Russian agents' threat to family made Prigozhin call off Moscow advance  —  Details offer clue as to why Wagner Group abandoned coup attempt that revealed ‘real cracks’ in Putin's authority  —  Russian intelligence services threatened to harm the families of Wagner leaders …

'It's just stupid': DeSantis stumbles in New Hampshire  —  It once looked like Ron DeSantis might be poised for a breakthrough in New Hampshire.  Not anymore.  —  For several months this year, Ron DeSantis seemed poised for a breakthrough in New Hampshire.

Supreme Court allows for Louisiana congressional map to be redrawn to add another majority-Black district  —  The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Louisiana congressional map to be redrawn to add another majority-Black district.  —  The justices reversed plans to hear the case themselves …

Delaware lawmaker seeks to become first transgender member of U.S. House  —  Sarah McBride, a Democratic state senator in Delaware, announced Monday that she is running for the state's sole U.S. House seat, a bid that, if successful next year, would make her the first transgender person to serve in Congress.

Larry Fink “ashamed” to be part of ESG political debate  —  BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said he's no longer using the term “ESG” (environment, social and governance) because it is being politically “weaponized” and he's “ashamed” to be part of the debate on the issue. … BlackRock manages $9.2 trillion.

The breathtaking hypocrisy of Alito  —  He's a Fox News talking head masquerading as a Supreme Court justice.  —  ∙ Paid … Another week, another story about a hard-right Supreme Court justice being more than happy to vacation with billionaires who have business before the court.

Supreme Court lets lawsuits over team doctor's sexual abuse proceed against Ohio State  —  The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a decision that allows more than 230 men to sue Ohio State University over decades-old sexual abuse by a university doctor, the late Richard Strauss.

A Dangerous Shift Is Underway in the West Bank  —  Mr. Nir is a former West Bank correspondent of Israel's Haaretz newspaper.  —  In April 1988, as a reporter for Haaretz, I attended the funeral of a 15-year-old West Bank settler, Tirza Porat, who was accidentally shot to death by a fellow settler.

How Review-Bombing Can Tank a Book Before It's Published  —  The website Goodreads has become an essential avenue for building readership, but the same features that help generate excitement can also backfire.  —  Cecilia Rabess figured her debut novel, “Everything's Fine,” would spark criticism …

A debt deal twist is shifting Congress' shutdown gameplan  —  The debt deal forces a 1 percent cut to government spending on Jan. 1 if a short-term funding bill is in place.  So, lawmakers say, that's the REAL deadline to pass new spending bills.  —  It's only June, and already Congress is threatening to ruin New Year's Eve.

The next president's $4 trillion problem  —  Whoever is in the White House in 2025 will quickly face a series of legislative deadlines with impossible price tags: $3.6 trillion in tax cuts and $350 billion in Affordable Care Act subsidies are expiring — and that's after the debt limit will need to be addressed again.

New York City LGBT Activists Chant 'We're Coming For Your Kids'  —  Activists at a New York City drag march Friday can be heard chanting, “We're coming for your children,” in videos of the event.  —  “We're here, we're queer, we're coming for your children,” the activists shouted as they marched.

Special Report: US, Swedish prosecutors study graft complaint naming son of Turkey's Erdogan  —  Anti-corruption authorities in the United States and Sweden are reviewing a complaint alleging that the Swedish affiliate of a U.S. company pledged to pay tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks …

The Candidate of the ‘Tucker-Rogan-Elon-Bannon-Combo- Platter Right’  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s speech is warbling, crackling, scratchy—sort of like Marge Simpson's.  His voice, he told me, is “fucked up.”  The official medical diagnosis is spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological disorder that causes involuntary spasms in the larynx.