George Santos Was Bailed Out by His Father and Aunt, Court Records Show  —  Mr. Santos, a first-term G.O.P. congressman, had tried to keep the names of his bail sureties sealed, but two judges rejected his efforts.  —  Of the many questions that surround Representative George Santos …

Top GOP senators bristle at House impeachment efforts  —  Several members of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) leadership team on Thursday expressed reluctance about potentially being drawn into an impeachment trial. … - Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas …

Moms for Liberty's Hamilton County chapter apologizes for quoting Hitler in newsletter  —  The Hamilton County chapter of Moms for Liberty, a national organization recently listed as an “extremist group” by a civil rights watchdog, apologized Thursday morning after it launched a newsletter called …

Senator Rick Scott Has Been Weighing a Presidential Run  —  If he runs, Mr. Scott would become the fourth Republican presidential candidate from Florida, joining Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Mayor Francis X. Suarez of Miami.  —  Senator Rick Scott of Florida is considering a late entry …

Missing Titanic Sub: Search and Rescue Effort Is Vast.  Who Pays the Bill?  —  Coast Guard: Missing Submersible Experienced a ‘Catastrophic Implosion’  —  OceanGate Expeditions, the operator of the submersible, said it believed all five people on board “have sadly been lost.”

Alito in the hot seat over trips to Alaska and Rome he accepted from groups and individuals who lobby the Supreme Court  —  Concerns about ethics and transparency at the Supreme Court have been reignited this week after Justice Samuel Alito acknowledged attending a luxury fishing trip …

Just Another RFK Jr. Lie.  I Know, Because It's About Me.  —  I edited Kennedy's error-ridden piece on a vaccine-autism link, which Salon later retracted.  We caved to the truth, not Big Pharma.  —  I've been doing my best to ignore the farcical presidential candidacy of Robert F. Kennedy Jr …

Dobbs Turned Abortion Into A Huge Liability For Republicans  —  Support for abortion rights is higher than it's been in decades.  —  By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux  —  Graphics by Humera Lodhi  —  Jun. 22, 2023, at 9:15 AM  —  When Theresa M. started attending a support group for breast cancer survivors …

Titan sub debris field: Parts of missing sub's cover found, expert says  —  Debris has been found in the search for the missing Titan submersible, reportedly including parts of its outside cover.  —  Dive expert David Mearns told the BBC the president of the Explorers Club …

Trump documents investigation examined New Jersey club from outset  —  Exclusive: Prosecutors developed evidence early on of classified documents at Trump's Bedminster golf club  —  Federal prosecutors investigating Donald Trump's retention of national security material were examining evidence within weeks …

Meteorologist resigns, citing PTSD from threats over climate change coverage  —  When Iowa meteorologist Chris Gloninger got an email notification last June, it read: “Getting sick and tired of your liberal conspiracy on the weather.”  —  “What's your address,” another asked Gloninger a few days later.

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.”

Fox News is altering language in AP and Reuters articles on anti-trans legislation — including a quote from an elected official  —  “Gender affirming care” was replaced with “sex change” or “sex reassignment” in at least 19 articles  —  In an abhorrent bid to further its demonization …

Joint Statement from the United States and India  —  1. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Prime Minister Narendra Modi today affirmed a vision of the United States and India as among the closest partners in the world - a partnership of democracies looking into the 21st century with hope, ambition, and confidence.

Qatari fund seeks to buy minority stake in Wizards, Capitals and Mystics  —  The Qatar Investment Authority is seeking to buy a minority stake in the group that owns the NBA's Washington Wizards, the NHL's Washington Capitals and the WNBA's Washington Mystics, according to a person familiar with the deal …

Clarence Thomas' Latest Criminal Justice Ruling Is an Outright Tragedy  —  This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate's coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June.  We're working to change the way the media covers the Supreme Court.  Sign up for the pop-up newsletter …

MSNBC Signs Political Commentator Brian Tyler Cohen as a Contributor  —  Popular YouTuber, podcaster, and political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen is joining MSNBC as a contributor, TVNewser has learned.  —  The social media personality will appear across the network's programs and contribute …

Smith: Testimony of IRS Employees Reveals Biden IRS, DOJ Interfered in Tax Investigation of Hunter Biden, Revealing Preferential Treatment for Wealthy and Politically Connected  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Ways and Means Committee executive meeting resulted in a vote to release …

Trump campaign's Election Day operations official appears before Jan. 6 grand jury  —  G. Michael Brown appeared as part of special counsel Jack Smith's probe into the “fake electors” scheme to stop the lawful transfer of power to Joe Biden after the 2020 election.

Why Not Whitmer?  —  The Michigan governor isn't running for president.  But she is happy to be interrogated over whether she might change her mind.  —  Why doesn't Gretchen Whitmer just run for president?  Or at least humor the suggestion?  —  Whitmer, the governor of Michigan …

Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation request for water rights  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the Navajo Nation's attempt to force the federal government to do more to secure water for its huge and arid reservation in the West.  —  In a 5-4 decision, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh …

Snctm sex club founder banned after naming Hunter Biden as former member  —  Damon Lawner, the founder of Snctm, has been banned from the high-end sex club after he publicly identified Hunter Biden as a former member.  The claim about President Biden's son was included in a Times profile of Lawner published Tuesday.

These 1,572 US politicians have helped ban abortion since Roe fell.  They're mostly men  —  These are the faces of lawmakers and governors whose votes helped pass bans on abortion  —  Ava Sasani, graphics by Andrew Witherspoon  —  It's been one year since the US supreme court ended the constitutional right to abortion.

The Court's Conservatives Aren't Taking It Lying Down Anymore  —  Noah Rothman here with you for one last morning before I hand the stick back over to the talented Dominic Pino for tomorrow's edition.  Jim Geraghty, lord and master of the Morning Jolt, returns next week.

NAEP Scores ‘Flashing Red’ After a Lost Generation of Learning for 13-Year-Olds  —  COVID-19's cataclysmic impact on K-12 education, coming on the heels of a decade of stagnation in schools, has yielded a lost generation of growth for adolescents, new federal data reveal.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says Russia Acted In ‘Good Faith’ In Ukraine Invasion  —  “I think we're the ones who have not been acting in good faith,” the 2024 Democratic presidential candidate said.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday he believes Russia acted in “good faith” …

Cop City in Atlanta is the future of America  —  ATLANTA — This hardly feels like the most-talked about piece of real estate in a development-crazed Sunbelt megalopolis.  What could be so controversial about a squad of dull-yellow Caterpillar earth movers pushing mounds of Georgia's red-clay soil …