Senate Republicans block bill to protect Americans' access to contraception  —  Democrats expected the GOP to filibuster the legislation and brought it up to make a point to voters ahead of the 2024 election, viewing reproductive rights as a winning issue.  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans …

The Two-Time Trump Voters Who Have Had Enough  —  The day after former President Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felonies, I sat down for a focus group with nine voters from across the country who voted for him twice and don't want to vote for him again.  They are not, however, all committed to voting for President Joe Biden instead.

Clash Over Phone Hacking Article Preceded Exit of Washington Post Editor  —  Will Lewis, the chief executive of The Washington Post, objected to coverage of a legal development involving him in a phone hacking case.  —  Weeks before the embattled executive editor of The Washington Post abruptly resigned …

Byron Donalds expresses nostalgia for the Jim Crow era, when ‘the Black family was together’  —  The Trump surrogate's comments, made during a Black voter outreach event in Philadelphia, sparked outrage from Democrats.  —  PHILADELPHIA — Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) suggested that Black families …

NYPD preparing to revoke Donald Trump's license to carry a gun after felony conviction in New York  —  The New York City Police Department is preparing to revoke former President Donald Trump's license to carry a gun, a senior police official told CNN.  —  Trump's New York concealed carry license …

Judge Reshuffles Hearings in Trump Documents Case  —  The new schedule set by Judge Aileen Cannon reflects the array of legal issues that she has yet to resolve amid efforts by the former president's legal team to delay the trial.  —  The federal judge overseeing former President Donald J …

Alito's account of the upside-down flag doesn't fully add up.  Here's why.  —  A look at the major discrepancies in Justice Samuel Alito's comments about controversial flags flown at his property and what he still has not fully answered.  —  Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr …

Exclusive: Biden tells Muir US weapons will not be used to strike Moscow, Kremlin  —  Biden is in Normandy commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day.  —  ABC News' David Muir sat down exclusively with President Joe Biden in Normandy, France, on the 80th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2024.

Trump's VP search accelerates  —  Prospective running mates have received vetting materials as the race for the No. 2 spot on Trump's ticket narrows to three or four candidates, sources tell NBC News.  —  Donald Trump's search for a running mate is intensifying, as the former president awaits sentencing …

A win for the white grievance industry  —  Black women make up about 8% of the population in the United States.  But, according to a report by Project Diane, firms founded by Black women received 0.0006% of total funding from venture capitalists between 2009 and 2017.

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White dad stops daughter from shaking Black superintendent's hand - at school infamous for Nazi salute photo  —  The same high school made headlines in 2018 when a photo of students performing the Nazi salute emerged  —  The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday

Ex-NASCAR Driver and Son Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Cops on Jan. 6  —  NEED FOR SPEED  —  Jarret Scott went on an expletive-laden rant after officers shoved Tighe Scott away from them, calling them “vaginas” and shouting, “You knocked down my father!”

Hunter Biden's ex-wife says she first became aware of his drug use in 2015  —  Hunter Biden's ex-wife, Kathleen Buhle, testified that she first became aware that he was using drugs in July 2015 when she found a crack pipe in an ashtray on their porch in Washington, D.C.

Surveillance pricing (permalink)  —  Noted anti-capitalist agitator Adam Smith had it right: “People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.”

Tommy Tuberville Tries to Argue Putin Has No Interest in Ukraine  —  WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE...  “He doesn't want Ukraine,” Tuberville claimed.  “Hell, he's got enough land of his own.”  —  Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) argued Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin …

Speaker Johnson appoints two Trump allies to a committee that handles classified intelligence  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday appointed two far-right Republicans to the powerful House Intelligence Committee, positioning two close allies of Donald Trump who worked to overturn …