The Beltway Media Is Spreading Debt Limit Misinformation  —  Having watched Capitol Hill fall into chaotic convulsions over the debt ceiling a million times before, I've come to the conclusion that the only way to properly negotiate your way through a debt ceiling crisis is to not negotiate at all.

Republicans deploy new playbook for abortion bans, citing political backlash  —  GOP lawmakers in North Carolina and Nebraska are casting new 12-week bans as “mainstream,” while Democrats say they are “cruel and extreme”  —  Nebraska antiabortion groups and GOP lawmakers were stunned.

Why former Trump Org executive Allen Weisselberg could face perjury charges  —  The Manhattan district attorney won't comment, but filings in the New York attorney general's civil case may reveal the gist of Weisselberg's potential problem.  —  The Manhattan district attorney's office …

Dems championed Chicago-area man now charged with attempted murder after Obama commuted his sentence  —  Sens. Warren, Durbin praised Alton Mills, who's accused in connection with a freeway shooting  —  A Chicago-area man whose life sentence in prison was commuted by then-President Barack Obama in 2015 …

Man with AR-15-style rifle by bus stop says he wasn't out to terrify kids  —  The man stood in a red Make America Great Again baseball cap pointing his AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle toward the sidewalk.  —  An elementary school student ran home crying.  Parents were terrified.  Neighbors called the police.

Air DeSantis: The Private Jets and Secret Donors Flying Him Around  —  As the Florida governor hopscotched the country preparing to run for president, a Michigan nonprofit paid the bills.  It won't say where it got the money.  —  For Ron DeSantis, Sunday, Feb. 19, was the start …

Hunter Biden cried poverty but still flew to his child-support hearing on a private jet for at least $55K  —  Fly me a river.  —  Hunter Biden cried poverty at his Arkansas child-support hearing earlier this month — despite flying to and from the courthouse aboard a luxury private jet owned by his close friend Kevin Morris.

The Supreme Court Is Hiding Important Decisions From You  —  A new book argues the court is undermining its credibility by rendering so many unsigned and unexplained decisions on its so-called ‘shadow docket.’  —  As the Supreme Court begins to release its written opinions from its most recent term …

Trump Is Up In The Middle Of The Night Obsessing Over Jack Smith  —  Trump was posting in the middle of the night on Friday/early Saturday about Special Counsel Jack Smith.  —  Trump wrote on Truth Social: … The poll that Trump referred to didn't show him way up on Biden.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 19, 2023  —  Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report.  —  Click here to access ISW's archive of interactive time-lapse maps of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Mother of 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody says pleas for hospital care were denied  —  The mother of an 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody said Friday that agents repeatedly ignored pleas to hospitalize her medically fragile daughter as she felt pain in her bones …

Justice Gorsuch says COVID emergency orders among ‘greatest intrusions on civil liberties’  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court got rid of a pandemic-related immigration case with a single sentence.  —  Justice Neil Gorsuch had a lot more to say, leveling harsh criticism of how governments …

A standstill settles in as Democrats fret over Feinstein's health  —  The California senator is casting votes and attending committee hearings but has at times seemed confused by reporters' questions  —  When Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) returned to the Capitol this month …

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema hit with complaint of lavish campaign spending  —  A group seeking to oust U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has filed a formal complaint with election authorities about her campaign spending habits, accusing her of “living a lifestyle of luxury financed by her special interest donors …

A look inside the playbook on transgender health bills  —  Aaron and Lacey Jennen's roots in Arkansas run deep.  They've spent their entire lives there, attended the flagship state university, and are raising a family.  So they're heartbroken at the prospect of perhaps having to move …

Strange alliances emerge in Tennessee as the GOP governor pushes for gun reform  —  Gov. Bill Lee's insistence on taking action highlights how gun control has become a major tension point for the GOP in overwhelmingly conservative Tennessee.  —  Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's decision last week …

Judge orders Rudy Giuliani to detail finances in election defamation suit  —  The order comes amid disputes about access to Giuliani's evidence related to a suit filed by 2020 election poll workers.  —  A federal judge has ordered Rudy Giuliani to provide a detailed accounting of his finances …

Moscow bans ‘500 Americans’ from Russia including CNN journalists  —  Former United States President Barack Obama, late night television host Stephen Colbert, and CNN's Erin Burnett are some of the “500 Americans” Russia has banned from entering the country.

‘Live laugh lesbian’: Target's cheeky Pride collection strikes again  —  While much of the Pride merchandise that debuts around June falls flat, Target's has managed to break through the noise — and spark an onslaught of memes.  —  As queer Americans face a historic onslaught of anti-LGBTQ legislation …

They're openly saying it: Brexit has failed.  But what comes next may be very dark indeed  —  The ‘remoaner elite’, the civil service, the BBC, universities, unions, refugees: anything is blamed but Brexit itself  —  t lasts no more than a second, but it is a moment for the ages.

Rice Gets Reimagined, From the Mississippi to the Mekong  —  Rice is in trouble as the Earth heats up, threatening the food and livelihood of billions of people.  Sometimes there's not enough rain when seedlings need water, or too much when the plants need to keep their heads above water.