Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to plead guilty, return to Australia  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will free him from prison and resolve a long-running legal saga that spanned multiple continents …

Clinton to Biden: Rebutting Trump's debate “blather” is a “waste of time” … - “He starts with nonsense and then digresses into blather,” she said of the presumptive GOP nominee for president, who defeated her in the 2016 election.  — “Yet expectations for him are so low …

Two years ago today, on June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that recognized a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy.  The vote was 6-3.  —  The three justices appointed …

“Months she wasted”: National security lawyer says Judge Cannon's “hubris” turned case into a “mess”  —  Trump judge already made “egregiously flawed ruling” and appears to be “in over her head,” Bradley Moss told Salon  —  With no trial date in sight for Donald Trump's classified documents case …

One question Trump must be asked in the debate  —  On April 12, 2024, former president Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Time Magazine.  During the interview, Trump was asked explicitly about whether he would allow women to obtain abortion pills if he won another term as president.

Infant mortality rate rose 8% in wake of Texas abortion ban, study shows  —  In the wake of Texas' abortion ban, the state's infant death rate increased and more died of birth defects, a study published Monday shows.  —  The analysis out of Johns Hopkins University is the latest research …

Florida not a battleground, Biden campaign chair says  —  Biden campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon sees other states as the way to win the Electoral College.  —  President Joe Biden and Democrats have been insisting that Florida's gettable for them in November.  —  But not everyone seems to have gotten the memo.

Scoop: 16 Nobel economists see a Trump inflation bomb … - “While each of us has different views on the particulars of various economic policies, we all agree that Joe Biden's economic agenda is vastly superior to Donald Trump,” the 16 economists write in a letter, first obtained by Axios.

Conservative US lawmakers are pushing for an end to no-fault divorce  —  Republicans in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas have discussed eliminating or restricting such cases  —  Some prominent conservative lawmakers and commentators are advocating for ending no-fault divorce …

Bankruptcy trustee discloses plan to shut down Alex Jones' Infowars and liquidate assets  —  A U.S. bankruptcy court trustee is planning to shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars media platform and liquidate its assets to help pay the $1.5 billion in lawsuit judgments Jones owes …

Israel supreme court rules religious seminary students must be drafted to military  —  Israel's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the state must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students into the military, a decree which creates new political strains for embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Conservatives win longtime Liberal stronghold Toronto-St. Paul's in shock byelection result  —  Stunning result raises questions about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's future  —  Conservative candidate Don Stewart has won the longtime federal Liberal stronghold of Toronto-St. Paul's …

Exclusive: Trump reviews plan to halt US military aid to Ukraine unless it negotiates peace with Moscow  —  Two key advisers to Donald Trump have presented him with a plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine — if he wins the presidential election — that involves telling Ukraine …

From Virginia to Colorado, MAGA infighting during primaries puts the GOP into disarray  —  Far-right Republicans in Arizona threaten revolt against Donald Trump for being too “deep state”  —  Because the MAGA movement made kookiness a competitive sport, it was inevitable that some Republican activists …

Fox News returns to “migrant crime” fixation as migrant crossings, crime plummet  —  Fox News is flooding its airwaves with incendiary coverage blaming President Joe Biden for a handful of abhorrent crimes allegedly committed by migrants, as the network doubles down on its effort to use …

Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis  —  Dr. Vivek Murthy is calling for a multipronged effort to reduce gun deaths, modeled on campaigns against smoking and traffic fatalities.  —  The U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, on Tuesday declared gun violence in America …