Dems freak out over Biden's debate performance: ‘Biden is toast’  —  One prominent operative texted, “Time for an open convention.”  —  President Joe Biden opened the debate with a raspy voice and disjointed, rambling answers, reigniting Democratic concerns about his age and ability to take on former President Donald Trump.

The Supreme Court just lit a match and tossed it into dozens of federal agencies  —  On Thursday, the Court handed down a 6-3 decision, on a party-line vote, that could render a simply astonishing array of federal laws unenforceable.  As Justice Sonia Sotomayor writes in dissent …

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Still Won't Say The Word ‘Woman’  —  The justice who was nominated to the Supreme Court based on her race and sex refused for the second time in her short high court career to acknowledge women.  The stiff to the females she claims to represent came …

Judge Aileen Cannon pushes back on idea that more hearings will delay Trump classified documents case  —  Judge Aileen Cannon wants to hold additional hearings on Donald Trump's attempts to challenge key evidence in his classified documents case and will allow the former president's lawyers …

Oklahoma's State Superintendent Requires Public Schools to Teach the Bible  —  The state superintendent, Ryan Walters, said the Bible was a “necessary historical document” that must be taught in certain grades.  —  Oklahoma's state superintendent on Thursday directed all public schools to teach the Bible …

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 …

Man on trial for threatening to kill presidential candidates found dead as jury was deciding verdict  —  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man on trial for threatening the lives of presidential candidates last year has been found dead while a jury was deciding his verdict, according to court filings.

Prosecutors Accuse Illegal Alien, Freed into U.S. by Biden's DHS, of Murdering Girl on Her 21st Birthday  —  An illegal alien, released into the United States by President Joe Biden's Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has been accused of murdering a young woman on her twenty-first birthday …

Right-wing group gets Anne Frank's Diary and other Holocaust books taken from Texas school  —  Pastor Luis Cabrera and his conservative group threatened to shut down school board meetings if a superintendent of a school district in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas did not heed their demands …

Inside the Right-Wing Campaign to End Protections for Endangered Species  —  Leonard Leo's dark money hubs have funneled over $2 million to climate denial groups working to gut the Endangered Species Act  —  Leonard Leo, best known as the architect of the Supreme Court's conservative supermajority …

‘Insult to Democracy’: Sanders Says Citizens United the Real Story of Bowman Defeat  —  “Campaigns should be about a clash of ideas, not which candidate can raise more money from the oligarchs,” Sanders said after the defeat of Bowman, a progressive who was the target of huge dark-money spending.

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 …