Trump's Boxes and Clinton's Sock Drawer  —  A president chooses what records to return or keep and the National Archives can't do anything about it.  —  Although the indictment against Donald Trump doesn't cite the Presidential Records Act, the charges are predicated on the law.

Stove wars: Republican-controlled House takes up bills to protect gas stoves  —  Venturing back into the nation's culture wars, the Republican-controlled House is taking up legislation that GOP lawmakers say would protect gas stoves from overzealous government regulators.

What Actually Happened at Trump's Arraignment?  —  Monday afternoon around 12:00 p.m. finds me outside the entrance to the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. federal courthouse in Miami-where Donald J. Trump is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday at 3:00 pm.  Like a lot of journalists …

Idaho Republican to hold up arms sale to Hungary for delaying Sweden's NATO entry  —  Sen. Jim Risch (Idaho), the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says he will hold up a $735 million arms sale to Hungary until it drops its opposition to Sweden joining NATO, of which Hungary is a member.

Jack Smith's indictment unmasks Trump as a complete and utter buffoon  —  The emperor has no clothes, but he does have boxes in his bathroom.  —  Aaron Rupar and davidrlurie  —  ∙ Paid … The greatest political gift for Donald Trump's Republican rivals this primary cycle …

Bud Light Loses Title as Top-Selling U.S. Beer  —  What if the Most Powerful Way to Live Longer Is Just Exercise?

Larry Summers Was Wrong About Inflation  —  There aren't many Americans who've benefited from the past two years of inflation.  But Larry Summers is probably one of them.  —  In February 2021, the celebrated economist warned that Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan was excessively large …

Southern Baptists refuse to let Saddleback Church back into the denomination for women pastors  —  The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold, rejecting an appeal by the California megachurch over its February ouster for having women pastors.

U.S. Launches Quiet Diplomatic Push With Iran to Cool Tensions  —  Talks in Oman seek release of American prisoners as Iran wants billions of dollars trapped overseas  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration has quietly restarted talks with Iran in a bid to win the release of American prisoners held …

As more schools target ‘Maus,’ Art Spiegelman's fears are deepening  —  Right-wing culture warriors pushing restrictions on classroom instruction sometimes defend these measures by insisting that they avoid targeting historically or intellectually significant material.

How much did Congress lose by defunding the IRS?  Way more than we thought.  —  The White House and Congress recently agreed to claw back more than $20 billion earmarked for the Internal Revenue Service.  This deal was, ostensibly, part of a grand bargain to reduce budget deficits.

7 years after Pulse, Florida Republicans and LGBTQ+ community at odds  —  In his first year as governor, Ron DeSantis began what some Floridians thought might be a legacy of allyship with the LGBTQ+ community — a promise and a handshake in a visit to the Pulse Nightclub memorial in Orlando.

Food insecurity abroad harms Americans at home  —  When ISIS swept across the Middle East last decade, it relied on more than just ideological persuasion to recruit new fighters.  Militants offered food supplies to Syrian and Iraqi families whose sons and husbands were willing to enlist in the growing terror group.