Liz Cheney Nukes the Supreme Court Over Trump Delay—and Hands Dems a Weapon … In the wake of the Supreme Court agreeing to hear Donald Trump's demand for absolute immunity from prosecution—potentially delaying his insurrection-related trial until after the election—Democrats …

Mitch McConnell: Some Thoughts on Mastery, Destruction and Minority Rule  —  Mitch McConnell is one of those perhaps historic figures for whom the greatness of his skill and impact are matched only in inverse by the malignity of his impact on our politics.  To put it more brashly, McConnell was great at doing political evil.

GOP's post-Roe peril spreads like wildfire  —  Republicans are trapped in a political minefield over reproductive rights, paralyzed in fear that their vulnerabilities on abortion and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) could hand Democrats the 2024 election.

Journalist Catherine Herridge held in contempt for not revealing source  —  The veteran correspondent for CBS and Fox News was ordered to pay $800 a day in a case that had triggered alarm for press advocates  —  In a case that has worried press advocates, veteran journalist Catherine Herridge …

Arizona Senate Passes Bill Preventing Presidents From Ballot Removal Under 14th Amendment  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As states eagerly await the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on if former President Donald Trump should be allowed on the ballot for supporting an insurrection, Arizona Republicans took …

Fox News' “migrant crime” hysteria is a sign of GOP weakness  —  When you've got nothing else, run on hate. … The Republican Party wanted to run a 2024 election campaign on inflation and the economy.  That made some sense in June 2022, when inflation was at a 40-year high of 9.1 percent.

Arizona's new voting laws that require proof of citizenship are not discriminatory, a US judge rules  —  A federal judge is upholding provisions of new Arizona laws that would require counties to verify the status of registered voters who haven't provided proof of U.S. citizenship …

Hunter Biden gives House Republicans the rebuttal they didn't want  —  Hunter Biden's appearance in front of investigators and members of the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees unfolded a bit like a Bruce Lee movie.  —  Republican legislators and interviewers challenging the president's son …

F.B.I. Searches Houses Owned by Adams's Asian Affairs Adviser  —  Federal agents descended on at least two properties owned by the adviser, Winnie Greco, who was a prominent fund-raiser for Mayor Eric Adams's campaign.  —  F.B.I. agents on Thursday searched two houses owned by a close aide …

Senate passes spending bill, punting shutdown threat to next week  —  The Senate on Thursday passed a short-term spending bill that punts this weekend's shutdown threat to later in the month, but leaves questions about how Congress will fund the government through the rest of the year.

How Biden aides are trying to shield the president from protests  —  The president's team has deployed tactics like hosting smaller events and withholding their precise locations from the media and the public to minimize disruptions.  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's team …