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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.”

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.

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?

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 …

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 …

Violent brawl breaks out at Michigan GOP committee meeting  —  Tensions stemming from budget questions boiled over committee meeting  —  Trump takes aim at voting process in Michigan campaign speech  —  Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address

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 …

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 …