MS NOW June 2024 Articles

Conservative attacks on Pride month make the case for why we need Pride month

As France votes and Biden stumbles, it’s time to Trump-proof Europe

Trump’s debate was even worse than you remember

Another possible effect of Trump’s criminal conviction: losing his golf club liquor license

Trump’s post-debate attack on Biden might not be what you expect

The U.S.’s Gaza aid pier will be taken down again, possibly for good

The Supreme Court’s latest Jan. 6 ruling is a problem for Trump

What it was like being 36 weeks pregnant and getting death threats from the right

The fascinating defense theory in Karen Read’s murder trial

Reggie Jackson and Emmitt Smith’s race talk refuses to let America forget its past

Where Biden goes from here

The most surprising aspect of Amy Coney Barrett’s emergency abortion opinion

Mainstream coverage of the LGBTQ community is omitting something vital

For the good of the country, Dems must persuade President Biden to step aside

Former school district police chief in Uvalde is facing charges over response to mass shooting

Trump’s ‘Black jobs’ comment was a lowlight in his fact-free debate performance

Biden’s Debate Disaster: What’s Next?

Donald Trump’s immunity decision due Monday as court term closes

Friday’s Mini-Report, 6.28.24

Ask Jordan: Why doesn’t Roberts demand that Thomas and Alito resign?

I’ve never wanted to be a presidential surrogate more than I do right now

Biden’s debate performance may complicate his pitch to undecided voters

Why a Supreme Court ruling will change how the government works

Admissions Granted: Further Readings

Please, please, please let Sabrina Carpenter be unserious

Supreme Court rejects Steve Bannon’s bid to remain free pending appeal

The Roberts Court continues its power grab with its overturning of the Chevron precedent

Public confidence in Supreme Court justices keeps getting worse

Iowa’s Supreme Court just dealt a crushing blow to women everywhere

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.28.24

Oklahoma official mandates Bibles in public school classrooms

Supreme Court narrows obstruction charge for Jan. 6 defendants

Biden still has a chance to off-set his disappointing debate performance

In debate, Trump raises stakes in race to address climate crisis

Biden and Trump face off in heated 2024 presidential debate: Highlights

Why Trump’s accusations about China can (and should) backfire

Debate reinforced Biden’s and Trump’s biggest vulnerabilities

Biden came prepared to the presidential debate. That was his downfall.

Biden’s shaky debate performance doesn’t mean he’s dropping out

It sure looks like Trump is more for sale than ever before

I advised Biden before the 2020 debates. This was not his best effort.

Donald Trump may not have ‘won’ the presidential debate. But Biden lost.

Live Coverage: Biden-Trump Presidential Debate

The Supreme Court’s Idaho emergency abortion ruling is not a victory

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 6.27.24

Why claims about Biden using performance enhancing drugs make no medical sense

Supreme Court transparency failure on display in opinion announcements

Biden is taking a big shot on Copa América to reach Latino voters

Aileen Cannon orders yet another hearing in classified documents case

Highlights: Biden and Trump face off in heated first presidential debate of 2024

Pro-Russian propagandists are sure happy that Julian Assange is free. We should be worried.

GOP’s McCarthy changes his mind (again) about Biden’s acuity

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.27.24

In fundraising appeal, Trump claims he was ‘tortured’ in Georgia

Supreme Court allows abortions in medical emergencies, for now, in Idaho case

Supreme Court rules against controversial Purdue Pharma bankruptcy

Even now, GOP scrambles to steer Jan. 6 blame away from Trump

As Evan Gershkovich’s ‘trial’ begins, Trump’s line remains a mess

In pitch to Black voters, Trump emphasizes his ‘amazing’ mugshot

What the 2020 debates can tell us about the Biden-Trump rematch

How Trump and his allies made a Biden debate win much easier

CNN’s debate moderators shouldn’t miss the opportunity to ask Trump this

To hold a great debate, first make it great TV

Why the devastating message of ‘The Bear’ speaks to so many of us

The unmistakable evidence that Judge Cannon is unfit for Trump’s classified docs case

How BaubleBar’s Amy Jain learned to press reset and fight burnout

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 6.26.24

DOJ opposes Steve Bannon’s bid before the Supreme Court to stay out of prison

Right-wingers are spreading misinformation to Black voters through podcasts and influencers

Supreme Court may have accidentally revealed ruling in emergency abortion case

Jamaal Bowman’s concession speech highlights a key failure in his campaign

Biden to pardon thousands of veterans convicted for gay sex under military law

Alito dissents from latest Fifth Circuit standing smackdown

Adam Kinzinger becomes the latest Republican to back Biden

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.26.24

House Republicans get creative in crusade against AG Garland

What would American democracy look like in the hands of teenage girls?

Meet the senator who says Trump represents a ‘return to normalcy’

Nobel Prize-winning economists: Trump would ‘reignite’ inflation

Republican leaders scramble, hope to keep Steve Bannon out of prison

GOP voters reject Trump-backed candidates in multiple primaries

How to watch the first debate between Trump and Biden

Supreme Court term nears finale as Trump immunity appeal looms

House GOP takes the worst-of-all-worlds options on gun violence

‘The squad’ just experienced its first election loss. It’s a big deal.

Martin Shkreli pushes ‘Trump’ cryptocurrency, claims he created it with a Trump son

Senate hopeful Eric Hovde steps in it while talking Black culture

How Celine Dion conquered the critics to become queen of the world

“A Dessert Topping and a Floor Wax”

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 6.25.24

Clarence Thomas just confirmed the dangers of his favorite judicial philosophy

Alex Jones’ Infowars to be sold off to pay Sandy Hook victims’ families

Trump’s ‘bloodshed and crime’ remarks in Philly were detached from reality

How Netanyahu is playing Biden on Israel’s cease-fire proposal

Donald Trump’s Manhattan gag order partially terminated by judge

9 facts to remember while watching the Trump-Biden debate

Oklahoma high court rejects plan for publicly funded religious school

Julian Assange to be freed in plea deal with U.S. government

The biggest problem with Trump’s familiar pitch to Black voters

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.25.24

House Republicans start to see one of their own as ‘a sore loser’

Judge Cannon unlikely to stop Trump’s dangerous FBI statements

As Team Trump eyes revenge, who’ll end up on the enemies list?

In rarity, Trump vows to slash federal investments in education

Troy Nehls’ Combat Badge mess reaches new level with Army comment

Ethics investigation adds to troubles for GOP’s Ronny Jackson

Speaker Johnson wants to lower the debate bar for Trump

Americans are mad about inflation. McDonald’s just admitted they were right.

Sha’Carri Richardson changed after her cannabis scandal. Here’s what didn’t.

MAGA activist tied to Kari Lake ponders ‘lynching’ election official

Why JD Vance is the wrong pick for Trump’s running mate

Monday’s Mini-Report, 6.24.24

Senate Democrats’ rare edge is also a warning sign to Joe Biden

With re-election hopes fading, Bob Good cries election fraud

In praising Cornel West and Jill Stein, Trump said the quiet part out loud

Why Nancy Mace’s comments about abortion being legal matter

As Trump eyes a running mate, what kind of choice will he make?

Trump’s dangerous statements about the FBI take center stage at documents hearing

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.24.24

Supreme Court takes case on gender-affirming care for minors

RNC chair picks the wrong fight comparing Biden, Trump records

Ahead of debate, Trump tries to delegitimize a possible defeat

Why does Kristi Noem think Trump would prevent another Jan. 6?

The one court that even the Supreme Court sees as going too far

Trump’s new pitch: having migrants fight each other for sport

Exclusive: Kamala Harris teams with childhood sexual abuse survivor to warn America away from Trump

Season 2, Episode 3: Malmedy

Transcript: Malmedy

A new Fox News poll gives false hope about the future of democracy

RFK Jr. is floundering

Ted Cruz says Biden is using $1 trillion infrastructure law to boost re-election bid

Rory McIlroy was supposed to be the next Tiger Woods. So what happened?

I’m a proudly child-free woman with a message for Naomi Campbell

Republican National Convention will be gun-free again

After judge tosses Nevada fake electors case, AG says he will appeal ‘immediately’

Women’s rights philanthropist Melinda French Gates rebukes Trump with Biden endorsement

The Gateway Pundit’s founder, Jim Hoft, fumes over his failing bankruptcy plan

SCOTUS’s latest decision shows limits on guns are difficult — but not impossible

The eerily familiar rise and fall and rise again of Matt Gaetz

Republicans’ long game to siphon off public school funding is working

Trump’s tips proposal is a profoundly unserious idea for a serious problem 

Friday’s Mini-Report, 6.21.24

Ask Jordan: What happens in Trump’s cases if he loses the election?

The Supreme Court faced the Second Amendment gun mess it made

3 killed, 10 injured in shooting at a grocery store in Arkansas

The Karen Read murder trial highlights a fascinating legal rule

Trump’s promise to give foreign graduates in the U.S. green cards is an empty one

Not just Taylor Swift tickets: How scalping became a cultural scourge

Louisiana’s new mandate is the first step in a sinister vision for the country

Larry Hogan desperately tries to run from Trump’s endorsement

Ahead of debate, Trump struggles to play the expectations game

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.21.24

Elon Musk says he didn’t mean everybody when he cursed at advertisers last fall

Why the circumstances surrounding Trump’s crypto flip seem familiar

Supreme Court upholds gun restrictions for people under domestic violence orders

Why the new Republican assurances on abortion are hard to believe

FBI raid on Oakland mayor’s home undercuts key GOP talking point

Divided D.C. appeals court rejects Steve Bannon’s release bid pending appeal

Trump touts state-sponsored religious displays in public schools

Project 2025’s back-door abortion ban can be stopped. Here’s how.

How Trump’s ‘friends’ are aiming to take out special counsel Jack Smith

Why Biden’s latest move has Trump’s immigration advisers freaking out

WATCH: American survivor of the Malmedy Massacre testifies in war crimes trial, 1946

Louisiana’s Ten Commandments school law could test the Roberts Court

WATCH: U.S. Army prosecutor makes the case against the Malmedy Massacre defendants, 1946

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 6.20.24

Alabama man pleads guilty to threatening Fulton County DA Fani Willis

Why climate protesters painted Stonehenge with orange corn flour

Scrappy Scranton Joe

Another Democrat has plans to ditch Netanyahu’s speech. More could follow.

Docs case judge was reportedly encouraged to hand off the case

Actor Donald Sutherland, known for roles in ‘Hunger Games’ and ’70s horror, dies after illness

Kendrick Lamar’s L.A. concert flexed his political might over Drake

How I learned to beat my ‘midlife assassin’ 

Facing intensifying ethics probe, Gaetz seeks fundraising boost

Trump tries to convince Milwaukee residents he doesn’t hate their city

Less engaged voters are leaning toward Trump. That could spell disaster in swing states.

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.20.24

Conservative pastor’s abuse scandal doesn’t do Trump any favors

Republicans still think Obama is wielding power from the shadows

Amid VP audition, Burgum claims U.S. is already a ‘dictatorship’

Why Louisiana’s radical new law on Ten Commandments, schools matters

Fox News is helping Trump plan another Jan. 6-style assault on democracy

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 6.19.24

Cheapfakes get an indefensible boost from powerful GOP partisans

Juneteenth is more than a holiday. It’s a call to action.

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.19.24

Justin Timberlake’s DWI arrest is a dark reminder of a deadly problem

Why Trump’s rhetoric about vaccines and defunding schools matters

House Republicans eye new plan to keep Steve Bannon out of prison

Trump wants business leaders who fail to support him to be fired

Jan. 6 candidate loses in a GOP primary, extending losing streak

The U.S. heat dome is a warning about the 2024 election

The vibes are very off this Juneteenth

Biden needs to disrupt the Russia-North Korea alliance — before it’s too late

Trigger Avenue

How Fox News is helping Trump and Project 2025’s dystopian mission

How white supremacists appropriated a Megan Thee Stallion song

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 6.18.24

Jim Jordan’s war on disinformation experts is working as planned

Senate Republicans derail effort to recreate ban on bump stocks

Why the fake Biden videos flooding social media are more insidious than they appear

Texas man sentenced to prison for threatening to kill Rep. Maxine Waters

Phoenix police union resists reform after DOJ finds officers engaged in rampant abuse

How Biden can push back on the attacks on his age

Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy proceedings are not going well

Biden is learning a hard lesson that could make or break his campaign

CEOs aren’t impressed by Trump, but they’re ‘flocking’ to him anyway

Here’s how running changed everything we know about women

How designer Rebecca Minkoff learned to stop overthinking and trust her gut

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.18.24

New York top court rejects Donald Trump’s gag order appeal

The GOP drive to put Trump’s name on stuff gets a little weird

Why Trump’s radical new idea on taxes is impossible to defend

Justin Timberlake arrested in the Hamptons on a charge of driving while intoxicated

Among Biden’s challenges: voters who don’t know they’re on his side

GOP’s Matt Gaetz suggests he’s facing yet another ethics probe

Why Republicans keep ignoring reality about falling crime rates

Pay attention to Tim Scott’s slippery signaling on the legitimacy of the election system

Trump’s promised corporate tax cut has big business on the fence

Biden’s massive new ad buy is betting big on Trump’s criminal history

MAGA pastor’s sexual abuse scandal underscores the right’s hypocrisy on LGBTQ people

Rubio downplays Trump’s ‘poisoning the blood’ remarks in Spanish-language interview

The Supreme Court’s radical majority rejected three ways to avoid an immunity disaster

Monday’s Mini-Report, 6.17.24

Why the right’s case against appliance efficiency standards matters

‘We don’t need votes’: Trump doubles down on poll watching rhetoric in Detroit speech

Trump mocks Ukraine’s Zelenskyy, calls him ‘the greatest salesman’

Why Judge Cannon may side with Trump on a ‘gag order’ in the classified documents case

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.17.24

Dems seize on reports of Trump slamming Milwaukee as ‘horrible’

Global polling: Support for U.S. stronger under Biden than Trump

Rick Scott runs pro-IVF ad after voting against IVF protections

Following the justices’ bump stock ruling, will Congress step up?

Trump flubs his doctor’s name while boasting about cognitive test

Season 2, Episode 2: The Mole

Transcript: The Mole

MAGA Republicans are not behaving like the ‘loyal opposition’

Hunter Biden and I are both prodigal sons. We’d still be lost without our dads.

Lessons in grief, and love, from Gaza’s fathers

My father and I never said we loved each other. And then we couldn’t stop.

Trump’s reported tariff proposal would cause chaos and be a gift to the rich

The 12th anniversary of a flawed immigration policy is a crucial reminder

Even the ultraconservatives on SCOTUS reject this conservative court’s antics

MAGA group pushes expanded religious test for judicial nominees

Why America needs to be paying a lot more attention to Trump’s VP finalists

Happy Father’s Day to the men who knew they weren’t ready to be dads

How soccer’s self-proclaimed ‘tormentor of racists’ is truly changing the game

Supreme Court unleashes ‘deadly consequences’ in latest gun ruling

Ask Jordan: What explains the Supreme Court’s mifepristone ruling?

‘Could not keep a straight thought’: Trump turns 78 amid concerns about mental fitness

Trump just dodged a major Supreme Court ruling — for now

Trump trots out the ‘I have Black friends’ defense to dispel racism claims

Trump went to Washington Thursday. He met with a bunch of cowards.

Princess Kate announces first appearance at public event in months

Biden’s latest border policy is no long-term solution

Foiled ‘race war’ plot highlights the brewing extremism in Arizona

How the right went from preaching about the sacredness of the American flag to turning it upside-down

Mitch McConnell is fully on board the Trump train again

Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era bump stock ban

Housekeeping Note, 6.14.23

Republicans want a weaponized justice system after all

The Christian right’s radical abortion stance is turning Trump into a contortionist

Why denying Tulsa Race Massacre victims’ reparations is especially cruel

What the Manhattan DA’s closing slides tell us about Trump’s guilt

Stark Contrasts, Steep Prices

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 6.13.24

Trump trademark case highlights the muddle the Supreme Court made of gun laws

Republicans reportedly prepping possible convention where Trump is under house arrest

Trump must be counting on ‘cool’ to win out over credibility with endorsements like Jake and Logan Paul’s

The GOP’s latest cheap shot is about more than Merrick Garland

Senate Republicans derail bill to protect IVF access (again)

Florida flooding puts DeSantis’ delusional climate agenda in focus

Evan Gershkovich will be tried on espionage charges in Russia

Local news is collapsing, and networks of partisan media operations are filling the void

Under Biden, U.S. economic growth becomes the ‘envy of the world’

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.13.24

Supreme Court rejects ‘Trump too small’ trademark appeal in free speech case

Hot dog eating rivals Joey Chestnut, Takeru Kobayashi to compete for the first time in 15 years

GOP’s Ron Johnson: Harmless grandparents arrested after Jan. 6

Republican ‘moderates’ in short supply in Garland contempt vote

Supreme Court rejects mifepristone abortion pill challenge on standing grounds

Returning to the scene of the crime: GOP welcomes Trump to Hill

Southern Baptists’ IVF opposition part of an unsettling pattern

Lindsey Graham, GOP colleagues derail Supreme Court ethics bill

‘Bridgerton’ season three confronts oppressive social structures

Voter ignorance is Trump’s superpower. It can also be his weakness.

Supreme Court has abortion, guns, immunity and much more to decide

MAGA Republicans head to Michigan for an off-brand Republican National Convention

The Fed’s interest rate mistake is a gift for Trump

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 6.12.24

Oklahoma high court ends last hope of justice for Tulsa Race Massacre survivors

In an unfortunate stunt, Republicans hold AG Garland in contempt

Here’s the difference between a presidential pardon and commutation

NAACP sues after Virginia school board restores Confederate names on schools

Kevin McCarthy’s ‘revenge tour’ suffers embarrassment in its first outing

Small donors are banding together to make their campaign donations go further

North Dakota voters want to ban lawmakers from serving in Congress past age 81

Steve Bannon shouldn’t count on avoiding prison pending appeal

Trump touts Bitcoin mining, completes cryptocurrencies flip-flop

Pew report on ‘conspiracy theories’ shows the limits of Trump’s Black outreach

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.12.24

DeSantis’ latest loss: Judge rejects Florida ban on transgender care

Why Biden’s big move on medical debt and credit reports matters

Data on Biden-era crime rates shreds Republican talking points

Paul Ryan faces GOP blowback after saying he won’t vote for Trump

GOP’s reaction to Hunter Biden verdict revives ‘cult’ accusations

Joe Biden is right not to pardon Hunter Biden

The difference between ‘Latinos for Trump’ and ‘Latino Americans for Trump’ is huge

The reality of Dr. Phil’s Trump interview

Trump’s ‘victim-warrior’ duality, explained

Linking Biden to Trump’s New York conviction is unjustifiable

Post-Trial and Pre-Trial

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 6.11.24

Scarlett Johansson may testify before Congress about OpenAI debacle

Julia Louis-Dreyfus got ‘PC culture’ right — and Jerry Seinfeld got it wrong

Winning elections in the disinformation age with Sasha Issenberg: podcast and transcript

House Democrats prepare to highlight right-wing ‘Project 2025’ plans

Why the new Justice Alito recording is so unsettling

Hunter Biden’s conviction puts his interests at odds with his father’s

Megan Thee Stallion is the latest victim of deepfake pornography

Biden’s trip to Normandy raised the stakes for his re-election

Hunter Biden verdict undermines Republican conspiracy theories

Trump tells extreme anti-abortion group it would make a ‘comeback’ if he’s re-elected

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.11.24

Aileen Cannon striking a paragraph from the indictment won’t derail Trump case

For conservative media outlets, embarrassing setbacks pile up

Hunter Biden found guilty on all three counts in gun trial

In 2024 race, billionaires willing to discard democracy concerns

Despite failures, GOP eyes new tax breaks for rich, corporations

Poll shows GOP support for Trump’s prosecution conspiracy theory

Trump’s aspiring running mates are confronting an ironic question

Russ Vought is the most dangerous MAGA diehard you’ve never heard of

‘Martha’s’ suit against Netflix for ‘Baby Reindeer’ will run into the 1st Amendment

Every single banned book from Ali Velshi’s ‘Banned Book Club’

How Diane von Furstenberg reinvented herself — time and time again

Bigger stars than Caitlin Clark have gone unchosen for an Olympics team

Monday’s Mini-Report, 6.10.24

Jay-Z gets dragged online for pushing Jeff Yass-backed private school plan

Here’s what probation interviews ask guilty defendants like Trump

Trump smooching Joe Arpaio was MAGA masculinity in a nutshell

Latest great jobs report leaves GOP leaders at a loss for words

Why the Trump ‘juror’ social media scare will likely go nowhere

Why Trump’s weird rant about boats, batteries and sharks matters

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.10.24

Biden puts Trump on the defensive over his anti-military rhetoric

After claiming credit for Obama’s feats, Trump eyes Biden’s wins, too

Trump finds new ways to praise and celebrate Jan. 6 rioters

Will Jordan get what he wants from prosecutor in hush money case?

Railing against Biden’s D-Day rhetoric, right gives away the game

Season 2, Episode 1: Dr. Hunt

Transcript: Dr. Hunt

Mike Johnson and Jim Jordan are ignoring a 400-year-old lesson

How Trump’s conviction is reshaping the GOP’s attitudes toward the law in radical ways

Republicans going after Hunter Biden for his addiction are playing a dangerous game

Trump wants his gag order lifted. Judge Merchan must say no.

‘We had no idea how huge it was’: Cricket’s plan to conquer the U.S.

Why Oprah’s medical weight loss message is still so muddled

Alex Jones’ lies about the Sandy Hook shooting may have finally caught up with him

After reversal of his N.Y. conviction, Harvey Weinstein appeals L.A. rape conviction

‘Bad Boys’ star Will Smith took over Hollywood as hip-hop took over the world

4 Israeli hostages, including Noa Argamani, rescued from Gaza

50 Cent’s Capitol Hill appearance was an embarrassing spectacle

This new poll should give Biden some much needed encouragement

Why Mike Johnson’s intel appointments are so troubling

A mysterious woman. A bag filled with $120,00. And an incredible bribery attempt.

Kathy Hochul’s congestion pricing gaffe is bigger than New York

Why the Wisconsin ‘fake electors’ have yet to be charged

Friday’s Mini-Report, 6.7.24

Woman who says she’s Martha in ‘Baby Reindeer’ sues Netflix for defamation

Alito’s excuse for not recusing from Jan. 6 cases keeps looking worse

Ask Jordan: Does the public have a right to speedy trials against Trump?

Charlie Kirk’s women’s summit promotes an outdated conception of womanhood

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s anti-NATO bill gets dozens of GOP votes

Troy Nehls receives rare rebukes from several GOP colleagues

MAGA pundits are trying and failing to soft-pedal Trump’s revenge talk

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s calls for payback reveal just how far Trump’s allies will go

Speaker Johnson faces blowback after following Trump’s directive

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.7.24

A Trump judge has just shown Alito how to recuse from a hot-button case

After 41 seasons, host Pat Sajak says goodbye to ‘Wheel of Fortune’

Rick Scott absurdly slams Biden’s D-Day remarks as ‘disgusting’

Why Trump’s unsettling focus on ‘the enemy from within’ matters

The deep irony of Steve Bannon’s delayed prison sentence

In Pennsylvania, Republicans boo officers who defended Capitol on Jan. 6

Robust job growth in May once again exceeds expectations

Crying in the street, missing a tooth: ‘Morning Mika’ hosts recount their mental health tipping points

Trump demands prosecutions for Cheney, Jan. 6 committee members

Biden’s D-Day speech marks a contrast with Trump’s authoritarianism

Sen. Ron Johnson’s claim he knew nothing about a fake electors plot isn’t believable

I was watching basketball in the 1980s. I’ve never seen the NBA be this good.

Why Biden’s new border policy will likely backfire

N.C. AG nominee says Trump is being treated like a Black person in the ’50s

Police in Vermont surprise students with a mock shooting

What Israel’s reported covert influence operation inside the U.S. says about it

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 6.6.24

Pride and Prejudices

Alito recused from a Supreme Court case. No, not that one.

Why Steve Bannon’s effort to avoid prison failed legally

Big Tech CEOs are lining up to back Trump. Don’t be surprised.

House Republicans’ Biden impeachment effort takes a desperate turn

Republicans’ sneaky strategy to undermine birth control

Aileen Cannon makes procedural moves that help Donald Trump, again

The real motivation behind the GOP’s absurd calls to prosecute Democrats

Why Trump’s weird flip-flopping on absentee balloting matters

Key details in Alito’s account of the Jan. 6–related flag at his house don’t match up

Longtime Trump adviser Steve Bannon ordered to go to prison by July 1

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.6.24

Republicans have a bill in mind to help Trump’s criminal defense

Missing cues, Trump claims right to prosecute political enemies

GOP’s Tommy Tuberville keeps saying what Russia wants to hear

Trump doubles down on appalling line on Evan Gershkovich’s detention

Dems pounce on VP contender’s bizarre nostalgia for Jim Crow era

Losing on D-Day was not an option. Nor is losing today’s fight against authoritarians.

How Trump’s 2024 election theft attempts will look different than 2020

The surprising results of a focus group of swing voters ought to keep Biden humble

A Texas DA is trying to reverse Abbott’s pardon of Daniel Perry

This isn’t hard: Benjamin Netanyahu should not deliver a speech to Congress.

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 6.5.24

Georgia court pauses Trump’s election interference case pending appeal

Republicans derail Right to Contraception Act in Senate vote

Biden’s Gaza cease-fire proposal is missing a crucial ingredient

Trump still wants to be able to attack the figures in his hush money case

Speaker Johnson makes outlandish picks for key intelligence posts

Lindsey Graham: Mass deportations are the ‘only’ solution to immigration

Dems push back against Wall Street Journal report on Biden’s acuity

Italian court reconvicts Amanda Knox on slander charges

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.5.24

One of Elise Stefanik’s ethics complaints reportedly flops in N.Y.

Speaker Johnson falsely labels the GOP the ‘rule of law party’

Why Trump’s rhetoric about imprisoning his political foes matters

Republicans eye new plan to defund prosecutors they don’t like

AG Garland’s testimony does new harm to key GOP conspiracy theory

Hunter Biden’s trial undercuts one of Trump’s biggest lies

How Trump learned to love the swamp instead of wanting to drain it

The Disinformation Campaign

The real reason Republicans are still so obsessed with Dr. Fauci

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 6.4.24

For first time, Biden tells voters that Trump is a ‘convicted felon’

The WNBA’s treatment of Caitlin Clark is rough. The media coverage is worse.

ESPN blowhards Stephen A. Smith and Pat McAfee embrace misogyny on air

Why you were wrong to laugh at viral video of a man driving with a suspended license

Some of the things Jon Stewart hates about the media are Jon Stewart’s fault

House Republicans badger Garland with baseless claims of weaponizing justice system against Trump

Republican voters have one last chance to rebuke Trump

With trial done, Trump’s Georgia case gets October news

Why Trump’s vow to fire ‘woke’ U.S. generals matters

Michael Cohen and his family were doxxed as he’s accused of ‘betraying Trump’

The case for imprisoning Donald Trump

This doctor is busting the biggest myths surrounding fertility care

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.4.24

Criminal charges in GOP’s fake elector scandal reach new heights

The Fauci hearing mattered, but not for the reason the GOP hoped

Eyeing the 2024 ticket, Rubio joins a pitiful race to the bottom

Charges against Epoch Times CFO come with political implications

Trump picks an odd time to recycle his absurd ‘deadly force’ lie

Trump flunks another science test in ‘Fox & Friends’ interview

Lara Trump’s foolhardy attacks on Larry Hogan reveal an inept RNC

We represented Michael Cohen during Trump’s trial. Here’s what we learned.

A closer look at the most important moment from the Trump hush money trial

5 ways to promote your work accomplishments — without the ‘ick’ factor

Monday’s Mini-Report, 6.3.24

After Trump’s felony convictions, Republicans visit El Salvador and gush over an authoritarian

Justice Alito’s nonrecusal in Trump, Jan. 6 cases can’t be ignored

Trump’s UFC walkthrough was a sad picture of MAGA masculinity

The most troubling aspect of Trump’s war on the verdict

Joe Manchin makes a better independent than he was a Democrat

Jack Smith wants Judge Cannon to stop Trump from putting law enforcement at risk

After Trump’s conviction, will any Republicans ask him to quit?

Trump makes unsettling ‘breaking point’ reference ahead of sentencing

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.3.24

Following guilty verdict, former Trump lawyer pans key GOP claim

On targeting Hillary Clinton, Trump rewrites history (again)

We Have a Verdict

Post-conviction polls offer hints about impact on the 2024 race

Why a Senate Republican tantrum over Trump’s conviction matters

Reimagining leadership and protests with Eddie S. Glaude Jr.: podcast and transcript

8 years later, Trump haunted by rhetoric about candidates, crimes

The fatal error in Biden’s reported strategy on Trump’s conviction

The most compelling part of Trump’s trial wasn’t in the transcript

Trump said these people shouldn’t be able to vote. Now he’s one of them.

Mike Johnson reveals his sweeping plan for a second Trump term

Dinesh D’Souza’s bogus 2020 election fraud film pulled by publisher

Unhappy with Trump’s conviction, Jim Jordan pushes for DA Bragg’s testimony

Mike Johnson has no doubt that the Supreme Court will save Trump

Trump’s conviction was a remarkable legal win. That doesn’t make it a political win.

This hurricane season is shaping up to break records. Anxiety levels are too.

Trump’s verdict exposed a functioning justice system — and a broken political one

America’s exhausting cycle of deja vu might be coming for Bennifer