The G.O.P. Backed Him on Hunter Biden Claims.  Now He Has Been Indicted.  —  Gal Luft, promoted by House Republicans as possessing evidence of corruption by the Biden family, was charged by federal prosecutors with lobbying and sanctions violations and with brokering arms deals with China and Iran.

Murdochs Start to Sour on DeSantis: ‘They Can Smell a Loser’  —  The conservative media kingmakers' preferred candidate to knock off Donald Trump is not meeting expectations, and the family's patriarch is getting tired of waiting … But in recent weeks, the Murdochs have grown increasingly displeased …

Sen. Tommy Tuberville relents and says white nationalists are racist  —  Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), facing a barrage of criticism over a Monday night television interview in which he refused to say white nationalists are racists, relented Tuesday afternoon, acknowledging to reporters on Capitol Hill that they in fact are.

Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor's staff prodded colleges and libraries to buy her books  —  For colleges and libraries seeking a boldfaced name for a guest lecturer, few come bigger than Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court justice who rose from poverty in the Bronx to the nation's highest court.

A Glass House for Elon Musk Sparks Internal Tesla Probe  —  Plans for Tesla's secret ‘Project 42’ called for an unusual-looking glass structure in the Austin, Texas, area  —  AUSTIN, Texas—Inside Tesla , it was known as “Project 42,” and the plans called for a dramatic glass-walled building …

Texas A&M recruited a UT professor to revive its journalism program, then watered down the offer after “DEI hysteria”  —  The university celebrated its decision to hire Kathleen McElroy to revive its journalism program.  She says she's staying at UT after she felt judged because of her gender.

Owner bans some LGBTQ customers from Michigan hair salon over pronouns.  ‘Not welcome’  —  The owner of a Michigan hair salon said she is refusing service to some members of the LGBTQ+ community.  —  Christine Geiger, who owns Studio 8 Hair Lab in Traverse City, said in a Facebook post …

Justice Department takes unusual step to try to protect Trump from testifying in lawsuit over FBI firing  —  The Justice Department has taken an unusual step in court to try to protect former President Donald Trump from testifying under oath in a lawsuit from former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.

Trump Lawyers Seek Indefinite Postponement of Documents Trial  —  The former president's legal team argued in a court filing that no trial date should be set until all ‘substantive motions’ in the case are resolved, setting up an early key decision by Judge Aileen Cannon.

Georgia Democrat defects to GOP after she says Dems ‘crucified’ and ‘abandoned’ her  —  Democrats have ‘gotten away with using and abusing the black community,’ Mesha Mainor told Fox News Digital  —  FIRST ON FOX: A Peach State lawmaker who angered her Democratic colleagues in the Georgia state House …

Farmers Insurance pulls out of Florida, affecting 100,000 policies  —  Farmers Insurance said Tuesday that it will no longer offer coverage in Florida, ending home, auto and others policies in the state in a move that will affect tens of thousands of residents.

More people actually moved out of Florida than New York or California in 2021  — While out-of-staters were flocking into Florida in 2021, 674,740 residents moved out.  — That's more than the total number of people that left California or New York that year.

Leslie Van Houten, follower of cult leader Charles Manson, released from California prison  —  Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten walked out of a California prison Tuesday after serving 53 years of a life sentence for her participation in two infamous murders.

MyPillow is auctioning off equipment after retailers pull its products  —  CEO Mike Lindell says annual sales fell $100 million after several big-box retailers cut ties following his election claims.  —  MyPillow is auctioning off hundreds of pieces of equipment and subleasing manufacturing space …

Trump Lashes Out at Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa  —  The former president snubbed one influential Iowa leader and attacked another, testing his immunity to traditional political pitfalls in a crucial state.  —  Iowa may be the most important state on Donald J. Trump's early 2024 political calendar …

Former lawmakers plan new group to stop No Labels presidential bid  —  The bipartisan effort is aimed at stopping a third-party push that many Democrats fear would hurt Biden and help Trump  —  Former House Democratic leader Richard A. Gephardt is planning to launch a new bipartisan group next week …

McCarthy Says U.S. Attorney Leading Hunter Biden Probe Will ‘Have To’ Answer Lawmakers' Questions  —  House speaker defers to committees on whether to subpoena US attorney David Weiss but said he ‘cannot sit back and hide’  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article …

How DeSantis's own lawyers accidentally exposed his anti-woke deceit  —  In recent weeks, plaintiffs who are suing to invalidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's “Stop Woke Act” have been confronting its defenders with a seemingly loaded question: Would the law, which restricts school discussion of race …

Vilnius Summit Communiqué  —  Issued by NATO Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Vilnius 11 July 2023  —  The NATO Invitee associates itself with this Communiqué.  —  1. We, the Heads of State and Government …

DeSantis Says No Thanks to $377 Million in Federal Energy Funds  —  Florida Republican Governor and 2024 presidential contender Ron DeSantis quietly rejected hundreds of millions of dollars in federal energy funding, as the Biden administration touts the benefits of its marquee climate law on the campaign trail in battleground states.

McCarthy summons GOP factions to counter threat of a new conservative rebellion  —  But several hard-right Republicans left the speaker's meeting less than satisfied, with several must-pass bills hanging in the balance.  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy is working furiously to prevent another House floor takeover …

Conspiracy Theorists (and Elon Musk) Falsely Accuse Student of Being ‘Fed’ Posing as Neo-Nazi  —  An innocent 22-year-old student became the center of a vast internet conspiracy theory that was so intense he and his family were forced to leave their home.  —  It was halfway through …

Court Halts Mountain Valley Pipeline Championed by Sen. Joe Manchin  —  A provision in the debt-ceiling law limited opponents' right to sue and mandated pipeline's completion  —  A federal court in Virginia has ordered a pause on construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline …

Teacher Accused of Mailing Afro Wig, White Face Paint to Mixed-Race 2nd-Grader  —  The seven-year-old, mixed-race student was left so humiliated and scared that he had to change schools, his parents said.  —  A New Jersey family has filed a racial harassment complaint against a school district …

Trump probe: Grand jurors likely to weigh charges against former president selected  —  X  —  ‘It is a public service’  —  Fulton County court officials selected two grand juries Tuesday, one of which is expected to decide whether to hand up an indictment against former President Donald Trump …

Republican women learn the hard way: Complicity will not protect you  —  The Freedom Caucus ousts Marjorie Taylor Greene and Ron DeSantis ends alimony for older, mostly conservative women  —  There's no rhyme or reason to the given reasons for why the House Freedom Caucus ousted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., last week.

State GOP party has just $53 in the bank with $334,000 in debt: FEC filing  —  Minnesota has not voted Republican in a presidential contest in over 50 years — the longest any state in the entire country has gone without doing so.  But the GOP has still managed to elect a number …

‘The Feckless 400’: These companies are still doing business in Russia-and funding Putin's war  —  While we have saluted the historic courage of 1,000+ global multinational corporations which fully exited Russia, we need to once again explicitly call out 400 major multinationals that continue …

EPA says carbon capture is within reach.  Utilities aren't biting.  —  POLITICO illustration by Claudine Hellmuth/Photos by iStock  —  The utilities that control most of the country's power plants aren't rushing out to install carbon capture, even as the Biden administration offers the technology as a lifeline for fossil fuels.

Bud Light Plummets To 14th Place Among Beers As Anheuser-Busch CEO Pleads For Consumers To Think Of The 65,000 Employees Impacted By Boycotts  —  As Bud Light, once a beloved contender among the country's favorite beers, spirals down to the 14th spot, the repercussions resonate far beyond the brand itself.

Montana GOP Senate candidate's old Facebook includes lewd photos of women, racist costumes, and homoerotic jokes  — Montana GOP Senate candidate Tim Sheehy's old Facebook profile is full of questionable photos.  — They include lewd photos of women, a caricature of Middle Eastern people, and homoerotic jokes.