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 …

Trump, Biden Prep for Debate Where Any Misstep Threatens Hopes  — Biden team blocking off days next week to prepare president  — Trump eschews formal prep but workshops debate answers  —  President Joe Biden and challenger Donald Trump face the same problem in their first debate …

‘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 …

Exclusive: DNC launching billboards hitting Trump over Milwaukee comments … - They say that Trump was referring to the crime in the city, not the city itself.  — Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung wrote that the former president was referring to “how terrible crime and voter fraud are.”

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 …

The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled  —  After five years of pioneering research into the abuse of social platforms, the Stanford Internet Observatory is winding down.  Its founding director, Alex Stamos, left his position in November.  Renee DiResta, its research director …

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.

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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 …

Virginia Hasn't Backed a Republican for President in Two Decades.  Is It About to Flip?  —  Early polls show Trump is gaining in the non-battleground state, an ominous sign for the Democratic president  —  Unlimited access across all platforms and devices.  Cancel anytime.

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 …

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.

OpenAI adds Trump-appointed former NSA director to its board  —  Paul M. Nakasone joins OpenAI's board following a dramatic shakeup, as a tough regulatory environment pushes tech companies to board members with military expertise.  —  OpenAI has tapped former U.S. Army general …

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.

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.

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 …

‘Really Uncomfortable’: 16-Year-Old Girl Speaks Out About Having to Share School Restrooms, Locker Rooms With Males  —  A 16-year-old Minnesota girl forced to share private spaces with males under a public school transgender policy says that girls deserve privacy in their restrooms and locker rooms.

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 …

US Returns $156 Million Misappropriated 1MDB Funds to Malaysia  —  The US Justice Department said it returned an additional $156 million in misappropriated 1MDB funds to Malaysia, a month after the Southeast Asian nation sought extra compensation from US authorities.

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 …

Microsoft exec vows to fix security gaps that let China-linked hackers get federal emails, but defends presence in China  —  Brad Smith told Congress that after a spate of major security lapses Microsoft is carrying out “the single largest cybersecurity engineering project in the history of digital technology.”

Fort Worth Man Charged With Threatening Federal Agent: ‘Guns Will Come Out’  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas  —  A Fort Worth man has been charged with threatening an FBI agent involved in a high-profile investigation, announced U.S. Attorney …