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 …

North Carolina GOP House speaker ‘engaged in group sex with people seeking political favor’: lawsuit  —  The Republican speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives is being accused to using his position to secure sexual favors.  —  As WSOC-TV reports, a new lawsuit filed …

The Call is Coming from Inside the House  —  The new anti-Trumpers … — William Barr, Donald Trump's Attorney General  —  Happy Monday.  —  As I've warned you before, the new anti-Trump coalition will require a healthy gag reflex because it could include many of Trump's worst enablers.

Judge issues order that Trump keep quiet about disclosure of discovery material issued in classified documents case  —  A magistrate judge has signed off on special counsel Jack Smith's request that former President Donald Trump and his co-defendant Walt Nauta be prohibited from disclosing information …

Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way  —  A submersible used to take people to view the wreck of the Titanic has gone missing in the Atlantic Ocean.  —  The Boston Coastguard told BBC News that a search and rescue operation was under way off the coast of Newfoundland.

The conspiracy candidate: What RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine crusade could look like in the White House  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a conspiracy theorist running for president as a Democrat.  Experts fear his anti-vaccine activism threatens public health in America.

House GOP moves to ban public access to service members' military records  —  The proposal comes after the Pentagon erroneously released the personal information of several Republican politicians who were current or former members of the armed forces.  —  House Republicans are attempting …

G.O.P. Targets Researchers Who Study Disinformation Ahead of 2024 Election  —  A legal campaign against universities and think tanks seeks to undermine the fight against false claims about elections, vaccines and other hot political topics.  —  On Capitol Hill and in the courts …

The 15-minute city is a working-class nightmare  —  A car-free lifestyle is only possible for those whose profession and income permit it.  —  Is there a global conspiracy to confine people to “15-minute cities”?  At the recent UK local elections, MPs and councillors heard this message from voters.

Trump rips Quinnipiac, Fox News over poll  —  Former President Trump tore into Quinnipiac and Fox News over a poll showing him trailing President Biden in a head-to-head matchup.  —  “The Quinnipiac Poll FoxNews keeps showing on “TRUMP” vs. Biden is not just an old Poll, it is a BAD Poll,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday.

Bud Light's struggles have been a ‘wake-up call,’ says AB InBev CMO at Cannes  —  Marcel Marcondes says the brewer's goal is to ‘celebrate and appreciate every consumer that loves our brands’  —  Anheuser-Busch InBev's top global marketer on Monday addressed the backlash to Bud Light's use …

Blinken and Xi pledge to stabilize the deteriorating ties between the US and China  —  The United States and China have pledged to stabilize their badly deteriorated ties during a critical visit to Beijing by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who met Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

'I'll Blow It Up': Far-right MKs Threaten Summer Camp for Israeli and Palestinian Orphans  —  At a Knesset Education Committee meeting, coalition MKs slam a youth village for renting its complex to host a summer camp for bereaved Israeli and Palestinian children, warning that ‘this government will respond’

Trump All But Confesses to Mishandling Classified Docs on Fox News  —  The former president, facing charges of mishandling classified information, nearly confessed to the crime — while blaming his “golf shirts” … But he ended up essentially confessing to the crime of which he's accused …

Europe has fallen behind America and the gap is growing  —  From technology to energy to capital markets and universities, the EU cannot compete with the US  —  The Ukraine war has revived the transatlantic alliance.  But the relationship between the US and its European allies is increasingly lopsided.

Democrat Donor Arrested for Starting Massive Fire Democrats Blamed on Climate Change  —  Several firefighters injured in ‘ginormous’ blaze; suspect also donated to the Lincoln Project … Democratic politicians had insisted climate change was to blame for the blaze, which destroyed …

Joe Exotic says he's officially on Colorado ballot as presidential candidate  —  DENVER (KDVR) - Joseph Maldonado-Passage, known widely as “Joe Exotic,” has filed the paperwork to appear on the 2024 Democratic presidential primary ballot in Colorado, according to the former zookeeper.

Jewish teacher resigns after antisemitic harassment from 12-year-old student  —  A Jewish middle school teacher in Massachusetts has resigned after facing antisemitic harassment by a 12-year-old student - who allegedly made Nazi jokes and sent him a drawing of Adolf Hitler.

Rocked by 2 mass shootings in 2 days, this small country chose a different path  —  After last month's violence, Serbia launched an amnesty period allowing citizens to give up unregistered weapons.  —  Serbians turn outrage into action after recent gun violence

Well-funded Christian group behind US effort to roll back LGBTQ+ rights  —  Advocacy groups condemn Alliance Defending Freedom as ‘a danger to every American who values their freedoms’  —  With the US besieged by a rightwing culture war campaign that aims to strip away rights from LGBTQ+ people and others …

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.