Biden's weird words  —  President Biden often uses old-timey expressions that confound even his own staff.  That happened again Friday when he ended a speech on gun violence with “God save the queen, man.”  — Even Olivia Dalton, the White House's principal deputy press secretary, didn't know what her boss meant.

Transcript: Former Attorney General William Barr on “Face the Nation,” June 18, 2023  —  The following is a transcript of an interview with former Attorney General William Barr that aired on “Face the Nation” on June 18, 2023.  —  ROBERT COSTA: We're joined now by William Barr.

DeSantis Takes Clear Aim at Trump in Nevada, an Important Early State  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida avoided mentioning Donald Trump at a G.O.P. fund-raiser in Nevada, but he took clear aim at the former president.  —  Reporting from Gardnerville, Nev.  —  In black boots …

Trump lacked power to declassify secret nuclear arms document, experts say  —  Even when he was president, Donald Trump lacked the legal authority to declassify a U.S. nuclear weapons-related document that he is charged with illegally possessing, security experts said, contrary to the former U.S. president's claim.

Christie calls GOP presidential debate pledge a ‘useless idea’  —  Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said Sunday it was a “useless idea” to force 2024 GOP contenders to sign a pledge to back the party's ultimate nominee in order to participate in primary debates.

House GOP flirts with Jan. 6 extremism  —  Far-right conservatives have entertained false conspiracy theories about the Capitol attack — but so have some House GOP leaders and key committee chiefs, without outright embracing them.  —  House Republicans don't want to talk about Jan. 6.

‘They enjoyed this’: Ukrainian woman recounts five-month nightmare of torture and imprisonment  —  Russian occupiers have unleashed a reign of terror in the city of Enerhodar, detailed here by one survivor of the secret police  —  Dan Sabbagh and Artem Mazhulin in Zaporizhzhia

Pence: 'I'm still waiting for the rash of prosecutions of people involved in the BLM riots' of 2020  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence says “the vast majority of Republicans have lost confidence” in the DOJ in an exclusive interview with Meet the Press.

Emancipation Proclamation to be placed on permanent display in National Archives Rotunda  —  The National Archives plans to place the Emancipation Proclamation on permanent public display in its Rotunda alongside the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the agency announced on Saturday.

How government rules for classified papers could help Trump delay his trial  —  Graymail, ‘Goldilocks rule’ and silent witnesses could help the former president put off case until after 2024 election  —  As former president Donald Trump prepares for trial on charges that he repeatedly …

Tracing the power of Casey DeSantis  —  As Ron DeSantis pursues the presidency, his wife's role is limitless.  Casey, 42, isn't a typical political spouse.  Why does that inspire so much fear?  Her rise in TV and insular marriage tell the story.  —  Where's Casey?  —  Ron was asking.

Kuwait Appoints New Oil, Defense Ministers in Latest Cabinet  —  Kuwait formed its fifth government in less than a year, naming new oil and defense ministers, as the OPEC member tries to break out of a protracted political impasse that has stalled fiscal reform and development.

Morality Is for Trump What Colors Are to the Color-Blind  —  The majority of his enablers, though, still know right from wrong.  —  Earlier this week, Donald Trump was arraigned in Miami on charges that he willfully retained documents containing some of the nation's most sensitive secrets …