Prosecutors Withdraw Second Subpoena in Trump Fund-Raising Inquiry  —  The decision suggests that the special counsel is winding down an investigation into whether the former president's political operation defrauded investors by promoting election lies.  —  Federal prosecutors …

Rep. Dean Phillips will challenge Biden in Democratic presidential race: “This is an election about the future”  —  Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota has decided to challenge President Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination and will launch his 2024 campaign on Friday in New Hampshire …

Family Reveals Suspected Gunman's Link to Maine Massacre Sites  —  “He just has to reach out and do the right thing,” Robert Card's sister-in-law told The Daily Beast. … The family of Robert Card—who is suspected of killing 18 people in double mass shootings in Maine on Wednesday night …

New House Speaker Thinks Creationist Museum Is ‘Pointing People To The Truth’  —  An ark replica with dinosaurs “is one way to bring people to this recognition ... that what we read in the Bible are actual historical events,” Mike Johnson said.  —  Before arriving in Washington less than a decade ago …

Senate Voted to Let Vets With Mental Issues Keep Guns Hours Before Maine Shooting  —  Five senators who caucus with Democrats joined Republicans in voting to adopt the amendment  —  ROBERT CARD, AN Army reservist with a history of mental health issues, is suspected of killing at least 18 people …

Rep. Jared Golden reverses on assault weapons ban  —  The Maine Democrat says he must take responsibility following the mass shooting in his state and now opposes the weapons.  —  Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), a conservative Democrat, reversed his previously held opposition and said on Thursday …

DeSantis says he's sending weapons to Israel in move that could bolster him in the GOP primary  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he's arranged to send drones, weapons, and ammunition to Israel as it prepares for an incursion of Gaza in response to Hamas' attack.

Here's Why Mike Johnson Is More Dangerous Than Donald Trump  —  The former president only cares about himself.  The new Speaker of the House actually wants to make America a Christian theocracy. … The most dangerous movement in American politics today is not Trumpism.  It is Christofascism.

Charlottesville's Lee statue meets its end, in a 2,250-degree furnace  —  Melted down in secret, the divisive Confederate monument will be turned into a new piece of public art … SOMEWHERE IN THE U.S. SOUTH — It was a choice to melt down Robert E. Lee.  But it would have been a choice to keep him intact, too.

Televise Trump's federal trials?  Judicial panel says its hands are tied  —  A courts committee says it lacks authority to modify a broadcasting ban in time for the historic criminal cases against the former president.  —  A federal judicial panel has turned down a bid to allow live television coverage …

Judge Rejects Bryan Kohberger's Request to Dismiss Idaho Murders Case  —  The University of Idaho stabbing suspect's lawyers had argued the grand jury indictment against him should be dismissed, citing bias and prosecutorial misconduct.  —  Bryan Kohberger lost a long-shot bid to get the murder case …

U.S., Qatar to revisit Doha's ties to Hamas after Gaza hostage crisis  —  The agreement strives to balance the Biden administration's goal of rescuing as many captives as possible with its desire to isolate the militants after their rampage in Israel  —  The United States and Qatar have agreed …

No, Really.  —  Americans are being held hostage by Hamas.  Israel is fighting for its existence.  Ukraine is fighting Russia for its sovereignty.  The United States is being overrun by unvetted illegal immigrants who are showing up on the terror watch list.  But, never mind any of that.

New House Speaker Blamed School Shootings on Teaching Evolution and Abortion  —  Mike Johnson is a Christian nationalist with extreme views on guns, reproductive rights, and more.  He's now second in line for the presidency … The Louisiana Republican's record on guns has come under scrutiny …

Trump Prosecutors Fani Willis and Jack Smith Have Been Keeping Their Distance.  That Might Soon Change.  —  A rash of plea deals in the Fulton County election-racketeering case has yielded fresh statements by three former top Trump election attorneys that may be of interest to federal prosecutors

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