‘Like Talking to Your Drunk Uncle’: Trump's Closed-Door Rant to House Republicans … Donald Trump came to the Capitol Hill Club Thursday morning supposedly to discuss his agenda for a second term with House Republicans.  Instead, Trump treated his meeting as an opportunity to deliver a behind-closed-doors …

Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Senate Probe Finds  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Billionaire political donor Harlan …

Supreme Court upholds broad access to key abortion pill mifepristone  —  Ever since the high court eliminated the right to abortion in 2022, medications to terminate pregnancy have grown in importance and been challenged in court.  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to limit access …

Supreme Court rejects effort to trademark “Trump too small” phrase … - The phrase stemmed from taunts between Trump and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) during the 2016 Republican presidential primary. … - “Such restrictions have historically been grounded in the notion that a person has ownership …

Campaigns Can Now See What You Watch on TV.  It's Changing Everything. … Political aide turned data guru Jesse Contario works in the shadows.  His employer, MiQ, will never be mentioned at the end of a campaign ad, and it won't show up on the disclosures campaigns must post to keep the public abreast of their work.

Schiff repeats ‘guilty’ 34 times at hearing on Trump prosecution  —  Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) sought to make a statement about former President Trump's criminal conviction Thursday, repeating the word “guilty” 34 times in a row, once for each of the former president's guilty counts in the Manhattan hush money case.

Senate Republicans Say They Have an Alternative to Protecting IVF … As Senate Democrats prepare a largely symbolic vote on a bill that would create federal protections for in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments, Republicans are introducing a bill to promote a new medical technology …

World losers gather at G7 summit … - Biden's 37% approval rating positively sparkles next to Canadian PM Justin Trudeau (30%), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (25%), U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (25%), French President Emmanuel Macron (21%) and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida (13%), per Morning Consult's tracker.

Republican National Committee prepares for a convention Trump may not attend  —  Republican officials are working to ensure that Trump will be able to address convention attendees from afar if he chooses to do so — or if he is forced to because of his legal troubles.

Gen Z influencers who supported Biden in 2020 turn against him  —  The Gaza war, lack of progress on climate change and a potential TikTok ban are spawning anti-Biden content — even among former supporters.  —  In 2020, hundreds of top TikTok content creators banded together in service of a single goal: get Joe Biden elected.

Microsoft Chose Profit Over Security and Left U.S. Government Vulnerable to Russian Hack, Whistleblower Says  —  Microsoft hired Andrew Harris for his extraordinary skill in keeping hackers out of the nation's most sensitive computer networks.  In 2016, Harris was hard at work on a mystifying incident …

In calling out Trump, Harris finds her mission  —  No one is better equipped to take down felon Donald Trump than the vice president.  —  Just a couple of weeks ago, Democrats were wringing their hands, worried that the Biden-Harris campaign would not do enough to highlight former president …

Potential VP pick Sen. J.D. Vance once liked tweets harshly critical of Trump  —  Republican Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, a leading candidate to be Donald Trump's vice president, liked tweets in 2016 and 2017 that harshly criticized Trump and his policies — including one speculating that Vance …

Let's Talk About Trump's Gibberish  —  Sign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage.  —  Perhaps the greatest trick Donald Trump ever pulled was convincing millions of people—and the American media—to treat his lapses into fantasies and gibberish as a normal, meaningful form of oratory.

Electoral College Rating Changes: Half-Dozen Moves Toward Republicans in What Remains a Toss-up Race  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — We are making six Electoral College rating changes this week, all in favor of Republicans.  — However, we don't really see a clear favorite …

Major veterans organization weighs in on upside-down American flags  —  The American Legion said flags should be flown upside down only if there is “extreme danger to life or property.”  —  WASHINGTON — The veteran organization the American Legion weighed in on the upside-down American flag controversy …

Record Share of U.S. Electorate Is Pro-Choice and Voting on It  —  Democrats continue to rally around abortion rights since Dobbs verdict  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — A record-high 32% of U.S. voters say they would only vote for a candidate for major office who shares their views on abortion.

Supreme Court Backs Starbucks Over ‘Memphis 7’ Union Case  —  In a blow to the National Labor Relations Board, the justices made it more difficult to order employers to reinstate fired workers.  —  The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Starbucks on Thursday in a challenge against a labor ruling …

The Christian right is coming for divorce next  —  Before the 1960s, it was really hard to get divorced in America.  —  Typically, the only way to do it was to convince a judge that your spouse had committed some form of wrongdoing, like adultery, abandonment, or “cruelty” (that is, abuse).

Trump offers an olive branch to the House Republicans who voted to impeach him  —  Donald Trump made a small peace offering Thursday to the remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach him after the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, according to three members in the room.