Playbook: What the GOP would prefer not to discuss  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  WITH ENDORSERS LIKE THESE — Florida Gov. RON DeSANTIS privately criticized DONALD TRUMP and said he wouldn't be Trump's running mate on a call first obtained by the N.Y. Post's Diana Glebova.

James Comer and Tucker Carlson aren't fooled by Russian lies — they're complicit  —  Last week, the “whistleblower” that House Republicans were counting on to justify a long-planned impeachment of Joe Biden was arrested for lying to the FBI.  In a twist that should surprise exactly no one …

Nikki Haley says Biden is ‘more dangerous’ than Trump but neither is fit for the job  —  Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley told NPR that President Biden presents a bigger threat to the country if reelected than his predecessor, former President Donald Trump.

Mike Lindell must pay man $5M in ‘Prove Mike Wrong’ challenge, judge says  —  In 2021, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell offered $5 million to anyone who could disprove his claim that he had data showing voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.  —  Now, he must pay a 64-year-old from Nevada that award …

‘Absurdly woke’: Google's AI chatbot spits out ‘diverse’ images of Founding Fathers, popes, Vikings  —  Google's highly-touted AI chatbot Gemini was blasted as “woke” after its image generator spit out factually or historically inaccurate pictures — including a woman as pope, black Vikings …

From anti-anti-Putin to openly pro-Putin  —  Tucker Carlson finally takes the mask off. … Tucker Carlson's recent grand tour of Russia was easy to mock.  —  A far less pleasant version of Rick Steves, Carlson wandered around Moscow, gushing over the clean, efficient subways …

Exclusive: N.Y. Times reporters plan fall exposé on Trump's taxes … - “I remember watching Joe Biden's inauguration and seeing Donald Trump and his family leave Washington for Mar-a-Lago,” Craig says. … - “We have spent the last three years building upon our prior reporting.

Sirota's Signals: Yes, $13,000 Per Hour  —  How does the fine print of a government report expose the real reason billionaires hate the IRS?  What are regulators telling us about our credit card bills?  Why is dopamine ruining our society?  Where are lawmakers refusing to ban assault weapons, but looking into banning cold beer?

Commander, Biden's banished German shepherd, had at least 25 biting incidents in a year  —  President Biden's now-banished German shepherd Commander inflicted more damage with bite incidents than previously known.  —  Newly released records from the United States Secret Service to USA TODAY reveal …

Republicans Furious as Speaker Johnson Turns GOP Leadership Meeting Into Religious Revival  —  They just wanted to hear plans for keeping their extremely slim House majority  —  Members of House Republican leadership expressed frustration at Speaker Mike Johnson after a GOP leadership retreat …

Leaked files from Chinese firm show vast international hacking effort  —  A trove of leaked documents from a Chinese state-linked hacking group shows that Beijing's intelligence and military groups are carrying out large-scale, systematic cyber intrusions against foreign governments …

Tulsi Gabbard would make a great vice president  —  As former President Donald Trump closes in on a third straight Republican presidential nomination, speculation has continued to mount about who will join his ticket as the vice presidential nominee.  —  During a town hall with Fox News's Laura Ingraham …

Biden calls congressional Republicans “worse” than Strom Thurmond … I've served with real racists.  I've served with Strom Thurmond," Biden said at a fundraiser in San Francisco, according to a White House pool report.  — “But guess what? … - Biden said Thurmond did “terrible things …