Former Trump aide Steve Bannon ordered to jail by July 1 to serve contempt of Congress sentence … A federal judge in Washington, D.C., at a hearing Thursday ordered former Trump White House aide Steve Bannon to report to jail by July 1 to begin serving a four-month sentence for his criminal contempt of Congress conviction.

Going Retrograde  —  Today was an important day to be paying attention.  In many ways, we seem to be going backward.  Only our votes can ultimately change that.  —  Senate Republicans blocked a measure that would have created a federal right to contraception access today.

Several Pa. House Republicans boo officers who defended Capitol on Jan. 6  —  Harry Dunn and Aquilino Gonell were invited to Pennsylvania's House of Representatives — but several GOP lawmakers booed and some walked out, Democratic lawmakers said.  —  Two former law enforcement officers …

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 …

The Billionaires Have Captured Donald Trump  —  One of the most enduring—and ridiculous—#Resistance narratives of the Trump era was the idea that the president of the United States was a literal Manchurian Candidate, a man who had been compromised for years (perhaps even decades) by a foreign power, namely Russia.

Trump: Critics saying he'd seek retribution are ‘wrong,’ but ‘I would have every right’ to go after opponents  —  Former President Trump told Fox News on Wednesday that critics claiming he'd seek retribution against political opponents are “wrong,” but he would have “every right” …

Judge Noreika Risks Narrowing Hunter Biden's Right to Confront His Accuser Even Further  —  Gordon Cleveland, the man who sold Hunter Biden a gun without seeing an ID with an address on it on October 12, 2018, did not finish testifying at the Hunter Biden trial yesterday.

'It's Really Shameful': House Republicans Accuse Rep. Troy Nehls of Stolen Valor Over Military Award Pin … House Republicans are accusing Rep. Troy Nehls of “stolen valor” for continuing to wear a lapel pin for infantrymen or Special Forces who fought in active combat.  —  “It matters.

Progressive Caucus rescinds endorsement of former Rep. Mondaire Jones  —  The Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC unendorsed one of its former members after the New York Democrat backed a primary rival to another progressive lawmaker.  —  WASHINGTON — The Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC …

Words like moderate and centrist are political weasel words with no set definitions  —  In 2021, billionaire tech executive Chamath Palahapitiya briefly considered running for California governor on a moderate-sounding platform of low taxes and school reform.

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U.S. Clears Way for Antitrust Inquiries of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI  —  The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to divide responsibility for investigating three major players in the artificial intelligence industry.  —  Federal regulators have reached a deal …

The Myth That Biden Had Nothing to Do with the Prosecutions of Trump … The five criminal and civil prosecutions of Donald Trump all prompt heated denials from Democrats that President Biden and Democrat operatives had a role in any of them.  —  But Joe Biden has long let it be known …

Scoop: DNC billboard tags Trump as “convicted felon” … - “Trump already attacked Arizona's democracy once. … In fact, Trump and the GOP he now controls is broadcasting are broadcasting their plot for retribution.  — Trump is suggesting he might seek to imprison his political opponents if he wins in November.

June 2024 National Poll: Trump 46%, Biden 45%  —  Home Polls June 2024 National Poll: Trump 46%, Biden 45%  —  Plurality of voters think Trump should be sentenced to prison.  —  A new Emerson College Polling national survey of U.S. voters finds 46% of voters support former President Donald Trump …

A Republican Election Clerk vs. Trump Die-Hards in a World of Lies  —  Cindy Elgan has overseen elections in rural Nevada without incident for 20 years, but now even her neighbors wonder if she's part of “the deep state cabal.”  —  Cindy Elgan, the Esmeralda County clerk for two decades, faced a recall this spring.

Tim Scott, a potential Trump VP pick, launches a $14 million outreach effort to minority voters  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A top ally and potential running mate of former President Donald Trump is launching a new effort to win over Black and other nonwhite working class voters he argues could be the deciding factor in November's elections.