Special counsel reveals plans to use Trump's phone data at trial  —  Jack Smith indicated that he plans to call an expert witness who extracted and reviewed data copied from Trump's phone.  —  Special counsel Jack Smith has extracted data from the cell phone Donald Trump used while in the White House …

Texas woman who sought court permission for abortion leaves state for the procedure, attorneys say  —  A pregnant Texas woman who sought court permission for an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S. has left the state to obtain the procedure, her attorneys said Monday.

Republican senator says Ukraine should cede land and cut a deal with Putin to end the war  —  Sen. JD Vance, on the eve of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's trip to Capitol Hill, dismissed fears that Russia would keep making advances if it's victorious in Ukraine.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's latest move on abortion highlights Democrats' 2024 push  —  In an interview with NBC News before repealing a remaining state restriction on abortion, Whitmer said, “When you stay in the fight, you can win.”  —  Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday repealed …

Giuliani's Defense Says $43 Million in Damages Would Be ‘Death Penalty’  —  The bizarre remark came in opening statements of a trial to determine how much he'll owe in damages to two Georgia poll workers.  —  On day one of Rudy Giuliani's trial to determine how much he'll owe a pair …

A deadly delivery highlights ‘falsified’ heat records at USPS  —  The Postal Service allegedly doctored heat training records of thousands of mail carriers.  One of them died on a blistering day in June.  —  Eugene Gates, a Dallas letter carrier for the Postal Service, died of heat exposure in June.

“Bombshell”: Does Harvard's President Also Have a Plagiarism Scandal?  Update: Billionaire donor demands Gay's firing  —  Isn't the anti-Semitism and hypocrisy scandal enough for Claudine Gay?  Harvard's board has gotten very quiet over the past week after its president's congressional testimony outraged practically everyone.

Scoop: House Freedom Caucus drama erupts over its next leader  —  An influential member of the House Freedom Caucus won't run for a leadership spot, citing a recommendation by the group's board that Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) serve as its next chairman. … - “I ask that we consider how to best increase …

Project Veritas CEO Jumps Ship After Finding ‘Evidence of Past Illegality’  —  ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST  —  Hannah Giles, the CEO of conservative nonprofit Project Veritas, announced her resignation “effective immediately” on Monday, saying she'd unwittingly “stepped into an unsalvageable mess” upon taking the job earlier this year.

House Takes Up Long-Building Debate Over Rival Surveillance Bills  —  The fight over privacy and national security, which has scrambled partisan lines, will come to a head with an unusual double vote on the floor.  —  A long-simmering debate over a powerful surveillance tool is coming to a head in Congress …

Dover Man Arrested and Charged with Threatening to Kill a Presidential Candidate  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire  —  CONCORD - A Dover man has been arrested and charged in connection with sending text messages that threatened a presidential candidate …

Exclusive: Former Mar-a-Lago employee-turned-witness repeatedly contacted by Trump and associates before documents charges  —  West Palm Beach, FL CNN —  Three months after the FBI seized classified records from Mar-a-Lago last August, a longtime employee of Donald Trump's private club quit his job.

As advertisers flee Musk's X, Democrats splurge on political ads  —  Democratic candidates, including Musk's most vocal critics, have spent over a million dollars to run thousands of political ads on X  —  Advertisers are fleeing Elon Musk's X amid rising concerns that the social media site …

Trump as Dictator Is a Classic Case of Projection  —  Biden and his supporters try to excuse and deflect attention from their own authoritarian actions.  —  If you haven't heard, Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans are planning a coup.  “A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable …

Google's App Store Ruled an Illegal Monopoly, as a Jury Sides With Epic Games  —  A jury in San Francisco unanimously found that Google stifled competition for its app store.  A judge will now decide on what fixes to require at the company, but appeals could delay the impact of the case for years.

Reporting on Long Covid Taught Me to Be a Better Journalist  —  In the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, when many people who are now still sick were first infected, the common wisdom was that the coronavirus either sent you to an intensive care unit or, more commonly, caused mild symptoms that resolved after two weeks.

Dem lawmaker accuses Stefanik of ripping off Harvard letter  —  The two letters to Harvard were sent last Friday and feature some paragraphs with nearly identical language.