Substance found in White House library tests positive for cocaine  —  The “unknown item” that forced a brief evacuation of the White House Sunday night and drew a Hazmat team from Washington, DC, Fire and EMS to the executive mansion initially tested positive for cocaine, according to a dispatch call made that evening.

A viral left-wing Twitter account may have been fake all along  —  The Erica Marsh account shows how ‘rage baiting’ remains a powerful way to win attention and score political points  —  In eight months, Erica Marsh has become one of the most consistently viral left-wing voices on Twitter …

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 …

Ukraine war: Major Moscow airport flights disrupted by drone attack  —  Ukraine has launched a drone attack on Moscow, the Russian defence ministry says, forcing flights to be diverted from Vnukovo International Airport.  —  Five drones were reportedly used in Tuesday's attack …

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 …

Four killed, two injured in Philadelphia shooting, police say  —  Police say a suspect with a semiautomatic rifle, handgun, body armor, and police scanner opened fire and continued shooting as officers pursued him.  —  Four people were killed and two others, both minors …

The Taliban ban women's beauty salons in Afghanistan  —  The Taliban are banning women's beauty salons in Afghanistan, a government spokesman said Tuesday.  It's the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, following edicts barring them from education, public spaces and most forms of employment.

Seeing the erosion of our freedoms makes it hard to celebrate this Fourth of July  —  The Supreme Court, conservative governors and gerrymandered state legislatures are racing to shrink our fundamental rights and freedoms.  —  By Jill Lawrence, author of “The Art of the Political Deal …

Shooting in Fort Worth leaves at least 3 dead and 8 others wounded  —  A shooting that erupted just before midnight Monday in Fort Worth, Texas, left at least three dead and eight others wounded, police said.  —  Ten of the victims are adults and one a minor, according to a news release …

'We didn't want to live in fear': Exodus of workers begins as Florida's extreme anti-immigrant law goes into effect  —  Business owners in Florida are worried after Governor Ron DeSantis' new anti-immigrant law took effect on Saturday, forcing many migrant workers to flee the state and head north …

Several people stuck upside down on fair ride  —  CRANDON, Wis. (WAOW) — Several people were suspended in the air after a fair ride stopped, leaving them hanging upside down for hours.  —  Several fairgoers were on the ride “Fireball”, when it suddenly stopped at the Forest County Festival in Crandon Sunday afternoon.

THE COLUMN: Grant, the Indispensable Man  —  Happy Fourth of July, Sam.  —  These first few days of July are of importance to every real American.  Not simply because the Declaration of Independence was unanimously adopted by the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia …

7/4/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  THE TOP … In more ways than one, Congress could play a decisive role in this year's NATO summit.  —  The annual gathering, which kicks off next week in Vilnius, Lithuania, was targeted as the aspirational deadline for all members …

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 …

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.

Bud Light is now cheaper than WATER at some retailers after $20b Dylan Mulvaney disaster - as some stores report a 50% decline in sales year-on-year after marketing gimmick gone wrong  — Sales troubles continue to abound for Bud Light as some retailers reveal the once popular beer is now selling for less than cases of water

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 …

Oligarch Fridman Bemoans a Life ‘Destroyed’ by EU Sanctions  —  The life of Mikhail Fridman, one of Russia's original oligarchs, was “destroyed” after he was hit by European Union sanctions following the Kremlin-led invasion of Ukraine, his attorney told an EU court.

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.

Foolish Arguments Against Standing in 303 Creative—Part 1  —  It's been amazing to witness the flurry of foolish arguments that opponents of the simple and straightforward ruling in 303 Creative v. Elenis have spewed over the past several days.  —  1. Let's start with some background.

Ukraine Recap: Kharkiv Region Shelled as NATO Chief Extends Term  —  A Conversation With Henry Kissinger at 100 Years  —  Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger sat down with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait on June 7 in New York City to discuss his life and career upon turning 100 years old.