FBI resisted opening probe into Trump's role in Jan. 6 for more than a year  —  In the DOJ's investigation of Jan. 6, key Justice officials also quashed an early plan for a task force focused on people in Trump's orbit  —  Hours after he was sworn in as attorney general …

Why Robert Kennedy Jr.'s 2024 Bid Is a Headache for Biden  —  The unexpected polling strength of an anti-vaccine activist with a celebrated Democratic lineage points to the president's weaknesses, which his team is aiming to shore up.  —  Reporting from Washington

Barr Says Documents Case Against Trump Is ‘Entirely of His Own Making’  —  The former attorney general, who has become a vocal critic of Donald Trump, was one of two people who served in the former president's cabinet to question his judgment on Sunday.  —  Reporting from Washington

U.S. ‘Deeply Troubled’ by Israeli Settlement Plans That Violate Commitment to Biden  —  The U.S. opposes the move, as has been its ‘longstanding policy’ for actions it considers ‘obstacles to peace’  —  WASHINGTON — The United States on Sunday said it was “deeply troubled” …

Blinken holds ‘candid’ talks with China's Xi amid effort to ease tensions  —  BEIJING — Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed his discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping and top Chinese officials as “very candid, very in-depth” and “constructive” on Monday and raised the prospect …

Chinese military scientist Zhou Yusen ‘thrown to his death’ at Wuhan lab for leaking COVID lab information  —  A Chinese military scientist who was reportedly thrown to his death from the roof of a Wuhan institute is at the centre of mounting evidence that the COVID pandemic resulted from a lab leak.

Russia Sought to Kill Defector in Florida  —  A failed plot to assassinate a C.I.A. spy in 2020 in part led to expulsions of the agency's chief in Moscow and his Russian counterpart in Washington.  —  As President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has pursued enemies abroad …

Some Top Republicans Embrace Early Voting, Reversing After Years of Claiming Fraud  —  Former President Donald J. Trump has said that until Republicans gain power and can change the law, they have “no choice” but to support voting by mail.  —  After years of deriding early and mail-in voting …

Rishi Sunak mocks trans women in leaked video footage  —  British prime minister Rishi Sunak has been secretly filmed mocking trans people in footage shared exclusively with PinkNews.  —  Sunak was caught on video joking about “women having penises” and making fun of Lib Dem leader Ed Davey for supporting trans rights.

Juneteenth holiday horror: Four people are shot dead and at least 42 others injured so far this weekend as gun violence erupts across the nation - from Illinois to Missouri  — At least 20 people were shot, one fatally, during a Juneteenth celebration early Sunday morning in Willowbrook, Illinois

Man, 71, charged with setting massive Yosemite park fire initially blamed on climate change  —  A 71-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly starting a devastating massive forest fire in Yosemite National Park that was previously thought to have been caused by climate change.

Why the Pentagon Papers Leaker Tried to Get Prosecuted Near His Life's End  —  When Daniel Ellsberg was 42, a judge threw out Espionage Act charges against him.  At 90, he sought such charges again in hope of challenging their constitutionality.  —  Reporting from Washington

National security lawyer thinks Trump is too scared to have cameras show his trial  —  National security lawyer Bradly Moss doesn't think that former President Donald Trump wants any of his federal trial to be public.  Typically there are no cameras in federal courts, and to get them would take a willingness …

As the nation celebrates Juneteenth, it's time to get rid of these three myths about slavery  —  Temple “Tempie” Cummins stoically stares at the camera with her arms folded in her lap, sitting stiffly in a chair in her dusty, barren backyard with her weather-beaten wooden shack behind her.