A Gaza Ceasefire Deal Is the Only Way to Avoid a Wider War  —  If the war between Israel and Hamas rages on indefinitely, the conflict will spread.  It doesn't have to be that way. … It is inevitable that much of the discussion in Washington, D.C. regarding the drone attack …

Trump claims credit for record-high stock market under Biden  —  Former President Trump, who has predicted economic doom if he's not elected back to the White House, said Monday he should get credit for the stock market's recent record highs, more than three years after he left office.

Retired Republican judge: “Absolutely damning” evidence in new bid to bar Trump from Illinois ballot  —  The “preponderance of evidence” shows that Trump engaged in insurrection, election officer says  —  A hearing officer for the Illinois State Board of Elections in a recommendation released …

GOP Senator Reveals the Sick Truth About the Trump-MAGA Border Scam  —  Republican Senator James Lankford, who is leading negotiations over a border security bill, is discovering to his great shock that Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are not operating entirely in good faith.

Merrick Garland to transfer power during back surgery  —  The Justice Department's No. 2 official will briefly take over as the attorney general undergoes a procedure on his spine this weekend.  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland will be out of commission this weekend due to back surgery …

Taylor Swift could sway 2024 election outcome, new poll finds with a FIFTH of voters ‘likely’ to back candidate endorsed by singer  — Eighteen percent of voters say they're ‘more likely’ or ‘significantly more likely’ to vote for a candidate endorsed by Taylor Swift

One Iranian and Two Canadian Nationals Indicted in Murder-for-Hire Scheme  —  For Immediate Release  —  One Iranian and two Canadian nationals have been charged with conspiracy to use interstate commerce in the commission of a murder-for-hire plot.  —  According to court documents …

‘Seismic shift’: driving unaffordable for many in US amid push toward SUVs  —  Luxury vehicles, production cuts and soaring insurance prices have sent the cost of US car ownership out of control  —  At the start of the pandemic, Ceola Luna, a 45-year-old Lyft driver in Los Angeles …

Ex-IRS contractor sentenced to 5 years in prison for leaking Trump tax records  —  Charles Littlejohn had pleaded guilty to leaking thousands of tax records, including for Trump and billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.  —  WASHINGTON — The former Internal Revenue Service contractor …

Republicans are quietly deleting mentions of abortion from their websites.  We asked them why  —  Republicans who previously campaigned on a pro-life position are now ‘in a tough spot,’ experts say. , Kelly Rissman speaks to GOP strategists and campaign managers about what's going on behind the scenes

Texas AG seeks transgender records in Georgia as part of his wider probe  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has requested medical records from a Georgia telehealth clinic that provides gender-affirming care, a newly discovered move that shows the Republican official is looking in multiple states …

This Mark Cuban Story is Too Good Not to Share  —  Credit to Twitchy which got to all of this about an hour ago (as I write this).  The basic story is as follows.  Billionaire Mark Cuban has spent weeks arguing online arguing on behalf of DEI with anyone who will listen.

Republicans now say it might be okay to ignore the Supreme Court  —  A consequential development of the Trump era is what increasingly looks like the Republicans' acrimonious divorce from the rule of law.  —  The party that once prided itself as the law-and-order side has leaped headlong …

Justice Department Subpoenas House of Representatives For Documents  —  House of Representatives notified of grand jury subpoena  —  A notification was read on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, revealing that the office of the Sergeant at Arms received a grand jury subpoena …

The anti-abortion plan ready for Trump on Day One  —  The stakes of the election go far beyond whether a GOP president signs a bill banning the procedure.  —  Anti-abortion groups have not yet persuaded Donald Trump to commit to signing a national ban if he returns to the White House.

Trumps Throw Tantrum Over Court Monitor's Financial Bombshell  —  A lawyer for the Trumps slammed Judge Barbara S. Jones in a court filing Monday morning, vehemently denying Trump lied about a missing $48 million loan.  —  Now that the retired federal judge babysitting the Trump Organization …

Vivek Ramaswamy Joins the Taylor Swift ‘Psy-Op’ Bandwagon (Update)  —  Vivek Ramaswamy was never my cup of tea and this is why.  Because, on the one hand he could occasionally do a solid job putting the progressive media back on its heels on the other hand he was also willing to indulge stupid conspiracy theories like this:

Apple warns proposed UK law will affect software updates around the world  —  Apple may leave the UK if required to provide advance notice of product updates.  —  Apple is “deeply concerned” that proposed changes to a United Kingdom law could give the UK government unprecedented power to …

'I'm wearing the armor of God': New Arizona GOP chair vows more anti-voting lawsuits  —  The newly-elected Arizona Republican Party chair, Gina Swoboda, proudly told longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon on his “war room” show that the former president personally urged her to run for the position …

Lise Meitner helped discover nuclear fission but never won a Nobel Prize for her brilliance despite 49 nominations  — Lise Meitner identified the process of fission when her male colleagues couldn't figure it out.  — Her closest colleague, Otto Hahn, downplayed the significant role she played in the discovery.

Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands  —  A hidden path to America's dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source - a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country's largest maximum-security prison.

To fight climate change, micromobility is a better option than overpriced transit projects  —  Thoughtful transit advocates have cautioned about the escalating costs of creating new urban and commuter rail systems in the United States.  But the work of the Transit Costs Project and others raises …

A federal judge is fed up with those defending the Jan. 6 rioters  —  Sentencing hearings are ordinarily about criminal defendants.  What did they do?  Have they demonstrated remorse?  What factors in their background argue in favor of leniency or for the stiffest possible sentence?