Johnson announced his pitch to avoid a shutdown.  It's already hitting a wall.  —  It already seems unlikely the spending plan could pass the House, with the new speaker saying they would need Democrats to support it.  —  Speaker Mike Johnson is leaning into the demands of his right flank …

Biden shifts into campaign mode with more attacks on Trump  —  President Joe Biden is ramping up attacks on former President Trump after some allies privately urged him to do so in recent days.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden is shifting more into campaign mode, with plans to increasingly attack …

The Authoritarianism Is The Point  —  Why is the Trump campaign so loudmouthed about its autocratic policy plans?  —  If elected next year, Donald Trump's plans for his second term are not a secret.  Indeed, for the past six months or so there has been story after story about what he intended to do come January 20, 2025.

The age pretext  —  I wanted to make a couple of follow-up points to Paul's excellent post below because bad faith arguments like Douthat's are going to become increasingly common, especially if some combination of Manchin and Romney decide to run a No Labels ratfucking campaign.

UCLA faculty call on school to condemn protests, speech ‘crossing the line’  —  A group of over 300 faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) signed a letter calling on the school to condemn protests “crossing the line from protected speech to unlawful incitement” amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

Ukrainian military officer coordinated Nord Stream pipeline attack  —  Roman Chervinsky, a colonel in Ukraine's Special Operations Forces, was integral to the brazen sabotage operation, say people familiar with planning  —  A senior Ukrainian military officer with deep ties …

The librarian who couldn't take it anymore  —  She loved books.  And in a time of spreading book bans in public schools, that's why this Florida librarian had to quit.  —  Deep Reads features The Washington Post's best immersive reporting and narrative writing.

This school board made news for banning books.  Voters flipped it to majority Democrat  —  Meghan Budden's family was considering moving if their Pennsylvania school district didn't change course.  She normally isn't politically active, she said, but felt compelled to volunteer when a slate …

U.S. military aircraft crashes in eastern Mediterranean during training operation, Pentagon says  —  A U.S. military aircraft crashed Friday night while taking part in a training operation in the eastern Mediterranean, the Pentagon said.  —  The aircraft “suffered a mishap and went down,” …