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 …

Democratic jitters grow over Cornel West's third-party bid  —  Cornel West's third-party presidential campaign is stirring up unpleasant flashbacks to 2016 for members of the Democratic Party, some of whom are starting to grow anxious about the effect it could have on President Biden's reelection.

Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo  —  Payments to Rajan Vasisht, an aide from 2019-21, underscore ties between the justice and lawyers who argue cases in front of him  —  Several lawyers who have had business before the supreme court …

Inflation eased further in June as economy slowly cools  —  But the Federal Reserve isn't ready to declare victory yet, especially since not every source of inflation is fading at the same time or with the same momentum  —  A year after inflation soared to the highest level in four decades …

This Is One Republican Strategy That Isn't Paying Off  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  In 2011, determined to push back the ascendant Democratic coalition that elected America's first Black president …

Hollywood Studios' WGA Strike Endgame Is To Let Writers Go Broke Before Resuming Talks In Fall  —  EXCLUSIVE: Regardless of whether SAG-AFTRA goes on strike this week, the studios have no intention of sitting down with the Writers Guild for several more months.

Milan Kundera, Author of ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being,’ Has Died  —  Milan Kundera, whose dissident writings in communist Czechoslovakia transformed him into an exiled satirist of totalitarianism, has died in Paris at the age of 94, Czech media said Wednesday.

China-based hackers breached email accounts, Microsoft says  —  Microsoft said late Tuesday a known group that primarily focuses on hacking Western governments to spy on them had successfully breached some accounts.  —  Hackers in China recently broke into the email accounts of around 25 organizations …

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 …

Iowa Republicans pass a new 6-week abortion ban  —  Passage capped a marathon one-day special legislative session.  It now goes to Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds for her signature.  —  Iowa Republicans passed a bill late Tuesday to ban most abortions after six weeks — a restrictive measure …

Executed Russian sub commander may have been tracked on a fitness app  —  As with any news coming out of Russia, there's almost no telling what is true and what is not.  What we do know for certain is that a former Naval officer and sub commander who Ukraine had accused of war crimes was killed …

Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds  —  Some of the nation's largest tax-prep companies have spent years sharing Americans' sensitive financial data with tech titans including Meta and Google in a potential violation of federal law …

Thiel, Brock & a Gutter Oppo Campaign for Our Times  —  When Peter Thiel emerged as the right's potential heir to Sheldon Adelson during the '22 midterms, a highly connected Democratic operative launched a guerilla opposition research campaign to chill his political influence.

‘He was free and clear’: How the leak of Jon Gruden's email led to the fall of Commanders owner Dan Snyder  —  AS HE HOPPED on a call with Roger Goodell, Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis had no plans to fire his head coach.  —  It was the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 8, 2021.

F.T.C.'s Lina Khan Faces Fresh Questions After Microsoft Ruling  —  Lina Khan has said a fear of defeat should not deter the agency from suing big tech companies.  But after Microsoft won a ruling this week, her critics say that strategy is flawed.  —  Reporting from Washington

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 …

Georgia election workers say Giuliani failed to turn over key evidence in defamation suit  —  “He failed to take any steps to preserve relevant electronic evidence,” their attorneys said of Giuliani.  —  Amid Donald Trump's desperate bid to subvert the 2020 election, a top adviser …

Joe Manchin To Headline No Labels Event Amid Third-Party Presidential Speculation  —  The event, held in New Hampshire, will be hosted by No Labels, a group working to mount a third-party bid in 2024  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article on Facebook …

Sleepy Joe!  Biden, 80, SKIPS dinner with NATO leaders and goes straight to his hotel - after bragging to Turkey's Erdogan that he will win White House again in 2024  — Biden went to his hotel in Vilnius, Lithuania, rather than attend the NATO dinner  — US official said he has four days …

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 …

Ukraine Needs NATO—and NATO Needs Ukraine, Too  —  Last week, an opinion article in Foreign Affairs argued for locking Ukraine out of NATO.  The authors, Justin Logan and Joshua Shifrinson of the Cato Institute, offered five claims to support their arguments.

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.

Roseanne Barr Screams at Piers Morgan That Zelensky Isn't a ‘Good’ Jew  —  The controversy-courting comic was back at it this week when she yelled that Ukraine is full of Nazis while dismissing the Ukrainian president's Jewish heritage.  —  Roseanne Barr is back at it.

How False History Is Used to Justify Discrimination Against Asian Americans  —  The Civil Rights Movement didn't pave the way for Asian American success in America.  A Jewish immigration activist did.  —  On June 29, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) …

Boiling the Ocean  —  Between record-setting heat and warming ocean water, this summer feels like the start of an unsettling new era.  —  Did you think it would all happen this fast?  The heat domes, the thousand-year floods, the apocalyptic wildfires, that horrific orange sky?