White House cocaine culprit unlikely to be found: Law enforcement official  —  Lines may have been snorted and crossed.  But it's possible we won't know by whom.  —  Law enforcement officials confirmed on Wednesday that cocaine was found at the White House over the weekend.

Tony Evers uses veto powers to extend annual increases for public schools for the next four centuries  —  Molly Beck Jessie OpoienMilwaukee Journal Sentinel  —  MADISON - Gov. Tony Evers, a former public school educator, used his broad partial veto authority this week to sign into law …

Josh Hawley rings in July 4 with fake quote with antisemitic, white nationalist roots  —  BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL BOARD  —  Maybe it's time for Josh Hawley to get out of the history business.  —  Missouri's senior senator on Tuesday decided to celebrate July 4 with another bit of online trolling.

Biden Administration to Appeal Ban on Social Media Contacts  —  The US Justice Department said it's appealing a court ruling that would block federal agencies and officials from communicating with social media companies about the content that appears on their platforms, restricting …

Arizona Secretary of State's Office subpoenaed by Special Counsel Jack Smith in Jan. 6 inquiry  —  U.S. Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith subpoenaed the Arizona Secretary of State's Office as recently as May as part of his investigation into the events leading up to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Bill de Blasio and Chirlane McCray Are Separating  —  Mr. de Blasio's marriage helped fuel his campaign for mayor of New York, and his intense personal and political bond with his wife drew admiration and scrutiny.  —  About two months ago, after another stale Saturday night …

Conservatives go to red states and liberals go to blue as the country grows more polarized  —  Once he and his wife, Jennifer, moved to a Boise suburb last year, Tim Kohl could finally express himself.  Kohl did what the couple never dared at their previous house outside Los Angeles …

Man charged in Philadelphia mass shooting that killed 5 … - Two boys, ages 2 and 13, were wounded, as well as a mother of twins who were struck by broken glass when the suspect opened fire on their vehicle. … - He had a psychology degree and was a talented artist obsessed with the “Creed” movies.

Wrongly imprisoned for 7 years, exonerated ‘Central Park Five’ member wins NYC Council primary  —  Some consider Yusef Salaam a folk hero as a member of the “Central Park Five,” the group of teenagers wrongly convicted of raping a white jogger in a brutal attack 34 years ago.

Kidnapped Scholar Elizabeth Tsurkov Deserves America's Every Effort To Bring Her to Safety  —  Whereabouts of Princeton University graduate student kidnapped in Iraq remains unknown  —  Our last contact with Elizabeth Tsurkov was on March 19.  She told us she'd had enough of doing field research …

Twitter silently removes login requirement for viewing tweets  —  Days after requiring users to log in to view tweets, Twitter has silently removed these restrictions.  This means you can open Twitter links in a browser without an account.  —  We at TechCrunch noticed that tweet previews are unfurling in Slack and WhatsApp.

Trump pulled in more than $35 million in the second quarter  —  The figure nearly doubled what he raised in Q1 and suggests the indictments are helping with fundraising.  —  Donald Trump nearly doubled his fundraising during the second quarter of 2023 — an indication that his legal troubles are propelling his campaign financially.

GQ pulls article slamming Warner Bros. Discovery CEO Zaslav after complaint  —  The writer said he asked to have his byline removed after GQ made extensive changes after publication.  The magazine removed the story instead.  —  In an unusual step, GQ magazine removed an article critical …

Boy left unclothed after Burgess Hill sexual assault by two women  —  A teenage boy who was sexually assaulted by two women woke up with his clothes removed and injuries to his head and body, Sussex Police have said.  —  The 15-year-old was walking along Cants Lane in Burgess Hill …

Bill Ackman explains why he embraced RFK Jr.'s skepticism on Covid vaccines  — Bill Ackman, one of the most influential investors on Wall Street, has stunned his Wall Street peers by amplifying Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine skepticism.  — “I listened to RFK on several podcasts …

U.S. Prevents Iran from Seizing Two Merchant Tankers in Gulf of Oman  —  Story by NAVCENT Public Affairs  —  U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet  —  GULF OF OMAN - On July 5, U.S. forces prevented two attempted commercial tanker seizures by the Iranian Navy after the Iranians …

U.S. Rep. Colin Allred raises $6.2 million in first 2 months of Senate race  —  Allred also transferred $2.4 million from his House campaign account, giving him $8.6 million in total receipts through the end of June.  —  U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, raised nearly $6.2 million in roughly …

‘Start reading some of those quotes’: Republican defends Hitler's and Stalin's writings  —  North Carolina Republican Lt. Governor Mark Robinson, a far-right Christian nationalist who is running to be the state's next governor, defended the writings of a slew of authoritarian dictators at the recent Moms for Liberty convention.

Biden's DOJ Is Pressuring Journalists to Help Build Its Case Against Assange  —  The prosecution of the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is already a threat to a free media — the justice department's campaign to get me and other journalists to testify only makes matters worse

‘Double agents’: fossil-fuel lobbyists work for US groups trying to fight climate crisis  —  Exclusive: new database shows 1,500 US lobbyists working for fossil-fuel firms while representing universities and green groups  —  More than 1,500 lobbyists in the US are working on behalf …

Iowa's Republican governor calls a special legislative session to revive abortion restrictions  —  Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday called a special legislative session to pursue new abortion restrictions after the state Supreme Court declined to reinstate a 2018 ban after about six weeks of pregnancy.

Trump wanted his own personal mercenary army like Putin's Wagner force: Ex-Homeland Security aide  —  Former Department of Homeland Security Chief of Staff Miles Taylor is releasing his second book, “Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump” - and startling excerpts are already dropping.

Nancy Yao out as Smithsonian women's history museum boss  —  The former New York museum director was beset by criticism of her handling of sexual harassment allegations  —  Nancy Yao, who had been criticized for her handling of sexual harassment allegations at a New York museum …

British corporation demands that Americans return land to Indigenous Americans  —  I think the British are still smarting that the 13 colonies declared independence from the British Empire.  —  That's the easiest conclusion I can reach after reading that Ben and Jerry's is pushing for the return of …

Trump aide set for third shot at arraignment in Miami.  If he can find a local attorney  —  There are thousands of criminal defense lawyers in South Florida.  —  But a day before a third scheduled hearing in Miami federal court, an aide to Donald Trump appears still to be without …

Recent Supreme Court rulings alienate the left but are hardly unpopular  —  Polls suggest the new decisions aren't out of step with the American public, despite Democrats' attempts to lump them in with last year's loss of abortion rights  —  After a series of key setbacks for their side …

Nevada Republicans Challenge Law Protecting Election Officials From Harassment  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, June 29, Sigal Chattah — a prominent Nevada Republican with “significant ties” to the conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election — filed a lawsuit on behalf …

Tax records show Sen. Joe Manchin has been late on payments repeatedly in recent years  —  A Manchin spokesperson said the senator has “quickly rectified” payment lapses “as soon as he has been made aware.”  —  Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has repeatedly been late to pay taxes on personal property items …

Ohio abortion rights groups submit signatures for ballot measure  —  State officials must still review the signatures, but the measure to enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution appears headed for the November ballot.  —  A proposed amendment to enshrine access to abortion …

The Overlooked Origins of the War on Bud Light and Other “Woke” Companies  —  Starbucks and Anheuser-Busch are the latest corporate targets of tactics honed by segregationists post-Brown v. Board.  —  In recent months, the campaign against “woke” has reached the point where even Donald Trump …

A Georgia teacher's plight exposes the essence of anti-woke MAGA fury  —  At first glance, the plight of Katherine Rinderle, a fifth-grade teacher in Georgia, might seem confusing.  Rinderle faces likely termination by the Cobb County School District for reading aloud a children's book that touches on gender identity.

Aubrey O'Day: I had sex with Donald Trump Jr. ‘in a gay club bathroom’  —  Aubrey O'Day claims her long-rumored affair with Donald Trump Jr. began “in a gay club bathroom.”  —  During a recent appearance on Michael Cohen's “Mea Culpa” podcast, the 39-year-old reflected on the first time …