Republicans take the rare step of censuring Rep. Adam Schiff over Trump-era probes  —  Schiff, D-Calif., will be required to stand on the House floor and receive a formal reprimand.  The resolution also directs the Ethics Committee to launch an investigation into Schiff.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Boebert a ‘Little Bitch’ on the House Floor  —  A feud has been boiling between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert for months.  It finally reached a new level on Wednesday. … The messy feud between two of MAGA world's biggest stars burst into public view on Wednesday …

Ex-FBI analyst who kept classified info in bathroom like Trump going to prison in KC case  —  A former FBI intelligence analyst from Dodge City, Kansas, who kept hundreds of classified documents at her home, including in her bathroom, was sentenced to nearly four years in prison by a federal judge …

Alito's Reply in a Rival Publication Surprises ProPublica  —  The Wall Street Journal made the unusual decision to let Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. pre-empt ProPublica's article about him in its opinion pages.  —  The Wall Street Journal faced criticism on Wednesday after its highly unusual decision …

John Durham Just Made False Statements to Congress  —  The former special counsel denied two essential facts of the Trump-Russia scandal.  —  John Durham—the special counsel who was appointed by then-Attorney General Bill Barr to investigate the FBI's investigation of the Trump-Russia scandal …

Trump's confession on Fox News should prompt Democrats to step up  —  On Monday night, Donald Trump went on Fox News and made numerous confessions about his hoarding of classified documents.  The next morning, news broke that Hunter Biden reached a tentative deal with prosecutors to plead guilty …

Did Hunter Biden get a “sweetheart deal”?  —  In a May interview, President Joe Biden said that his son, Hunter, “has done nothing wrong.”  That turned out not to be true.  On Tuesday, Hunter Biden was charged with two misdemeanor counts of failure to pay income tax and one felony charge of unlawful possession of a firearm.

Scoop: VP Harris gets campaign chief of staff  —  Longtime Democratic operative and Biden aide Sheila Nix will be joining the Biden campaign to serve as Vice President Kamala Harris' chief of staff, Axios has learned. … - Harris has been vocal on reproductive rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Mark Zuckerberg is ready to fight Elon Musk in a cage match … Here we go.  —  After Elon Musk recently tweeted that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO shot back by posting a screenshot of Musk's tweet with the caption “send me location.”

Trump receives first batch of evidence against him in classified documents case, including audio tapes  —  Special counsel Jack Smith has begun producing evidence in the Mar-a-Lago documents case to Donald Trump, according to a Wednesday court filing that hints that investigators collected …

So, Kari Lake Has Basically Moved In With Donald Trump  —  “Kari Lake is there every night,” a source told People of her frequent visits to Mar-a-Lago.  “There's a suite there that she practically lives in.”  —  There's no bond more delusional than the bond between two people who both believe …

What the New, Low Test Scores for 13-Year-Olds Say About U.S. Education Now  —  What's New  —  The math and reading performance of 13-year-olds in the United States has hit the lowest level in decades, according to test scores released today from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the gold-standard federal exam.

OceanGate CEO Missing in Titanic Sub Had History of Donating to GOP Candidates … Public campaign finance records indicate that Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate currently stuck on the missing Titan submersible that was running a tourist expedition of the Titanic wreck, has been a consistent Republican donor over the years.

Television veteran Geraldo Rivera says he's quitting Fox News' political combat show ‘The Five’  —  Geraldo Rivera has quit as one of the lonely liberal voices on Fox News' popular political combat show “The Five,” saying Wednesday that “a growing tension that goes beyond editorial differences” made it no longer worth it to him.

Court: Professor who went to strip club with students not ‘anti-male bias’ victim  —  George Mason psychology professor Todd Kashdan has been fighting the public Virginia university where he works.  —  For the past four years, George Mason psychology professor Todd Kashdan has been fighting …

Moscow court upholds ruling to keep U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich in detention until late August  —  Gershkovich, 31, was arrested in late March while on a reporting trip.  —  A court in Moscow on Thursday upheld an earlier ruling to keep Evan Gerhskovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter arrested …

Electrifying everything at the rate required to meet our climate goals  —  The story of new technology emerging in the marketplace, proving itself to be the better option, and becoming the standard is an inevitable one.  Refrigerators.  The car.  Electricity itself.

September date set for Texas attorney general impeachment trial  —  The Texas Senate voted Wednesday to begin the historic impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton on Sept. 5, and it approved rules that bar Paxton's wife from voting due to a conflict of interest.

I went on the Titanic submarine — it was a suicide mission  —  Amid frantic international efforts to locate the lost Titanic-exploring submersible, experts point out that this isn't the first time the deep-diving vessel has raised flags.  —  A German adventurer who explored the Titanic wreckage …

RFK Jr. Gives Away the Game With Decision to Speak at Moms for Liberty Summit  —  Democratic presidential candidate and rabid anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has decided to take his 2024 campaign to new, extremist levels.  —  Kennedy will be a guest speaker at a Moms for Liberty gathering …

The Missing Titanic Sub Is Already a Culture War Battlefield  —  It's never too soon to turn a tragedy into an opportunity to dunk on the other political tribe. … Of course the missing Titanic sub discourse devolved into a culture war shit show in under two minutes flat.  Everything is part of the culture war now.

Pentagon leaks suspect Jack Teixeira pleads not guilty to federal charges  —  Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents on social media, pleaded not guilty in a Massachusetts court Wednesday to six federal charges.

Drought-hit Panama Canal further restricts maximum ship depth  —  The Panama Canal will expand restrictions on the largest ships crossing the waterway, one of the world's busiest trade passages, the canal authority's administrator said on Wednesday, citing shallower waters due to drought.

Texas tornadoes kill three people and wound ten others  —  Three people are dead and ten others are injured after multiple tornadoes rolled through northern Texas Wednesday evening.  —  The victims were in the northern town of Matador, which suffered widespread damage due to the storms.

U.S. Intelligence Agencies May Never Find Covid's Origins, Officials Say  —  The agencies are expected to release declassified material on what they have learned about Covid's origins.  People briefed on the material say there is no smoking gun.  —  Julian Barnes, a Washington-based intelligence reporter …