Old yeller: Biden's private fury  —  In public, President Biden likes to whisper to make a point.  In private, he's prone to yelling.  — Behind closed doors, Biden has such a quick-trigger temper that some aides try to avoid meeting alone with him.

Ukraine live briefing: Putin met with Wagner chief after rebellion; Biden in U.K. ahead of NATO summit  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Wagner Group chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin in Moscow five days after his failed mutiny, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a news conference Monday.

Playbook: A new way to make Biden officials pay  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE WEEK — Today: President JOE BIDEN meets with British PM RISHI SUNAK and KING CHARLES III in London.  The Senate returns from July Fourth recess. ...

Ron DeSantis's Only Hope Is to Beat Trump From the Hard Right  —  A theory of the governor's ever-more-radical positions  —  Even by the standards of today's political ads, the video that recently roiled the Republican presidential race is not particularly subtle.

How today's Twitter has made conservative boycotts more successful  —  A question that has been eating at me recently: Why in the world are conservative boycotts suddenly working?  —  I mean, in general, politically motivated boycotts rarely work — people get bored or their opponents stage “buycotts” that cancel out their efforts.

Putin held post-mutiny talks with Wagner leader Prigozhin and his fighters - Kremlin  —  President Vladimir Putin has held Kremlin talks with Wagner mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin and his commanders to discuss the armed mutiny Wagner attempted to mount against the army's top brass, Putin's spokesman said on Monday.

Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times at Florida federal prison: AP sources  —  Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another inmate at a federal prison in Florida.

America Is Doing Just Fine  —  The United States deserves a robust defense.  —  As Americans celebrated the Fourth of July by watching baseball, fireworks, and Joey Chestnut hammering home his 16th win in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, poor Uncle Sam labored through …

Pride and prejudice  —  Last week, seven Republican state attorneys general sent a letter to Target CEO Brian Cornell warning that selling LGBTQ-themed merchandise “to families and young children” may be illegal.  The letter, written by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita (R) …

House Republicans move to silence Wall Street in climate fight  —  While framing criticism of ESG as holding Wall Street to account, House Republicans appear to be picking spots where they'll minimize friction with the financial services industry.  —  The fraying relationship between big business …

The Case That Could Be Fox's Next Dominion  —  Tucker Carlson, before he was sidelined by Fox, repeatedly endorsed a conspiracy theory about an Arizona man, who may sue for defamation.  Legal experts say it would be a viable case.  —  Of all the distortions and paranoia that Tucker Carlson promoted …

Vivek Ramaswamy is paying supporters to find him donors  —  The longshot GOP candidate is launching a program to pay participants a cut of any money they raise.  —  It now pays to be a supporter of Vivek Ramaswamy's presidential bid — at least for those who can convince their friends to click a link and donate.

PGA Tour policy board member resigns over LIV merger  —  Randall Stephenson, a member of the PGA Tour's policy board, has resigned from his position with the golfing organization due to his concerns with the tour's pending merger with Saudi-backed rival LIV Golf.

House Republicans target the Pentagon's use of electric vehicles  —  Good morning and welcome to The Climate 202!  We hope you had a great weekend, and if you're a congressional staffer or lawmaker, welcome back to the season that's known in D.C. as “humidity's wrath.”

Biden Takes On Federal Forms That One User Calls ‘More Frightening Than Having Cancer’  —  Past presidents have largely failed to make federal services more user-friendly  —  WASHINGTON—Just how burdensome is form SSA-454-BK, the lengthy paperwork low-income disabled people must fill out to continue receiving government payments?

How's Twitter Working Out for Tucker Carlson?  —  Tucker Carlson's new Twitter show has seen its viewing figures fall dramatically, since it was first launched on June 6, according to data made publicly available by the social media giant.  —  The conservative firebrand had hosted …

Catastrophic, life-threatening flooding expected in Vermont starting Sunday  —  Vermont could face catastrophic, life-threatening flooding as a deluge of rain meets saturated soils and swelling waterways, officials warned Sunday.  The forecast prompted Gov. Phil Scott to declare a state of emergency that afternoon.

Ohio GOP Senate hopeful Bernie Moreno raises $2.2 million in second quarter  —  The figure does not include contributions or loans from the wealthy businessman, who largely self-funded a short-lived 2022 campaign.  —  CLEVELAND — Bernie Moreno's Ohio Senate campaign has raised …

Greene's Freedom Caucus ousting underscores GOP-conservative tensions  —  House Republicans will return to Washington this week amid rising tensions between GOP leaders and hard-line conservatives, a dynamic highlighted by the House Freedom Caucus taking a vote to oust Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).

Can Joe Biden make it ‘Morning in America’ again?  Reagan's '84 campaign offers a potential blueprint for reelection.  —  WASHINGTON — Midway through the third year of his first term as president, things were not looking good for Ronald Reagan.  —  His approval rating was consistently anemic …