'I'm not wanted': Florida universities hit by brain drain as academics flee  —  Ron DeSantis's slew of laws attacking teaching of race and gender issues sees state's colleges struggle to fill faculty posts  —  ith the start of the 2023-24 academic year only six weeks away …

Dozens served in Trump's Cabinet.  Four say he should be re-elected.  —  Several of Trump's former Cabinet members are coy about whether they support his bid to return to the White House.  Others outright oppose it.  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump may have put them in the most powerful …

Inside the Party Switch that Blew Up North Carolina Politics  —  Tricia Cotham, a Democrat who supported abortion rights, was encouraged to run for a state House seat by powerful Republicans.  After she was elected, she joined them and delivered a G.O.P. supermajority.

The chance of Trump winning another term is very real  —  Donald Trump is facing two indictments, with the potential for more.  Political wisdom may have once suggested the former president's bid for a second White House term would be nothing but a pipe dream.  But most of us know better by now.

Shock Treatment in the Emergency Room  —  The Lehman-like collapse of a(nother) private equity-owned ER operator has physicians calling louder than ever for a strike.  —  One of the nation's biggest employers of emergency physicians is liquidating, in one of the more unruly sagas American medicine …

Why Republicans can't get out of their climate bind, even as extreme heat overwhelms the US  —  Deadly heatwaves are baking the US.  Scientists just reported that July will be the hottest month on record.  And now, after years of skepticism and denial in the GOP ranks …

Here are the 25 members of Congress who drive electric cars  —  AOC and two House Republicans have gone plug-in.  Ted Cruz is thinking about it.  Josh Hawley says, “Absolutely not.”  In all, at least 25 members of Congress drive electric vehicles, a POLITICO E&E News tally found.

As he prepares for Hill testimony, Hunter Biden's ex-business partner also trying to fend off jail  —  The request from a U.S. attorney's office isn't expected to impact Devon Archer's Monday meeting with a House committee.  —  On the eve of high-profile testimony to a House committee …

Trump PAC has spent more than $40 million on legal costs this year for himself, others  —  Donald Trump's political group is financing legal work that has prompted questions from prosecutors about potential conflicts of interest  —  Former president Donald Trump's political group spent …

Biden would never consider pardoning son Hunter, who is under federal investigation: Dem lawmaker  —  “I don't think there's any chance,” Rep. Dan Goldman said.  —  LIVE  —  Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., said Sunday that President Joe Biden would never consider a pardon for his son Hunter Biden …

Trump calls for conditioning Ukraine aid on congressional Biden probes  —  The demand echoed Trump's withholding Ukraine aid to seek an investigation into Biden, leading to his first impeachment  —  Former president Donald Trump called on congressional Republicans to withhold military support …

Fighting for Anthony: The Struggle to Save Portland, Oregon  —  The city has long grappled with street homelessness and a shortage of housing.  Now fentanyl has turned a perennial problem into a deadly crisis and a challenge to the city's progressive identity.  —  Come to Portland, his sister said.

4 dead, others injured in Wisconsin after two separate aircraft crashes  —  Four people were killed and two others injured in separate aircraft incidents on Saturday in Oshkosh, Wis., according to officials.  —  The Winnebago County Sheriff's Office announced it received several calls Saturday morning …

Bomb tears through political rally in Pakistan; 35 killed; more than 100 hurt  —  HAR, Pakistan - A powerful bomb ripped through a rally by supporters of a hard-line cleric and political leader in the country's northwestern Bajur district that borders Afghanistan on Sunday, police and health officials said.

GOP Rep. John James, one of the party's highest-profile Black lawmakers, blasts Ron DeSantis over Florida's new slavery curriculum: 'You've gone too far.  Stop.'  — GOP Rep. John James called out Gov. Ron DeSantis over the new slavery curriculum in Florida.

Pentagon investigating Air Force engineer's ‘critical compromise’ of communications across military branch: Forbes  —  The Pentagon is investigating a “critical compromise” of communications within the Air Force, after an engineer at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee allegedly gained unauthorized access …