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.

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 …

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 …

Why Josh Hawley's fake historical quote matters  —  Josh Hawley pushing a fake historical quote was cringeworthy, but more important was the theocratic point he was eager to make — on the Fourth of July.  —  While a number of prominent Republicans have been caught peddling fake historical quotes …

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.

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 …

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 …

Gunman who allegedly killed 5 and injured 2 kids in Philadelphia was computer nerd, known to be aggressive  —  The rifle-wielding suspect who donned a bulletproof vest before allegedly shooting dead five men and injuring two children in Philadelphia has been identified as a Black Lives Matter supporter …

Exonerated member of ‘Central Park Five’ wins primary, nearly assuring seat on NYC Council  —  Yusef Salaam, one of the exonerated “Central Park Five,” has won a Democratic primary for a seat on the New York City Council, all but assuring him of eventual victory.

Xi Jinping warned Vladimir Putin against nuclear attack in Ukraine  —  Chinese officials privately take credit for convincing Russian leader to back down from veiled atomic threats  —  Xi Jinping personally warned Vladimir Putin against using nuclear weapons in Ukraine …

This July 4 was hot.  Earth's hottest day on record, in fact.  —  Tuesday was the hottest day on Earth since at least 1979, with the global average temperature reaching 62.92 degrees Fahrenheit (17.18 degrees Celsius), according to data from the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction.

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.

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.

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

Nevada Republican Sam Brown likely to launch Senate campaign to unseat Democrat Jacky Rosen  —  The retired Army captain amassed grassroots support during his unsuccessful Senate bid in 2022.  —  Ret. Army Capt. Sam Brown of Nevada, who made an unsuccessful run for Senate in 2022 …

Biden's hydrogen bombshell leaves Europe in the dust  —  The EU is investing billions into becoming a green energy superpower.  But Washington's Inflation Reduction Act means it's the U.S. reaping the rewards.  —  European leaders have devoted tens of billions of dollars toward encouraging production …

Inside the House GOP's plan to go after FBI and DOJ  —  Republicans are escalating a multi-pronged fight against their two biggest political boogeymen.  It goes far beyond just trying to impeach Attorney General Merrick Garland.  —  House Republicans are taking their fight with the FBI …

How elite schools like Stanford became fixated on the AI apocalypse … Paul Edwards, a Stanford University fellow who spent decades studying nuclear war and climate change, considers himself “an apocalypse guy.”  So Edwards jumped at the chance in 2018 to help develop a freshman class on preventing human extinction.

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 …

Mass shootings claim lives at gatherings over the July Fourth holiday  —  Mass shootings broke out at festivals, block parties and other gatherings in a handful of cities this week as the U.S. celebrated the Fourth of July.  Gun violence that flared in Washington, D.C, Louisiana, Florida …

Former GOP congressman and Jan. 6 select committee adviser Denver Riggleman now working with Hunter Biden  —  Former Republican Rep. Denver Riggleman of Virginia — who served as a senior technical adviser to the House select committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine  —  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts present at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) have in recent days and weeks inspected parts of the facility - including some sections of the perimeter of the large cooling pond …

Ruins found of Munich synagogue destroyed by Hitler  —  Eighty-five years after Adolf Hitler ordered the destruction of Munich's main synagogue, construction workers have found rubble from the building in a nearby river.  —  They uncovered columns from the synagogue and a stone tablet showing some of the Ten Commandments.