Mike Pence promises to fire FBI Director Chris Wray, blasts ‘puppet master’ Soros in Post interview  —  Donald Trump “was” his friend, President Biden is a “disaster” and Democratic mega-donor George Soros is a “puppet master,” former Vice President Mike Pence said during an exclusive interview with The Post.

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 …

The Dad Canon (Circa Now)  —  The Dad Canon  —  (Circa Now)  —  Our highly specific, clearly subjective taxonomy of what today's dads can't stop wearing, reading, and talking about.  —  In the spring of 2020, a few months after we became parents, my wife asked what I wanted for Father's Day.

Michigan teen arrested for plotting mass shooting at synagogue  —  A Michigan teenager has been arrested over an alleged plot to carry out a mass shooting at a synagogue, according to a criminal complaint filed against the teen.  —  The complaint charges 19-year-old Seann Pietila with transmitting …

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.

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 …

US rightwing group planned $6m for anti-trans messaging in 2022 midterms  —  Independent Women's Voice turned resources to fighting trans rights in 10 key swing states, documents reveal  —  In the months leading up to the 2022 US midterm elections, hundreds of thousands of Facebook users …

Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92  —  Deeply disturbed by the accounting of American deceit in Vietnam, he approached The New York Times.  The disclosures that followed rocked the nation.  —  Daniel Ellsberg, a military analyst who after experiencing …

Oath Keepers attorney is found incompetent to stand trial in Jan. 6 case  —  A volunteer for Lawyers for Trump, Kellye SoRelle became Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes's girlfriend and a key post-2020 election contact with ‘Stop the Steal’ groups  —  A federal judge on Friday found Kellye SoRelle …

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.

Now she's out of a job.  Her struggle is just beginning.  —  Deep Reads features The Washington Post's best immersive reporting and narrative writing.  —  BUFFALO — Lexi Rizzo was cleaning dishes in the back of her Starbucks store on March 31 when she noticed that her manager was printing a document, her hands shaking.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

Federal judge halts Indiana from enforcing ban on care for trans minors  —  The order enjoins the state from enforcing new puberty blocker or hormone bans, as well as a ban on “aiding and abetting” others in providing gender-affirming medical care for trans children.

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 …

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.

Girl Sues Hospital for Removing Her Breasts at Age 13  —  A hospital and doctors in California are facing a new lawsuit for removing the breasts of a 13-year-old girl after she claimed she was a boy.  —  The defendants carried out “ideological and profit-driven medical abuse” …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.