U.S. Navy Detected Titan Sub Implosion Days Ago  —  Underwater microphones designed to detect enemy submarines first detected Titan tragedy  —  WASHINGTON—A top secret U.S. Navy acoustic detection system designed to spot enemy submarines first heard the Titan sub implosion hours …

I.R.S. Agent Told Congress of Hunter Biden Invoking His Father in Business Deal  —  A whistle-blower said the tax agency found a message from 2017 in which Hunter Biden pressured a Chinese business partner by saying he was with his father, who was then out of office.

‘Shady and Corrupt’: Add Barrett Real Estate Deal to List of Supreme Court Ethics Scandals  —  The right-wing justice sold a home to a religious freedom group that has filed numerous briefs in cases before the court.  —  Thursday reporting on a real estate deal made by U.S. Supreme Court …

Kari Lake continues to defame me.  Here's why I'm suing her for it  —  Opinion: Kari Lake and her campaign must be held accountable for their utter disregard for the truth and the harm their words have caused.  —  For the last seven months, a high-profile former statewide candidate for office …

Senator Calls For Return of Old Mississippi Flag: ‘Our People Died Under That Flag’  —  Almost three years after both houses of the Mississippi Legislature overwhelmingly voted to retire the old Confederate-themed state flag, a state senator from Union County is calling for its return.

Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative George Santos  —  Pursuant to Committee Rule 7, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics (Committee) determined on June 22, 2023, to release the following statement:

Moms for Liberty chapter apologizes for quoting Adolf Hitler in newsletter  —  The Hamilton County chapter of Moms for Liberty in Indiana placed the quote on the front page of its new newsletter.  —  A local Indiana chapter of Moms for Liberty, a national conservative parents organization …

No Labels declines to reveal just who is funding its third party bid  —  The group isn't required under law to disclose its donors even as it takes on the look of a political party  —  No Labels' bid to run a third party presidential candidate in 2024 has sparked a number of questions about political motivations.

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 …

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.”

DeSantis Dodges Question on Endorsing Trump as 2024 Nominee  —  The Florida governor's avoidance of the question mirrored Donald Trump's refusal to commit to backing the party's 2024 nominee if the former president falls short in the primaries.  —  Reporting from North Augusta, S.C.

Narendra Modi denies religious discrimination exists in India  —  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi denied that discrimination against minorities existed under his government during a press conference with U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday, even as rights groups and the State Department …

House Freedom Caucus faces an internal purge push  —  At least two hardliners have discussed trying to boot members who no longer meet the group's ideological standards, according to three Republicans with knowledge of the talks.  —  Tensions inside the conservative House Freedom Caucus …

3M Reaches $10.3 Billion Settlement in ‘Forever Chemicals’ Suits  —  The deal followed an agreement by Chemours, DuPont and Corteva to pay $1.19 billion to help resolve claims that the chemical manufacturers contaminated drinking water across the country.  —  The chemical and manufacturing …

Hundreds of dolphins and sea lions have washed up dead or sick in California amid toxic algae outbreak  —  The scene is unsettling: hundreds of sea lions and dolphins are sprawled across the beaches in Southern California, either dead or sick and exhibiting abnormal behavior.

How evangelicals are setting the stage for Trump's return  —  Longtime evangelical kingmaker Ralph Reed explains why Trump has such a tight grip on religious conservatives, and what it will take for another 2024 hopeful to convert them to his or her cause.  —  The big debate in Washington this week is about realism versus idealism.

Poll: 61% of voters disapprove of Supreme Court decision overturning Roe  —  On the anniversary of the Dobbs decision, 53% say abortion access nationwide has become too difficult, a new NBC News poll finds.  —  NBC News poll finds 61% of voters disapprove of Dobbs abortion decision one year later

Trump Melts Down as DOJ Turns Over Evidence It Plans to Use Against Him  —  The former president is pleading for Congress to intervene now that he's learned what the government has on him  —  DONALD TRUMP FIRED off a series of desperate pleas on Truth Social, including multiple appeals …

Trump Trial Setting Could Provide Conservative Jury Pool  —  If Judge Aileen Cannon sticks to her initial decision to hold the trial in Fort Pierce, Fla., the jury would be drawn largely from counties that Donald Trump won handily in his previous campaigns.  —  When Judge Aileen M. Cannon …

India's Russian oil buying scales new highs in May  —  India's rising imports of Russian oil hit a record high of about 1.95 million barrels per day (bpd) in May denting purchases from Iraq and Saudi Arabia fell, tanker data from trade and industry sources showed.

Ukraine and its partners are beginning to win the peace  —  In contrast with last year's shambles, solid planning for rebuilding a modern European country is well under way  —  This article is an on-site version of Martin Sandbu's Free Lunch newsletter.  Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every Thursday

Ron DeSantis pushes racist tropes in latest comments about basketball and baseball players  —  Ron DeSantis isn't telling the truth.  He knows when he uses a racist dog whistle in speaking about basketball players − not a dog whistle actually, a bullhorn ... wait, not a bullhorn …

Despite Repeated Vows Not To, House GOPers Are Again Proposing Social Security And Medicare Cuts  —  Over the past couple of months, Republicans claimed — over and over again — that they will not propose cuts to Social Security and Medicare.  But despite the promises, a new budget proposal …

Does Justice Alito Hear Himself?  —  Mr. Wegman is a member of the editorial board.  —  For someone who wields unimaginable power and exudes utter confidence in his own moral rectitude, Justice Samuel Alito is an exceptionally touchy guy.  —  Exhibit A: His decision to devote time and energy …

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.

19-year-old Titan passenger was ‘terrified’ before trip, his aunt says  —  Azmeh Dawood, the older sister of Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, said her nephew was reluctant to go on the Titan expedition.  —  Titan debris consistent with a ‘catastrophic implosion’, Coast Guard says