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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

Here are the most significant allegations in the Justice Dept. report.  —  The Times has reconstructed the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020.  Security footage, witness videos and official documents show how a series of actions by officers turned fatal.  (This video contains scenes of graphic violence.)

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.

Six-week abortion ban blocked by Iowa Supreme Court  —  The state Supreme Court deadlocked 3-3, meaning the governor's attempt to reinstate a stricter ban failed.  Abortion remains legal up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.  —  The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday issued a split decision …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

Counting Russia's dead in Ukraine - and what it says about the changing face of the war  —  Russia has a history of extraordinary secrecy over its wartime losses.  —  So when it invaded Ukraine, the BBC and its partners began painstakingly verifying and counting as many deaths as possible.

Bud Light is launching a new effort to regain market dominance … - Axios has learned that Whitworth plans to go on the road around the U.S. this summer to listen to consumers, in connection with Budweiser's MLB sponsorship.  — The company's summer ad campaign, which begins next week …

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 …

‘More extreme, more violent’: experts' warning over khaki-clad Patriot Front  —  Their button-up shirts and chinos have prompted mockery but experts say the far-right group is becoming increasingly violent  —  For years, there has been an element of the ridiculous to Patriot Front and their rallies …

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 …

UPS workers vote to authorize strike while cheering unexpected progress on heat safety  —  The decision, with 97% of ballots in favor, clears the way for a potential work stoppage as soon as Aug. 1 and comes days after a tentative deal on new cooling measures that workers hailed as a big step forward in contract talks.

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.”

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 …

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 …

Gunman found guilty on all charges in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre  —  A jury of seven women and five men convicted Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers of all 63 charges against him Friday after less than 4½ hours of deliberation.  —  Family and friends of the 11 congregants slain …

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 …

The financial toll of right-wing backlash: At least $28B in market value  —  Social issues are creating a market downdraft for America's mainstay brands — just ask Target, Anheuser Busch, Kohl's and their collective $28.7 billion loss in market value since the beginning of April.