House Republicans narrowly pass defense bill loaded with culture war issues  —  The tactic represented a gamble for Speaker Mike Johnson, who could have pushed to pass a more bipartisan version with the help of Democrats.  —  The House narrowly cleared defense policy legislation on Friday …

Supreme Court rules gun ‘bump stocks’ ban is unlawful  —  The ban was imposed by the Trump administration after the accessory was used during the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas.  —  WASHINGTON — In a loss for the Biden administration, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that federal ban on …

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax propaganda campaign to incite fear of China vaccines during pandemic  —  The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China's Sinovac inoculation - payback for Beijing's efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic.

Scoop: Democrats plan to go bigger than a boycott for Netanyahu speech … - The proposals include a press conference, a vigil, or an event with families of those taken hostage by Hamas, many of whom feel Netanyahu hasn't done enough to free their loved ones.

Biden's senior momentum: Why he's courting older voters … - Former President Trump, as Axios reported yesterday, appears to be making stunning gains of his own among young voters.  — The polls could still be wrong. … (Another theory: The hippies got old.)

Trump has ‘sort of a pretty good idea’ of VP pick, will probably announce during RNC convention  —  Trump will likely announce VP pick during the Republican National Convention, which will be held in July in Milwaukee  —  Join Fox News for access to this content

Top GOPer Accidentally Wrecks Trump's Biggest Lie About Jack Smith  —  Don't look now, but Donald Trump's criminality is slowly morphing into a serious wedge issue against the Republican Party—and Democrats, fortunately, are beginning to act like it.  —  Politico's Playbook reported Thursday …

Fauci Speaks His Mind on Trump's Rages and Their ‘Complicated’ Relationship  —  In a new book, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci recounts a career advising seven presidents.  The chapter about Donald J. Trump is titled “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not.”  —  Three months into the coronavirus pandemic …

The Disappearing Tucker Carlson  —  A major publisher just canceled a big-budget book on the former Fox News star, cementing his mainstream absence.  —  For Tucker Carlson, it has to be the ultimate good-news, bad-news moment: A major publishing house has canceled a prominent political …

Scoop: McConnell eyes his next move … - McConnell, 82, is both a student and a practitioner of power.  — While no final decision has been made, such a post would let him remain a force with real juice, wielding enviable say over funding for everything from the Pentagon to pet projects until he finishes his term in 2027.

Putin offers truce if Ukraine exits Russian-claimed areas and drops NATO bid.  Kyiv rejects it  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and renounced plans to join NATO.

Donald J. Trump, the Man, the Flag  —  In a visual age, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is making himself into the 51st star.  —  When Donald J. Trump held his post-conviction news conference at Trump Tower after his hush-money trial in May, he did so in his signature red …

How far-right parties seduced young voters across Europe  —  Young people abandoned mainstream parties in last weekend's European elections - a sign that their anxieties are not being heard  —  That far-right parties fared well in the European elections came as no surprise - surveys had consistently foretold their triumph.

The GOP's Whitewashing Of Jan. 6 Is Now Complete  —  A lot of things happened.  Here are some of the things.  This is TPM's Morning Memo.  —  Will We Never Learn?  —  Donald Trump's return to the scene of the Jan. 6 attack that he instigated was a watershed moment in the whitewashing of his failed auto-coup.

Clarence Thomas took additional undisclosed trips paid for by GOP megadonor, Senate committee says  —  The documents released by the Democratic-led Judiciary Committee detail the Supreme Court justice's private jet travels.  —  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was gifted additional undisclosed trips …

Republicans vent fury over speaker's elevation of Scott Perry: 'There isn't only one group that can threaten them'  —  Frustration is boiling over among rank-and-file House Republicans with leaders' practice of trying to mollify critics by bestowing plum posts and other perks.

The case centered on mifepristone, a drug long approved by the F.D.A. Here's the latest.  —  The justices unanimously rejected a bid to sharply curtail access to a widely available abortion pill, finding that the plaintiffs did not have standing to sue.  —  The case centered on mifepristone …

Based: Jillian Michaels, Fitness Guru Blasts California Libs as Insane  —  Jillian Michaels grew up in California.  She is a married lesbian, mother of adopted children, half-Jewish and half-Arab, and considers herself liberal.  —  Since 2020, she has become based.

The GOP's Finely Tuned Bribery Machine  —  It's playing out right before our eyes, but the secret 2025 agenda it's facilitating is even more scandalous.  —  The shock-and-awe Republicans have in store for the country if they take power next year is hard to convey to the unsuspecting …

Alex Jones' personal assets will be sold to help pay Sandy Hook debt as judge decides Infowars' fate  —  A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ′ personal assets but was still deciding on his company's separate bankruptcy case …