment alleged.  —  WASHINGTON — A Metropolitan …

Rudy Giuliani's raw reaction to sexual assault suit by employee he ‘dated’ was quietly edited, and the truth may be even stranger  —  Two days after a woman filed a salacious lawsuit accusing Rudy Giuliani of rape, The Gateway Pundit ran the former mayor's raw and “EXCLUSIVE” reaction to her sexual abuse claims.

Do Dress Sneakers Belong in the Oval Office?  —  People felt strongly after spotting the hybrid shoe at a meeting with the president.  —  Think of it as a rare instance of cross-aisle consensus or else a sartorial trend gone badly wrong.  But it did not go unnoticed when …

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 …

U.S. and allies plan to provide Ukrainian pilots with F-16 fighter jets, official says  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly called on the U.S. to provide F-16 jets, but U.S. President Joe Biden had so far refused the requests.  —  HIROSHIMA, Japan …

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 …

Ted Cruz Launches Senate Probe Into Bud Light's Ad With Dylan Mulvaney  —  The Texas Republican demanded the beer industry investigate on its own — or have Anheuser-Busch apologize for the alleged Mulvaney infraction.  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week opened a Senate investigation …

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 …

A University Fired 2 Employees for Including Their Pronouns in Emails  —  The firings set off a debate at Houghton University, a small Christian institution in western New York, which said its decision was not based only on the pronoun listings.  —  When Raegan Zelaya and Shua Wilmot decided …

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 …

Senate Candidate ‘Patriot Whistleblower’ Admits to Fabricating Sex Trafficking Story  —  Ryan Dark White, who ran for Congress as “Jon McGreevey,” took pictures of a child he said was being trafficked.  It was a campaign stunt, he now admits.  —  A failed Republican congressional candidate allied …

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 …

Fox News Just Axed Its Investigative Unit, Sources Say  —  More layoffs could still be on the way as the network tries to cut costs following its settlement with Dominion, insiders tell Rolling Stone … “The rank and file journalists are getting let go meanwhile upper management …

He voted in Florida for the first time in 2020.  Then came the criminal charges  —  John Boyd Rivers says he was misled by an election official who urged him to vote for the first time in 2020.  Now he's been found guilty of voter fraud  —  The fight for democracy is supported by

Jim Jordan is inadvertently discrediting his own case against the FBI  —  Jim Jordan keeps taking aim at the FBI.  He keeps missing.  The more the Republican fails, the more he inadvertently makes the bureau look better, not worse.  —  It was roughly nine months ago when Rep. Jim Jordan began …

The revenge of Chris Christie?  How he could take it to Trump  —  Christie has little shot at winning.  But his clear motivation for taking down Trump, along with his particular talents, could still matter greatly.  —  Say what you will about Chris Christie; he is a smart man.

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 …

Georgetown invited Navalny's kid to commencement.  ‘Chaos’ followed.  —  A chorus of students at Georgetown University's foreign service school are lashing out at the administration over a controversial choice of speaker for Saturday's commencement — the daughter of an imprisoned Russian opposition leader.