Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, dies at 92  —  Disillusioned by the Vietnam War, he leaked a top-secret history of the conflict, leading to a landmark Supreme Court case  —  Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the voluminous, top-secret history of the Vietnam War known as the Pentagon Papers …

Trump repeatedly celebrated the inclusion of transgender women in his beauty pageant  —  Years before he said he was running for president to “defeat the cult of gender ideology,” Donald Trump welcomed and praised the inclusion of transgender women in the Miss Universe pageant.

Donald Trump Has a Polling Problem  —  Most Republicans still support Trump.  But the polls still suggest the federal indictment is hurting him.  —  The 50 percent threshold in a poll can sometimes be distracting.  When more than half of people give a certain answer …

DOJ seeks protective order to prevent Trump from releasing classified materials amid ongoing investigation  —  The Justice Department on Friday filed a motion seeking to block former President Trump from releasing any classified materials that will be shared with his legal team during …

Exclusive: Twitter to focus on video, commerce in business revamp  —  Twitter plans to focus on video, creator and commerce partnerships to revitalize the social media company's business beyond digital advertising, according to an investor presentation by owner Elon Musk and new Chief Executive Linda Yaccarino …

Biden calls for ‘common sense reforms’ in wake of Justice Department's Minneapolis police report  —  President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass reforms in the wake of a new report from the Department of Justice on the Minneapolis Police Department, which was put in the spotlight following the death of George Floyd in 2020.

Obama singles out some GOP presidential hopefuls for minimizing racial inequality … - The 44th president made the comments an interview on CNN's “The Axe Files” podcast Thursday hosted by David Axelrod, a longtime adviser who served in the Obama White House.

How a Grad Student Uncovered the Largest Known Slave Auction in the U.S.  —  Sitting at her bedroom desk, nursing a cup of coffee on a quiet Tuesday morning, Lauren Davila scoured digitized old newspapers for slave auction ads.  A graduate history student at the College of Charleston …

What Trump doesn't (but should) understand about the ‘Socks’ case  —  Donald Trump thinks he's been “exonerated” in the classified docs scandal thanks to “the Clinton Socks case.”  That isn't even close to being true.  —  Late yesterday afternoon, Donald Trump published an item …

Barbara Boxer warns progressives to back off on Dianne Feinstein or they may be sorry  —  Barbara Boxer was once among the most liberal members of the U.S. Senate, a favorite of progressives, who much preferred her over California's other Democratic senator, the more staid and centrist Dianne Feinstein.

Gov. DeSantis vetoes $2 million for Brevard Zoo's aquarium project after Rep. Fine spat  —  Dave Berman Eric Rogers Jim WaymerFlorida Today  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday vetoed a $2 million state budget appropriation for an aquarium that the Brevard Zoo plans to build at Port Canaveral.

S.F. drug overdose deaths could set a record this year.  What's causing the spike?  —  The number of people who died from accidental drug overdoses in San Francisco rose in May to 74, marking one of the deadliest months of the local fentanyl crisis since the city began releasing monthly overdose death data in 2020.

Two Former Tucker Carlson Producers Exit Fox News  —  The departures are the latest fallout since the network sidelined Mr. Carlson in April.  —  Two top producers for Tucker Carlson's former show have left Fox News, in the latest fallout from the network's benching of Mr. Carlson.

Trump attorney quits another case, cites ‘irreconcilable differences’  —  The departure of Jim Trusty from a defamation case that Trump filed is the latest shake-up in his legal team.  —  Former President Donald Trump's attorney Jim Trusty, who withdrew from representing Trump in a pair …

Rick Wilson brutally buries ‘scumbag’ Trump after Lincoln Project meltdown  —  Reacting to a Donald Trump Truth Social post that labeled the founders of the advocacy group The Lincoln Project as “Perverts and Misfits,” after they created a new ad ridiculing his 37-count felony indictment …

Fewer in U.S. Say Same-Sex Relations Morally Acceptable  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' views about the morality of a number of behaviors and practices are largely stable compared with a year ago.  However, significantly fewer say same-sex relations are morally acceptable, and more say the death penalty is.

Giuliani Says Key Biden Informant Is Dead … There's a new wrinkle in the Republicans' totally legitimate investigation into Joe Biden: One of their informants is apparently dead, according to Rudy Giuliani.  —  Republicans have spent all week accusing the president of accepting a massive bribe …

EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden FINALLY answers questions about his shady finances in Arkansas as baby mama Lunden Roberts surprises First Son by showing up to hear him be deposed in battle over child support  — Hunter Biden was forced to answer questions about his shady finances Friday in Arkansas …

Ron DeSantis wants to scrub AP classes of LGBTQ subjects.  The College Board isn't having it  —  On the heels of a controversy over how to teach African American studies, another showdown over Advanced Placement courses could be brewing in Florida, this time over AP Psychology …

Michigan man arrested for planning mass killing at synagogue  —  FBI agents arrested a Michigan man on Friday accused of planning a mass killing at a synagogue in East Lansing, according to federal court documents filed in the Western District of Michigan.  —  Seann Patrick Pietila discussed …

More than 50 letters sent to Kansas state officials contained ‘suspicious’ white powder  —  More than 50 letters containing a “suspicious” white powder were sent to Kansas state lawmakers on Friday, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) said.  —  The agency said in a post on its Facebook page …

3 Charged With New Hampshire Public Radio Attacks  —  The homes of New Hampshire Public Media journalists were vandalized after they aired a sexual harassment investigation involving a prominent businessman in the state.  —  Federal prosecutors in Boston unveiled criminal charges on Friday …

Jim Jordan Notes 'We Don't Know For Sure If These Tapes Exist' When Asked About Impeaching Biden Over Probe  —  Ohio Republican Congressman Jim Jordan pointed out “we don't know” if the tapes Republicans claim implicate President Joe Biden “exist” when he was asked about impeaching the president.

Maine lobstermen catch big court victory against Biden administration's ‘egregious’ regulations  —  A federal judge said the National Marine Fisheries Service's legal reasoning was ‘egregiously wrong’  —  A group of Maine lobstermen won a big legal victory in court Friday in their lawsuit …

First look: Inside Biden's economic pitch to unions  —  President Biden will use a Philadelphia address to union supporters on Saturday to make the economic case for his re-election, according to people familiar with his plans. … - His challenge is to take credit for a hot labor market …

Biden goes quiet on killing off the debt ceiling  —  The president appears to have dropped his promise to explore the 14th Amendment, worrying some Dems wary of another battle in just a few years.  —  With the threat of economic calamity hovering over the nation last month …

Thousands protest Dodgers' Pride night event honoring LGBTQ+ ‘nun’ group  —  Thousands of religious protestors held a “prayerful procession” outside Dodger Stadium Friday night in response to the Dodgers honoring an LGBTQ “nun” group at its Pride Night event.

Leveling the Playing Field: Senators Swing for Fair Competition in Baseball  —  WASHINGTON - Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced a groundbreaking bill to repeal a century-old judicially-created exemption that grants Major League Baseball …

Ahead of Juneteenth, congressional lawmakers again seek to remove exception for slavery from US Constitution  —  A group of Democratic lawmakers has reintroduced a joint resolution to negate a clause in the 13th Amendment of the Constitution that permits slavery or involuntary servitude “as a punishment for crime.”

Jack Smith seeks order to protect info on ‘uncharged individuals’ in classified docs case  —  Special counsel Jack Smith has filed a motion seeking a protective order to govern discovery in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump.

From Justifying Trump to Justifying Autocracy  —  IN DONALD TRUMP'S FOUR YEARS as president, the Republican party became increasingly authoritarian through a simple formula: Each time Trump crossed a line—firing people who investigated him, usurping the power to appropriate money …

The Business of Being Chris Christie  —  Mr. Christie left the governor's office in New Jersey and set out to, as he put it, “make money.”  He successfully traded on his political profile — and on his ties to the man he now wants to defeat.  —  Nick Corasaniti, who reported from New Jersey …

Republicans are already attacking Biden's CDC pick on Covid  —  Mandy Cohen's experience parrying GOP assaults is seen as a key attribute she'll need in leading the CDC.  —  President Joe Biden's announcement on Friday that Mandy Cohen will lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stoking the Covid wars once again.

He Ran Sudan's Most Storied Hotel.  Then He Had to Leave Everything Behind.  —  Thanasis Pagoulatos led the family business, Khartoum's oldest inn, through decades of tumult.  Sudan's latest breakdown proved too much.  —  Matina Stevis-Gridneff, a former guest at Khartoum's Acropole Hotel …

Inside the $100 million door-knocking effort to boost Ron DeSantis  —  Allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis see the large-scale field program as the centerpiece of an effort to overtake former President Donald Trump.  —  WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Travier Craddock knocked on the door.