Corruption Law Allows Gifts to State and Local Officials, Supreme Court Rules  —  The court, which has limited the sweep of several anti-corruption laws, distinguished after-the-fact rewards from before-the-fact bribes.  —  The Supreme Court limited the sweep of a federal law on Wednesday aimed …

Playbook: The most important night of the 2024 election  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  POSTED MOMENTS AGO — Who is to blame for the crisis gripping The Washington Post?  WILL LEWIS, the CEO with an increasingly scarred reputation?

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25+ Years of Daily Show Clips Gone as Paramount Axes Comedy Central Site  —  First on LateNighter: One of the richest repositories of late-night videos is no longer.  —  ComedyCentral.com had been home to clips from every episode of The Daily Show since 1999, and the entire run of The Colbert Report …

EXCLUSIVE: VA Senate candidate says he was ‘blown up’ in combat.  His record doesn't show that.  —  Elizabeth Beyer Tom Vanden BrookUSA TODAY  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia, a decorated Navy veteran, has made repeated references to becoming disabled after he was …

A coup attempt is feared in Bolivia as troops pour into the streets  —  LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia's government palace Wednesday as a top government official warned of a coup attempt and President Luis Arce said “irregular” deployment of troops was taking place in the capital.

How right-wing media is legitimizing a nonsensical and nonexistent lawsuit  —  This is a special joint edition of Public Notice and Judd Legum's Popular Information.  You can subscribe to Popular Information here.  —  On June 20, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced on X …

What Kind of ‘Psycho’ Calls Dead Americans ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’?  —  Trump's denial of his own well-documented remarks is a tell.  —  Perhaps you've noticed lately that Donald Trump, a man not known for subtlety, has been testing the limits of the Streisand effect.

What Trump And Biden Really Mean When They Fight About Electric Vehicles  —  The argument is about a lot more than Detroit and cars.  —  LOADING  —  President Joe Biden sketched out his vision for the future of America's auto industry during a visit to Detroit in late 2021.

7 in 10 think Supreme Court justices prioritize ideology: AP poll  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A solid majority of Americans say Supreme Court justices are more likely to be guided by their own ideology rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority, a new poll finds …

‘A disastrous event’: All-out war between Israel and Hezbollah could devastate both sides … The near-daily exchanges of fire along Lebanon's border with northern Israel have intensified at an alarming rate in recent weeks, spurring escalating threats between Israel and Hezbollah and forcing …

Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma opioid settlement  —  The justices ruled that a bankruptcy judge did not have the authority to let members of Sackler family evade facing future lawsuits.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday blew up the massive bankruptcy reorganization …

Supreme Court blocks EPA's interstate air pollution regulation  —  The Environmental Protection Agency's “good neighbor” rule is aimed at reducing air pollution that crosses state lines and contributes to smog.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a Biden administration …

SCOTUS Puntalooza: Court Rejects Challenge to Government-Directed Censorship  —  Consider today a very disappointing day at the Supreme Court.  Not only did the court publish only two of the outstanding opinions in unresolved cases this term, they also chose to punt on one of the most important.

Pluralistic: Cleantech has an enshittification problem (26 Jun 2024)  — Cleantech has an enshittification problem: Who's gonna make a 25-year purchase from a startup with six months' worth of runway?  — Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.  — This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019

Exclusive: Michelle Obama's private frustration with the Bidens … - Michelle Obama also was initially reluctant to campaign for Biden after he became the Democratic nominee in 2020, people familiar with the situation told Axios.  — Biden's team says the relationship between the families is strong …