Elon Musk Really Broke Twitter This Time  —  The social network has never seen chaos quite like this.  —  Twitter may have just had its worst weekend ever, technically speaking.  In response to a series of server emergencies, Elon Musk, the Twitter owner and self-professed free-speech …

Harvard's Admissions Is Challenged for Favoring Children of Alumni  —  After the Supreme Court banned race-conscious affirmative action, activists filed a complaint, saying legacy admissions helped students who are overwhelmingly rich and white.  —  It's been called affirmative action for the rich …

Federal court blocks Florida election law  —  A federal court blocked a Florida election law Monday that would've imposed more limitations on voter registration efforts in the state.  —  In a 58-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker agreed with the plaintiffs that the new state law …

Migrant Workers Flee Florida as New Immigration Law Takes Effect  —  Farm owners and construction companies say the law, which started July 1, has already diminished their workforce  —  Florida's agricultural and construction industries say they are experiencing a labor shortage …

Trump Showed Docs to People at Mar-a-Lago's Dining Room Patio Claims Former White House Press Secretary  —  Stephanie Grisham revealed that she witnessed her former boss, former President Donald Trump, show classified documents to people at his Florida residence Mar-a-Lago.

The Supreme Court Has Kicked the Door Wide Open to Jim Crow-Style Bigotry The Supreme Court Has Kicked the Door Wide Open to Jim Crow-Style Bigotry  —  The court's conservatives used a case literally based on a homophobe's fantasies to blow a huge hole in our antidiscrimination laws and revive the spirit of Plessy v. Ferguson.

White House grounds evacuated after Secret Service discovers ‘unknown item’  —  The USSS said the road closures around the White House have since been lifted  —  The White House grounds were evacuated Sunday after the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) discovered an “unknown item.”

‘We are way behind’: Top DeSantis PAC official sounds alarm  —  Steve Cortes got pretty blunt during a Twitter spaces session on Sunday night.  —  A top spokesperson for Ron DeSantis' super PAC is sounding a decidedly dour note on the Florida governor's presidential prospects …

UCLA Declined To Hire a Professor After Students Denounced His Mild DEI Criticism  —  Yoel Inbar is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Toronto.  He was slated to join the University of California at Los Angeles as a tenured professor of psychology …

Israel invades West Bank city, killing at least 8 Palestinians  —  JERUSALEM — Some 1,000 Israeli soldiers backed by drone strikes stormed Jenin on Monday, targeting a militant “operational command center,” the most expansive Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank in two decades.

Prigozhin appeals for public support as Wagner continues recruiting  —  Paramilitary group still signing contracts with fighters for Ukrainian front despite terms of truce with the Kremlin  —  Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin called on the Russian public to stand up for his Wagner paramilitaries …

Why Democrats Should Primary Biden  —  It would be good for the party — and the president.  —  President Joe Biden needs a primary opponent who can prepare him for the 2024 general election, somebody who can make him prove that he can still run the traps and beat whichever Republican he faces.

G.O.P. Threatens Spy Agencies' Surveillance Tool  —  With hard-right Republicans attacking federal law enforcement agencies and unwilling to extend their broad powers, a major warrantless surveillance program targeting foreigners overseas may face new limits from Congress.  —  Reporting from Washington

Actor Michael Rapaport Trashes ‘Sore Loser’ Kari Lake in New Video  —  ‘YOU LOST!’  —  Outspoken actor and comedian Michael Rapaport has never been one to mince words, and he certainly didn't hold back on Monday, posting a no-holds-barred video in which he brutally slams Republican election denier Kari Lake …

Is This the Weirdest Ad in American Political History?  —  Over the weekend, Ron DeSantis's rapid response team shared a video railing against twice-impeached and twice-indicted former President Donald Trump for previous expressions of support for the LGBTQ community, proudly contrasting …

States have been on a tax-cutting spree, but revenues are now weakening  —  Fueled by surging revenues, states have been slashing taxes for individuals and businesses for the past three years.  —  But the party is expected to come to an end in the coming fiscal year, which started on Saturday in 46 states.

Actor Hill Harper poised to challenge Slotkin in Michigan Senate primary  —  The Democrat has shot his announcement video and ordered campaign T-shirts.  —  Democratic leaders hoped Elissa Slotkin would clear the field in the Senate primary in Michigan, giving the battle-tested candidate extra …

Biden nominates controversial former Trump-appointee to Public Diplomacy Commission  —  President Joe Biden announced Monday his intention to nominate a former appointee under former President Donald Trump with a controversial past in Latin America to the bipartisan United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.

Gay And Trans Republicans Shocked DeSantis Now Targeting Them  —  A new ad shared by the DeSantis campaign from the rapid response account, DeSantis War Room, targets gay and trans Republicans.  Many expressed disbelief that DeSantis would do this. … Gay and Trans Republicans expressed dismay …

When it comes to the economy, how does Tim Scott define ‘worse’?  —  “Three years ago, our economy was thriving,” GOP Sen. Tim Scott argued.  “Today, we're all worse off.”  Is this true?  Let's do a little fact-checking.  —  In early 2012, as Barack Obama's re-election campaign took shape …

EXCLUSIVE: ‘This calls into question the integrity of their investigation.’ Sen. Ron Johnson slams Hunter Biden probe as it's revealed prosecutor who signed off on ‘sweetheart’ tax deal previously worked for First Son's business partner  — Assistant US Attorney Derek Hines …

John Roberts Is Harming the Institution He Wants to Protect  —  Mr. Shesol, a historian, has written several books about American politics, including “Supreme Power,” the story of Franklin Roosevelt's failed attempt to pack the Supreme Court.  —  In June 2012, at the end of a contentious Supreme Court term …

Your next BBQ could feature an electric grill  —  Electric grills exist and are rising in popularity — and according to some advocates, they're just as good at producing delicious food as fossil-fueled alternatives.  —  Mark Begansky loves his electric grill.

‘Public health has lost the war’: States legalize raw milk, despite public health warnings  —  LORIMOR, Iowa — Babe the goat is trendier than she looks.  —  Babe lives a quiet life on a hillside farm in southern Iowa, where she grazes on grass with a small herd of fellow goats.